Mithunn, Manoj spur Minerva CC

Mith­unn S slammed a ton while Manoj Venkatesh claimed a five-wicket haul as Minerva Cricket Club registered a 55-run win over Elite Blues Cricket Club in the KSCA Group I, Division IV league-cum-knockout tournament for the Metro Shield here.

Riding Mithunn’s 103, Minerva amassed 312 all out in 48.5 overs with Vineeth Ashok contributing 79.

Manoj then returned figures of 6/34 to skittle Elite for 257 in 49.2 overs.  
Brief scores: Minerva Cricket Club: 312 all out in 48.5 overs (Bharat L 28, Abhilash 29, Mithunn S 103, Vineeth Ashok 79; Karthikeyan 3-57, Narasimha 2-54, Beerappa G 3-39) bt Elite Blues Cricket Club: 257 all out in 49.2 overs (Sachindra 44, Madhu G 73, Ankit Khare 40; Naveen Shetty 2-28, Manoj Venkatesh 6-34).

Crescent Cricket Club (1): 153 all out in 34.4 overs (Abhishek 30, Anil 45; Rajesh 2-22, Abhishek 2-35, Ajay 2-21, Pinkesh 2-16) lt to Palar Sports Club: 155/4 in 13.2 overs (Ajay 103 n.o., Nirav 32; Nazir 2-42).

Dolphin Cricketers: 209/6 in 50 overs (Anjanava 72, Sandeep 39, Raunaq 46; Saibal 2-34) bt Jayanagar United Cricketers: 199 all out in 50 overs (Prithvi 29, Manmohan 48; Naveen 2-42, Dilip 3-27, Anjanava 3-40).

Visveswarapuram Cricket Club (1): 219 all out in 46 overs (Joseph 72, Abul 61; Prasanna 3-30, Prajwal Kundar 3-16) bt Friends Union Cricket Club (2): 217 all out in 47.3 overs (Vinod 30, Shashank 44, Hemanth 46 n.o.; Abul 4-36, Noor 2-36, Rohit 2-16).