The Ankara Allstars pulled off a great victory seven run victory over the Red Lions on Sunday and in the process handing victory in the Angora Cup to the Tomer XI.
The Red Lions started well in the field reducing the Allstars to 89 all out with all the bowlers getting amongst the wickets.
After Saturday's victory over the Tomer XI, the Red Lions were confident they could reach the 90 runs required for victory and with it, the Angora Cup.
After a few steady overs though the Red Lions collapsed. Overconfidence or perhaps laziness? Although a few of the earlier batsmen reported that the ball appeared to be swinging.
All seemed lost when the Lions were nine wickets down and still not much past 60 runs, but N. Cookson and C. Sutcliffe batted brilliantly to offer hope to the cheering crowd. It wasn't to be though and the Ankara Allstars won what was a tense encounter.
With all three teams finishing the tournament with one win apiece it came down to some sort of complicated run rate calculation to determine that it was Tomer XI who took away the Angora Cup.
Congratulations to Tomer and a big thanks to all the umpires, scorers and umpires.
Pictures coming soon.
* Please note that some of these figures don't add up, perhaps some of the extras were not recorded.
Gwillam coming in from the Car Park end.
Niranjan hits out.
Gwillam on strike.
Unnamed scorer with the Angora Cup. The other trophy is the Ankara Cup that was being played for by three other teams.
For some of the crowd the tension was too great.
The organisers' decision not to charge for entrance resulted in a bumper crowd. 
Cookson - the face of determination.
Not too many smiling faces on the Red Lions post match. 
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