Category: WISCI Wanderers

Amrit’s magnificent 125 not out (of 70 balls) provides the ‘nectar’ for Senayan CC’s win over WISCI in the clash of the titans this Sunday

WISCI Wanderers took on Senayan CC in a top of the table clash among the top two teams of last year’s league. With two centurions & more than 500 runs scored in a day, the match did live up to its top-billing and ended up being one of the best games of cricket seen recently […]

William Noronha’s early blitz with the bat knocks out any challenge that Challengers CC could offer as WISCI record big win

WISCI Wanderers took on Challengers CC and would have had revenge on their minds for the loss in last season’s Champions Cup. Skipper William Noronha was in a dangerous mood as he played the destroyer’s role while Rajeev Rajeswaran played anchor in a huge 70 runs stand for the 2nd wicket. Bob Plath & Sasitharan […]

Aman Singh’s mature knock & good bowling by Deepak & Vipin Chawla help WISCI choke Emerio CC for a 38 runs win

Meanwhile, in the Texmoda JCA league, Ceylon CC and WISCI Wanderers scored easy wins in their respective T20 games this Sunday. Emerio CC would have been happy with their decision to bowl first as Maneesh Dubey’s superb opening spell had WISCI in early trouble. A mature, anchoring knock by Aman Singh with good support from […]

Kirubasankar steps up (again!) with a superb all-round performance to guide WISCI to win the Plate finals of the JCA T20

The other game of the weekend, saw WISCI Wanderers win the JCA T20 Plate after beating Mavecrics Menarians in the Plate finals. WISCI started off steadily as their openers saw off the dangers of some good swing bowling by Harish Tiwari & Faheem Butt. The entry of Kirubasankar, however changed the complexion of the game […]

Ashish Khaitan & Sandeep Kukkar help Indorama Supergiants savor WISCI on the rocks in a close upset win this Sunday

WISCI Wanderers needed to beat Indorama Supergiants to ensure a spot in the Cup Semi-finals line-up and despite the absence of their captain William Noronha, they would have been favorites going in to this game. Indorama lost Kaushik early to a needless run-out, but Vishwajit Tripathi steadied the innings. Suhail Modak, then took 4 wickets […]

Karan Tiwari with support from Deepak Singh, Anand Khaira & Kirubasankar takes WISCI Wanderers to a comfortable win over JCA President’s XI

This weekend saw the table leaders WISCI & WPP India XI comfortably win their games against JCA President’s XI and Daehan Super Kings respectively. WISCI lost their openers early to Aryan Zabi after being put in to bat by the President’s XI. Their experienced middle order led by Kirubasankar and Karan Tiwari then consolidated well […]

Dihan Silva’s unbeaten 80 (with 74 runs in boundaries!!) takes Ceylon Cavaliers to a crushing win over WISCI Wanderers

Dihan Silva’s 80 not out off just 42 balls was the highlight of this weekend’s action at the JCA T20 tournament which saw Ceylon Cavaliers, Garuda Gentlemen, Indorama CC & WPP India XI win their games. Ceylon Cavaliers took on the fancied WISCI Wanderers in their T20 game on Saturday. Tight bowling by Jayathilaka including […]

William Noronha’s mature-blended WISCI douses Emerio Dragons’ fire to won comfortably in their T20 game

After the high scoring start to the tournament last weekend, the bowlers fought back as this weekend’s games were more attritional in nature. WISCI & WPP India XI consolidated their leadership positions while Ceylon & Mavecrics came back with wins. Emerio Dragons chose to bat first in their much anticipated clash with WISCI Wanderers and […]

Kirubasankar, with help from Bob Plath & Naresh ‘Gayle’ Gupta help WISCI easily overcome a stiff target set by Jakarta Barbarians

The opening game saw the Jakarta Barbarians champion duo of Ben Burgess & Tim Gutsell put on a splendid unbeaten partnership of 153 runs and take their team to a seemingly winnable total of 190 in their 20 overs. WISCI Wanderers, still smarting from their loss in the Champions Cup, however had other ideas. Naresh […]

Chander Pandey, Satinder & Vimal Nair help give the Challengers Thailavar a memorable birthday gift with an upset win over WISCI to enter the Texmoda JCA Champions Cup finals

Challengers CC lived up to their name by not only challenging, but beating Division 1 champions WISCI Wanderers, to enter the finals of this year’s Texmoda JCA Champions Cup finals, where they take on Yadavas Senayan CC. As they have done many times this season, Challengers CC decided to bowl first after winning the toss […]

Gritty performances by Muhaddis & Anjar Tadarus takes Yadavas Senayan CC to a tight win over WISCI Wanderers in the Texmoda JCA Champions Cup playoffs

The JCA champions cup featuring the top 4 teams of the league kicked off this weekend with two very close games. Yadavas Senayan CC beat WISCI Wanderers to move directly into the Champions Cup finals, while Challengers CC overcame Metro Indians to move into the next round where they play WISCI Wanderers to fight for […]

Teamwork, Steely Determination & great captaincy the ingredients for WISCI’s league clinching win over Jaguar CC

WISCI continued their dominance of the JCA cricket league, recording their 6th consecutive win with a huge thrashing of PHM Jaguar CC in their T20 game on Sunday. Having started the season with the loss of a few key players and early season game losses, meant that the pressure was huge on WISCI and their […]

Big Dave with support from Gaurav, Suhail, William & Deepak help WISCI fight off a spirited Jakarta Barbarians in a rain shortened game

Ben Burgess once again batted very well to start Jakarta Barbarians off in their game against WISCI Wanderers after wet conditions had reduced the match to a 25 overs a side contest. Dave Holme bowled a beautiful tight spell which helped Deepak Singh & Suhail Modak take wickets and restrict Jakarta Barbarians to a below […]

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 […]

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 […]

Little master Rajeev Rajeswaran’s experience sees his side WISCI end up on the right side of a roller-coaster ride against PHM Jaguar CC

The second Division 1 game between Jaguar CC and WISCI Wanderers, was a topsy-turvy game which went to the last over. Riaz Hyder held up one end while a resurgent, Dave Holmes was back at his fast, best. The fall of Riaz, saw Abdul Ghaffar and Shabbir Hussain put up some resistance, till Suhail Modak […]

Rajeev Rajeswaran, Muhammad Zahir & Big Dave help WISCI Wanderers convincingly beat a struggling Menara CC

WISCI Wanderers got back to winning ways with a comfortable 56 run win over a struggling Menara CC. Rajeev Rajeswaran (42) & Muhammad Zahir (37) laid the foundation for Big Dave (24) to blast WISCI to 158/6 in 20 overs. Menara CC just couldn’t get going as Vipin Chawla (3/15), Suhail (2/13) & Dave (2/22) […]

Viraj Bhammar, Amrit, Manpreet Singh & Jibu Chacko help set-up a big win for Yadavas Senayan CC versus WISCI Wanderers

Yadavas Senayan CC crushed WISCI Wanderers in their top of the table T20 match on Sunday at GMIS Grounds. WISCI put Senayan CC in to bat and would have been reasonably pleased with their effort at the 10 over mark. Viraj Bhammar (56) & Amrith Mandook (34) had put on a solid 77 run partnership […]