Parwatkar guides Mammoths home
All-rounder bags 4 wickets and hits rapid 43 to sink Mideast Metals
Ambey Parwatkar, who formerly turned out for the Goa state side in India’s domestic Ranji Trophy tournament, has the reputation of producing his best in finals.
In the final of the second edition of the Dubai Cricket Council’s Weekend Slammers tournament played at the Dubai Cricket Stadium, Parwatkar’s all-round show ensured Dubai Mammoths, who had finished second best in the final last year, finished with the trophy this time round, defeating Mideast Metals by five wickets.
Parwatkar bagged four wickets for 29 and also scored 43 runs to single-handedly help Dubai Mammoths lift the Weekend
Dubai Mammoths bt Mideast Metals by 5 wkts.
Mideast Metals 160 for 9 in 25 overs (Syed Haider 44, Ali Anwar 55; Ambey Parwatkar 4 for 29, Devendra Taneja 2 for 25) Dubai Mammoths 161 for 5 in 20.4 overs (Ambey Parwatkar 43, Shadab Khan 48n.o. C. Prajakat 26; Ali Anwar 2 for 26, Tayyab Ali 2 for 37). Ambey
Man of the match:
Slammers Cup. His spell resulted in Mideast being restricted to 160 for 9 in 25 overs. His knock of 43 from 35 balls, with two sixes and four fours, alongside Shadab Khan’s unbeaten 48, helped Mammoths reach the target in 20.4 overs.
Man of the match show
Speaking after winning the Man of the Final award, Parwatkar said: “During my 23 years of domestic cricket, I have produced many such all-round performances, at least six times for Yogi Club that I played for in the past. In 2008, I won five consecutive Parwatkar.
Individual awards:
Best batsman: Syed Haider of Mideast Metals (5 matches, 224 runs). Best bowler: Devendra Taneja of Dubai Mammoths (5 matches, 13 wickets). Player of the tournament: Bose Prathap of Roaring Lions (5 matches, 159 runs and 5 wickets). man of the match awards. This is my 23rd man of the match award in a final and I am delighted to continue my form.”
Mideast started badly, losing their star batsman Khurram Khawaja after he had faced just two balls. Yasir Siraj (10) and Mohammad Arif (5) were also dismissed in quick succession. Syed Haider, who won the best batsman of the tournament award, and Ali Anwar then put on 89 runs as they tried to take their team to safety. Haider hit 44 runs and Anwar cracked 55. But once they departed, the rest of the batsmen found the going tough against Parwatkar and Devendra Taneja, who took two wickets.
In reply, Mammoths lost opener Fardan Khalid for 2 but Parwatkar and C. Prajakat (26) steadied the innings.
After Prajakat and Parwatkar departed, Mideast had a whiff of victory but Shadab Khan quashed their hopes with a powerful unbeaten 48 from 35 balls with three fours.