LAHORE: WAPDA may have won their maiden President’s Trophy title, but it was the State Bank batters and losing finalists SNGPL’s bowlers who dominated the top-10 most successful batters and bowlers charts.

Four State Bank batters featured in the top-10 batters’ list, while three SNGPL bowlers were in the top-10 bowlers’ list. In contrast, WAPDA had only one batter and one bowler in the top-10, reflecting that the side’s success was due to even contributions from all its key players.

The most successful WAPDA batter was Mohammad Ammar, who, with 499 runs, finished fourth. He hit a century and three half-centuries in seven matches. His teammate Khalid Usman was 12th with 381 runs in eight matches. Sharoon Siraj (371 runs), Bismillah Khan (349 runs), and Ayaz Tasawar (244 runs) were the other main run-scorers for WAPDA.

Amongst the bowlers, Naqeebullah, adjudged Player of the Final for his eight wickets in the match, was the joint-second most successful bowler with 41 wickets in eight matches. Naqeebullah’s new-ball partner, Aqib Khan, was the second most successful WAPDA bowler in 15th position with 23 wickets. He was followed by Mohammad Zeeshan (20 wickets) and Khalid Usman, who complemented his 381 runs with 18 wickets.

State Bank’s Abdullah Fazal was the most successful and consistent batter of the President’s Trophy when he aggregated 622 runs from seven matches with two centuries and two half-centuries. He was adjudged Batter of the President’s Trophy.

Abdullah’s teammate Mohammad Ghazi Ghori finished second at a distance with 531 runs from seven matches. Ghazi was followed by Sahir Associates’ Mohammad Faiq (500), Mohammad Ammar (WAPDA, 499), Asim Ali (Sahir Associates, 458), Danish Aziz (OGDCL, 450), Azan Awais (SNGPL, 448), Mohammad Taha (PTV, 429), Mohammad Hurraira (State Bank, 424), and Rameez Aziz (State Bank, 423).

Mohammad Hamza of KRL was the pick of the bowlers with 47 wickets from seven matches. SNGPL’s Shehzad Gul and Naqeebullah of WAPDA collected 41 apiece, followed by Amad Butt (PTV, 32), Khan Zaib (Sahir Associates, 32), Mir Hamza (Ghani Glass, 28), Shahnawaz Dahani (SNGPL, 28), Asif Afridi (OGDCL, 28), Sajid Khan (SNGPL, 28), and Arshad Iqbal (KRL, 26).