Date:28/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/28/stories/2008122856061400.htm

Sport - Cricket

Dhanasekaran, Jayaprakash score hundreds

MADURAI: Dhanasekaran (107) and Jayaprakash (100) helped their respective teams, TVS RC and Arasaradi CC, score wins in the Madurai DCA first division league here.

The scores: First division: TVS RC 251 for nine in 46 overs (Dhanasekaran 107, Subramaniya Siva 40) bt Pykkara CC 111 for seven in 28 overs (Ilangovan 40); TVS Sri Chakra 183 in 43 overs lost to Majestic 185 for five in 35 overs (Saravana Sundareswar 71 n.o.).

Arasaradi 203 in 40 overs (Jayaprakash 100, E. Saravanan four for 23) bt Spark 178 in 36 overs; Victory 123 in 34 overs (Sethuraman four for 37) lost to Freak Amigos 127 for five in 23 overs.

TVS Sri Chakra 134 in 34 overs (Raja 40, Saravanan four for 17) lost to Mercury 140 for three in 24 overs (Karthik 40).

Second division: Blooming 147 in 22 overs (Manoj 68, Yuzin Martin four for 38) bt Stalwarts 111 for nine in 24 overs.

Tirunagar Rainbow 178 for six in 30 overs (Viji Kandasamy 101) lost to Mercury Legend 179 for five in 28 overs (Ganesh 50 n.o.).

Third division: Majestic Toddlers 155 in 30 overs (Batcha 42, Rengarajan 40) bt DDK 62 in 18 overs.

Girisudhan scalps five

Girisudhan scalped five wickets as Erode defeated Tiruchi by 14 runs and entered the quarterfinals of the ICL Mahaveer Chand Memorial Trophy inter-district u-14 tournament in Tirunelveli.

The scores: (second round): Erode 90 for eight in 25 overs bt Tiruchi 76 in 21.4 overs (Girisudhan five for 14); Perambalur 145 for nine in 25 overs (V. Aravind 36 n.o.) bt Nilgiris 75 in 24.5 overs (V. Aravind four for 22); Dindigul 118 for nine in 25 overs (Mohammed Muzamil 45, Balamurugan five for 24) bt Ramanathapuram 112 for nine in 25 overs (Mohammed Abzal 42); Madurai 158 for five in 25 overs (Ateek Fazal 90, Ratna three for 17) bt Thanjavur 80 in 22.1 overs.

Salem 102 for nine in 25 overs (Gautam three for 21) lost to Coimbatore 103 for four in 23.1 overs (Abhinav 35); Vellore 103 for six in 25 overs lost to Tiruvallur 105 for two in 17.5 overs (Jerome 46); Kanyakumari 86 for nine in 25 overs lost to Namakkal 90 for nine in 24.5 overs (Sachin three for 12);Kancheepuram 129 for six in 25 overs (Roop Prasad 62) bt Sivaganga 81 for eight in 25 overs (Vishal three for 12).