Babu scores unbeaten ton to steer Royapettah home

Sachin Baby’s century guided Swaraj Cricket Club to a narrow win over Sir Theagaraya Recreation Club. S Dinesh Kumar’s 6 for 40 went in vain as the latter fell short by two runs. 

In another game, S Bodavarapu (6/36) helped Book Sellers XI inflict a 26-run defeat on Venkateswara Cricket Club. D Alexander Raj picked up five wickets as Hunters XI defeated Tiger Cricket Club by three wickets. In the fifth division, R Vimal Khumar scored a century while R Sathish Kumar picked up six wickets for State Bank of India RC and Globe CC respectively. 

II-DIVISION ‘B’: Indian Overseas Bank SC 275 for 6 in 50 overs (C Akshay 77*, M Mohammed Azharuddeen 65, Andimani Ganga Pradeep 51, Abhishek M Hegde 47, R Jesuraj 3/54) beat Madras CC 213 in 49 overs (S Arun Srinivas 43, Rajat Bhatia 42, Mohammed Adnan Khan 37, S Sangameshwar 3/45) Southern Railway Institute 230 for 8 in 50 overs (A Rakesh 67, A Baskar 61, P Hari Raj 30*, R Mukesh 4/48) lost to Royapettah CC 231 for 5 in 42.3 overs (G Babu 116*, S Prabhu 53) Swaraj CC 260 for 9 in 50 overs (Sachin Baby 103, V. Vishnu 45, S Dinesh Kumar 6/40, VS Abdul Safar 3/39) beat Sir Theagaraya RC 258 in 49.5 overs (MV Vishal Sundar 54*, Sabin Somatha Karnavar 49, P Arun 37, H Mohammed Imran 31, M Silambarasan 3/48)

IV-DIVISION ‘B’: Perungalathur CC 160 in 47.2 overs (R Sri Neranjan 43, P Subramani 36, P Murugan 31, V Santhosh Kumar 3/21) beat Sridhar CC 123 in 40.2 overs (P Suresh Kumar 3/34, A Karuppusamy 3/17) Book Sellers XI 171 in 48.4 overs (B Tamil Selvan 35, Sajjad Hussain 5/39, S Abdul Khadeer 3/46) beat Venkateswara Cricket Club 145 in 43.2 overs (P Ravindra Babu 46, S Bodavarapu 6/36, MA Stephen Raj 3/42) Tiger CC 171 in 44 overs (S Anandakumar 49, D Alexander David Raj 5/35) lost to Hunters XI 172 for 7 in 46.3 overs (R Madurai Veeran 48, Rishabh Sudhir 40, D Manoj 34*, T Nitish Joyal 3/37)

V-DIVISION ‘A’: United Friends CC (Chengalpet) 172 for 9 in 50 overs (S Bala Subramaniam 44, SM Karthick 31, S Dhruv Shiva 4/62) beat Singaravelar Memorial CC 96 for 9 in 50 overs (I Vetrivel 4/21) Magnet CC 191 for 7 in 50 overs (R Sricharan 64, S Aravind 39*, M Mathavan 30) beat Youth Centre CC 182 in 48.2 overs (Huzefa M Ajmerwala 67) Globe CC 169 in 47.3 overs (M Nagaraj 33, K Murali 4/31) beat ICI Sports and RC 116 in 38.4 overs (M Sagar 32, R Sathish Kumar 6/37, V Balaji 3/27) St.Mary’s CC 268 for 8 in 50 overs (S Mohan Raj 59, Ashwin Kumar 39, Balaji 37, V Vijaysarathi 3/63, Y Guru Bhaskar 3/46) lost to State Bank of India RC 270 for 3 in 45.5 overs (R Vimal Khumar 106, KM Harish 73*, S Akash 39)