Western Province Cricket Association (WPCA) celebrated its successful season at a function attended by dignitaries including Pakistan Consul General Abdul Salik Khan at the Crown Steel Complex recently. The ceremony was attended by special invitees and over 1000 cricket enthusiasts. After recitation from the Holy Qur'an WPCA President Junaid Iskander spoke and also thanked Consul General of Pakistan, Saudi dignitaries, the WPCA Executive Committee and the cricketers. Hamid Rashid, Shafeeq, Raja Mudassir, Imran Asad and Dr. Ziauddin assisted in the prize distribution. The guests of honors who graced the function were Aamer Mohammed Khan (Chairman, Journalist Forum), Qasim Naqvi and Iftikhar Hussain (Saudi Cricket Center), Najeeb Mehboob Khan, Hassan Aseery, Mohammed Hanif (Vice President, Fuchs Al-Hamrani), Akbar Majed (Vice President, Safra Company) and Qadeer Malik (Contraco). Awards: Premiere League Level I: Winner – Crown steel, runner-up – My Care & Hala, Man of the Final – Shafiq of Crown, best batsmen – Abdullah Essa of Zultec (on aggregate and average), Babar of Crown (on average), best bowlers – Faheem of My Care Hala (on aggregate and average), Wajahat of Juffali (on average), best wicketkeeper – Babar of Crown, best allrounder – Shafiq of Crown. Phase I Afternoon League: Winner – Red Sea Jotun Paints, runner-up – Al-Ammas Cargo, Man of the Final – Mazhar of Red Sea Paints, best batsmen – Riyaz of Al Saudi, Abdullah Zahid of NestleMilo, Mazhar of Red Sea, best bowlers: Atturrehman of My Care Green (on average and aggregate), Abdullah Zahid (on average), best wicketkeeper – Mushtaq of Al-Ammas, best allrounder – Abdullah Zahid, best partnership – Abdullah Zahid and Adalat. Phase I Morning League – Winner – Safra Co., runner-up – Elaf Engg, best batsmen – Ali Zaman (on aggregate and average), Siddique of Elaf (on average), best bolwers – Najam Uzbak, Abdul Rafey (on average), best wicketkeeper – Rehan of Nesma, Man of the Tournament – Siddique of Elaf, hat trick –Abdul Rafey. Phase II Premier League: Winner – Crown Steel, runner-up – My Care & Hala, best batsmen – Kashif of My Care Hala (on aggregate and average), Afzaal of Al-Saudi (on average), best bowlers – Khurram (on aggregate and average), Hussain Bhatti (on average), best wicketkeeper – Imran of Zultec, Man of the Tournament –Afzal, Man of the Final – Shafiq of Crown. Phase II Afternoon League: Winner – Safra Prime, runner-up – SGB Baroom, best batsmen – Abdullah Zahid, Yunus Khan of MCC (on average), best bowlers – Zahid Quraishi, Abdullah Zahid (on average), Man of the Tournament – Abdullah Zahid, hat trick – Zahid Qureshi, best wicketkeeper – Khurram. Phase II Morning League: Winner – ATS, runner-up –Attieh Steel, best batsmen – Moazzam of Attieh, Aslam and Abdul Moeed (on average), best bowler and Man of the Tournement - Moazzam, Man of the Final – Abdul Moeed. After the awards ceremony special bumper prizes such as LCD TVs and other electronic gadgets were given by Usman Gems to Kashif, Shafiq, Amer Sajjad, Abdul Moeed, Moazzam and Junaid of Usman Gems. After the dinner a cultural event was staged by Amer Mohammed Khan along with famed Pakistani singer Rahim Shah, Rauf Lala, famous comedian and Jimmy. __
