Vimal stars in Amar’s win

M Vimal Raj (5/37) dished out a five-wicket haul as Amar Cricket Club edged Universal Recreation Club by two wickets in a TNCA Sixth Division ‘B’ duel here. Bowling first, right-arm medium pacer Vimal wreaked havoc to skittle out Universal for 169 in 29.3 overs. Amar scampered to its target in 28.3 overs, losing eight wickets in the process. G Suresh (49) was the top-scorer for the victor, falling just one run short of a half-century.

Brief scores:

VI-DIVISION ‘B’: Madras Fertilizers Limited RC 177 for 7 in 30 overs (E Prabhu 49*, Johnson Peter Xavier 39, T Viveknath 3/51) beat Free Lancers CC 160 for8 in 30 overs (PrashaanthBalasubramaniam 38*, A Selvendran 32);

Universal RC 169 all-out in 29.3 overs (S Thiagarajan 62, M Vimal Raj 5/37) lost to Amar CC 172 for 8 in 28.3 overs (G Suresh 49, M Vimal Kumar 37*).