Local League: Radhakrishnan scores unbeaten double ton

Radhakrishnan 204 not out (266b, 29x4) and X Thalaivan Sargunam 116 not out (190b, 9x4, 3x6) were involved in a mammoth 283 runs in 63.4 overs for the unbroken fourth wicket. As the first innings was not completed, both teams received three points each. 

Elite: Nelson 606/9 decl. drew with Globe Trotters 461/3 119 in overs (S Radhakrishnan 204*, X Thalaivan Sargunam 116*) Points: Trotters 3 (18); Nelson 3 (19). Grand Slam 402/9 decl. drew with India Pistons 186 in 63.5 overs (B. Arun 4/55) & 150/3 in 44 overs (AV Srinivasan 58*). Grand Slam 5 (12); Pistons 2 (14). Plate: Jolly Rovers 495/5 decl. drew with CromBest 200 in 87.5 overs (Varun M Totadri 77, MA Khader 44, DT Chandrasekar 8/54) & 89/1 in 38 overs (R Ananth 41*) Rovers 5 (18); CromBest 2 (17). 

T I Cycles 276 & 129/2 in 39 overs (RN Subramanian 46*) drew with Alwarpet 372 in 113.1 overs (B Rahul 77, A Venkataraman 69, Abhishek Tanwar 48, R Sonu Yadav 4/79) Alwarpet 5 (17); Cycles 2 (13). AG’s Office 418 drew with UFCC (T Nagar) 236 in 104 overs (V Maaruthi Raghav 73, Sreekumar Nair 90,  AC Prathiban 5/57) Points: AGORC 5 (10); UFCC 2 (9).

CV Varun’s spectacular effort of eight for 31 with ball enabled Jubilee CC beat BSNL Chennai Telephones RC by 14 runs in the fourth division of the TNCA league. In another fourth division match, R Bharath Rajan scalped eight for 39 to help Prithvi CC to a  24-run win over City Central League. 

II-DIVISION ‘ELITE’: 

Triplicane SC 239 for 8 in 50 overs (Saurabh Tiwary 52, MP Rajesh 42, D Govindaraj 37) lost to Madras CC 240 for 7 in 49.4 overs (Mohammed Adnan Khan 61, Venkatesh Iyer 58*, J Hariesh 51) Indian Overseas Bank Staff Club 181 in 47 overs (Robert Fernandez 52, CH Jitendra Kumar 40, SV Muruganantham 3/31) lost to Mylapore RC ‘A’ 182 for 4 in 45.1 overs (Virat Singh 55, VA Jagadeesh 49) 

II-DIVISION ‘PLATE’: Egmore RC 180 in 45.5 overs (A Ashwin 56, S Dinesh Kumar 3/17) lost to Sir Theagaraya RC 181 for 3 in 30.5 overs (Mitchell Anthony Mannays 55, Paras Dogra 37*, A Jerome 40*) ICF SA 117 in 27.1 overs (V Bharath Hariharan 36, P Prashanth 4/25) lost to Southern Railway Institute 119 for 3 in 29 overs (S Raghunath 65*, A Rakesh 45) Royapettah CC 212 in 49.5 overs (Gokul Sharma 49, J Scidanandh 43, R Ganesh 4/54) lost to Parry’s S & RC 216 for 5 in 40.2 overs (ST Natarajan 89, S Santosh Shiv 61) 

V-DIVISION ‘A’: Prithvi CC 149 in 43 overs (B Vinoth Kumar 4/38) beat City Central League 125 in 33.5 overs (R Bharath Rajan 8/39) Social CC 155 in 43.4 overs (ND Harishankar 63, S Parthasarathy 4/23) lost to GE T&D S & RC 159 for 9 in 39 overs (S Prabakaran 3/20) Chatnath RC 224 for 9 in 50 overs (M Vasisht 62) lost to T Srinivasaraghavan Memorial SC 225 for 5 in 43.4 overs (V Abishek 68, K Ajayashankar 58, S Ravikumar 40) Jubilee CC 152 in 49.5 overs (RS Navin Kumar 5/28) beat BSNL Chennai Telephones RC 138 in 37.3 overs (CV Varun 8/31)

The YMCA Madras prize money open snooker tournament will be held at the Vepery YMCA hall from March 16 to 26. Chief referee of the event RB Ganesh said the open tournament held in the city after a long time has evoked a good response attracting 140 entries. All the leading players from Tamil Nadu will participate in the tournament which will be played in the knockout format right from the start. The semi-finals will be held on March 24 and the final of 11 frames will be held on March 26. There will be 18 matches every day on three tables in six sessions, said RB Ganesh. The international referee said the event will see AP and Kerala players also in action.