Gowthaman stars for Walajah CA
L. Gowthaman’s hattrick (3/12) helped Walajah CA bowl out BHEL for 135 in its innings, and in reply, Walajah won by four wickets in The Ranipet DCA first division league match held recently. In a seconddivision match, Ravi Shankar’s allround performance (31 & 6/18) helped SCF defeat Sri Sai CA by 52 runs.
The scores: I div: BHEL 135 in 33.5 overs (Sathish Kumar 61, L. Gowthaman 3/12) lost to Walajah 138/6 in 33.5 overs (Viswanathan 35).
YMCA 102 in 23.1 overs (K. Saravanan 32, Yazharunmozhi 5/50) lost to Jawahar 103/3 in 16.5 overs (Jai 64).
Arcot 196 in 47.2 overs (Mohanakrishnan 33, Yuvaraj 42) lost to Jawahar 200/4 in 34.1 overs (Shameel Basha 48, Suriya Dhoni 87, E. Tamizh Dhileepan 52, N. Karthi 3/20).
II div.: IRI 200/8 in 27 overs (V. M. Purushothaman 37, Sathish Kumar 36, Mani Raina 63, Rahul Ravi 3/22) bt Cresent 175/8 in 27 overs.
Sputnik 196 in 26.1 overs (M. Sasikumar 35, Vivekanandhan 44, Santhosh 4/34) bt Eagle 130 in 26.4 overs (M. G. Sunil 3/19, Vishaanth Gopi 3/28).
Miller 222/4 in 27 overs (J. Praveen Kumar 63, Mories 53, Ashok 64) bt Youth 109 in 26.1 overs (Prem Kumar 33, Susil Kumar 4/33).
Sputnik 135 in 28.4 overs (V. Naresh Babu 3/12) lost to Ideal 138/7 in 27.4 overs (V. Naresh Babu 34).
Eagle 132/8 in 25 overs (Dinesh 31, Purushoth 40, R. Dinesh Kumar 3/29) lost to Walajah Knight Riders 133/3 in 21.5 overs (Gowtham 52, Pasalai Raj 32).
SCF 174 in 29 overs (Ravi Shankar 31, M. S. Siva Kumar 3/22, Srinivasan 3/32) bt Sai Sri CA 122/9 in 30 overs (S. Naveen Kumar 34, Ravi Shankar 6/18). Arakonam 172/8 in 30 overs (German 41, Vijayan 61, Arunpandiyan 4/39) bt Friends 108 in 25.3 overs (Vijayan 3/17, German 4/21).