Riyadh: The Seven Star team won the Amaco Winter Cricket tournament organized by the New Star and sponsored by Amaco Jubail, at Riyadh. The Seven Star defeated Eagle Riyadh in nail biting finish.
After winning the toss Eagle Riyadh managed to score only 73 runs in 10 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. Chasing a small total, Seven Star started slowly and lost two early wickets in early overs.
In the middle overs Naeem and Dawood Kodi scored freely and hit some towering sixes. Naeem scored 27* runs and DawoodKodi scored 23 runs.
Seven Star bowlers managed to control the batsmen of opposite team. Dawood Kodi, Dawood Kayali, Mohmmed, Shabir, Masoor bagged two wickets each. Mansoor bowled some very good dot balls in final overs.
The Amaco Winter Cricket tournament-2015 started on February 6, 2015. As many as 22 selected teams fought for this trophy in a knock-out format.
Many strong teams failed to impress. However, Seven Stars were cruising nicely throughout the tournament. Their famous win was in the first round match against SCFC and in the Semi-finals they won against Uchila Friends.
In the final, Man of the Match prize was bagged by Dawood Kodi of Seven Star, who with his brilliant batting display made sure ‘Seven Star’ crossed the line comfortably. He was also adjudged player of the tournament. Badru of Deerah Guys bagged best batsman award.
Uchila Friends and Deerah Guys fought for the third and fourth place. Uchila Friends prevailed over Deerah Guys by beating them by 19runs.
The main attraction of this evening was traditional food ‘Goli-Baje’ served to the crowd with free juice packets. Riyaz entertained the crowd with running commentary. A lovely Friday evening welcomed the Cricket fans who flocked the ground to watch the finals.
Prize distribution ceremony was conducted on the ground and Riyaz compered the whole programme. New Star Shamsu addressed the crowd and thanked all the participating teams for their support to the whole tournament.
Guests of the day were Shajiv Kumar, Shamshu Mulki, Sateesh Amin, Masood Mas, Sathish Amin, Hameed Nazeer.
Umpires Jaya Shetty, Basheer, Badru, Sadik, Ashraf, Javed, Sachin, Masood, Thoufq, Imthiyaz and ground curators Shamsuddin Bailur and Shammy were felicitated on the occasion.
Prize winners:
Best Keeper: Rasheed- (Eagle Riyadh)
Best Catch: Naeem (Seven Star)
Highest individual score in a match: Badru (Deera Guys)
Highest Wicket in a match: Shabaz (Uchila Friends)
Man of the match Semi Final 1: Shamshu (Seven Star)
Man of the match Semi Final 2: Badru (Eagle Riyadh)
Man of the match 3rd & 4th place: Haji (Uchila Friends)
Man of the match – Final: DawoodKodi (Seven Star)
Best Bowler: Sarfraz P. (Shahid Eagle Riyadh)
Best Batsman: Badru (Deera Guys)
Trophy for 4th place: Deerah Guys
Trophy for 2nd Runner up: Uchila Friends
Player of the Series (Trophy): DawoodKodi (Seven Star)
Fair Play Award: Deerah Guys
Runner up (Trophy + Cash Prize): Eagle Riyadh
Champions (Trophy + Cash Prize): Seven Star
Teams
GROUP A: AMACO, AZAD X1, UCHILA FRIENDS, UNITED ULLAL, SALAM X1.
GROUP B: SEVEN STAR, MCC, RFC, CHALLENGER FRIENDS, AL JAZEERAH.
GROUP C: NEW STAR, AL RAJHI, ASHES, RAISCO, ARROWS, DEERAH GUYS.
GROUP D: RAYAN X1, RKA, X1 STAR, NADEC, EAGLE, GOLDEN STAR
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