Al Anwaar Dammam - Amaco Jubail enter finals of DCA League Tournament

Dammam, May 1: Al Anwaar Cricketers Dammam and Amaco Jubail have entered finals of DCA 15 over League Cricket Tournament organized by Dammam Cricket Association (DCA) under the sponsorship of Saleh Ayed Balharith (SAB) Est. Al Khobar.

The final match will be played on Friday, May 4, at 2 pm at DCA grounds in Rakaa Dammam.

DCA annual prize distribution ceremony is scheduled to be held on Thursday May 24, at Lailathi Hall Dammam.

AL Anwar Vs CFC

The first Semi Finals was played between Al Anwaar and CFC. Fayaz, CFC captain won the toss and elected bat first. Opener Ilyas and Ashfaq played responsible and put on 32 runs for the 1st wicket in 4th over. After the fall of Ashfaq, leading the batsman of the tournament- shameer joined Ilyas and fails to score runs against fine bowling from Al Anwaar. Shameer out of 14. CFC were 49 /2 in 6th over. Also, CFC lost two more vital wicket of their captain Fayaz and good striker of the ball Shakeer. After the fall of these two batsman’s Ilyas and Jaffer took the responsible CFC put on valuable partnership for 30 runs for the 5th wicket. After the fall of opener Ilyas – middle order batsman fail to consolidate partnership against fine bowling and fielding performance from Al Anwaar. Jaffer played remarkable innings for 33. At the end they were 109/7 in allotted 15 over’s.

Jaffer 33, Ilyas 21, Shameer – 14.

For Al Anwaar Sajid took 3/20, Imran took 2/14.

In reply Al Anwaar opens the innings with Imran and Iqbal. Both opener played sensible and put on a valuable partnership of 44 runs in 6th over. After the fall of Iqbal – good stricker of the ball Thahir joined imran. Imran played magnetically and smashed CFC bowlers all over the ground. He played 17 balls and scored 55 runs with 8 huge sixes. CFC bowler fails to perform against fine batting performance by Al Anwar Batsman. At the end Al Anwaar were 110/3 in the 11th over. Al Anwaar defeated CFC by 7 wickets to enter the finals.

Thahir – 55 in 17 balls (8 huge sixes), Imran not out 31

Iaqbal – 19.

For CFC all-rounder Jaffer took 2/26.

Al Anwaar is entering the finals for the second time as they were the runners up in the year 2011.

Amaco Vs Expertise Jubail

2nd Semi Finals was played between AMACO JUBAIL VS Expertise Jubail.

Won the toss and put on bat by EXPERTISE lost their opener Shoiab for duck. This is the important wicket for Amaco, after the fall of 1st wicket Aman joined Rajeev and tried to build up a good start for Expertise, but fail as they lost their 2nd wicket in the form of Rajeev when the score is 12 on the board. At this crucial stage good all-rounder of the tournament – Zubair joined Aman. and looks to score the runs, also failed as they lost Zubairs wicket when the score is 21. Amaco get upper hand at this stage as they send back all three good batsmen back to the pavilion.

Then Captain Asif joined Aman and built up partnership for 50 runs. In the middle Nuwan played magnificently and moved the score sheet. After the fall of Amman’s wicket all other batsman find difficult to score runs against fine bowling and fielding performance by Amaco Jubail. At the end they are 109/10.

Amaco 40, Nuwan 21, Asif 13

For Amaco Zaheer took 4/22, Rameez took 2/22.

Chasing a target Amaco open the innings with Imran and Nazeer. When the score is 13 Amaco lost their opener Imran for 11. Then good stricker of the ball Niyaz joined to Nazeer and put on valuable score of 20 runs for the 2nd wicket. After the fall of nazeer Amaco also lost the vital wicket of Niyaz 16. At one stage they were 63/4 in 9th over. At this crucial stage Afwan and Thanzeel took the responsible of Amaco and played sensible and put on 30 runs for the 6th wicket. After the fall of the Afwan, all-rounder Thanzeel took his team for memorable victory against Expertise.

Thanzeel not out 22, Afwan 18, Niyaz 16

For Expertise Rizwan took 2/29