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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 […]

Strongman David Surjit’s muscle & tactful bowling by Anji Katta & Harish Vaidyanathan help Emerio CC record a facile win over GMIS CC in their T20 game

Emerio CC needed the services of David Surjit as he kept the innings on track, while Diwakar Mohan wreaked havoc at the other end with a four wicket haul. All the hard yards put at the gym finally paid off for David as he muscled his team to a par score of 120. The GMIS […]

Repan Desnika & Frengky Shony partner well together both with the bat & ball to take Yadavas Chairos Tigers to a well fought win over Indorama CC

Indorama CC started well through Shailesh & Vishwajit, but the spin of Repan Desnika & Frengky Shony had them in knots. Aditya Gustama continued his good run with his 3 wickets breaking the back of the Indorama middle order and thus restricting Indorama to a low 107 in their 35 overs. Sandeep Kukkar, Srikkanth & […]

Rakshan Rai (110) & Rakesh Gowda (76) stitch together a fantastic counter-attacking fightback to give TKCC Royals an upset win over WPP India XI

It was Rakshan Rai’s turn to show his class as he hit a fabulous, counter-attacking ton to take his team TKCC Royals to an upset win over WPP India XI. WPP India XI started well with their bowlers, Kishore Gunwani, Arun Rajain & Gaurang Kapadia taking 2 wickets apiece to have TKCC struggling at 71 […]

Pallav Malhotra’s fabulous ton makes the Curry too hot for the Australian XI as they lose to the Indian XI in the Kangaroo-Curry cup 2017

Rain was threatening to wash out the game as the Indian XI chose to bat first against the Australian XI in the 2017 edition of the Annual Kangaroo-Curry cup played at the Cibubur cricket ground on Saturday. The Aussies soon encountered a much bigger threat as Pallav Malhotra, decided to take his new 20-grain bat […]

Corbon Loughnan & Alfhariz take Fez Rebels to a comfortable win over Ceylon CC in their T20 game at the GMIS ground

Fez Rebels CC comfortably beat Ceylon CC on the back of a good bowling performance. Corbon Loughnan re-discovered some batting form as his fifty guided the Rebels to a good start. Tight bowling by Sachith Kanchana & Rajeev Kumar and two brilliant catches by Dihan ensured Rebels could only manage 128 runs. Fez Rebels kept […]

Nimesh Shah’s bowling & Keyur Moradia’s all-round performance help Mavecrics CC beat Challengers CC in their T20 game

Jallikattu memories were revived when Challengers CC aimed to tame the Mavecrics (who have the bull as their mascot) in their T20 game. Sanjeev Modi & Division 2 MVP, Keyur Moradia got the Bulls off to a fabulous start putting on 99 for the opening stand. They were on-course for a huge total, but a […]

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 […]