Dukhan Stringrays went away with the winning trophy of the first Pakistan Education Centre Alumni (PEC-A) Super Sixes Tournament last week.
The knockout tournament, which was sponsored by Abdulla Minhas of Future World Real Estate and Khawar Aslam of Rumailah Garage, saw participation from eight crickets teams in Qatar, including one from PEC-A.
A large crowd, comprising of many Pakistani families, turned up at the PEC cricket ground to watch the one-day sports event.
After the initial matches, the first semi final was played between Pakistan Cricket Academy (PCA) and MIDAS.
MIDAS won the toss and elected to bat. The team scored 74 runs at the loss of three wickets in six overs. In return, PCA successfully chased the total and reached 77 runs for three wickets in 5.3 overs. Yousef managed to score 34 runs off 11 balls with an impressive five sixes.
The second semi final was played between team PEC and Dukhan Stingrays. PEC, however, won the toss and elected to field. Dukhan Stingrays scored 100 at four wickets in six overs. Rehmat Khan from Dukhan Stingrays scored 61 runs off 16 balls with an outstanding eight sixes and two boundaries. PEC, meanwhile, kept losing wickets and the team was all out at 60 runs in 5.3 overs.
The final match of the thrilling tournament was thus played between PCA and Dukhan Stingrays. PCA won the toss and elected to field and took out all the players of Dukhan Stingrays at 72 runs at the end of overs. Ehtisham ul Hassan scored 25 off 11 balls with two fours and two sixes.
PCA could not take the heat from the bowlers of their opponents. Assad from PCA scored a fighting 26 off 12 balls but his struggle was short lived as Awais from Dukhan Stingrays took a catch in the deep to end PCA innings at 48 at the end of fifth over.
Rehmat Khan was declared the player of the tournament for his overall performance.
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