Syed Nasheed followed up a spell of six for 61 with an unbeaten 103 (98b, 12x4) to single-handedly pilot New National Cricket Club to a four-wicket win over Indiranagar Cricketers in the KSCA league-cum-knockout tournament for the Metro Shield here.
Batting first, Indiranagar were restricted to 234 for eight from their 50 overs, Amrish Singh top-scoring with an unbeaten 66. Nasheed then took New National home with more than five overs to spare, receiving good support from Wajed Sherrif (57). For Indiranagar, A Manohar was the most successful bowler with four for 59.
Brief scores: Indiranagar Cricketers: 234/8 in 50 overs (Ajan Sainis 52, Chethan 37, Amrish Singh 66 n.o.; Syed Nasheed 6-61) lt to New National Cricket Club: 236/6 in 44.5 overs (Syed Nasheed 103 n.o., Wajed Sherrif 57; A Manohar 4-59).
Duleep Cricketers: 188 all out in 50 overs (Lohithram 31, Mahalinga 33, Srinivas 32 n.o.; Gopi 3-40, Anand 4-24) bt Hosakote Cricket Club: 175 all out in 44.4 overs (Santosh 28; Mahesh Babu 3-31, Jayprakash 3-39, MK Raju 2-48).
Select Cricketers: 229 all out in 49.4 overs (Ashish 28, Manju Kumar 39, Ibrahim 59; Krishna 4-56, Gopi 2-52) lt to Star Cricketers XI: 231/6 in 37.5 overs (Pramod 102, Jayanth 46; Shreyas 3-70).
YMCA Cricket Club (1): 267 all out in 50 overs (Nawaz 37, Jagdish 53, Narayan 44, Suprith 32, Mahesh 41, Santosh 25; Ashok 3-37, Shivdutt 2-96, Mukund Rajan 3-37) bt Vivekananda Union Cricket Club: 231 all out in 45.3 overs (Rakshit 37, Javeed 31, Vishal 59; Murali 2-56, Dharmichand 4-55, Santosh 3-58).
Friends Cricket Club: 243 all out in 49.3 overs (Anish John 123, Kishore 31; Arindhim 3-76, Sonic 4-62) bt IISc Gymkhana: 75 all out in 22.4 overs (KR Kishore 4-23, Anish John 6-51).
Young Pioneer Cricket Club: 263/5 in 44 overs (Sanjeev 31, Hariharan 91 n.o., Partha 58, Anand Kumar 30) bt Ranji Cricket Club: 235/8 in 44 overs (Ramesh Kumar 96, Srikanth 47; Sanjeev 3-62, Srinivas 4-71).
Visveswarapuram CC (2): 224 all out in 47.3 overs (Shashikanth 46, Suruprasad 29, Mohan Singh 57; James 5-120, John 3-71) bt Oriental Cricket Club: 141 all out in 35 overs (Shekar 31, James 34; P Venkatesh 2-26, Mohan Singh 2-20, Kiran 2-25, Raghavendra 2-9).
Bangalore United CC (2): 149 all out in 40.3 overs (Sidhanth 57, Prashanth 27; Amit Garg 4-42, Prashanth Babu 4-25, Puneeth 2-25) lt to Southern Cricketers: 153/6 in 33.1 overs (DB Santosh 26, Anoop S Manoraj 36; Ramesh 3-27, Sinan 2-42).