Presidency storm into semis

3 March 2012, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: Presidency College stormed into the semifinals of the IISc Centenary Cricket Cup 2012 with an authoritative all-round performance vanquishing St. Joseph College be a resounding 64-run margin.

Mahendra Gowda (70) and Aman Raj (48) starred as Presidency posted a monumental 182/9 in 25 overs. For St. Joseph, Nilesh (3/35) and Roshan (3/39) picked up three-fors.

St. Joseph crumbled under the pressure of the huge target scoring a meager 118/9 in the allotted 25 overs. Rajkumar (3/26) and Suhel (3/25) shared the spoils for Presidency.

Brief scores: (25-overs match)
Presidency College - 182/9 in 25 overs
(Mahendra Gowda 70, Aman Raj 48, Sudhan 1/31, Nilesh 3/35, Roshan 3/39, Sachin 1/32, Suhas 1/14)
St. Joseph College - 118/9 in 25 overs
(Anand 1/20, Girish 1/17, Rajkumar 3/16, Suhel 3/25)


Result: Presidency College won by 64 runs
Man of the Match: Mahendra Gowda

ICCC Points Table

(as on 26 Feb 2012)

POOL-A
Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points	NRR
Vijaya College	2	2	0	8	+0.460
IISc Gymkhana	2	1	1	4	+1.240
MES College	2	1	1	4	-0.561
CMS College	2	0	2	0	-1.194

POOL-B
Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points	NRR
St. Joseph College	2	2	0	8	+0.269
Presidency College	2	1	1	4	+1.520
Surana College	2	1	1	4	+0.040
Christ University	2	0	2	0	-1.848

St. Joseph win again

25 February 2012, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: A sparkling unbeaten innings of 78 from Nilesh Kumar spurred St. Joseph College to their second victory in as many matches in the ongoing IISc Centenary Cricket Cup 2012.

Batting first, Christ University posted 150/9 in the stipulated 25 overs with contributions from several batsmen. For St. Joseph, Marie (3/29) and Nilesh (3/28) picked up three-wicket hauls. 

St. Joseph were tottering at 33/4 in nine overs but Nilesh Kumar (78) scripted a stunning comeback with support from Johan (17). Ultimately, they reached the target with seven balls to spare.

Brief scores: (25-overs match)
Christ University - 150/9 in 25 overs
(Ashwin 33, Raju 29, Yash 26, Ashwin 1/26, Abhijit 1/17, Marie 3/29, Nilesh 3/28, Suhas 1/29)
St. Joseph College - 152/7 in 23.5 overs
(Nilesh 78*, Yash 3/32, Varun 2/16, Raju 1/34)


Result: St. Joseph College won by 3 wickets
Man of the Match: Nilesh Kumar

St. Joseph pip Surana in thriller

19 February 2012, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: The fourth match of the IISc Centenary Cricket Cup 2012, played between St. Joseph College and Surana College produced a humdinger that went down to the last over. Ultimately, St. Joseph beat ten-man Surana by four runs.

Abhijit (43) and Kunal (52) starred in St. Joseph's innings. Manjunath (2/21) and Mohit (2/25) picked up two wickets apiece for Surana who did a commendable job on the field to restrict St. Joseph to 160/7 in 25 overs despite being one player short.

Left-handed opener Akarsh (72) kept Surana's chase on track with support from the middle order. But a late collapse compounded with some atrocious running between the wickets from Surana and brilliant fielding from St. Joseph ensured a narrow victory for the latter.

Brief scores: (25-overs match)
St. Joseph College - 160/7 in 25 overs
(Abhijit 43, Kunal 52, Manjunath 2/21, Mohit 2/25, Vinay 1/42, Arjun 1/30)
Surana College - 156 all out in 24.3 overs
(Akarsh 72, Arjun 20, Mohit 21, Abhijit 1/27, Nilesh 3/24, Roshan 1/25, Sachin 1/12)


Result: St. Joseph College won by 4 runs
Man of the Match: Abhijit S