Abbottabad defeated Quetta in an interesting finale to clinch the PCB-Pepsi Cricket Stars U-16 One Day Tournament title here at the Gaddafi Stadium.
The under-16 initiative that started six years ago has now started to give results and now 10 of the under-19 players announced for the upcoming South Africa tour are from this same programme.
In the final on Thursday, Quetta batting first gathered 125 runs in 36.4 overs. Faizan Ali and Khalid Kail did not let the Quetta batsmen settle for big innings and grabbed four and three wickets respectively.
In reply, Abbottabad achieved the score in 41.3 overs losing seven wickets and their batsmen Mazhar Fareed and Mustafa Hanif, who also remained not out, made the win easy for their team with 39 and 32 runs respectively.
In the end, Abbottabad U-16 apart from the winner’s trophy, also received Rs 200,000 while Quetta were awarded Rs 100,000 and the trophy.
Faizan Ali of Abbottabad was declared the Man of Final for having taken four wickets for 29 and was given Rs 10,000.
Zawan Hikmat Ullah (Peshawar) with 296 runs was the best batsman, best bowler was Faizan Ali (Abbottabad) with 20 wickets, fielder award went to Khalid Kail (Abbottabad) having taken five catches and best wicket keeper was Raheel Meo (Hyderabad) and all were give Rs 10,000 each.
Scores: Quetta U-16 – 125 in 36.4 overs: (Mir Saeed Ullah 24, 47 balls, 2x4s, Mukhtar Ahmed 20, 10 balls, 5×4, Faizan Ali 4-39, Khalid Kail 3-18) v Abbottabad U-16 – 127-7 in 41.3 overs: (Mazhar Fareed 39, 69 balls, 6x4s, Mustafa Hanif 32*, 61 balls, 2x4s, Faizan Ali 20*, 20 balls, 3x4s, Mir Saeed Ullah 3-30, Zain Ullah 2-11)
Result: Abbottabad U-16 won by 3 wickets
Toss: Quetta U-16
Umpires: Rana Sohail Manzoor & Irfan Dilshad
Official Scorer: Masood Ahmed
Quetta U-16: Shammas Khan, Mir Saeed Ullah (VC), Daud Khan, Waseem Khan, Ghulam Haider (C), Jamal Khan, Mukhtar Ahmed, Zain Ullah, Nawab Khan (WK), Sagheer Ahmed Sr. Abid Ali.
Abbottabad U-16: Mazhar Fareed, Muhammad Tariq (WK), Ayub Zada, Muhammad Hanif, Khalid Kail (C), Mustafa Hanif, Ahmed Wali, Muhammad Ibrahim, Junaid Khan, Faizan Ali, Sultan Mahmood.
