Islamabad(Cliff News)Special Olympics Pakistan (SOP) Unified Cricket Team is departing today (1st November 2016) to take part in the 2nd Special Olympics South Asian Cricket Competition in Dhaka, Bangladesh from Nov 2nd – 7th, 2016. Teams from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are taking part in this tournament.
Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association Organized two warm up Matches for Special Olympics Cricket Team which were won by them.The Pakistan delegation to Bangladesh comprises of 18 members: 14 players and 3 coaches and 1 head of Delegation.To prepare for this week long event the SOP Unified Cricket Team has been practicing together for the last two months after being selected through a series of trials across the country. In its final stretch the final squad of fourteen players played two matches, first against Fahad Academy at the Naya Nazimabad ground and the second against Karachi Gymkhana Under-15 at the KG ground.The format of the tournament is very interesting and novel. From the start one pair bats for 4 overs and if one gets out they change ends. Same for the fielding side where a pair of bowlers bowl for 4 overs each. After 20 overs ten players have batted and the final score is basically an average score arrived at by dividing total number of runs divided by number of times a wicket fell. The team with the higher average wins the match.
The SOP Unified Cricket Team won both the games, first by having an average score of 30 (150-5) vs. an average score of 21.5 (237-11) by Fahad Academy. Against Karachi Gymkhana Under-15 the SOP Unified Cricket Team won with an average score of 22.6 (135-6) against KG U-15 average score of 13.1 (131-10).The team is hopeful of performing well and returning after successfully representing the country!
SOP Unified Cricket Delegation
Special Athletes: Shahab Uddin, Zakir Hayat, Azhar Bashir, Umair Ali Kayani, Muhammad Husnain, Muhammad Saad Arif, Mughees Alam, Abdullah Imtiaz.
Unified Partners: Muhammad Usman, Hasanat Ahmad, Khezeema Malik, Ikhlaq Bashir, Muhammad Tanveer Anjum, Muhammad Hashim Zahid
Coaches: Aftab Ahmad, Imran Tariq, Syed Hashmat Ali Shah
Head of Delegation:
Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association Organized two warm up Matches for Special Olympics Cricket Team which were won by them.The Pakistan delegation to Bangladesh comprises of 18 members: 14 players and 3 coaches and 1 head of Delegation.To prepare for this week long event the SOP Unified Cricket Team has been practicing together for the last two months after being selected through a series of trials across the country. In its final stretch the final squad of fourteen players played two matches, first against Fahad Academy at the Naya Nazimabad ground and the second against Karachi Gymkhana Under-15 at the KG ground.The format of the tournament is very interesting and novel. From the start one pair bats for 4 overs and if one gets out they change ends. Same for the fielding side where a pair of bowlers bowl for 4 overs each. After 20 overs ten players have batted and the final score is basically an average score arrived at by dividing total number of runs divided by number of times a wicket fell. The team with the higher average wins the match.
The SOP Unified Cricket Team won both the games, first by having an average score of 30 (150-5) vs. an average score of 21.5 (237-11) by Fahad Academy. Against Karachi Gymkhana Under-15 the SOP Unified Cricket Team won with an average score of 22.6 (135-6) against KG U-15 average score of 13.1 (131-10).The team is hopeful of performing well and returning after successfully representing the country!
SOP Unified Cricket Delegation
Special Athletes: Shahab Uddin, Zakir Hayat, Azhar Bashir, Umair Ali Kayani, Muhammad Husnain, Muhammad Saad Arif, Mughees Alam, Abdullah Imtiaz.
Unified Partners: Muhammad Usman, Hasanat Ahmad, Khezeema Malik, Ikhlaq Bashir, Muhammad Tanveer Anjum, Muhammad Hashim Zahid
Coaches: Aftab Ahmad, Imran Tariq, Syed Hashmat Ali Shah
Head of Delegation: