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a lively, calm and breezy evening, the two teams consisting of PointCricket's
members squared up against each other at the Noor Cricket Ground
on 22nd March 2006. The inaugral 3-match cricket series
was an extremely enjoyable event for all the members who participated
with spirit and energy.
The first match was won by Lions, led by Omais. After putting
up a strong total of 74 runs in 6 overs, Lions started off the bowling
strongly too. Some late aggression from Bulls' Ziyad (21 runs off
9 balls) saw them closing on the target. In the end, it was a sensational
finish that saw Lions come out on top off the last ball of the match,
winning by a mere three runs.
In the second encounter, Lions yet again put up a good performance
with the bat, this time stroking 75 runs in 8 overs. However, their
bowling got off to a poor start, only to recover with some exceptional
bowling later on by Saad and Sadiq. Despite that, controlled aggression
from the Bulls' batsmen saw them home with two balls to spare.
The stage was set for the all important final then. Lions
once again won the toss and batted first. This time though, controlled
bowling from Bulls restricted Lions to only 46 runs. In reply, Bulls
eased to victory with nine balls to spare and thereby clinching
the series 2-1. Ziyad Abid topped both the batting (47 runs) and
bowling (6 wickets) performances to be named Man-of-the-Series.
PointCricket is extremely thankful to all the members who
participated in the event and made this inaugral series a huge success.
We hope that with this response, we shall be able to bring furthermore
interesting events for more of our members in the future.
PointCricket Bulls: Ziyad (Captain), Abdullah, Hasham, Hassaan,
Hayyan, Haziq, Khalil, Muhib, Noman, Saad Abdul Malik, Tameem &
Wajih.
PointCricket Lions: Omais (Captain), Adeel, Affan, Afnan,
Asad, Fahad, Fareed, Rafay, Rauf, Saad Amin, Sadiq & Talha.
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