Olympic torch arrives from Greece
Kannan scalps five
SIVAKASI: G. Theri Kannan’s ve for 23 set up Royal Kings Aces’ ve-wicket win over
Mepco Schlenk EC in the Virudhunagar DCA second division league.
The scores:
I div.: Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education 93 in 19 overs (E. Rajeshkumar 3/18, M.D. Gowtham Ganesh 3/26, Selvakumar 3/32) lost to Sivakasi Town 97/2 in 16.2 overs (P.S. Giridharan 37).
II div.: Liberty 183/9 in 25 overs (Gopi Kannan 63, Anandraj 44) bt VRDCA XI 111 in 19.4 overs (P.S. Giridharan 56, Esakkipandi 33 n.o., Muthupandi 4/27, Mathimaran 3/23).
Miraculous 106/9 in 25 overs (Sabarisan 3/18) lost to United XI 107/2 in 12.1 overs (Vinayaka Moorthy 42, Mani Sundaram 39 n.o.).
Mepco Schlenk 124/9 in 20 overs (G. Theri Kannan 5/23) lost to Royal Kings Aces 125/5 in 18 overs (P. Kannapiran 47, S. Guhan 35 n.o.).
Yazhini 177 in 23.5 overs (M. Naveen 70, Vanniyarajan 4/45) bt Tamilthai 131 in 18.5 overs (Vanniyarajan 40, M.
Karuthapandi 31, Maharaja 3/15, M. Suresh 3/42 including a hat-trick).
Big win for HPF
UDHAGAMANDALAM: P.M. Sadick Ali’s six for 62 went in vain as HPF coasted to a comfortable 130-run win over Blue Hills Arts and Science Club in the NDCA second division league recently.
The scores:
HPF 269/8 in 35 overs (G. Manigandan 77, P. Surendran 69, P.M. Sadick Ali 6/62) bt Blue Hills 139 in 20.5 overs (K.B. Prajin 40, P.
Theri Kannan (Royal Kings Aces, 5/23)
Surendran 4/21).
DCAT league entry tournament
COIMBATORE: The District Cricket Association of Tirupur (DCAT) will conduct its league entry knockout tournament for the Arumugam Rolling Trophy from the second week of June.
Interested teams can register online on or before May 25. Contact the DCAT o¤ce or whatsapp to 99434 40040 (text message only).
Tens of thousands of people welcomed the Olympic torch on Wednesday in the southern French city of Marseille, marking another milestone in the lead-up to the Summer Games in Paris.
French Olympic swimmer Florent Manaudou became the rst to carry the torch in France after the Olympic ¦ame arrived in Marseille’s Old Port on a majestic three-mast ship from Greece for the welcoming ceremony amid tight security.
The ship sailed into Marseille’s old port with the French national anthem “La Marseillaise” echoing from the embankment and a French Air Force ¦yover with planes rst drawing the ve Olympic rings and then the red-blue-white colours of the nation’s ¦ag.