Local League: Baladharan bowls Coimbatore to easy win

Chasing 157 for win, Tiruvannamalai was bowled out for 75 in 29.4 overs. Elsewhere, left-arm medium pacer Sumesh Ashok Kumar took six for 22 to propel Thiruvallur to a huge 318-run win over Thanjavur. Earlier, R Ram Arvindh scored 156 (108b, 16x4, 7x6) to help Thiruvallur score 357.

Brief scores: At Pudukottai: Coimbatore 156 in 44.1 overs (C Sathyanarayanan 45, ND Harishankar 33, K Gokulnathan 3/26) bt Tiruvannamalai 75 in 29.4 overs (K Baladharan 5/5); Pudukottai 161 in 35.1 overs (A Sharath 59, R Balaji Ram 4/15) bt Thiruvarur 90 in 23.2 overs (SG Balaji 3/17). At Tirupur: Namakkal 80 in 29 overs (Joy Gupta 4/22) lost to Tirupur 81/1 in 14 overs (N Gokul Raj 32*); Tirunelveli 139 in 38.5 overs (AP Ananda Kumar 31, P Praveen Kanth 5/32) bt Karur 136 in 42.3 overs (K Meganathan 44, G Sriram 4/34). At Thoothukudi: Dharmapuri 179 in 49.4 overs (T Udhayanithi 33, SI Mohammed Thoufeeq 4/45) lost to Thoothukudi 181/8 in 43 overs (P Jeya Krishna 40, V Rajesh 51, M Sakthi 3/35); Perambalur 170 in 47.4 overs (G Sam Kennedy 40, S Sham Vikram 35, E Sanjay Kumar 3/18) lost to Vellore 174/2 in 28.5 overs (Ashraey S Harigan 50*, J Naveen 74*). At Thanjavur: Thiruvallur 357/6 in 50 overs (R Vivek 43, R Ram Arvindh 156, R Raja Guru 31, D Vignesh Yadav 47*) bt Thanjavur 39 in 15 overs (Sumesh Ashok Kumar 6/22); Dindigul 275/6 in 50 overs (N Sushil Kumar 85, M Boopathy Vaishna Kumar 31, Aashiq Kaleel Rahman 59, A Ranjan 54) bt Ramanathapuram 153 in 40.1 overs (J Abdul Kareem 4/33). At Salem: Salem 199 in 48.5 overs (CB Karthick 45) bt Tiruchirapalli 150 in 38.2 overs (S Suryanarayanan 42, L Sonu Singh 5/44); Kanyakumari 235/9 in 50 overs (A Mohamed Faraz 51, L Pradheep Vishal 70*, S Rohan 5/34) bt Pondicherry 106 in 37.5 overs (R Manikandan 38, A Mohamed Faraz 5/23). At Theni: Krishnagiri 315/3 in 50 overs (Mohamed Shafeequddin 43, S Mohanakumar 39, S Ganesh 120*, K Deeban Lingesh 93) bt Theni 181 in 49.4 overs (K Sivasakthivel 30, J Krishnamoorthi 78, S Mohanakumar 3/25); Nilgiris 286 in 49.4 overs (S Rohith Pranav 92, S Solai Kumar 3/49) bt Virudhunagar 96 in 29.2 overs (A Akash 4/15, R Rajesh Kannan 4/28). At Nagapattinam: Sivagangai 55 in 22.1 overs (D Rahul 3/6) lost to Nagapattinam 56/4 in 16.1 overs (E Elavarasan 30*); Madurai 49 in 18.5 overs (T Deeparasu 4/23, K Subramaniyan 4/4) lost to Villupuram 52/3 in 15.5 overs. At Cuddalore: Erode 152 in 42.2 overs (Surya Prakash Subramaniam 33*, S Arun 3/37, Salman Usman Khan 3/41) lost to Kancheepuram 153/3 in 33 overs (Pranav Kumar 53*, GR Nithin 31, R Yash 43*)