Adithya helps Egmore win

Bowling first, Egmore skittled out Bhimannapet for 162 in 40.5 overs, courtesy of right-arm medium pacer Adithya’s great spell. An easy target in front of it, Egmore completed the formalities in 39.5 overs, losing only five wickets in the process.

In another game, R Sri Neranjan’s (5/31) five scalps went in vain as Sir Theagaraya Recreation Club lost to Southern Railway Sports Association by 61 runs.

Brief scores: III-DIVISION ‘A’: Central United Club 150 all-out in 49 overs (S Santhosh Kumar 38, S Surya Sree 38*, D Yuvaraj 4/43, M Nandha Kumar 4/13) lost to Falcon CC 151 for 5 in 35.3 overs (V Naveen Kumar 67, M Nandha Kumar 47*, R Chandrasekar 3/33);

Nungambakkam CC 205 for 8 in 50 overs (V Hanooshvijayan 55, B Karthik 55*, KM Om Prakash 34, M Lakshminarayanan 3/43) beat Reserve Bank RC 75 all-out in 35.1 overs (V Ganesh 3/17, B Karthik 3/18);

Bhimannapet RC 162 all-out in 40.5 overs (S Padmanaban 43, T Akilan 36, S Adithya Geetham 5/50) lost to Egmore RC 163 for 5 in 39.5 overs (R Rajiv 52*, Sujith Govindaraju 35*);

Southern Railway Sports Association 175 all-out in 30 overs (R Paul Johnson 36, M Sabari Prabhu 32, R Sri Neranjan 5/31, Akash Dev Kumar 3/51) beat Sir Theagaraya RC 114 for 9 in 30 overs (S Sanjay Shrinivas 34, S Suraj 3/18).