Ajman: Armaf Sterling Cricket Club and Blenders Cricket Club emerged champions of the two Unicorn Premier League. In the first season ending final between Colatta Chocolates Club and Armaf Sterling, Colatta chose to bat first. Sharad Nair cracked 75 runs from 50 balls while Nomi Hussain scored 68 runs from 38 balls to post an impressive 203 for 7 in 20 overs. If not for Armaf’s Dinu Mamachan’s spell of 4 wickets for 37 runs from his 4 overs, Colatta could have posted a bigger total. Armaf chased the total through M. Usman’s 85 runs from 40 balls and Tariq Ammen’s 46 runs from 37 balls and Ajay Kumar’s 31 runs from 21 balls. They won with six balls to spare.

In another final, Blenders Club defeated Drangons Club by seven wickets. Dragon Club elected to bat first. Skipper Sreejith Menon hit 42 runs off 29 balls while Sameer Koyanji scored 38 runs from just 10 balls. Kiran Mohan too chipped in with 40 runs to help Dragons post 204 for 7 in 20 overs. Chasing the score openers Shakeel Khan hit 68 runs from 37 balls while Shaikh Abdul Samad hit 58 runs from 24 balls. Preetham Nazreth too hit a timely 28 runs while Devi Prasad scored 20 runs to help Blenders reach the target in just 15.5 overs

Brief scores:

First final: Armaf Sterling Club CC bt Colata Chocolates by 4 wkts. Colata Chocolates CC 203 for 7 in 20 overs (Sharad Nair 75, Nomi Hussain 68, Dinu Mamachan 4 for 37). Armaf Sterling CC 204 for 4 in 19 overs (Usman 85, Tariq Ammen 46, Ajay Kumar 31, Junaid 2 for 41, Sultan Ahmad 2 for 30).

Individual awards: Man of the Final: M. Usman of Armaf (Sterling CC). Man of the series: Ramesh T Subramanium of Guruvayoor CC, Best Batsman: Abu Younus of Mangalore CC, Best Bowler: Ramesh T Subramanium, Best fielder: Sijo Jose of Guruvayoor CC.

Blenders bt Dragons by 7 wkts. Dragons CC 204 for 7 in 20 overs (Sreejith Menon 46, Sameer Koyanji 38, Kiran 40, Shakeel Khan 2 for 49, Jithesh Rodriguez 2 for 33). Blenders CC 205 for 3 in 15.5 overs (Shaik Abdul Salad 58, Shakeel Khan 68, Preetham 28).

Individual awards: Man of the final: Shakeel Khan (Blenders), Man of the series: Jayesh Jose (Patrol CC), Best Batsman: Thahir Mohammed (Dragons CC). Best Bowler: Jayesh Jose of Patrol CC; Best Fielder: Farooq Mohamed of Royal CC