Fonte Stars and Abana are American Express T20 champs

Rustam Ali RIYADH — Fonte Stars and Abana emerged as champions of RCA American Express T20 Tournament in different leagues here recently. Fonte Stars grabbed another title as it thumped Pak Force in the final of Huraymala League by 58 runs. Thanks to a brilliant knock of 105 by Bilal Wani, Fonte Stars piled up 200 for 6. Waseem scored 39 and Amjad 29. Pak Force was all out for 142. Gohar, 43, was the only batsman to put up a fight. Yasir, Ghulam and Afaq shared 2 wickets each. The Man-of-the-Match award was given to Bilal Wani. Zafar Mahmood was declared Player of the Tournament. Waseem Jutt won the Best Batsman honor, while Ghulam was adjudged the Best Bowler. Abana downed Saham by 13 runs in the final to claim the Diriyah League crown. Abana scored 186 for 7. Abu Baker smashed 83. Adnan hit 28 and Javaid 23. Owais picked up 2 wickets. Saham top order collapsed and it was restricted to 173. Alamgir (46) and Fayaz (29) were among the runs. Abid and Adnan ran through Saham’s batting lineup, claiming 3 wickets each. Furqan took 2. Abu Baker was declared Man of the Match and the Player of the Tournament. Faisal Khan and Nadeem Shahid won the Best Batsman and Best Bowler honors, respectively. The Riyadh Cricket Association (RCA) held a prize distribution ceremony of its Champions Trophy. Dirab League captain Nasir Abbasi received the winner’s trophy. Wahab Khan of Majmah League received the runner-up trophy. Among the top performers, Ishaq Ahmed was named the Best Batsman and Muzaffer Majeed earned the Best Bowler award. Abdul Waheed was declared Player of the Tournament. Hamza Abbasi and Abdul Qadir won the Best Fielder and Best Wicketkeeper awards, respectively. Played amongst six teams with players drafted from 82 teams, the Champions Trophy was an extremely successful event.