On the last day events Kohat defeated Hangu by just 5 runs in a dramatically ended final. Kohat won the toss and elected to bat first by setting up 75 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Benish hammered a cracking 10 runs with three boundaries, Aysha made 16 runs and Maliaka scored only 12 runs with two boundaries. For Hangu Mehreen claimed two wickets, Kalsoom got three wickets, two wickets in her last over for just 7 runs.
In reply, Hangu got a good start and raced up to 70 runs for 8 when the key over of Kalsoom started wherein she claimed two wickets in her last over by sealing the fate of rival at 70 runs all out. Hangu did not able to record victory when they needed only five runs in one over, having two wickets in hands.
In the hockey event Kohat defeated Hangu on a penalty shoot-out before playing a 1-1 draw. Kohat scored three goals out of five while Hangu scored only on two occasions and missed three attempts. Thus Kohat won the match by 4-3.
In the volleyball event played at Degree College Kohat court, Hangu shocked Kohat by 3-1 in a thrilling match. Kohat have full support of the cheering spectators but Hangu did not give Kohat much time and marched into victory before losing the first set at 22-25. Hangu after losing the first set, came back strongly and won the match by 25-21, 27-25, 25-23.
In the Table Tennis Karak defeated Kohat by 11-9, 7-11, 11-18 and 12-10. In the baseball Karak beat Kohat by three runs. In the athletics Kohat secured 50 points, followed by Karak with 25 points and Hangu got third position with 19 points. In the Badminton Kohat beat Hangu by 2-0. The score was 21-19, 21-18 and 21-19. Kohat won the winner trophies of the cricket, netball, hockey, squash, badminton, athletic, judo, handball, and tug of war and took second position in volleyball, table tennis, and baseball, karak took first position in table tennis and baseball, and remained second in netball, basketball, squash, athletics and handball. District Hangu got first position in Volleyball, and remained runners-up in hockey, badminton, judo, and tug of war.
At the end, Director General Directorate of Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Miss Rashida Ghaznavi, who was the chief guest, gave away trophies and cash prizes. The winners awarded trophy and cash prize of Rs 20,000/- while the runners-up got trophy and Rs 15000 as cash prize.
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