Local League: Balaji ton helps Sounder CC win

Balaji guided Sounder to a decent total of 240 for eight in its stipulated 50 overs. Hunters was bowled out for 178 runs as S Bhargav and Sai Srivatsan picked up four and three wickets each. In a fifth division ‘E’ match, Sai Bharath scalped five wickets to help Harnath CC beat Grand Prix CC by 50 runs.

BRIEF SCORES: IV-DIVISION ‘B’: Sridhar CC 144 in 41.4 overs (S Suresh 45, V Santhosh Kumar 33, G Gunasekaran 6/42, KK Kalaivendan 3/39) lost to Book Sellers XI 147 for 5 in 46.4 overs (S Manoj Prabhakar 43) 

Sounder CC 240 for 8 in 50 overs (NP Balaji 105*, Raviteja Upadrashta 37) beat Hunters XI 178 in 44.4 overs (M Sakthivel 57, D Alexander David Raj 34, S Bhargav 4/49, A Sai Srivathsan 3/38) 

Venkateswara CC 229 for 7 in 50 overs (S Abdul Khadeer 69*, T Bharath 56, P Ravindra Babu 46) beat Nungambakkam CC 221 in 47.3 overs (S Nishanth 99*, K Rajesh 67, M Surendhar 3/42, S Abdul Khadeer 3/53, Sajjad Hussain 3/64) 

Tiger CC 174 for 9 in 50 overs (K Karthi Kumar 64*, P Subash Chandran 31, V Raja 5/23) lost to Gandhi Nagar Starlets CC 178 for 5 in 37.2 overs (B Arun Kumar 64, P Babu 49, T Nitish Joyal 4/57) 

V-DIVISION ‘E’: Harnath CC 226 in 38.4 overs (J Amose 44, M Naresh Kumar 40, T Adhavan 32, D Sathyanaathan 6/63, R Sri Raghavendra Prasad 3/85) beat Grand Prix CC 176 in 44 overs (S Karthik 54, S Jagadeesan 41*, R Sai Bharath 5/33) 

VI-DIVISION ‘A’: YMCA Royapettah 225 in 28.5 overs (K Sampath Kumar 82, Vignesh Doss 42, M Bheemeswara Suresh 3/56, M Kuralamudhan 3/53) beat Bank of India S & RC 89 in 19.1 overs (T Udhayanithi 5/18) 

VI-DIVISION ‘B’: Saidapet Gymkhana 200 for 7 in 30 overs (K Venkatesan 47, Sai Sivakumar Raya 40, Abhilash Kumar Bhattaram 37, V Sivakumar 3/49) lost to South Indian AA 202 for 5 in 28.2 overs (S Vasanthraj 53*, Biswabikash Rout 44*, S Vadivel Raja 36) 

Free Lancers CC 89 in 22.5 overs (G Sathish 4/17, M Kumaresan 3/26, D Deeban 3/18) lost to HSBC RC 90 for 7 in 30 overs (Dhalapathy Vignesh Kumar 4/24)