TNCA League championships: M. Balamurugan, Hemachudeshan grab limelight

J Hemachudhesan, Netaji CC, 6 for 7
J Hemachudhesan, Netaji CC, 6 for 7

M. Balamurugan’s unbeaten 103 (71b, 13x4, 4x6) helped his team Comrades CC go past CUC in a IV Division ‘B’ Zone league match of the TNCA League championships. Chasing CUC’s 146, comrades finished on 152 for six.

M. Balamurugan’s unbeaten 103 (71b, 13x4, 4x6) helped his team Comrades CC go past CUC in a IV Division ‘B’ Zone league match of the TNCA League championships. Chasing CUC’s 146, comrades finished on 152 for six.

In another match in the same division, K. Ponmurali Krishnan’s all-round effort (68 n.o and 5/51), which included five 6s in an over could not take his team Kumbhat CC past Young Men’s Association.

In a V Division ’B’ Zone, Hemachudeshan bowled a miserly spell picking up six wickets giving away just seven runs to help his team Netaji post an easy win over Varsity Occasionals.

Picking up a fifer, in the same division were K Samarth (5/22) for HSBC Rc, A Sahayaraj (5/24) for National and K Pradeepak Kumar for Grand Prix.

Brief Scores :

IV Division ‘B’ Zone

Gandhi Nagar Starlets CC 254/9 in 50 overs (T Adhavan 60, S Santhosh Kumar 46, Abhinav Ramesh 33) beat PUC 188 in 42.3 overs (K S Rohit Narayanan 37, N Ebenezer 3/56).

Young Mens CC 141 in 42.4 overs (S. Manikandan 4/17) lost to Bharathi SC 142/1 in 29.4 overs (R. Sohan Pushparaj 87 n.o, G. Gokul Raj 42 n.o).

CUC 146 in 41.5 overs (D Pranav Kumar 53, P Pradeep Kumar three 3/39) lost to Comrades CC 152/6 in 27.3 overs (M Balamurugan 103 n.o, 71b, 13x4, 4x6, D Alfred Jacob 3/57).

Venkateswara CC 177/9 in 50 overs (P. Ravindra Babu 51, Vinay Lokanathan 4/31) lost to Ranji CC 181/8 in 42.3 overs (S. Sachin 50, S. Prithivraj 34, M. Iraichelcan 31 n.o, P. Suyash Sethiya 4/52).

Young Men's Association 217/9 in 50 overs (A.K Nitin 34, K. Ponmurali Krishnan (offie) 5/51) beat Kumbhat CC 214/9 in 50 overs (K. Ponmurali Krishnan 68 n.o, R. Hiruthick 39, R. Gowthaman 4/39).

V Division ’B’ Zone

Varsity Occasionals 73 in 24 overs (J. Jefferey Philemon 33, J. Hemachudeshan (offie) 6/7, P. S. Mohan 3/24) lost to Netaji CC 76/3 in 8.3 overs (B. Swadesh 33 n.o)

Gopalapuram CC 128 in 34.2 overs (R. Rihan Ali 66, C. Gajendra Perumal 5/23) lost to Singam Puli CC 132/3 in 27 Overs (D. Jobin Raj 66).

C. Appaiah Chettiar MCC 238/9 in 50 overs (S. Karthikeyan 80, V. Lokesh Babu 33, Pranav 4/75, M. Nishanth Raj 4/52) lost to Triplicane RC 242/6 in 47.5 overs (M. Nishanth Raj 49, S. Sai Bharath 40, R G Ramkaanth 58, S. Sri Ram 37 n.o).

The Triplicane Cosmopolitan Club 79/10 in 26 overs (J Balaji 31 n.o., V Ajay 3/15, N Raghavendra 3/31, Aniruddh Anand 3/23) lost to Galaxy SC 82/3 in 19.5 overs (N Aakaash Sharma 37 n.o).

Grand Prix CC 237 in 48.4 overs (S Padmanaban 34, S Naveen 30, R Elango 31, N Karthik Kumar 60, A Anth Zack Romero 3/41) beat Prasad CC 212 in 44.6 overs (V Vijay Anand 86, T Lingeswaran 44, K Pradeepak Kumar (ramp) 5/47, S Krishna Kumar 3/46).

National CC 204 in 45.5 overs (B Aravind 56, K Samarth (las) 5/22) beat HSBC RC 152 in 32.2 overs (A G Srinivasan 46, A Sahayaraj 5/24).

Varsity Occasionals 73 in 24 overs (J. Jefferey Philemon 33, J. Hemachudeshan (offie) 6/7, P. S. Mohan 3/24) lost to Netaji CC 76/3 in 8.3 overs (B. Swadesh 33 n.o).

M Balamurugan, Comrades CC, 103 n.o

“M Balamurugan, Comrades CC, 103 n.o”

A Sahayaraj, National CC, 5 for 24

A Sahayaraj, National CC, 5 for 24”

K Samarth, HSBC RC, 5 for 22

K Samarth, HSBC RC, 5 for 22”

K Ponmurali Krishnan, Kumbhat CC, 5 for 51 & 68 n.o (incl 5 sixes in an over)

K Ponmurali Krishnan, Kumbhat CC, 5 for 51 & 68 n.o (incl 5 sixes in an over)”

K Pradeepak Kumar, Grad Prix, 5 for 47

K Pradeepak Kumar, Grad Prix, 5 for 47”