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The Newry Hitterz Cricket Club hosted an Indoor Cricket Tournament at Newry Leisure Centre last month. Teams from Ireland, U.K, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka took part in the competition which was sponsored by Newry Mourne & Down, District Council and the Southern Trust promoting wellbeing division.
Trophy and Cash Awards on the day were sponsored by T-Mart Asian Grocery Store, Portadown; Redbox Kitchen, Newry; Eddie Rockets, Newry; Spoon Street, Newry and Blue-Chip Tiles, Ireland.
The champions on the day were Namaste Thunders, Belfast and Captain Vinod S and team members received Rolling trophy, £444 Cash prize, special gift box & Individual gold plated medals.
Runners up were Newry Hitterz with Captain Martin Xavier and team members received Rolling trophy and £222 Cash prize, gift box & Individual silver plated medals.
Individual awards
Man of the Series –Martin Xavier (Newry Hitterz)
Best Batsman -Shahbas Ali (Namaste Thunders, Belfast)
Best Bowler -Praveen S. (Namaste Thunders, Belfast)
Man of the Match (Final) - Shahbas Ali (Namaste Thunders, Belfast)
This tournament consisted of eight teams with matches played over two days 19 and 26 January and conducted as single – elimination knockouts, Semi-finals and final which included total of seven matches.
Teams included: Belfast Super X1, Belfast Gladiators, Phoenix X1, Dundalk, Dolphins, Victoria Cricket, Newry Hitterz, NCC (Newry Cricket Club) and Namaste Thunders, Belfast.
