CHENNAI: Salem’s left-arm orthodox K Shamalan starred in the first semi-final of the PR Thevar Trophy, with 5/40 which helped his side bowl Thiruvallur out for 105 here on Friday. In the other semi-final too, it was a left-arm orthodox who stole the show, as Vishnu Dev picked up 5/62 to bowl Chengalpattu out for 207.
Brief Scores: Semi-final 1 (At Thirunelveli) – Thiruvallur 105 in 60.3 overs (Shamalan 5/40) vs Salem 110/3 in 37 overs (Ashwin Hariharan 34no); Semi-final 2 (At Salem): Chengalpattu 207 in 87.1 overs (Kabilan 40, Rishi 36, Hashvamithran 33, Vishnu Dev 5/62 ) vs. Tirupur 26/2 in 5.5 overs