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GALLERY: Farhaan Aluminium retain cricket championship

Exciting cricket was played by all teams during the tournament with plenty of sixes being hit

April 19, 2018

Ronelle Mungaroo 2 minutes read

Aster's opening batsman Prenay Kewalparsad.

The 2017/2018 season Round Robin took place this past weekend on the April 13, 14 and 15. A total of six teams took part in the annual tournament with 15 games being played.

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Exciting cricket was played by all teams during the tournament with plenty of sixes being hit. After the round robin stage of the tournament, Aster Cricket Club and Farhaan Aluminium were the top two teams.

These two teams competed in the final for the second year running and Aster, looking for revenge after last year’s defeat, elected to bat first.

Aster got off to a good start thanks to Lloyd Ramdeen and Prenay Kewalparsad who both managed to score 24 runs. After 10 overs, Aster reached a total of 87 runs.

Farhaan Aluminium started their run chase fantastically, thanks to the big hitting of Irfan Ali and Sami Ullah who both retired after surpassing the 25 run mark. This however; did not slow down Farhaan Aluminium’s chase as they reached the total runs required in the eighth over thus becoming champions for the second year in a row.

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To end off the tournament and the season Umtshezi Cricket Association held its awards presentation for the 2017/2018 cricket season. Winners of the T20 Night league were Farhaan Hardware, winners of the T20 Day league were Farhaan Aluminium, winners of the PRO 30 over league were Aster Cricket Club and winners of the Challenge 50 over league were Aster Cricket Club.

The Estcourt side was also presented with the winner’s trophy after claiming top position in the KZN Inland Promotion league.

The player of the season was Muhammed Ali who scored 444 runs and took nine wickets. The 2017/2018 season round robin was a great success thanks to the Estcourt community who came out to support the teams.

Umtshezi Cricket Association would like to thank everyone who played a role in making the tournament a success as well as the sponsors who helped to make the event possible.