On Saturday the MCA Cricket Winter Wallop continued with the Marsa Magpies taking on the Krishna Kobras.

The Kobras batted first and posted their highest score of the tournament. Malcolm Crabbe (twenty six runs) and John Grima (thirty runs retired) had the Kobras of to a great start until a misunderstanding had Crabbe run out. They had put on a fifty eight run partnership. Nowell Khosla (who this past week became Malta’s first playing member of the Marylebone Cricket Club, well done Nowell) only had a brief stay at the crease making six runs.

Adam Krishna did not bother the scorer. Bikram Arora (eighteen runs) was going at a run a ball when he played inside the line to a great delivery from Zubair Raja which had his off stump knocked over.

Mike Caruana made thirty five runs from twenty six balls which included three boundaries. Ravi Sharma, Kevin Krishna and Amy Caruana made six runs between them. With twenty nine extras the Kobras totalled a fine 157 runs.

For the Magpies Andy Naudi took two wickets and Feroz Ahmed Akbar took a wicket.

The Kobras were up for the challenge of defending the runs, that is until the third over when the openers Andrew Naudi (forty one runs) and Haroon Majeed ( forty eight runs retired) had forty runs of the first three overs.

There was a little ray of hope when the Kobras took two quick wickets, that was also short lived with Sam Aquilina coming in and blasting thirty runs from nineteen balls including four boundaries and a six, taking the Magpies to victory.

For the Kobras Mike Caruana took two wickets while Nowell Khosla and Kevin Krishna took a wicket each.

The Marsa team earned fifteen points for the win while the Kobras earned two.

Next Saturday the Kobras take on Melita Bees and need to win to have any chance of taking the title.

The Sunoco Cricket academy/nursery will be from 9:00 till 10:30am.

The Malta Cricket Association has this week announced the members of their squad for the forthcoming international cricket tournament being held in Prague, The Czech Republic between the 12 and 14 June 2015.

Nowell Khosla (captain)

George Agius

Sam Aquilina

Siddharth Anand

Bikram Brora

Adam Balakrishnan

Christopher Chellew

Niraj Khanna

Haroon Mughal

Parth Mheta

Mark Sacco

Ronnie Sacco

Following on from their success in the international tournament held last June in Hungary, the squad is travelling to the Czech Republic looking to further strengthen their international standing.

This year the average age of the squad has been lowered with a number of younger players joining their more seasoned colleagues, giving the squad a very balanced feel.

Participating teams in the event will be The Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden and Malta.

Photographs: Andy Naudi and Haroon Majeed in action

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