Jubail, Jan 21: Excitement, passion, color and the cricketing excellence of ‘JF IDEALINK Winter Cup 2015’ a knockout cricket tournament for noble cause got off to an exhilarating annual event of sports at SABSA Cricket Ground in Rakah (Al-Khobar) at eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The extraordinary Cricket Tournament was organized by Dammam Unit of ‘Jamiyyatul Falah’ a charitable organization.
The foggy, dusty and cold weather conditions in the morning didn’t changed the mood of Cricket Tournament and it took off smoothly with great piece of enthusiasm by all the players of 16 top cricket teams of Eastern Province. All the matches played had shown a marvelous piece of performance and the real sportsman spirit was displayed by all the players during the Tournament. The excitement and interest towards the game was beautifully exhibited by all the teams despite of 8 over a side match.
Mohammed Wahid, President of JF Dammam Unit inaugurated the opening ceremony and Siraj, the sports event manager had described the rules and regulations on the ground to all the Cricket Teams and the inaugural match of the preliminary round between “CBC” and “United Khobar” was started off on-time and followed by all other matches as scheduled. All preliminary and quarter final matches were played in the morning and afternoon session and the Semi-Finals and Finals were played under floodlight with delightful atmosphere.
Won the toss and put on to bat first Daya and Hamza opened the innings for Coastaldigest. Sampath send back Daya in the very first ball of the match. Then Captain Bader joined Hamza, fails to stay on the crease as Zeeshan took his wicket when his score is 7 runs. In this movement good all-rounder of the ball Shifaan came to rescue his team, also, failed as he given his wicket when his score is 14 with 2 huge sixes. At this crucial stage Qayyum joined Hamza both played sensible cricket and put on 22 runs for the 4th wicket. At the end Qayyum and Aathif played brilliantly and took their team for a commendable total to 93 runs in their allotted 8 overs. Qayyum hits magnificent knock of 28 with 2 fours and 2 sixes. Aathif also hits 2 fours and 2 mega sixes.
For Coastaldigest - Qayyum 28, Hamza 16, Aathif 16, and Shifaan 14. For SASP Ansaaf took 2 wicket, Sampath, Zeeshan and Saahil took one wickets each.
In reply Ansaaf and Deepak open the innings for SASP, unfortunately Deepak was run out without opening the score. The innings of Ansaaf also come to an end as he gone out from the crease due to muscles cramp when his individual score is 9. At this difficult situation good sticker of the ball Rafiq joined Zeeshan, both played magnificently, hitting the CD bowlers. Rafiq hits 26 runs in the 5th over to Qayyum with 4 consecutive sixes, and at the end Zeeshan also equally contributed unbeaten 37 runs with 3 sixes and 2 fours, to take his team for grand victory in the 7th over.
SASP beat coastaldigest by 7 wickets. For SASP, Zeeshan not out 37, Rafiq 44. For Coastadigest Aathif took 2 wickets.
Prior to this mega finals 1st Semi Finals was played between Khobar United Vs Coastal digest. Batted first Khobar United made 63/4 and in reply coastal digest were 64/2 in the 7th over.
2nd Semi Finals was played between Amaco and SASP, batted first Amaco made 72/5 and in reply SASP were 74/4 with one ball to spare.
Zeeshan of SASP judged “Man of the Match” award for his brilliant batting and bowling performance in the finals.
The first half of the Tournament was well executed by all the 16 Cricket Teams. The second half of the Tournament – the post-match presentation and the closing ceremony – was hosted by Mansour Ali Ahmed. The program commenced with Qirath by Master Salman Ashraf. President of JF Dammam Unit, Mohammed Wahid addressed the audience with his welcome speech and thanked the audience for their kind presence.
The presence of prominent guests and audience had built a pleasant environment of joy and happiness on the ground and their presence was appreciated by the Host. The Main Sponsors for the Cricket Tournament “IDEALINK”, “JAFCO” and “SAB” were presented with memento. The main sponsors and distinguished guests had shared and invited on the dais including Chief Guest Sudeer Punathil (MD, Idealink), Brand Ambassador of the Tournament Ismail Ebrahim (MD, JAFCO), Syed Altamash (Al-Majdouie Travels), Abdul Hakeem (Al-Kabeer Foods), Abdul Mohsen (AKTS), Mr. Syed Assadullah (Compusoft), Faisal Zaidi (CEO, Nvezion), Narendra Shetty (President, MASA), Hakeem Dowla (Deputy Chairman, IISD) and Shaikh Mohammad Iqbal (ARASCO).
The host took the opportunity on behalf of JF Dammam Unit and tribute all the wonderful moments of “JF Idealink Winter Cup 2015” to all the players of 16 Cricket Teams for showing the great sportsman spirit throughout the Tournament and received a huge applaud from the great audience. He thanked all the 16 Cricket Teams and encouraged them as a WINNER of ‘JF Idealink Winter Cup 2015’, because they all played for the Noble Cause, for which JF Dammam Unit is always thankful for their charitable contribution.
The success of “JF Idealink Winter Cup 2015” was dedicated to its Main Sponsors, Co-Sponsors and all the well-wishers of Jam’iyattul Falah, who had been a great support and foundation to a wonderful Cricket Tournament, and the encouragement had given the opportunity to JF Dammam Unit to work for the betterment of the community back home.
Office Bearers of JF Dammam Unit presented the memento to all the Main Sponsors, Co-Sponsors and Well Wishers of Jam’iyyatul Falah.
Subsequently, the prize distribution ceremony was hosted by Javed Sayed and he announced the winners of 13 ‘Man of the Match’ awardees for their performance in the Preliminary, Quarter Final, Semi-Final and Finals. Individual awards were presented to different players in various categories.
Best Batsman awarded to Rafiq of SASP
Best Bowler awarded to Sampath of SASP
Best Wicket Keeper awarded to Daya of Coastaldigest
Best Outfielder awarded to Qayyum of Coastaldigest
SHIFAAN of Coastaldigest judged “Man of the Tournament” for his remarkable bowling and batting performance throughout the tournament. He also won the Return Air-Ticket sponsored by Al-Majdouie Travels.
Man of the Matches of Preliminary matches:
Mutahlib of SAB during SAB Vs Zamil match
Sampath of SASP during Blue Stars Vs SASP match
Tafseer of Amaco during Amaco Vs Al Majdouie match
Tanzeel of Jubail Friends during Jubail Friends Vs Al Anwaar match
Dildar of Khobar United during Khobar United Vs CBC match
Shifaan of Coastaldigest during Coastaldigest Vs Nvizion match
Man of the Matches of Quarter finals :
Saahil of SASP during SAB Vs SASP match
Ayub of Amaco during Amaco Vs Jubail Friends match
Faizal of Khobar United during Khobar United Vs Expertise match
Shifaan of Coastaldigest during CoastalDigest Vs Arabian Expert XI match
Man of the Matches of SEMI FINALS:
Rajesh of SASP during SASP Vs AMACO match
BADER of Coastaldigest during Khobar United Vs Coastaldigest match
Man of the Match of FINALS:
Zeeshan of SASP during Coastaldigest Vs SASP
Rajesh, the Captain of “SASP” Cricket Team collected the Winner’s Trophy from Chief Guest Sudeer Punathil of IDEALINK and at the same time, each winning players had collected their individual trophies. Bader, the Captain of “Coastaldigest” Cricket Team collected the Runners-up trophy from Brand Ambassador Ismail Ebrahim of JAFCO and the players were distributed with their individual trophies.
Vote of thanks was proposed by Shahul Hameed, ex-President and ex-NRCC Ameer of JF Dammam Unit.
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