DEWSBURY Young Stars

DEWSBURY Young Stars dominated the awards at the Dewsbury District League presentation night, held at the PKWA centre in Batley last Sunday night

As well as collecting the Section B championship trophy, the Young Stars also claimed the award for highest team score.
Captain Jabir Patel won the Section B batting prize, while Zubair Patel won the bowling prize.
Guest speakers were Tony Bowry, Yorkshire County Cricket Club development officer for ethnic minorities, Philip Akroyd of Yorkshire, Stan Gostellow, treasurer of the Dewsbury District League, together with Farid Korolia, president and chairman of the league.
Host for the evening was Iqbal Bhana, deputy lieutenant of West Yorkshire.
A new prize this year recognised the fairest team which was presented to the league by Philip Akroyd, following his speech at last year’s presentation night.

Prize winners
Section A Champions:Azad (captain Javed Iqbal).

Section B Champions: Dewsbury Young Stars (captain Jabir Patel and Yunus Patel).

PKWA Cup winners: Azad.

Twenty20 Cup winners: Com Del.
Six-a-side winners: Scout Hill.

Fairest team in the opinion of the umpires: Kozee Sleep.

Best Batting Average
Section A:Mohammed Rashid (Scout Hill) 9 innings, 359 runs, ave 39.89.

Section B:Jabir Patel (Dewsbury Young Stars) 13 innings, 3no, 291 runs, ave 29.10.

Best Bowling Average
Section A: Aamir Siddique (Com Del) 117 overs, 34 maidens, 213 runs, 43 wickets, ave 7.26.

Section B: Zuber Patel (Dewsbury Young Stars) 55 overs, 8 maidens, 150 runs, 27 wickets, ave 5.56.

Highest team score: Dewsbury Young Stars 293-8.

Highest Individual Score: Rizwan Dar (Ideal Star) 121no.

Best Bowling in a Match: Nazakat Hussain (Azad) nine wickets for five runs.