MADINAH: Madinah Cricket Association honored the winner and awarded the prizes for the MCA Taiba Challenge.
Saud Al-Rasheedi, consular of Al-Aqool Area, was the chief guest. The cricket facilities of MCA are situated in Al-Aqool area since 1986. Other invited guests included Zahid Kamal, Dr. Insram and Mohammed Farooq.
Before the ceremony, two festival matches were played between MCA President’s XI vs. champion of Travel Link knockout tournament, Madinah Diamonds and MCA General Select XI vs. champion of MCA Taiba Challenge Cup tournament, Classic XI.
Madinah Diamonds batted first and scored 276 off 25 overs. Jhanzaib top-scored with 126 runs. Hashim followed with 43, Faisal and Hamza 23 each. Anees from President XI captured 3 wickets and Arshad 2.
President XI chased well but were unlucky and lost the game by six runs. Yasir scored 119 off 57 balls. Jhanzaib, Shahid, Kashif and Ihsan got 2 wickets each.
The second match between GS XI and Classic XI was one-sided, which went in favor of GS XI. Classic were all out 123 after they batted first. GS XI easily achieved the target for the loss of 5 wickets.
Chief guest Saud Al-Rasheedi expressed his thanks and promised to attract Saudi youngsters to the game of cricket.
Adnan, captain of Classic, received the winner’s trophy from the chief guest, the runner-up trophy was presented to Asif, captain of Pepsi Madinah.
Individual award winners:
Man-of-the-final: Adnan (Classic).
Man-of-the-first semifinal: Arif (Pepsi Madinah).
Man-of-the-second-semifinal: Ali (Classic XI).
Player-of-the-Tournament: Asif (Pepsi Madinah).
Best-bowler-of-the-Tournament: Faisal (Medina Diamonds).
Best-batsman-of-the-Tournament: Kamran (Pak Eagle).
Saud Al-Rasheedi, consular of Al-Aqool Area, was the chief guest. The cricket facilities of MCA are situated in Al-Aqool area since 1986. Other invited guests included Zahid Kamal, Dr. Insram and Mohammed Farooq.
Before the ceremony, two festival matches were played between MCA President’s XI vs. champion of Travel Link knockout tournament, Madinah Diamonds and MCA General Select XI vs. champion of MCA Taiba Challenge Cup tournament, Classic XI.
Madinah Diamonds batted first and scored 276 off 25 overs. Jhanzaib top-scored with 126 runs. Hashim followed with 43, Faisal and Hamza 23 each. Anees from President XI captured 3 wickets and Arshad 2.
President XI chased well but were unlucky and lost the game by six runs. Yasir scored 119 off 57 balls. Jhanzaib, Shahid, Kashif and Ihsan got 2 wickets each.
The second match between GS XI and Classic XI was one-sided, which went in favor of GS XI. Classic were all out 123 after they batted first. GS XI easily achieved the target for the loss of 5 wickets.
Chief guest Saud Al-Rasheedi expressed his thanks and promised to attract Saudi youngsters to the game of cricket.
Adnan, captain of Classic, received the winner’s trophy from the chief guest, the runner-up trophy was presented to Asif, captain of Pepsi Madinah.
Individual award winners:
Man-of-the-final: Adnan (Classic).
Man-of-the-first semifinal: Arif (Pepsi Madinah).
Man-of-the-second-semifinal: Ali (Classic XI).
Player-of-the-Tournament: Asif (Pepsi Madinah).
Best-bowler-of-the-Tournament: Faisal (Medina Diamonds).
Best-batsman-of-the-Tournament: Kamran (Pak Eagle).
