Last month saw the opening matches of the Marsa Cricket Summer League. This year the tournament will be a two-round, 25 overs match league, contested by four teams; Krishna CC, Melita CC, Marauders CC and the current holders of the Summer League Shield, Marsa CC.
Results of the first match in Round 1:-
27th June 2015: Melita CC 241 for 6 (25 overs) (J Ancilleri 63, M Towns 60 n.o; C Belford 26, J Gartner 25; Bowling: A Hamza 4-37, D Arnold 2-49) beat Marauders CC 85 all out (13.1 overs) (S Duffy 19, M Caruana 9; Bowling: D Galea 2-13, One wicket each to J Ancilleri, M Towns & C Belford) by 159 runs.
Umpires: Alan Swift & Les White Scorer: Eric Balakrishna
Points after game 1: Melita CC – 19 points: Marauders CC – 1 point
28th June 2015: Marsa CC 169 for 8 (25 overs) (L Azzopardi 29, Z Raja 26, A Balakrishnan 24, T Azzopardi 23; Bowling: J Rossouw 3-11, G Lobban 2-24, one wicket each to K Krishna & B Arora) beat Krishna CC 126 all out (22.5 overs) (B Arora 47, N Khosla 28, G Lobban 15; Bowling: S Ali 4-20, Ahmed 2-21, one wicket each to R Sacco, T Slater & A Balakrishnan) by 43 runs.
Umpires: Alan Swift & Les White Scorer: Eric Balakrishna
Points table after game 1: Melita CC 19, Marsa CC 16, Krishna CC 3, Marauders CC 1.
Results of the second match in Round 1:-
18th July 2015: Marsa CC 101 for 9 (20.1 overs) (T Azzopardi 34, H Mughal 13, S Ali 12; Bowling: M Caruana 3-4, E Manning 3-18, D Arnold 2-17) lost to Marauders CC 102 all out (13.5 overs) (E Manning 32, P Gibbs 14, M Caruana 12; plus extras 35; Bowling: H Mughal 2-18 A Balakrishnan 1-11) by 6 wickets.
Umpires: Alan Swift & Les White Scorer: Adam Balakrishna
19th July 2015: Melita CC 148 for 9 (24.5 overs) (F Spiteri 46 n.o; J Ghoseroy 22, A Naudi 13, F Bezzina 10; Bowling: B Arora 2-35 and one wicket each to K Krishna, G Lobban, J Farrin-Thorne and R Sharma) lost to Krishna CC 149 for 6 (24.4 overs) (A Naudi 2-32 and one wicket each to F Spiteri, J Ghoseroy and C Belford) by 4 wickets.
Umpires: Alan Swift & John Grima Scorer: Eric Balakrishna
Points table after game 2:
Melita CC 22, Marauders CC 19, Krishna CC 18, Marsa CC 16.
NEXT FIXTURES:
Summer League 2015 – Marsa Cricket Ground.
Krishna CC vs. Marauders CC
Melita CC vs. Marsa CC
Report: John Grima