Sports Awards winner Salma Bi took on the challenge to host charity tournament, the Women’s Indoor Cricket T10 World Cup 2012.
The Believe in M.A.D (Making a Difference) Executive Director hosted her second ladies-only event on 21st March at the Birmingham Futsal Arena.
Despite team West-Indies pulling out of the Tournament a day before, the event went swimmingly, resulting in a victory for teamEngland.
The opening ceremony saw all four captains lead the way with their teams, which included Australia, India, Pakistan and England.
The Mencap team were present to remind audiences of why they were doing this to raise money for disabled people and to remind each other of how important it is to be doing sports with the ability we have and that we should make the most of our capability.
T10 World Cup lifted off with style, big shots, wickets and big scores. During breaks, players didn’t miss an opportunity to practice their skills and were itching to play their next games.
Play-Off for third and fourth Place rested on the Pakistan vs India game. Both captains were given the choice to play a Super Over or Bowl Out. Pakistan Captain Zem won the toss and chose Bowl Out.
Pakistan was on top with their first point struck by Farzana and then followed by Joanne.
India was yet to strike and unfortunately all eight girls missed the target, leaving for the Pakistan captain to wrap it with a clean hit winning by 3-0 on the T10 Bowl-Out.
The finals saw India upsetting the League Table by beating England. But it also gave big hope to Australia, who beat Pakistan, to steal the title.
England, whose team captain was Salma Bi, won the toss for the first time all day and chose to bat.
It was a Steady start for the team, scoring at a rate of 20 runs per over until Australia’s Mina and captain Amna upset the batsman by taking 6 wickets in 4 overs.
England then fought back with consistent batting by Nicky and Anisha, from 7th over to 10th England managed to put on another 50 runs without losing any wickets finishing at a score of 281.
A gettable score especially for Australia who were the only team to put on 309 highest score in the T10 World Cup so Far!
The Women’s T10 World Cup 2012 was won by England, the first ever champions for T10 cricket.
Before medals and certificated were presented to the winners, each captain selected their two most improved players of the day in the team. This not only encourages team work but also raises awareness of development within a player, who may have never had much exposure in such a sport previously.
Prize winners for team Pakistan included Joanne Insley and Halima Khan, while India’s captain Gemma Goode awarded Hassina Begum and Gemma Smith.
Aisha Bi and Hayley Shaddick were given accolades by their captain Amna Rafiq, while Nicky Preston was the only girl from the England team who received an award by team captain Salma Bi.
HOW THE GAME PLAYED OUT
Game 1- ENGLAND 248 V PAKISTAN 246 (ENG WIN BY 2 RUNS)
Game 2- INDIA 256 V AUSTRALIA 273 (AUS WIN BY 17 RUNS)
Game 3- INDIA 240 V ENGLAND 301 (ENG WIN BY 61 RUNS)
Game 4- PAKISTAN 164 V AUSTRALIA 277 (AUS WIN BY 113 RUNS)
Game 5- ENGLAND 274 V AUSTRALIA 268 (ENG WIN BY 6 RUNS)
Game 6- PAKISTAN 301 V INDIA 270 (PAK WIN BY 31 RUNS)
Game 7- PAKISTAN 247 V ENGLAND 299 (ENG WIN BY 52 RUNS)
Game 8- AUSTRALIA 309 V INDIA 244 (AUS WIN BY 65 RUNS)
Game 9- ENGLAND 277 V INDIA 278 (IND WIN BY 1 RUN)
Game 10-AUSTRALIA 284 V PAKISTAN 247 (AUS WIN BY 37 RUNS)
| LEADERBOARD | ||||
| PLAYED | WON | LOST | POINTS | |
| ENGLAND | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| AUSTRAILIA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| PAKISTAN | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| INDIA | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
