ABUJA PAKISTANIS CC WIN MAIDEN EDITION OF IRIS SMART TECHNOLOGIES ABUJA CRICKET LEAGUE

The Champions of the Iris Smart Technologies Abuja Cricket League, the APCC in a group photograph before the final match


ABUJA PAKISTANIS CC WIN MAIDEN EDITION OF IRIS SMART TECHNOLOGIES ABUJA CRICKET LEAGUE

By Omokhamera Alugbeli

On Sunday 28th April, 2019, dateline Abuja, the Abuja Pakistanis Cricket Club, APCC completed their winning streak in the Iris Smart Technologies Abuja Cricket League with a resounding victory over the Cricket Club Abuja Panthers CCAP who they defeated with an emphatic 81 runs.

The CCAP won the toss and elected to field first thus putting the APCC in to bat. The APCC got to a slow start with the early fall of the wicket of the APCC Captain and Best Player of the League, Hashim Mohammad as well as the slow run rates in the early overs thus giving the CCA Panthers a momentary shine that was soon faded away by the fireworks of Kalpa Alvis. At the fall of the wickets of Hashim and Saad Butt it was the turn of Kalpa Alwis to come in to bat at a time the APCC was in a very tight dilemma.

Kalpa changed the fortunes of his team aided by Joseph Ishua, Saad But,Adnan and Taimu Bashir as they took their team to 189 runs with Kalpa playing not out. It must also be emphasized that the poor fielding of the CCAP aided the APCC in their resounding victory over the CCAP. At the end of 20 overs and still not out, Kalpa Alwis had scored 90 runs off 48 balls while Joseph Eshua scored 33 runs off 47 balls, Mohammad Hashim 0 run off 2 balls, Saad Butt 13 runs of 12 balls, Adnan Akbar 2 runs off 2 balls and Taimu Bashir 14 runs off 11 balls and not out.

In the second innings, the CCA Panthers came in to chase 189 runs and would need 190 runs to win. That seemed to be a mission impossible as their best efforts could only produce a mere 108 runs at the end of 20 overs for the loss of 9 wickets. However, top scorers on the CCA Panthers side were Aadil Bathia 19 runs off 20 balls, Nafees Khan 12 runs off 15 balls, Ayo Ejegi 14 runs off 14 balls, Pankaj Thiara 21 runs off 21 balls and highest scorer Manmeet Bisnoi with 26 runs of 28 balls
At the end of the match Kalpa Alwis emerged the Player of the Match and the Best Batsman while Saad Butt was the Best Bowler with 3 wickets.

In the presentation ceremony, Mr. Deji Fisher, representing the main sponsors of the League, Iris Smart Technologies, thanked the organizers of the league for a job well done and pledged more support for the Abuja Cricket League in the years ahead.

Various cash prizes were given courtecy of Iris Smart Technologies and 50 kg bags of Rice by Olam Rice. Amongst the prizes won were, the Champions, the APCC went home with cash prize of N200,000, 1st Runner up, the CCAP went home with N100,000. Man of the Final Match, Kalpa Alwis went home with N10,000, Best Batsman of the Final Match, Alwis Kalpa went home with N10,000 and Best Bowler of the Final Match, Saad Butt went home with N10,000.

Other prizes were, Best Player of League which went to Mohammad Hashim who got N50,000 cash and a 50 kg bag of Mama Gold Rice, Best Batsman of the Abuja Cricket League went to Aadil Bhatia and he was presented with N25,000 cash and a 50kg bag of Rice from Olam Rice, Best Bowler of the ACL was Saad Butt and he went home with cash prize of N25,000 and a 50 kg Bag of Rice. Best Fielder of the ACL was Joel Kelechi who went home with N25,000 and a 50 kg bag of Rice from Olam Rice. Best emerging Player went to Seye Oluwaseye who got N5,000 and the Dr. Katherine Chatham Fair Play Award went to APCC.

The Iris Smart Technologies Abuja Cricket League is schedule to have its second season next year according to the Chairman of the Abuja Cricket League Committee, Mr. Michael Egiethua. He emphasized that with sponsors like Iris Smart Technologies involved, Cricket in the FCT has just been given a very promising lease of life and the organizers are up to the task of keeping the league highly competitive as they plan to open up the league to players from across Nigeria as well as look at the possibility of increasing the prize monies across board. Also he said the league would provide an opportunity for our young emerging Cricketers to compete and win the available prizes from season to season.



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