Mani bowls Triplicane to victory

Manikandan bagged a seven-wicket haul to bowl out Shivaji for 142 in 32.5 overs. He conceded a mere 28 runs during his match-winning effort. The victor got past the finish line easily, chasing the target with 22 overs to spare. In another duel, B Sreeram (100 not out) struck an unbeaten hundred to propel Venkat Cricket Club to a five-wicket victory over Indian Oil Sports and Recreation Club.     

Brief scores:

V-DIVISION ‘E’: Indian Oil S & RC 200 for 8 in 50 overs (P Murugan 58, C Karthick Kumar 44, J Joseph Jebaraj 32*) lost to Venkat CC 201 for 5 in 44 overs (B Sreeram 100*, P Prithivi Rajan 43, T Udhayanithi 3/39); Vijay’s RC 116 all-out in 30.2 overs (V Bharathi Raja 3/9) lost to Milkyway CC 118 for 6 in 24 overs (M Amarnath 5/23);

Shivaji CC 142 all-out in 32.5 overs (Pradeep Ravi 42, Siddharth Prakash 41, K Manikandan 7/28) lost to Triplicane Cosmopolitan Club 143 for 3 in 28 overs (V Prasanna Srinivasan 48, R Harish Kumar 33, M Srikanth 32); Comrades CC 234 for 7 in 50 overs (Prithivraj Selvakumar 58, AT Fazir 52, B Vikram 37) beat Triplicane Friends United CC 136 all-out in 44 overs (M Balamurugan 3/47, DS Lokesh Kumar 3/35);  Harnath CC 281 for 9 in 50 overs (SV Praveen 97, R Vasanth Gnanaraj 84, V Vignesh 4/56, V Nitin Pranav 3/37) beat C Appaiah Chettiar Memorial CC 199 for 8 in 50 overs (V Nitin Pranaav 70*, V Bharath 37, GP Anish Vishagan 34).