An array of half-centuries helped Wilson Garden Cricket Club register a 66-run victory over City Cricketers (1) in the KSCA Group I, Division III league for the Nassur Memorial Shield here.
Batting first, Syed Ibrez (58), Asif Basha (68) and Mohsin Khan (69) came up with meaty performances with the bat to take Wilson Garden Cricket Club to a commanding 325/6 in the stipulated 50 overs.
In response, apart from an unbeaten 72 from Narendra Bhandari, City Cricketers (I) batsmen failed to come good as they were bowled out for 259 in 48.4 overs. Shubhang Hegde (4/20) and Suraj Reddy (3/22) were the star bowlers for the winners.
Brief scores: Wilson Garden Cricket Club: 325/6 in 50 overs (Syed Ibrez 58, Vijay Joon 34, Asif Basha 68, Mohsin Khan 69; Ravikiran 2-73, Uttam Chand 2-55) bt City Cricketers (1): 259 all out in 48.4 overs (Amogha R 35, Pradeep 43, Mohith Pimplapuri 36, Narendra Bhandari 72 n.o., Latiff Patel 39; Vijay Joon 2-44, Shubhang Hegde 4-20, Suraj Reddy 3-32).
Jaidur Cricketers: 131/7 in 27 overs (Chethan 44, Yash Kothari 29, Arvind 25; Shreyas 2-28, Nisheet Doshi 3-22) lost to Cavaliers Cricket Club: 122/7 in 24.5 overs (Shashank BV 25, Yash 37; Abhilash Fernandes 3-24) (Match reduced to 27 overs).
Hammonds Cricket Club: 235/7 in 50 overs (Arvind 61, Piyush 29, Nagendra 46 n.o., Srihari 46; Varun 2-28, Manmohan 3-43) bt Jayanagar United Cricketers: 140/8 in 30 overs (Swapan 34, Shaibal 40, Bharath 27; Nagendra K 2-37) (JUC target reduced to 142 runs in 30 overs).
