Vivek Nair’s breezy 95 helps Jakarta Barbarians record a facile win over Menara CC in their T20 game

It was the turn of Vivek Nair to shine with the bat as he plundered the Menara CC bowling to hit 95 off just 53 balls. While he decided to not run & clear the boundaries instead, five of his team-mates had other ideas as they decided to run themselves out. Jakarta Barbarians, score of […]

Chander Pandey continues his great form to lead Challengers CC to yet another win, this time over Emerio CC

Very good bowling by the Challengers CC trio of Satheesh Kumar, Sunil Samtani & Chander Pandey ensured that Emerio CC could only manage 128 in their 35 overs. In reply, the Emerio CC bowlers, led by David Surjit, kept pegging away with regular wickets, but Chander Pandey who is a having a dream run, did […]

Naveen Jindal’s all-round performance helps PHM Jaguar CC beat Metro Indians in a very close game at Cibubur

The PHM Jaguar CC batting finally clicked with all the batsmen contributing to take their side to a good score of 202 in their 35 overs. Naveen Jindal topscored with 38 while Bhagat Singh Londhe was the pick of the Metro Indian bowlers. In reply, when Rehan Ghaffar got rid of the dangerous Kirubasankar, the […]

Yadavas Senayan CC pip WPP India XI on the back of great performances by Chetan & Gamantika and despite a super-human knock by Pallav Malhotra

In the marquee clash of the weekend, WPP India XI would have been happy to dismiss Viraj Bhammar early in the innings. But his dismissal, got together the Singapore captain, Chetan Suryawanshi & the Indonesian captain, Gamantika Kadek who counter-attacked well and ensured Yadavas Senayan CC put up a big score of 168 in their […]

Pallav Malhotra’s valiant ton not enough to take his side home

The batsmen finally struck back this weekend, leading to some close games and wins for Yadavas Senayan CC, Challengers CC, PHM Jaguar CC, Jakarta Barbarians & Mavecrics CC. In the marquee clash of the weekend, WPP India XI would have been happy to dismiss Viraj Bhammar early in the innings. But his dismissal, got together […]

Yeri Rosogna’s batting and excellent bowling performance by all the bowlers helps Yadavas Chairos Tigers beat Mavecrics CC this weekend

The Yadavas Chairos Tigers bowling unit did really well with all bowlers contributing well as a team to restrict Mavecrics CC to just 114 runs in their 20 overs. Milind Shirodkar & Varun Tyagi were the best Mavecrics batsmen on display. In reply, Yeri Rosongna, anchored the innings beautifully to help the Tigers overcome good […]

Vimal Nair’s fighting knock & Chander Pandey’s tight spell ensure Challengers CC continue their winning form by beating GMIS CC this weekend

Tight bowling by the GMIS CC opening bowlers Mohammad Imran & Karan Tiwari had Challengers CC in trouble early in their innings after they were put in to bat. GMIS CC would have been the happier team when they had sent half the opposition batting back to pavilion for just 38 runs at the half-way […]

Muhammad Mehdi’s superb bowling helps Jakarta Barbarians upset WPP India XI in their 35 overs clash this weekend

WPP India XI would have rued their decision to bat first, as the Jakarta Barbarians opening bowlers left their mark very early in the innings. Vivek Nair squeezed out the batting with a tight spell leading to Muhammad Mehdi, benefiting with wickets at the other end. Much like the Indian team in the Pune test, […]

Chander Pandey’s ‘Dabang’ all-round display helps Challengers CC beat Yadavas Chairos Tigers comfortably in their game on 19th February

The T20 match between the Yadavas Chairos Tigers & Challengers CC was shortened to a 18 over affair. The Tigers, who were put in to bat, didn’t lose early wickets, but just could not force the pace and were 90 for 1, when Chander Pandey wreaked havoc as he took 4 wickets to restrict the […]

Rakshan Rai once again plays a big role in taking TKCC Royals to a comfortable win over PHM Jaguar CC on 19th February

Jaguar CC’s batting woes continued as they just couldn’t string together bigger partnerships when they batted first against TKCC Royals. Swaroop Chavan initially and Mukesh Khetan towards the end of the innings, were the destroyers-in-chief for TKCC with good support from all the other bowlers. Riaz Hyder put on 42 runs, but no one else […]

Ajeet Bhatt carries both his bat & his team, GMIS CC to a good win over Indorama CC in their game on 19th February

After being put into bat, GMIS CC had to rely on a solid & responsible knock from Ajeet Bhatt who almost carried his bat and was the last batsman to fall. Abhishek Sharma in the company of the experienced Srikkanth, kept pegging away with wickets at the other end. The only support Ajeet got was […]

It is a calm Justin Biji Matthew, this time, who helps Emerio CC recover from a difficult situation to beat Ceylon CC in their T20 game

All eyes were on the Ranji player Samarth Singh as Emerio CC took on Ceylon CC in their T20 game. But it was the bowlers who got Emerio going as they kept taking wickets at regular intervals to bowl out Ceylon CC for just 101 runs. Gaurav Kapoor & Baba Sivasankaran had batted well to […]

Govind Sodani & Surendran Chandramohan star as WISCI pull off a last-over thriller against TKCC Royals

Meanwhile, bowlers dominated the action this weekend in the Texmoda JCA League resulting in two low scoring games that went down to the wire. Govind Sodani got WISCI off to a great start with a wicket off the first ball. He followed it with two more wickets to have TKCC Royals in early trouble. Surendran […]

Opponents would be seeking ‘Raksha’ from the Rakshesh duo of Rakshan-Rakesh as they combined well once again to take TKCC to a comfortable win over Menara CC

The Rakshan & Rakesh show was on once again this weekend and they ensured there was no R&R for Menara CC as TKCC Royals comfortably won the contest. The Menara batting finally clicked with Harish Tiwari & Ishaq Muhammad playing aggressively while Prakash Kewlani held the other end up. Menara would have been reasonably pleased […]

Md. Alfhariz, Gordon Jones & debutant Rajika were the main contributors in Fez Rebels win over Indorama CC in a closely fought, low scoring game

Fez Rebels CC won a low scoring T20 game against Indorama CC at the GMIS grounds on Sunday. The Indorama batsmen couldn’t force the pace and kept losing wickets regularly as the young Md. Alfhariz bowled yet another good spell with support from John Hickman. Tight spells from Abhishek Sharma & Srikkanth had squeezed the […]

Skipper Prabhu, Dhanasekar & Ajay Mishra the main contributors of an all-round team performance by Metro Indians to beat Jakarta Barbarians in a closely fought game

The other 35 over game of the week was a close affair with Metro Indians prevailing over Jakarta Barbarians by 4 wickets. Ben Burgess was once again, the main contributor as his 74 runs along with some help from Tim Gutsell, took the Jakarta Barbarians to a competitive score. Dhanasekar, Venkatesh Rajendran & Sabu Joy […]

Emerio CC’s Samarth Singh roared in his JCA debut as his 179 not out (of just 89 balls) led to a 239 run mauling of Yadavas Chairos Tigers

Fresh from New Delhi, Samarth Singh displayed his mettle in his JCA debut by mauling the Yadavas Chairos Tigers’ bowling attack. His team had started off poorly and were in deep trouble at 84 for 6 after Indonesian national team players, Ridho Aulia & Budiarta had made early inroads. Samarth then, took it upon himself […]

Little master Rajeev Rajeswaran’s rich vein of batting form coupled with Big Dave’s penetrative bowling help WISCI come up trumps against Metro Indians

Rajeev Rajeswaran continued his rich vein of form as he, with early support from Darma Arta & a late blitz from Suhail Modak took WISCI to a huge 179 in their 20 overs. The game was virtually sealed, when big Dave Holme accounted for the big guns Prabhu & Kiruba early. Deepak Singh’s 3 wicket […]