Amar Cables retained the second Amar Cables Veterans T20 cricket Tournament title after beating SPM Bucks by five wickets in the final played here at the LCCA ground on Sunday. Batting first, SPM Bucks made 169 for eight in 20 overs. Tariq Mahmood scored 58 runs while Tariq Ramzan made 27* runs. Tariq Hussain and Tariq Rashid grabbed three wickets each.
In reply, Aamr Cables achieved the target of 170 runs for the loss of five wickets in 19.4 overs. Amer Ilyas Butt scored 48 runs while Dastigar Butt and Zahid Umer made 43 and 30 runs respectively. Romail Bashir, Ashfaq Aslam and Zahid took one wicket each.
In the end, the chief guests former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed gave the prizes to the prominent players. LCCA President Kh Nadeem Ahmed, Pakistan Veterans Cricket Chief Ashiq Hussain Qureshi, Izat Hussain, Chief Executive Amar Cables Amer Ilyas Butt were also present on the occasion. Munir Shah was named the player of the final. Dastigar Butt was the player of the tournament while Tariq Rashid was best bowler, Sadat Ali and Masood were the best wicketkeepers and Munir Shah and Naseer Bhatti were declared the best fielders.
