By Murtaza Poonawala
On the occasion of the 74th Birthday celebrations of our 53rd Spiritual leader His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, the Sports Committee of the Dawoodi Bohra Community in Sydney organised a cricket tournament which is in line with the new style of cricket that has taken the entire world by storm IPL (Indian Premier League).
The tournament rules mandated involvement of ALL players which allowed each and every participant to display their cricketing prowess. This tournament involved obtaining sponsors for 4 teams who donned the hats of the team owners/co-owners, and helped fund the tournament and there was a lot of interest shown in both, sponsoring and playing in the tournament.
The auction day at the Community Centre was received with a lot of enthusiasm by the owners and the players who turned up in good numbers. For the tournament games, each team was provided with their own coloured team kits which were unveiled during a community event.
The cricket games were played over three Sundays, with six 15-over per inning round robin games played on 4th and 11th February and the finals played on the 18th February which was a proper T-20 game with 20 overs a side.
On 11 Feb for the last round of league games and virtual semi finals the event had the legendary Pakistani Fast bowler Waqar Younis for a short while to motivate and encourage the young cricketers.
On 18 Feb for the final the Lord Mayor of the Cumberland Council Mr.Greg Cummings graced the occasion. He came dressed in the Aussie cricket jersey and cheered both the finalists Blue Panthers and Belle Blasters in a nail biting final which ended in the last over with Blue Panthers the winners of the Sydney Cricket League 2018. The Mayor distributed the trophy and medals to the winning team.
Anjuman-e-Burhani Sydney the trust which manages the Dawoodi Bohra Community in Australia felicitated the Mayor on behalf of His Holiness Dr Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin the 53rd spiritual leader of the community worldwide.
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