KARACHI: Skipper Fawad Alam produced an excellent all-round display and paceman Junaid Zia took four wickets as Al-Noor Gymkhana clinched the second edition of Pakistan Champions Cricket League when they beat Khyber Greens FATA in the final under lights at RLCA Ground Korangi on Saturday night.

Pakistan's discarded all-rounder Fawad scored an unbeaten 54 in 52 balls with three boundaries and Ahmed Iqbal Khan cracked a fighting 31 in 37 deliveries with a brace of boundaries and shared a 78-run unbroken third wicket stand to steer Al-Noor Gymkhana to victory amid vociferous cheers.

Al-Noor Gymkhana looked in trouble after they lost three wickets for 37 runs in 8th over after Qismat Afridi took two top wickets of Ijaz Ali Shah (2), Naveed Malik (0). But both Fawad and Ahmed Iqbal batted solidly and sensibly in front of a sizeable crowd.

Earlier batting first, Khyber Greens FATA was bowled out for 114 in 18.5 overs. International Junaid Zia in a fiery spell, snapped-up four wickets for 27 runs to cause the slide in Khyber Greens batting.

Rehan Afridi hit pair boundaries in his 32-ball 30 to show any resistance and Saeed Afridi smashed one six and two boundaries in his 13-ball cameo of 17.

Federal Minister Dr. Farooq Sattar, who was chief guest, presented the glittering trophy and cash purse of Rs. two million to Fawad Alam and Khyber Greens Captain Taimur Khan Afridi received runners-up trophy and Rs. One million.

Former Pakistan Captain Rashid Latif, Sindh Ministers Raza Haroon, Muhammad Afzal, Chief Organizer Asif Hasnain, MNA Iqbal Muhammad Ali, KCCA President Syed Sirajul Islam Bukhari and Secretary Prof. Ejaz Faruqi and other officials were also present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Farooq Sattar complimented Rashid Latif, Chief Organizer Asif Hasnain and other managers of the event for their role in the success of this event.

Fawad Alam was declared the player of the tournament (296 runs, 11 wickets. Saeed Afridi (380 runs) was named best batsman, Tariq Khan (19 wickets) was adjudged the best bowler, Rehan Afridi (19 victims) got best wicketkeeper award and Ashraf Ali (7 catches) best fielder.