England cricketers celebrating after clinching the title of the ICRC International T20 Cricket Tournament for people with physical disabilities at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Pratishthan ground-3 in Gazipur Thursday. — BCB Photo England clinched the title of the first edition of the ICRC International T20 Cricket Tournament for people with physical disabilities beating Pakistan by 19 runs in the final at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Pratishthan (BKSP) ground-3 in Gazipur Thursday, reports UNB.
Winning the toss in the final battle, England elected to bat first and posted a formidable total of 175 for 4 in 20 overs which is the highest in the tournament, spurred by the opening pair for 70 runs in 8.5 overs between Alex Hammond and Gordon Laidwan.
Callum Flynn hammered an unbeaten 45 runs off 29 balls featuring eight fours to be the highest scorer for the side.
Gordon Laidwan hit 40 off 28 balls with six fours while Alex Hammond scored 30 off 28 balls with three fours.
Number six batsman Jordan Williams played until the innings end to score not out 15 off 8 balls with a six while Jamie Goodwin (18 off 13b, 1x4) and Iain Nairn (10 off 11b, 1x4) were the other scorers for the side.
Jahanzaib, Abdullah Ejaz and Fayaz Ahmed took one wicket each for 21, 22 and 43 runs respectively.
Chasing the 176-run target for win, Pakistan played out a 156-run innings for 7 in 20 overs with Rehan Gani scoring the team highest 36 runs off 25 balls with one four and one six. Opener Hasnain Alam and Nihar Alam scored 26 runs each while Abdullah Ejaz (18), Matloob Qurashi (15), Danish Ahmed (11) and Abdullah Afridi (not out 10) were the other double-digit scorers for the side.
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