Date:02/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/02/stories/2008100262152600.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Anand stars in Swaraj CC’s victory

Chennai: P.B. Anand’s six-wicket haul, which included a hat-trick, helped Swaraj CC dismiss Sical RC for 132, in the TNCA second division cricket league here. In response, Swaraj was home in 38.5 overs for the loss of six wickets.

The scores:

II div.: Eagle CC 183 for eight in 50 overs (B. Aparajith 47 n.o., Shashank 47, Aushik Srinivas four for 51) lost to MCC 185 for six in 44.4 overs (Arjan Kripal Singh 82); TSC 167 in 48.4 overs (K. Barathan four for 50, Velmurugan four for 40) lost to Southern Railway SA 173 for four in 26.4 overs (Rohan Prem 45, A. Baskar 45 n.o., Umapathy 41); ICF SA 141 for nine in 50 overs (D.R.Anbu Ezhil 58 n.o.) lost to IOB Staff Club 142 for three in 30.1 overs; TI Cycles S&RC 88 in 45 overs (Rama Jeyam five for 37) lost to DSS Club 89 for five in 27 overs; Sical RC 132 in 39 overs (R. Pattabiraman four for 38, P.B. Anand six for 52 including a hat-trick) lost to Swaraj C.C 134 for six in 38.5 overs (K. Prakash 41).

IV div. ‘A’: Ashok Leyland A&A 222 for nine in 50 overs (K.N. Sajeev Kumar 55, M.S. Sivananda Babu 54) drew with 20th Century CC 110 for five in 22 overs (R. Elango 40 n.o.); Fox Trotters CC 201 in 49.1 overs (M. Prabhu 88) lost to Bharathi CC 205 for eight in 31 overs (C. Marimuthu 86, Praveen Kumar four for 71).

IV div. ‘C’: Chennai Telephones RC 221 for nine in 50 overs (C.L. Rajesh Khanna 46, N. Sathyanarayana Rao 40) bt TRC 163 in 41.4 overs (K. Ramji seven for 75).

Dorairaj MCC 184 for nine in 50 overs (M.Syed 48) lost to Youngsters CC 188 for five in 37.1 overs (K.V. Prakash 46, S. Ram Kumar 41); Jai Hind CC 172 in 48.1overs (D. Janardhan 52, K. Swaminathan six for 62, Sarath Kanna four for 44) lost to Areva T&D RC 173 for six in 38.3 overs (D. Vijaya Kumar 41); Friends XI 222 in 49.5 overs (S. Sikander Sherif 50, G. Krishnamoorthy four for 32) lost to GTUC 226 for five in 36.1 overs (C.R. Kiruba Sankar 62, S. Vinoth 52, V. Sathyakumar four for 60); State Bank RC 164 in 40 overs (S. Karthikeyan 44, Sundeep six for 43) lost to Madras Emmanuel CC 168 for five in 39.5 overs (T. Mathimugan 49).

V div. ‘A’: Free Lancers CC 115 in 43.4 overs (D. Raja four for 23) lost to Gems CC 117 for five in 22.2 overs.

V div. ‘C’: Sir Ashley Biggs Institute 227 in 45.5 overs (R.S. Senthil Kumar 62, R. Loganathan 61) bt IAF (Tambaram) CC 186 in 44.2 overs (Sunil Madan 56, R.S. Senthil Kumar five for 89); Madras Fertilisers RC 266 for nine in 50 overs (A. Aslam Sher Khan 94, K. Venkatapathy 49, V.P. Vishwanath 44) bt NUC 147 in 34.1 overs (S. Srikrishna 40, D. Vijayakumar four for 29); SIAA 262 for eight in 50 overs (Sampath Kumar 71 n.o., R.Sriram 68, Sudhir Kumar 51, Hariharan four for 83) drew with UFCC (CGL) 127 for six in 20.3 overs (Gunaseelan 78 n.o.); Gandhi CC 144 in 47.5 overs (Gowri Sankar 55, Vijay five for 36) lost to Kamyuth Club 145 for seven in 35.3 overs (Raja Mohamed five for 29); Sir MCTM Old Boys SA 245 for eight in 50 overs (M. Ramesh 74, S. Prabhu 50) drew with Amar CC 68 for five in 20 overs; Varsity Occasionals 212 in 47.5 overs (S. Sai Ashwin 59 n.o., E. Prabakar four for 47) lost to ICI S&RC 214 for six in 40 overs (S. Srinath 69 n.o., S. Abhishek four for 56).

Ramamurthy-Sridhar pair wins

V. Ramamurthy and A. Sridhar won the weekly pair bridge event held at the T. Nagar Social Club with a score of 60.58 per cent playing East-West. K. Arun Kumar and S. Ganapathy finished first in North-South with a score of 60.10 per cent.

Other results: East-West: 2. Sushi & Venkatesh; 3. K.R. Venkataraman & D. Vijay. North-South: B.M. Saxena & N. Sudhakar Babu; 3. S. Krishnan & A. Mahadevan.

Chess course

The Aaron Chess Academy will organise a four-day beginner course at 12, 6th Main Road, Kasturba Nagar, Adyar from October 8 to 12. For details contact Manuel Aaron, ph: 9940094718 or 9840053199.