Cricket in Thoothukudi
1st division league
In the Thoothukudi District Cricket Association’s 1st division cricket league matches played at Tuticorin,
TRC ‘A’, Tuticorin batted first and scored 155 in 30.3 overs against SDR CC, Tuticorin. K. Ramkumar scored 39, Govindarajan scored 31. Y.M. Asif, Pradeep and Athisayaraj picked Three wickets each for 39, 51 and 19 respectively for SDR CC.
In the chase, SDR CC, Tuticorin scored 156 for the loss of 5 wickets in 21.3 overs. Y.M. Asif top scored with 74 and T. Manikrishnan scored 27.
Match Result: SDR CC, Tuticorin beat TRC ‘A’, Tuticorin by 5 wickets
In an another match
Seconds ‘A’, Tuticorin batted first and posted 295 for the loss of 8 wickets in the alloted 50 overs against Youngstar CC. A. Stanley top scored with 88 followed by J. Jeyaganesh and D. Karthik scored 61 and 50 respectively.
In the chase, Youngstar CC scored 182 in 37 overs. Santhana raj scored 39 and P. Baskar scored 31 for Youngstar. R. John Selvakumar bowled well and picked 4 wickets for 35 and V. Santhana Sekar picked 3 wickets for 49.