Local League: Thiruvallur wins big courtesy Gowri Shankar’s hundred

The right-handed batsman’s hundred helped Thiruvallur reach 378 for five in its 50 overs. The winner later skittled out its opponent for 86 to register a convincing win. In another match, Salem’s V Marc Raj delivered a wonderful bowling spell, scalping seven wickets in the process. 

His efforts were instrumental in reducing Perambalur to a meagre 77 all out in 42.2 overs. His side chased down the target in 11 overs with 10 wickets in hand.

Brief scores: In Thiruvarur: Thiruvarur 78 in 30.5 overs (MS Lokesh 3/19) lost to Namakkal 79 for 5 in 22.2 overs 

Vellore 208 for 2 in 50 overs (V Hari Ragavendra 72*, V Suren Vijay 75*) beat Erode 169 for 8 in 50 overs (V Bennyhinn 4/23) 

In Tiruvannamalai: Nilgiris 54 in 29.3 overs (SP Ragul Rithick 4/19, SB Safin Barzani 4/9) lost to Tirupur 56 for no loss in 13.4 overs (P Khush Bardia 33*) 

Thanjavur 207 in 49 overs (G Bala 92, B Vignaprakash 3/29, S Julias Royter Immanuel 3/20) lost to Tiruvannamalai 210 for 6 in 46.2 overs (P Harsha Pradeep Kumar 76, Julius Royter Immanuel 30) 

In Coimbatore: Pudukottai 60 in 35.4 overs (M Kaleeswaran 3/9) lost to Ramanathapuram 62 for no loss in 15 overs (S Ajay Karthikeyan 42*) 

Coimbatore 267 for 8 in 50 overs (K Sibiyenthal 57, P Saravanan 61, G Siddharth 53) beat Theni 68 in 30.1 overs (G Pranav 3/12, Tharun Vijay 5/17) 

In Villupuram: Kancheepuram 200 for 7 in 50 overs (Mayank Das 69, R Prasidh Ram 32) beat Villupuram 155 for 9 in 50 overs (M Vinoth 78, MK Arun Sarwan 34, Abhinav Balaji 3/27, R. Raathin 3/42) 

Karur 201 for 8 in 50 overs (R Prajan 46, S Kirthick Mugunthan 37, P Leelaprasanth 3/26, B Whipra Harihara Sundaram 3/29) beat Dindigul 193 in 49.3 overs (S Saran 51, C Varun Krishna 3/41) 

In Dharmapuri: Dharmapuri 198 for 8 in 50 overs (A Gangadharan 3/22) lost to Thoothukudi 199 for 2 in 37.1 overse (A Gangadharan 113*, AM Nikhilan 53*) 

Thiruvallur 378 for 5 in 50 overs (N Gowri Shankar 177*, K Nirmal Kumar 121, Sanjai Solairaja 49, K Sidhanth 3/42) beat Pondicherry 86 in 31.4 overs (Anirudh Balaji 3/23, BK Kaushik Keifer Minh 3/31) 

In Salem: Perambalur 77 in 42.2 overs (B Swadesh 36, V Marc Raj 7/11) lost to Salem 81 for no loss in 11 overs (Nithin Ramanan 61*) 

Krishnagiri 351 for no loss in 50 overs (J Vishal Dharsha 157*, S Sanjay Aravind 161*) beat Sivagangai 151 in 47.2 overs (A Dakshina Moorthy 51, BN Dharani Kumar 3/30, J Vishal Dharsha 3/7) 

In Tiruchy: Cuddalore 182 in 41.2 overs (J Jeffdaerin 5/41) lost to Madurai 186 for 6 in 33.1 overs (P Abishek 37, M J Rohan 55*, P Mahit 3/37) 

Tiruchirapalli 148 in 46.5 overs (R Sree Sivaji 51, S Barath Rithvik 30) lost to Tirunelveli 149 for 1 in 32.4 overs (RK Jayant 68, M Selvasudarsan 35) 

In Kanyakumari: Virudhunagar 85 in 33.3 overs (S Rohan 6/5) lost to Kanyakumari 87 for 2 in 18.3 overs