Abuja Pakistanis Cricket Club (APCC) has emerged champions of the inaugural Iris Smart Technologies Abuja Cricket League, sealing their unbeaten runs in the league with an emphatic 81 runs defeat of Cricket Club Abuja Panthers (CCAP) in the final game.
A highly tensed final game watched by sizeable spectators at the Cricket Oval, Package B Complex of the National Stadium, Abuja, saw CCAP win the toss and elected to field first thus putting the Abuja Pakistanis to bat.
The Pakistanis got to a slow start with early fall of wicket by their captain and best player in the League, Hashim Mohammad as well as the slow run rates in the early overs thus giving the CCA Panthers momentary shine that was later subdued by the fireworks of Kalpa Alvis.
At the fall of the wickets of Hashim and Saad Butt, Kalpa Alwis came into the rescue and changed the fortunes of his side.
Kalpa supported by Joseph Ishua, Saad But, Adnan and Taimu Bashir, took the APCC to 189 runs thanks to…
