Media Release
Doha, Jun 3: Hanan proved their superiority over other teams in the Qatar Veterans' Cricket League by lifting the champion’s trophy of the first Hanan Cricket Tournament 2014 in style.
Hanan had sponsored Qatar Veterans' Cricket League for the first time and they were so pleased with the running of the tournament, the enthusiasm of the teams and the audience response, that they have confirmed their sponsorship on an annual basis.
Unfortunately the owner Abdul Rehman Vanoo along with his friend film star Raza Murad could not make it for the finals from India. Both of them are greatly involved in social services, educational activities and uplifting of the minority communities in India.
The chief guest for the finals was Faisal Inamdar of Hanan and guests of honour were Syed Latifuddin, a former Indian national football captain who played for a number of years with Mohammadan Sporting and is still active in promoting football in India, and his elder brother Fariduddin who is the father of Musharraf of DC Lagaan fame.
The finals had excellent commentary by Dr Tariq Kureshi, Kumar Naidu and Haroon Rashid.
In Division I, Qalco winning the toss elected to bat and scored a respectable 174 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Ifzal was outstanding scoring 51 runs not out off 28 balls with 4 sixes and 3 boundary. He was ably assisted by opener Aftab scoring 30 runs of only 8 balls with 4 sixes and a boundary. Except Pali 17 runs not out with 2 sixes. None of the other batsmen could contribute much. Babu, and Nazeer took 2 wickets each while Nassir & Imran took a wicket each.
In reply Hanan started strongly with Opener Aswar retiring scoring 30 runs of 8 balls with 4 sixes and a boundary. Sony 25 runs not out with 3 sixes. Imran 24 runs not out with a six and a boundary. Shakeel 20 runs not out a six and two boundaries. Rauf 18 runs not out with two sixes and Parvez 18 runs with 3 sixes. Hanan comfortably scored 175 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 13 over. They were assisted with wides and dropped catches from the Qalco side.
Man of Finals : Imran / Hanan
Best of the Tournament:
Best Batsman : Parvez / Hanan
Best Bowler : Sarfaraz / Qalco
Best All Rounder : Manju/ Qatar Quarry
Best Batsman : Manhara / Qatar Quarry
In Division II finals of the first Hanan Cricket Tournament 2014, MIC got the better of Al Shaqab by defeating them by 3 wickets.
In a match with see sawing fortunes MIC proved their superiority.
Al Shaqab winning the toss elected to bat. However they lost their opener Abdul Jabbar for a duck off the firstst ball followed by one down batsman Amjad Khan again for a duck. So at the end of the first over bowled by Shihab, Al Shaqab were 1 run for the loss of 2 wickets. However other Opener Salim Kaiser stabilized the innings and remained not out on 9 runs. Sadaqat who was batting well was unfortunately run out on 22 runs with a six and a boundary. Some powerful hitting by Atiq (36 runs with 4 sixes and a boundary) and captain Mumtaz (22 runs with 2 sixes and a boundary) saw Al Shaqab reach 161 runs for the loss of 10 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Mashooq contributed 14 runs with a six and a boundary.
Rehmat claimed 3 wickets while Shihab and Zakaria took 2 wickets each. Anwar & Javed took a wicket each.
In reply MIC started strongly and were 27 runs for the loss of 1 wicket at the end of 4 overs but lost 4 wickets in succession to be 72 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 10 overs. Zakaria was not out on 16 runs while Mohd Imran was also not out for 16 runs. A hurricane knock of Anwar (31 runs with 3 sixes and a boundary) assisted by Ishtiaq (17 runs with 2 sixes) and Javed (19 runs not out with a six and a boundary) saw MIC reach 162 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 19 overs.
Salim Kaiser bowled well taking 2 wickets, Amjad Mirza also claimed 2 wickets while Atiq, Shahid and Mumtaz took a wicket each.
Al Shaqab paid for their dropped catches and bad fielding in the match.
Man of the Finals : Anwar / MIC
Best of the Tournament:
Best Batsman : Rahid / MIC
Best Bowler : Zaheer / QVC
Best All Rounder : Mashooq / Al Shaqab
Best Batsman : Ishtiaq / MIC
The prize distribution ceremony was attended by supporters and well wishers. Over 300 prizes were given away to various players in the tournament.
The prize distribution ended with complimentary refreshments and a lucky draw for spectators.