JEDDAH, 22 March — The winners and outstanding performers in the JCL Fuchs League cricket competition were honored at a glittering function at the Lasani restaurant here recently.
The trophies and prizes were given away by chief guest Mumtaz Ahmad Jamil, vice president of Alhamrani-Fuchs Petroleum, Saudi Arabia. The chief guest praised the JCL which, under the guidance of its hard-working president Shahid Amin, has been doing laudable service in popularizing and promoting the game of cricket and now had 52 clubs affiliated to it.
In addition, the JCL has 22 school teams, which makes it the biggest cricketing body in the Kingdom and one of the biggest anywhere in the world.
Mumtaz Ahmad Jamil also praised the city’s newspapers for providing excellent coverage to JCL’s tournaments.
Shahid Amin thanked Fuchs for their cotinuous support for the last 13 years and announced that Fuchs had agreed to continue its sponsorship of the JCL League.
Earlier, JCL Executive Committee member Abdur Rahman Merchant traced the history of the Fuchs League over the years.
The function started with a recitation from the Holy Qur’an by Rabi Zubair, a talented and gifted young cricketer.
Compere Majeedul Hassan had the gathering in splits with his Yorkshire cricket jokes as he skilfully conducted the proceedings.
The function was well attended by sponsors, officials, cricketers and guests, prominent among whom was Anwar Hussain, manager of Fuchs president’s office.
The following is the list of the winners and outstanding performers:
Winners: Kanoo Travels. Runners-up: Saudi General Insurance. Consolation: Dabbagh. Batsman with best average in the league: 1. Suhail Butt (Kanoo Travels) 574 runs average 114.80; 2. Mohsin Mirza (Ace Travel) 538 runs average 59.78; 3. Qamar Ejaz (SGI) 461 runs average 57.63; Batsman with maximum runs in the league: 1. Suhail Butt (Kanoo Travels) 574 runs; Best batting performance in a match: Qamar Ejaz (SGI) 114 runs/Dabbagh; Bowler with best average in the league: 1. Mujeeb (SGI) 23 wkts for 239 runs average 10.40; 2. Saleem Ghani (GCI) 17 wkts for 194 runs average 11.41; 2. Shafi (Kanoo Travel) 15 wkts for 155 runs average 11.08; Bowler with maximum wickets in the league; Mujeeb (SGI) 23 wickets; Best bowling performance in a match; 1. Tanveer (Unasco) 5 wkts for 18 runs/Al-Kauser; 2. Mujeeb (SGI) 5 wkts for 18 runs/Talha Optics.
Best all-round performance in a match; Zafar (GCI) 51 runs 5 for 23 runs/Al-Kauser; Best all-rounder of the league; Majid (TTS) 212 runs and 14 wkts for 185 runs; best partnership; 1. Suhail Butt/Shoaib (Kanoo Travel) 154 runs against Attar; 2. Imran/Rahat (Shalimar) 150 runs against Attar; Hat trick award: 1. Khalid (Al-Kauser) 3 for 17 against Juffali; 2. Mujeeb (SGI) 5 wkts for 18 runs against Talha Optics.
