Sport - Sports : General

Big win for Sathyam Cinemas

CHENNAI: Powered by Chetan’s 110, Sathyam Cinemas notched up 321 in 20 overs and thereafter recorded a thumping 243-run win over Lowe Lintas in the Adclub-Sporstar Twenty20 cricket tournament here recently.

The scores: Disha Communications 83 in 20 overs (Niranjan 35, Babu three for 17) lost to Ashok Leyland 88 for two in 6 overs (Babu 75 not out).

Vijay TV 147 in 20 overs (Sriram 42, Venkatesan 53 not out) bt The Hindu ‘B’ 129 in 10 overs (Ramesh 25, Raghavan 27).

Sathyam Cinemas 321 for six in 20 overs (Rahul 93, Chetan 110, Bharathi 28 not out, Thilak 26, Manivannan three for 51) bt Lowe Lintas 78 in 14.2 overs (Ganesh three for 9).

JWT 186 for seven in 20 overs (Vivas 68, Mark 29) bt BIG 92.7 FM 76 for nine in 16 overs (Gopi three for 9).

Group ‘M’ Media 117 for five in 29 overs (Majid Khan 54) bt Disha Communication 89 in 19.1 overs (Jitesh three for 16).

Sriram Builders 210 for five in 20 overs (Johny 31 not out, Mohan 93) bt Henkal India 40 in 13.4 overs.

Asif Salam returned figures of six for 13 to help VBCA to a 10-wicket win over Prahlad ‘B’ in the Prahlad Cricket Academy cricket tournament.

The scores: Prahlad ‘A’ 126 for nine in 30 overs (P. Krishna 53 n.o.) lost to FSCA 127 for two in 29.3 overs (V. Srivatsan 66 n.o.).

LHCA 145 for seven in 30 overs (S. Kishore Srinivas 49, B. Vishal 34) bt Kanniah 116 in 28.3 overs (R. Sundar 48, Sai Vinay three for ten including a hat-trick).

Kedar 89 in 27.2 overs lost to CSSF 93 for four in 20.2 overs.

Prahlad ‘B’ 69 in 22.3 overs (Asif Salam six for 13) lost to VBCA 70 for no loss in seven overs (G.V. Vignesh 34 n.o.).

Kedar CA 202 for seven in 30 overs (Yogesh V. Narayan 85, P.B. Anirudh 31, P. Vidyut four for 37, C. Shravanth Bharadwaj three for 25) bt Prahlad CA ‘B’ 76 (S. Aasish six for 14).

LHCA 88 in 28.4 overs lost to AJCA 91 for no loss in 13.4 overs (Mitrakantha 47 not out, Lakshminarayan 36 not out).

Madras Gymkhana Club ‘A’, powered by an unbeaten 114 from M. Shivram, recorded a 106-run win over Andhra Club in a Singaram Trophy inter-club cricket match held recently.

The scores: MGC ‘A’ 195 for two in 20 overs (M. Shivram 114 not out, Gulshan 47 not out) bt Andhra Club 89 in 19.3 overs (Riaz five for 15).

Presidency Club 162 for five in 20 overs (Gaurav Jain 59, Sandeep 43 not out) bt Indira Nagar Club 104 for five in 20 overs.

MRC Club 143 for six in 20 overs (Ashwin 68 not out, S. Rajavelu four for 17) bt Alumni Club 122 for four in 20 overs (M.A.M. Ganesh 53 not out).

MCC 147 for six in 20 overs (K. Ravishankar 60) lost to T. Nagar Club 151 for two in 14.2 overs (S. Venkatvasan 87).

MGC ‘B’ 115 in 19.3 overs (Abhishek Gupta 54) bt Towers Club 111 for nine in 20 overs.

Presidency Club 190 for seven in 20 overs (Dheeraj Jain 98) bt Boat Club 97 for eight in 20 overs.

P. Prabhakar’s century (104) went in vain as Sridhar CC went down to Perambur Club by seven wickets in a third division match of the TNCA league held recently.

The scores: III div. ‘A’: Cosmopolitan Club 248 for eight in 50 overs (W. Antony Das 53 n.o., Karthik four for 48) bt Mambalam Mosquitos 224 in 49 overs (Vengatesh 49, Karthik 64).

Sridhar CC 223 in 49.4 overs (P. Prabhakar 104, Mukund Deepak four for 62) lost to Perambur Club 224 for three in 38.3 overs (Balachandra Bharath 80 n.o., S. Mahentiran 61 n.o.).

BRC 178 for nine in 50 overs (S. Saravanan 51, B. Karthikeyan four for 55) bt KMC 110 in 26.4 overs (J. Sadish four for 34).

Reserve Bank RC 131 in 46 overs (Prabhu Balachander 82, S. Santhosh Kumar six for 35) lost to Netaji CC 135 for two in 19.3 overs.

TNEB 225 for seven in 50 overs (S. Sundara Raman 80) lost to Prithvi CC 227 for five in 45.2 overs (John Baptist 61, Veluswamy 56).

Madras Aryan Club 132 in 42.5 overs (A. Venkatesh four for 29) lost to Garnet CC 133 for two in 37.5 overs (T.T. Sashank 40 n.o., Pratik Jain 50 n.o.).

V div. ‘C’: NUC 141 in 31.1 overs (C.M. Pradeep Kumar five for 25) lost to Kamyuth Club 143 for seven in 27.3 overs (S. Srikrishna four for 31).

New College will organise an inter-collegiate table tennis tournament on January 6 and 7 at its premises. The tournament is open to all students of Arts and Science colleges for men. Entry fee is Rs 100 per team of four. For details contact M. Abdul Hakeem, Director of Physical Education, New College, Ph: 94442 65533 .

Tamil Nadu with 23 points won the overall championship in the National sub-junior tennikoit championship at Ladanendal, Sivaganga District recently. Andhra Pradesh (19 points), Kerala (14) and Pondicherry (6) followed TN in that order.

Fans who want to watch the Ranji Trophy cricket semifinal match between Mumbai and Saurashtra at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium from January 4 to 7 may do so from the ‘F’ and ‘H’ stands (Bells Road) and ‘B’ stand (Victoria Hostel Road).

The 27th Rachel Paranjothy Open chess tournament for women will be held at Ethiraj College for Women, Egmore, from Jan. 5 to 9. The entry fee is Rs. 100. Entries may be sent to the Physical Director, Ms. Neeta Seelan, (97104 66465), Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai -600105.

© Copyright 2000 - 2009 The Hindu