Karachi: Federal Area’s beat title defender strong Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Disabled Cricket Team by easiest 8 wickets and won the title 7th NBP Disabled T-20 Pentangular Cup 2017 at Rashid Latif Cricket Ground Gulberg Karachi on Wednesday.
KPK Disabled Captain Nihaar Alam won the toss and decided to batting first and scored 142 runs for the loss of 9 wicket allotted in 20 Overs. Captain Nihaar Alam scored 38 in 35 balls with 4 fours, Altaf Ahmed made 29 in 26 balls with 2 fours, Hayat Khan contributed 26 in 23 balls with 4 fours, Hamaiyun Khan scored 19 runs.
Left Arm Medium Pacer Muhammad Haris gripped for 23 runs in 4 overs while slow left armer Muhammad Nizam captured 2 wickets for 10 runs in 4 overs.
In reply Federal Area’s Team reached their target 142-2 in 17.4 Overs. Jahanzaib Tiwana played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 42 in 27 balls with 4 fours, Muhammad Hamza scored 33 runs not out in 19 balls with the help of 3 fours, Arif Richard scored 31 in 33 balls with 4 fours, Ahsan Khalil contributed 30 runs in 27 balls with 3 fours.
On the occasion of Prize Distribution Ceremony Chief Guest Former Test Fast Bowler Azeem Hafeez, Chief Event Officer NBP Anwar Farooqui, Marketing Director Jubilee General Insurance Touseef Shah, Ex. President KCCA Syed Siraj-ul-Islam Bukhari, President PDCA Saleem Karim, Javed Ameen PDCA was distributed the prizes among the players.
Winner Trophy and Cash Prize Rs. 1,00,000 received by Jahanzaib Tiwana Captain of Federal Area’s Disabled Team while Runners-up Trophy and Cash Award Rs. 50,000 received Nihaar Alam Captain of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Disabled Cricket Team. Jahanzaib Tiwana was the Man of the Match Final received 5,000 rupees.
Matloob Qureshi Balochistan scored 199 runs was the Best Batsman, Muhammad Asif Federal Area’s was the Best Bowler he took 8 wickets for 91 runs, Abdullah KPK was Best Fielder he took 4 chaches, Jahanzaib Tiwana of Captain Federal Area’s was the Player of the Tournament he scored 146 runs and took 5 wickets received 10,000 rupees each.
Arif Richard of Federal Area’s was received Special Prize for Rupees 5,000 for his excellent Batting Performance, President PDCA Saleem Karim was presented honury shield to Syed Siraj-ul-Islam Bukhari, Azeem Hafeez, Anwar Faroouqi, Secretary PDCA Amir Uddin Ansari present the traditional Sindhi Ajrat to guest of honour while the other individual prizes and medals among the players and Officials.
Javed Ameen, Alamgir Shaikh, Anwar-ul-Haq, Jameel Kamran, Shoaib Habib, Rahat Ali Shah, Raja Tahir, Ghulam Muhammad Khan, Azmat Ullah, Shoukat Rajpoot, Test Cricketer Shahbad Kabir, Match Referee Ahmer Saeed, Test Umpire Riaz Uddin and other were also present on the occasion.
Summarised Scores:
KPK DISABLED 141-9 IN 20 OVERS. Nihaar Alam 38 in 35 balls (4×4), Altaf Ahmed 29 in 26 balls, Hayat Khan 26 in 23 balls (4×4). Muhammad Haris (LMF) 3-32 in 4 overs, Muhammad Nizam (OB) 2-10 in 4 overs.
FEDERAL AREA’S DISABLED 142-2 IN 17.4 OVERS. Captain Jahanzaib Tiwana 42* in 27 balls (4×5), Muhammad Hamza 33* in 19 balls (4×3), Arif Richard 31 in 33 balls (4×4), Ahsan Khalil 30 in 27 balls (4×5).