TNCA First Division League: Siddharth bowls Alwarpet to victory

Resuming from its overnight score of 45 for one, Pistons was dismissed for 186 in 65.1 overs with Siddharth being the wrecker-in-chief. This was Siddharth’s second five-wicket haul this season. Set to chase 35, Alwarpet reached the target without losing any wickets.Elsewhere, another left-arm spinner, S Mohan Prasath did the star turn for Young Stars as his five for 85, and a match haul of nine for 133, enabled his team to a seven-wicket win over CromBest.

Brief scores: MRC ‘A’ 118 & 293/4 in 124 overs (NS Chaturved 73, R Srinivasan 57*, K Srikar Bharat 46) drew with Nelson 240. Points: Nelson 5 (17); MRC ‘A’ 2 (22). Grand Slam 442 drew with MCC 312 in 102.3 overs (P Sakthi 97, Prasanth Parameswaran 77, M Abhinav 6/87). Grand Slam 5 (25); MCC 2 (12). Vijay 407 drew with TI Cycles 318 in 124.4 overs (Umang Sharma 75, S Aravind 122*, Rahil Shah 5/99). Vijay 5 (22); Cycles 2 (13). Alwarpet 354 & 35 for no loss in 9.2 overs bt India Pistons 199 & 186 in 65.1 overs (Nidhish S Rajagopal 59, M Siddharth 5/57). Alwarpet 8 (26); Pistons 0 (9). CromBest 171 & 195 in 48.5 overs (Kaushik U Ram 51, M Affan Khader 51, S Mohan Prasath 5/85) lost to Young Stars 227 & 140/3 in 23.4 overs (R Sathyanarayan 68*, M Kamalesh 44*). Stars 8 (23); CromBest 0 (7). Jolly Rovers 538/7 decl. drew with Globe Trotters 205 in 113.4 overs (S Radhakrishnan 56*, NS Harish 5/49). Rovers 5 (19); Trotters 2 (16).