Society for Special Persons® Email: [email protected], Contact Number# 0321-7872238 ACCESSIBLE PAKISTAN SSP is established in March 2007. SSP mainly focuses on Accessible & Inclusive community for the Empowerment of people with Disabilities It is registered with Social Welfare Department under "Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies, Registration & Control Ordinance 1961. Report Sponsored by National Bank of Pakistan (Corporate Social Responsibility- CSR) Activity Title National Bank Wheelchair user Cricket Tournament 2013 Cricket on Wheel Date 2 to 3 March, 2013 Venue Inzemam-ul- haq District Sports Ground Multan Chief Guest: Opening Ceremony Shiekh Tariq Rasheed (MNA) Chief Guest: Closing Ceremony Mr.Tanveer Iqbal (Executive District Officer, Community Development), Multan Guest of Honor Mahr Liaqat Hussain Seyal (General Manager operation) National Bank of Pakistan Multan. Facilitated by Society for Special Persons (SSP) with the support of National Bank of Pakistan Participants Salahuddin Ghouri (Coordinator CSR Division Head office, Lion Muhammad Afzal Sipra (SSP BODs Member), Syed Ajaz Ahmad Shah (Chairman BODs), Seed ullah Khan (SSP BODs Member), Najamul Islam (President) Multan Crescent Lions Club, Mrs Tahira Najam (President Paradise Lioness Club), Shahnawaz National Bank Wheelchair user Cricket Tournament 2013 Multan Pakistan Reported by: Fahad Bilal Program Manager, Society for Special Persons, Multan
Khan (SPO), Zahida Hameed (President-Society for Special Persons), Nadir Khan (Vice-President-Society for Special Persons), Asif Iqbal(GS-Society for Special Persons), Atif Shiekh (STEP), Abia akram (STEP), Dr Shahnawaz Munami (National Coordinator (CBID Network Pakistan), Mian Asim Zafar (Secretariat Coordinator CBID Network Pakistan), Ali Shabbar (STEP), Saaya Association (Team), Shafiq ur Reham (Milestone), Jawaid Raees (Disabled welfare Association), Khursheed Alam, Asad Ullah, Common people, representatives of NGO, businessmen, political figures and bank officials attended the tournament
Teams Mirpur Zebras, Mardan Panthers, Deer Eagles, Karachi Dolphins, Multan Tigers and Lahore Lions.
Background:
Cricket is a unique bat-and-ball game played mostly in the in the Commonwealth of Nations.
In Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, people are fond of cricket. When there are cricket
tournaments in the region, the cricket-mania is high among people. One sees children playing in the
grounds and on the streets as well on Sundays.
National Bank Wheelchair Cricket Tournament 2013 (NBWCT) is one of the efforts to change
people’s attitude towards Persons with Disabilities and to close the gap between the Persons with
Disabilities (PWDs) and the society. This would help people know about the talent of Persons with
Disabilities (PWDs) and bring them out of their isolation. NBWCT was organized by Society for
Special Persons, on 2-3 March, 2013 Tournament with the support of National Bank of Pakistan in
Inzamam ul Haq District Sport Ground Multan.
Proceedings
National bank wheelchair user cricket tournament was held in district sports ground by the Society
for special persons. Six teams from all
over the country take part in this event.
There were six teams in total that came in
colored kits and competed for the trophy:
Mirpurkhas Zebras, Mardan Panthers,
Deer Eagles, Karachi Dolphins, Multan
Tigers and Lahore Lions. Teams were
separated in two groups. In group A were
the host team Multan, Deer and
Mirpurkhas and in group B were Lahore
Karachi and Mardan included. Opening
ceremony was started on Saturday 2 march at 9:00 am by the honorable guest Mr.Tariq rasheed
M.N.A. Pakistan Muslim league N.
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At the first day of the tournament in opening match host Multan played beautifully and defeated
Karachi by 73 runs. Multan win the toss and played first and score 113 runs in 6 over on the loss of
one wicket and Karachi wee defeated on just 37 runs
In second match, Lahore defeated Mirpur khas by 5 wickets. By bating first Mirpurkhas scores 72
runs on the loss of 7 wickets. By playing beautifully Lahore chases the target on the loss of five
wickets. In the third match of the tournament Deer and Karachi teams were against each other. In
which Karachi easily defeated Deer. The target of 71 runs given by the Deer, Karachi easily chased
on the loss of 3 wickets.
The most interesting match was played between
Mardan and Mirpurkhas . Which was decided on
the last ball of the match on the favor of Mardan .
Mirpur scored 84 on batting first . After Exciting
competition Mardan take out Mirpurkhas from
competition. In next match, host Multan defeated
Deer and put out it from competition and
qualified for semi final. Deer wins the toss and
scores 57 on batting first . And Multan chases the
target without any loss.
At the last match of the day, Lahore defeated Mardan by 9 wickets. Mardan scores 68 runs on
batting first and Lahore team chase the target on the loss of one wicket. So that, Lahore Mardan,
Multan and Karachi qualified for semi finals .
First semi final was held on 3 March in which Mardan and Multan come face to face against each
other. In which Mardan upset the tournament by defeating favorite Multan by 42 runs. On batting
first Mardan scores 132 runs in 8 over. In return, Multan only scores 90 runs.
In second semi final, Karachi bats first and scores
71 runs. Lahore chases the target on the loss of 6
wickets, and qualifies for the final of the
tournament. The final match of the tournament
was between Lahore and Mardan. Lahore wins the
toss and decided to bat first and scores 128 runs in
8 over. In return Mardan team fights back
beautifully but don’t succeed in the match. And
only score 120 runs. In this way Lahore wins the
national bank wheelchair user cricket tournament
2013 by 8 runs. The batsmen tried to score as
many runs as they could. They tried to send the ball to the boundary and to the spaces in the grassy
field where there were no fielders. The bowlers tried to hit the stumps with their bowling
maneuvers. They used their fingers dexterously to spin and swing the ball.
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During the matches all the teams did their best. Under the heat of the game some players fell out of
their wheelchairs to catch the ball. These matches were being monitored by independent sources
who maintained the cricket scorebooks of all the matches.
At the end District coordination officer Main Tanveer Iqbal , Mr. Mahr Liaqat Hussain Seyal (General
Manager Operation) National Bank of Pakistan Multan, Salahuddin Ghouri (Coordinator CSR Division
Head office, Lion Muhhammad Afzl Sipra (SSP BODs
Member), Syed Ajaz Ahmad Shah (Chairman BODs),
Seed ullah Khan (SSP BODs Member), distributed the
certificates, Shields, cash awards among the players.
The winning team captain Rizwan received the winning
trophy while the captain of Mardan Panthers Heroes
Asad ullah collected the runners-up trophy.
Mr. Mahr Liaqat Hussain Seyal (General Manager
Operation) National Bank of Pakistan Multan Said we will
support such events and it is my pleasure to join you in
this Cricket match and I enjoyed the wheelchair cricket and spirit of participants,
Mr. District coordination officer Main Tanveer Iqbal while specking congratulated the winners and
said that it was honor for him to grace the occasion. He assured the organizers to support them in
future for holding such types of events; he also congratulated the organizers.
Society for Special Person’s team (Multan Tigers) (Mr. Nadir Khan, Asif Iqbal, Fahad Bilal, Yasir
Hameed, Rana arif) exchanged their views with
media; they say that this tournament was an
attempt to help persons with disabilities become
independent people. 'Persons with disabilities
are burden for their parents.
When they see us playing cricket on
wheelchairs, they get a message of motivation
that they can also live like people without
disabilities.’ They say that as players on
wheelchairs, they have to face problems when
they play matches in public grounds. Their
major problem is accessibility. For instance, the washrooms are not accessible for them. Their
wheelchairs don’t pass through the narrow doors of the washrooms. In addition, there is another
problem with the condition of playing surface, which is grassy field. He says their wheel chairs don’t
run smoothly on grass. The government should provide them with better cricket grounds where
they can enjoy the game. He appreciates the role media played in reporting the tournament.
President of Society for Special Persons Ms Zahida Hameed expressed his gratitude and thanked
everyone for making NBWCT 2013 a memorable event. It was wonderful end of a magnificent day.
