CHENNAI: Left-arm spinner M Mathivanan (5/41) bagged a five-wicket haul while wicketkeeper-batter R Ram Arvindh smashed an unbeaten 112 off just 66 deliveries (11 fours, 5 sixes) as Standard CC crushed Ambattur CC by nine wickets in the final to clinch the TNCA Thiruvallur DCA League Championship 2021-22 First Division title.

After bowling Ambattur out for 166, Standard cruised home in just the 23rd over to emerge champion. Standard’s Ram Arvindh finished as the tournament’s top-scorer with 283 runs (including 1 hundred and 2 half-centuries), with his teammate Mathivanan topping the division’s bowling chart with 40 wickets (including 4 five-wicket hauls).