The news of Braden's illness hit Pacific's preperations hard in what was always going to be the toughest match in this year's campaign. Dougal DeKeller's non appearance compounded this but despite the loss of the 2 strongest batters, Pacific rallied. Cowling & Faisal - both in the form of their lives - bowled superbly & Faisal in particular was unlucky not to have added to his 2 wickets & catch. The change bowling was less effective & both Hollman & Davies were creamed in particular by Imran who scored 4 6s in his 39 not out.

In reply, a 10 an over run rate required was a big ask as Riz tore out Hollman & Davis & with Faisal having his leg stump uprooted by Imran, Pacific were reeling with no where to go at 25-3 & with just 2 wickets in hand.

Sky were worthy winners by far & as title holders, & with their competitive approach fully deserve their favourites tag.

VIII Steve Emmins*, Martin Cowling, Lucius Faisal, Peter Hollman , Jim Davies, Dougal DeKeller , Braden Grigg & Sammy Purcell .

Sky (aka Mola Jutt) v Pacific

Sky (aka Mola Jutt) innings  R  M  B  4  6 Aleem   c Faisal b    5  0  0  1  0   Sarfraz   c Emmins b Faisal   29  0  0  2  1   Naz   c Purcell b Faisal   2  0  0  0  0   Muddassar   not out    45  0  0  6  2   Imran   run out Davies    39  0  0  1  6   Hassan   st Emmins b Davies   10  0  0  1  0   Imran Youssef   b Davies   0  0  1  0  0   Rizwan   not out    7  0  0  0  1    Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 4, nb 0) 10      TOTAL (16.0 Overs) 159-6

Fall of wickets:  1-14 [Aleem] , 2-22 [Naz] , 3-58 [Sarfraz]

Bowling  O  M  R  W       4  0  23  1    Lucius Faisal   4  0  33  2    Jim Davies   4  0  45  2    Peter Hollman   4  0  39  0

Pacific innings  R  M  B  4  6 Lucius Faisal   b Imran   16  0  0  2  0   Peter Hollman   c Hassan b Riz   3  0  0  0  0   Jim Davies   b Riz   0  0  3  0  0   Sammy Purcell   not out    22  0  0  2  0     st Hassan b Muddassar   22  0  0  1  1   Steve Emmins   not out    5  0  0  0  0   Braden Grigg   absent hurt    0  0  0  0  0   Dougal DeKeller   absent    0  0  0  0  0    Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 10, nb 2) 15      TOTAL (16.0 Overs) 90-4

Fall of wickets:  1-23 , 2-25 , 3-25 , 4-29 , 5-60

Bowling  O  M  R  W    Imran Y   3  0  9  1    Riz   3  0  13  2    Muddassar   4  0  26  1    Naz   4  0  15  0    Hassan   1  0  2  0    Aleem   1  0  8  0