Finalists
From the BCML Facebook page:-
BCMCL Pre-season T20 (sponsored by Salim Akbar Cricket Club) 1st Division finals were played on Sunday April 16th between Pakcan CC and Newton Surrey CC. Pakcan won the toss and elected to bat first. Surrey Newton bowled really well and also their good fielding (3 run outs) kept Pakcan CC to 122 all out. Gagandeep Singh, Lovjeet Brar, Gurjeet Aulakh and Kunal Grover bowled well. Mazhar Hayat scored 18 runs, Taimoor Tariq 23 runs, and Javed Babar scored 25 runs for Pakcan CC.
123 runs target seemed to be an easy target for Newton Surrey, however Pakcan bowlers had other plans. It was some brilliant fielding by Pakcan especially Hassan Mailk (run out and two catches) and some good bowling by Zeeshan Wahla and Salman Rana who took 3 wickets each. Newton Surrey couldn’t survive against Pakcan bowling attack, consistently losing wickets, and were all out for 74 runs. Pakcan won by 48 runs and won first Annual Salim Akbar/ Anwar Wadood Khan Trophy.
Second division final was also played on Sunday between Surrey Stars and Pakcan II. It was one of the most interesting games and Pakcan II won by 1 run. Nithin Sondhi scored 66 runs for Pakcan and they were all out for 123 runs. Andy Sul took 5 wickets for 7 runs.
Surrey Stars didn’t had a good start however later in innings Inamul Desai (26 runs) and Dav Gill (44 runs) took the game close and Surrey stars needed 8 runs to win from last over , however only managed to get 6.
Taslim Akabar, Nasim Akbar, Laila Akbar and Harjit Sandhu presented the winning Salim Akbar memorial trophy to Pakcan CC with $700 WINNING Cash prize for first division, $500 for second division. BCMCL Preseaseason T20 (sponsored by Salim Akbar CC in memory of Salim Akbar/Wadood Khan) was very successful event and it was very good start to 2016 season. BCMCL wish good luck to all players for 2016 season and we look forward to lots more special events for 2016 season. Next big event for BCMCL will be Legends Memorial T10 Cricket tournament, which going to be held on May 23rd (Victoria Day).