Abhisheks ton steers Sankara to win

CHENNAI: V Sai Abhishek’s century (100; 76b, 11x4, 2x6) enabled Sri Sankara Sr Sec School (CH-20)  beat St John’s (Che-49) by seven runs in a TNCA–City Schools Under-14 tournament for the B Somasunda­ram Trophy.Brief scores: Monfort Academy M.S. (CH-4) 93 for 7 in 15 overs (R Ragul 32) bt Don Bosco, Perambur (CH-11) 82 for 5 in 15 overs (D Aravind 32, S Ananth 3/16); Sri Sankara Sr Sec School (CH-20) 162 for 8 in 30 overs (V Sai Abhishek 100) bt St.John’s MHSS (CH-49) 155 for 4 in 30 overs (S Kishan Kumar 56 no, N M Shankar Raman 32 no); Nellai Nadar 95 for 4 in 15 overs (M Shaike Mohammed Ismail 27, K Dinesh Chander 28) bt Jawahar Vidyalaya SSS ‘A’ (CH-83) 60 for 3 in 15 overs; St Bede’s ‘A’ 298 for 5 in 30 overs (D Anchit 91, S Lokeshwar 95, C Vijaya Balaji 43, Dhruv Sreewatsav 26) bt Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram 67 in 28 overs.YSCA’s kerala tourYSCA cricket team visited Kerala playing two matches at Trivandrum and four matches at Cochin. YSCA won both the matches at Trivandr­um and two matches at Cochin. V Naveen Kumar made 156 runs at an average of 36 heading the batting averages. P Sanjay Kumar topped the bowling averages by claiming 14 wickets at an average of 9.9.Brief scores: At Trivandrum: YSCA 168 for 9 in 35 overs (R Ashok Kumar 31, V Naveen Kumar 49) bt Kids Cricket Club 153 for 9 in 35 overs ( Shajan saleem 28, Kannan 27, P Vijay Rajan 3/28, P Sanjay Kumar 3/16); YSCA 55 for 8 in 35 overs (V Naveen Kumar 33, R Gangadharan 38) bt Combined XI 95 in 23 overs ( R Satheesh kumar 3/14, P Sanjay kumar 3/21) At Kochi: YSCA 98 in 29.3 overs ( Munsheer 3/26, Nakul 3/23) lost to BPCL Academy 102 for 1 in 16 overs (Munsheer 42 no, Srinath 38 no); YSCA 190 for 9 in 45 overs (R Ashok kumar 53, S Abdul Anees 54 no) bt BPCL Academy 148 in 37.3 overs (Munsheer 53, Lakmal 28, CS Vignesh 3/26, P Sanjay kumar 3/36); Thirupunithura 129 in 31 overs (Absal 33, V Naveen Kumar 3/25, P Sanjay Kumar 317) bt YSCA 101 in 25.4 overs (V Naveen Kumar 28, Nitish 5/38,Vishnu 3/22). YSCA 209 in 44 overs (R Gangadharan 71,Tilbin 4/35) bt Thirupunithura cricket club 108 in 32.4 overs (Ashwin 32, S.Abdul Anees 4/8, P Sanjay kumar 2/6, CS Vignesh 2/19).