2013-14 Challenger League concluded with traditional dinner feast and lot of cricket on DCA ground. DCA Panthers won it by crushing DCA Tigers with a huge margin of 70 runs.

5 teams participated in 2013-14 season’s Challenger League contest. Panthers and Tigers made it to the final but not easily. Tigers had to defeat Jaguars in virtual semi final which was closely watched by Panthers too as their fate was decided on that match. Abqaiq and DYCA could not make their presence felt in this tournament, specially Abqaiq was a big disappointment and they were defeated by all 3 big teams.

Here are some highlights of the tournament:

• 5 Teams participated: DCA Tigers, DCA Panthers, DCA Jaguars, Abqaiq Cricket Club and DYCA.
• Tigers topped the group with +3.477 Net Run Rate and played final with second best team in group, Panthers with +3.032 Net Run Rate.
• Total of 2662 runs were made during the tournament. Sarfaraz Alam topped the list with 168 runs in the tournament.
• Total of 127 wickets tumbled. Tayyab topped the list with 10 wickets in 5 matches with an average of 10.9.
• Total of 321 boundaries were hit. 124 Sixes and 197 fours.
• 87 All out was the lowest score by DYCA against Jaguars.
• 249/2 was the highest score by Tigers against Jaguars.

While we are waiting for the next adventure the Invitational Tournament starting from 13th March 2014, enjoy some pictures by Sheraz Mushtaq.

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