Hanan lift Gulf Incon Metabo Trophy

In the Finals of the Division I of the 20TH Gulf Incon Metabo Floodlit Cricket tournament 2014, Hanan easily defeated Qalco by 29 runs.

At the Prize Distribution Ceremony which lasted in the early hours of the morning, Mr. Adnan Mannai, Managing Director of Gulf Incon was delighted to note the excitement the tournament had generated amongst the cricketing expatriate population. He unconditionally announced the continued annual sponsorship of this prestigious floodlit cricket tournament. The Finals was marked with the presence of International Cricketers Mr. Kamran Khan who has played for IPL team Rajasthan Royals from India and Mr. Nabeel Malik from Pakistan. There was added flavour with the presence of Mr. Star Malik, an International Globe Trotter for peace and friendship between India and Pakistan along with his Honda Car.

Mr. Prateek Yadav, Business Development Manager, Metabo Middle East had specially flown from Dubai to grace the occasion along with Mr. Sajjad Ahmed Khan, Sales Manager, Tools and Equipment – Gulf Incon.

QALCO winning the toss put in HANAN to bat. This proved to be a right decision as HANAN lost wickets regularly and were 36 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the first 6 overs. However some lusty hitting from Parvez 26 runs with 2 sixes got HANAN to reach a respectable total of 93 runs for the loss of 11 wickets in the allotted 12 overs. Shakeel 14 runs and Azwer 13 runs also contributed to the total.

Ifzal and Budhika took 2 wickets each while Shahid, Sumantha, Hilmy, Aftab, Abbas and Pali took a wicket each.

Chasing the easy target of QALCO were rocked when opener Majid was out hit-wicket off the 1st delivery bowled by Captain Kadar who went on to claim one down batsman Sumantha being clean bowled for a golden duck. So QALCO were 1 run for the loss of 2 wickets at the end of the 1st over. Shahid was caught by Babu off Parvez without scoring. Thereafter QALCO batsmen came under pressure and were 30 runs for the loss of 6 wickets at the end of 6 overs. Abbas trying to increase the momentum was stumped by Imran off Aftab for 13 runs with a six. The only other batsman to resist was Aftab who remained not out on 19 runs with 2 sixes while Pali was not out on 8 runs. Finally QALCO managed to reach only 64 runs for the loss of 10 wickets in the allotted 12 overs.

Kadar Claimed 2 wickets. Parvez, Nasseer, Rauf, Shakeel, Azwer, Babu, Shaji and Aftab took a wicket each.

Man of the Finals: Parvez of HANAN

BEST OF THE TOURNAMENT – DIVISION-I

BEST BATSMAN : RAVIRAJ OF M. PALLONJI

BEST BOWLER: NASIR OF HANAN

BEST ALL ROUNDER: BUDDIKA OF QALCO

BEST WICKET KEEPER: IMRAN OF HANAN

The Prize distribution ceremony was attended by supporters and well wishers. Over 300 prizes were given away to various players in the tournament.

The Prize distribution ended with complimentary refreshments and a Lucky draw for Spectators.