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RCA clinches Mobily-SCC T-20 Trophy
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 10 - 02 - 2019


up; Abdul Waheed Man of the Tournament
By Syed Mussarat Khalil
JEDDAH — Riyadh Cricket League (RCA) clinched the first Mobily SCC T-20 Champions Trophy 2019 on the basis of better net run rate (NNR) of 2.1637. Eastern Province Cricket Association (EPCA) cliamed the runner-up position with a NRR 1.6112. Whereas Western Cricket Association (WPCA) came third with NRR 0.0653.
The tournament was sponsored by Mobily Telecom Company Saudi Arabia and organized by Saudi Cricket Centre (SCC). In the final week at RCA grounds Riyadh, RCA, EPCA, WPCA, JCA, YACA and ACL have been fighting for title. Finally, Dada Eleven RCA was crowned champion.
The journey that started from the holy city of Madinah ended with the final match at the home ground (RCA 6) with a must-win game against WPCA Jeddah, said Nadeem Babar skipper of RCA after the match. The match proved to be a nail-biting encounter with pendulum shifting almost in every over. Largest crowd ever witnessed at RCA Grounds for decades enjoyed every single moment of this match. "Thank God, RCA emerged victorious under my captaincy," Babar added. He congratulated EPCA captain Farhat Mahmood and WPCA captain Shoaib Ali. He also congratulated SCC CEO Nadeem Nadwi for organizing such a wonderful Tournament.
Summaries scores:
RCL won by 3 runs against WPCA.
RCA 175-7 in 18 overs. (Abdul Waheed 29, Nasir Mehmood Abbasi 23, Rizwan Haider 45, Amjad Ali 28, Irshad Mubbasher 23 not out, Ihsan Ullah 3-31, Abdul Wahid 2-39). WPCA 172-6 in 20 overs. (Shamsuddin 15, Muhammad Moazzam 25, Ibrar ul Haq 33, Abdul Wahid 16, Muhammad Zeeshan Amin 39, Muhammad Akram 16 not out, Ali Sher 2-31, Samiullah Abdullah 2-25). Man of the Match: Rizwan Hayder.
EPCA won by 93 runs against ACL.
EPCA 217-9 in 18 overs (Mohammed Munawar Chaudhry 58, Aqeel Azad Khan 19, Kamran Ali Shah 19, Mohsin Shabbir 28, Rajput 18, Rajesh Radhakrishner 42, Mudassar Ali 4-29, Munir Ahmed 2-51).
ACL (Nadimoddin Nazimodoin 16, Ishtiaq Ahmed 14, Farasat Ullah 20, Munir Ahmad 19 not out, Kashif Abbas 4-26, Zain ulabidin 2-26).
Man of the Match: Kashif Abbas.
JCA won by 19 runs against YACA.
JCA 174-6 in 18 overs. (Asif Ali 28, Umar Hayat 39, Mohammed Shoib Aziz 15, Mohammed Nadeem 46, Junaid ur Rahman 28 not out, Usman Ali 27-2, Sarfraz Ahmed 2-32).
YACA 155 all out in 14.5 overs. (Naveed Akhtar 54, Aftab Gul 46, Muhahhad Afzal 18, Umar Hayat 4-42, Adil Butt 2-19).
Man of the Match: Umar Hayat.
YACA won by 1 wicket against EPCA.
EPCA 203-6 in 20 overs, (Muhammad Munawar Choudhry 63, Abdul Wahab Khan 56, Kashif Rashid Mehar 43, Mohsin Shabbir Rajput 23).
YACA 204-9 in 19.5 overs (Naveed Akhtar 28, Aftab Gul 90, Muhammad Thouseef 14, Mazhar Iqbal 16, Sarfraz 16 not out, Kashif Abbas 3-34, Mohsin Saleem 2-39).
Man of the match Aftab Gul.
RCA won by 39 runs against JCA.
RCA 180-7 in 20 overs (Abdul Waheed 16, Nasir Abbasi 44, Muhammad Nadeem Babar 59, Muzaffar Majeed 24, Rizwan Haider 14, Irshad Mubbasher 14, Mohammad Shoaib Aziz 2-22).
JCA 141-9 in 20 overs (Umar Hayat 33, Nadeem Abbas 15, Muhammad Nadeem 12, Muhammad 28 not out, Ali Sher 2-23, Samiullah Abdullah 2-18).
WPCA won in Super Over against ACL.
ACL 165-9 in 20 Overs (Zaigham Abbas 63, Muhammad Nadeem 42, Rashid Mehmood Abbas 16, Abrar Mushtaq 13, Abdul Wahid 3-34, Shoaib Ali 2-30).
WPCA 165-8 in 20 overs (Muhammad Moazzam 82, Abdul Wahid 14, Muhammad Hamayun 23, Munir Ahmad 2-33, Farasat Ullah 2-25). Man of Match: Muhammad Moazzam.


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