Date:14/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/14/stories/2008091459701800.htm

Sport - Cricket

Padmanaban reaps a rich haul

CHENNAI: S. Padmanaban returned figures of eight for 62, as ICF defeated Swaraj by 62 runs in a recent TNCA second division league cricket match.

The scores: Second division: ICF SA 197 for nine in 50 overs (T.K. Janakiraman 62, R. Pattabhiraman five for 72) bt Swaraj CC 135 in 45.1 overs (K.C. Dilip Sarathy 46, S. Padmanaban eight for 62); Sical RC 139 for eight in 50 overs (M. Shanmugam five for 55) lost to IOB Staff Club 142 for six in 35.3 overs (Amit Pathak 42, S. Chandramouli four for 75); DSS Club 162 in 48 overs (R. Karthick Adithya 53, T. Sundaramurthy four for 36) lost to SPIC RC 165 for five in 41.2 overs (T. Sundaramurthy 65).

Fourth division ‘B’: Egmore RC 317 for five in 50 overs (N. Satheesh 123 n.o., K. Balamurali 64, R. Indramohan 64) bt TUC 65 in 23.2 overs (S.R. Karthikeyan six for one); MUC 205 in 45 overs (Gaurav Jain 66, Gunaselan four for 44) lost to Sea Hawks CC 206 for six in 31.3 overs (E. Aravindan 79, Gunaselan 52, Ganpath Sethia five for 68); Comrades CC 154 in 38.4 overs (C. Pasupathy five for 72, D. Muthukrishnan four for 49) lost to CUC 160 for three in 33.4 overs (R. Satishkumar 56 n.o.); Shivaji CC 247 in 48.5 overs (Bharani Mehta 58, Prem 53, Kamlesh Dhoka 47, B. Karthik four for 95, G. Parthiban four for 52) bt Kohinoor XI 230 in 48.4 overs (C.V. Vinay 68, Pavan 50 n.o., Rakesh T. Jain five for 58); YMCA (Royapettah) 251 for eight in 50 overs (Hari Prasad Madhavan 79, Balaji 64) lost to TFUCC 253 for eight in 46.4 overs (V. Ashok Kumar 88); Nelson SC 127 in 38.4 overs (Eshwar six for 66) lost to YMA 131 for four in 16.5 overs (Prakash Sarda four for 63).

Fourth division ‘C’: Areva T&D RC 280 in 49.3 overs (R. Senthil Kumar 88, K. Naveen Chaitanya 84, M.N. Karthik six for 74) bt St. Mary’s CC 159 in 36.2 overs (S.G. Srivatsan 41, Deepak Manobala five for 62, R. Sarath Kanna four for 29).

Fifth division ‘A’: Milkyway CC 149 in 34.3 overs (T.A. Ranjith Kumar 46, Vijaya Bhaskar four for 38) lost to PUC 152 for seven in 30 overs.

Fifth division ‘B’: Indian Airlines SC 143 in 39.4 overs (Balaji 49) lost to Egmore Excelsiors 144 for three in 36 overs (Prasann 61 n.o., Pavan 30).

Fifth division ‘C’: Sir Ashley Biggs Instt. 270 for eight in 50 overs (G.S. Anantharamakrishnan 92, K. Sampath Kumar five for 82) bt SIAA 150 in 33.2 overs (M. Ramesh 57, K. Arul Kumar eight for 39); UFCC (CGL) 259 for eight in 50 overs (J. Jayabharath Veeran 46, Ramesh Srinivasan 48, S. Gunaseelan 61, A. Ravindran 41 n.o.) bt NUC 119 in 25.2 overs (Sanjay Mathew five for 26, M. Deepan Chakravarthy four for 33); Gandhi CC 267 for nine in 50 overs (J. Amose 101, V. Rajesh four for 60, E. Prabhakar four for 72) bt ICI S&RC 158 in 38.4 overs (T. Gowtham 42); Varsity Occasionals 209 for seven in 50 overs (V. Arjun 58) lost to Kamyuth Club 210 for seven in 36.3 overs (Kishore Kumar 47); Madras Fertilisers RC 189 in 44.4 overs (Manikandan 46, Sriram four for 70) lost to Amar CC 191 for seven in 37.2 overs (Subramani 59, Huzefa H. Kapasi 50); IAF (Tambaram) CC 191 in 40.2 overs (S. Sharma 42) bt Sir MCTM Old Boys SA 189 for nine in 50 overs (B. Aditya 58).