On Saturday the Cricket Winter league continued with a better scoring game between Marsa C.C and Melita C.C.

Melita won the toss and elected to bat first. Simon Lavender (sixteen runs) and Tim Wheeler (six runs) opened the innings. They were dismissed in the fourth and fifth over respectively.

The biggest partnership of the game was played between the mastermind in finding spaces for runs Chris Riordan who made thirty six runs and the exciting Andrew Naudi who smashed sixty two runs of forty balls which included ten fours.

They both retired (local rule). John Grima made twelve runs, Sumair Khan five runs, Derek Ali eight runs not out and Ian Pendlebury ten not out from the remaining overs which were left.

At the close of the innings Melita totalled 166 runs, the highest so far in the tournament. For Marsa, Ewan Prezens, Will Nicholls, Paul Bradley and Ravi Sharma all took a wicket each.

A fantastic opening partnership between experienced Tony Azzopardi (twenty four runs) and mister hit everything Zubair Raja (thirty eight runs, two fours and two sixes) set the pediment for their team.

Runs kept on coming in the form of Ravi Sharma (twenty runs) and Malcoln Crabbe (eighteen runs). Ewen Prezens survived a LBW appeal when he had two runs on the board and was soon caught eight balls later for sixteen runs in which he hit two massive sixes. Paul Bradley (nineteen runs not out) and Joy Ghoseroy (seven runs not out) guided their team to the victory.

For Melita Andrew Naudi, Gordon Hewitt , Sumair Khan and Pierre Naudi all took a wicket.

From the win Marsa earned thirteen points which takes their tally to twenty, keeping them in second place, while Melita earn two points.

Next Saturday a friendly will be played and it will be the perfect opportunity for anyone to go along, join in and start playing criicket!

Saturday morning the Sunoco Cricket Academy will be from 9.00am till 10.30am.

Photograph – Tony Azzopardi.

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