Gymkhana take first-innings honours

Syed Kafi (2/20), Manjunath HT (2/37) and P Ramesh (0/2) backed up Prashanth Gangadhar (3/12) nicely as Malleswaram shot their opponents out for just 94, then made 181 to take an 87-run lead and three points from the game.

Brief scores: Bangalore Occasionals: 94 all out in 45.5 overs (Syed Kafi 2-20, Manjunath HT 2-37, Prashanth Gangadhar 3-12, P Ramesh 0-2) and 203/5 in 67 overs (Shashank Hulimani 76, Abhishek Reddy 34, Vijay Madyalkar 34 n.o.; Prashanth Gangadhar 3-58) drew Malleswaram Gymkhana: 181 all out in 64.5 overs (Melu Kranathi Kumar 30, Ajay Byanna 39, Md Imran Khan 35; T Pradeep 2-32, Vijay Madyalkar 3-57, Anand Katti 3-55, Abhishek Reddy 2-22). Malleswaram 3 pts, Occasionals 1.

Jolly Cricketers: 244 all out in 60.5 overs (M Dhananjaya 54, Nihal Ullal 38, Sajjan 33, Ranjan 39; AR Mahesh 4-55, Shimon Luiz 2-43, V Vivek 2-29) and 178/4 in 26 overs (MK Sagar 25, Nihal Ullal 31, K Patrick Das 90; V Vivek 2-47, Shimon Luiz 2-24) drew Friends Union CC (2): 297/7 in 90 overs (Dheeraj 73, Nihal Unni 26, Arjun Dev 38, Lokesh Singh 72, AR Mahesh 53; Sajjan 3-66, MK Sagar 2-57, Sajjan 2-58). FUCC (2): 3 pts, Jolly Cricketers 1.

Vijaya Cricket Club: 232 all out in 48 overs (NM Vishwanath 76, Manu Ravindra 54 n.o., Naveen Patil 30; MP Keshav 2-93, Prashanth Pujar 3-63, Bharath Prashanth 4-41) and 125/5 in 19 overs (Vishwanath Y 74; MP Keshav 2-37, Gautham 2-45) drew Jupiter Cricketers Association: 200 all out in 55.4 overs (Arjun Gowda 53, Jaya Simha G 39; Samarath Hegde 6-63, Pavan Raj 3-60). Vijaya 3 pts, Jupiter 1.

Kiran sparkles

Kiran Nair snaffled five for 32 and George took three for 45 as Jayanagar United Cricketers crushed Dolphin Cricketers by seven wickets in the Group I Division III league tournament for the Sri Nassur Memorial Shield.

Brief scores: Dolphin Cricketers: 87 all out in 29.3 overs (George 3-45, Kiran Nair 5-32) lt to Jayanagar United Cricketers: 90/3 in 15.3 overs (Shaibal 41; Akshay 2-18). Jayanagar United 2 pts, Dolphin 0.

Bangalore Sports Club: 264/6 in 55 overs (Satish U 112, R Venkat 39 n.o.; Bharath VM 2-40) drew Wadiyar Cricket Club: 194/7 in 48 overs (Syed Munzir 38, Bharath VM 27, Sachindra Pai 36; Nilesh 2-46, Murali Naik 2-33). Sports Club 1 pt, Wadiyar 1.

All-round Avishek

Avishek Kumar took two for 14 and followed it up with an unbeaten 43 to spearhead ASC Centre to a seven-wicket victory over IAF in the Group II Division I league championship.

Brief scores: IAF Cricket Team: 101 all out in 30.5 overs (Satish Upadhyay 50, Venkatesh 25; Avishek Kumar 2-14, Sunil Kumar 3-19, Jinesh Kumar 2-4) lt to ASC Centre: 104/3 in 16 overs (Avishek Kumar 43 n.o., Prem 52 n.o.; Venkatesh 2-9).

Rail Wheel Factory Sports Association: 222/6 in 45 overs (R Jonathan 36, Shoaib Manager 54, Sunil Kumar Jain 53, CK Akshay 33; Anand Katti 2-62) bt State Bank of Mysore: 209 all out in 43.1 overs (VS Thilak Naidu 35, Karun 36, Akhil B 30; Prasanna Patil 2-20, CK Akshay 2-55).