Teams in Bradford and Keighley are celebrating after winning local competitions in the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation Indoor Cricket Cup.
In Keighley the YCF Indoor Cricket Cup was won by team KCA, and Swat Zalmi took the Bradford title with the two winners going on to compete against each other to become the overall Bradford champions, at New College Bradford, on Thursday, 2 March, 2023.
For the 2023 winter season our local Indoor Cricket Cup competitions are – part of our core cities programme and following on from our league competitions in October and November – are also running in Leeds, Kirklees and Sheffield, with 41 teams taking part in total.
The winners from each area cup competition will go on to battle it out in the YCF Yorkshire Indoor Cricket Cup 2023 final at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) in Sheffield on Saturday, 18 March, 2023.
More tournaments like these needs to be arranged all over the country as it gives the youngsters something to look forward to in the dark and cold UK winters. – Salman Syed, Captain of Swat Zalmi, the Winners of the Bradford Indoor Cup.
Akhil Adulla reports on how KCA, and Swat Zalmi took local team titles and all the latest results from round the region below…
KEIGHLEY
Teams: Adam CC (ACC) , Haji Sports, Kashmir 6, KCA, Zain CC (ZCC)
Eliminator – KCA: 128/4 (10) beat ACC: 44/6 (5) by 84 runs. Player of the match (P.O.T.M): Arsaam Malik
Final – KCA: 112/6 (9.5) beat ZCC: 96/6 (8) by 16 runs. P.O.T.M: Amjid Hussain
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Winners of the YCF Indoor Cricket Cup pose for a photo.
BRADFORD
Teams: AK Eagles (AKE), Bengal Tigers (BT), Kashmir BFD (KBFD), Silver Blades (SB), Swat Zalmi (SZ), United Jinnah (UJ).
Semi-final 1 – KBFD: 52/2 (5.4) beat AKE: 51/6 (9.1) by 4 wkts. P.O.T.M: Hamza Iqbal
Semi-final 2 – SZ: 82/1 (7.2) beat UJ: 81/6 (9.1) by 5 wkts. P.O.T.M: Alam Shah
Final – SZ: 117/6 (11.3) beat KBFD: 39/6 (6) by 78 runs. P.O.T.M: Salman Syed
Salman Syed, Captain of Swat Zalmi, the winners of the Bradford Indoor Cup, said: “It’s been a great tournament, very well organised.
“We have won it twice in a row now and the guys have enjoyed every bit of it.
“More tournaments like these needs to be arranged all over the country as it gives the youngsters something to look forward to in the dark and cold UK winters.”
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Swat Zalmi, the winning local cup champions from Bradford
Teams: Group A: AJK, Diagonal Stars (DS), East Leeds Stars (ELS), Leeds Gladiators (LG), No Balls (NB), Superchargers (SC), Thanks For Coming (TFC), Wristy Strokers (WS)
Group B: CTS Stars (CTS), Leeds Indian Super Kings (LISK), Leeds Indians (LI), Leeds Lethal (LL), Lion Heart (LH), The Unknowns (TU), UFCC, Untouchables (UT)
Week 6 results – Group A
Match 45 – NB: 33/1 (2.5) beat DT: 28/5 (6.3) by 5 wkts. P.O.T.M: Vipul Kumar
Match 46 – WS: 108/1 (12) beat TFC: 10/6 (4.3) by 98 runs. P.O.T.M: Finn Littleton
Match 47 – ELS: 111/3 (12) beat AJK: 44/6 (9.3) by 67 runs. P.O.T.M: Shamoon Mushtaq
Match 48 – SC: 71/6 (11.2) beat LG: 68/6 (11.4) by 3 runs. P.O.T.M: Devansh Sehara
Week 6 results – Group B
Match 41 – LISK: 73/6 (10.5) beat UFCC: 53/6 (9.4) by 20 runs. P.O.T.M: Amit Patel
Match 42 – LI: 118/3 (12) beat LL: 61/6 (8.5) by 57 runs. P.O.T.M: Ashish Verma
Match 43 – LH: 93/0 (7.5) beat TU: 87/6 (10.1) by 6 wkts. P.O.T.M: Prasath Manimaran
Match 44 – UT: 67/3 (7.2) beat CTS: 63/6 (11.5) by 3 wkts. P.O.T.M: Haroon Rashid
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SHEFFIELD
Teams: Darnall Dynamites (DD), Burngreave Tigers (BT), Firth Park Warriors (FPW), Netheredge Knights (NK), Pitsmoor Avengers (PA) and Pagehall Panthers (PP).
Week 3 results
Match 7 – NK: 103/5 (12) beat PA: 95/3 (12) by 8 runs. Player of the match (P.O.T.M): Jawad Akhtar
Match 8 – PP: 148/3 (11.1) beat FPW: 146/5 (12) by 3 wkts. P.O.T.M: Jawad Saleem
Match 9 – CS: 138/3 (9.5) beat BT: 136/2 (12) by 3 wkts. P.O.T.M: Yograj Kote
Jawad Akhtar from Netheredge Knights, said: “We came into this league as a bunch of mismatched drop-outs from each team – and now that we’ve won 3 in a row we’re suddenly favourites?”
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More information coming soon about the cup competition and stay tuned for round-ups from the competition.
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