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At the weekend, honours were even between Marsa CC and the London Stock Exchange CC in two keenly contested matches at the Marsa Sports Club.
In Saturday's 40 over clash, Marsa batted first and reached a tally of 207 runs, largely thanks to 56 from Nowell Khosla and valuable contributions from John Grima (36) and Uday McLean (29). For LSE, Ed Fisher, Dick Walsh and Chris Hewitt snared 3 wickets apiece.
In reply, Abu Tajwer played a sparkling innings of 73 runs off only 57 balls. Rob Hatton (36) was the first of four dismissals with the score at 132 but Walsh backed up his impressive bowling by leading the LSE's lower order to victory in the final over, despite a 4 wicket haul from the wily Sarfraz Ali (4 for 36).
On Sunday, LSE batted first and found it hard to combat Marsa's tidy bowling. Nosh Wijewardene scored an impressive 61 to help his side reach the respectable score of 138 for 7. On his return to Malta, Sean Byrne led the Marsa attack with three wickets in his first three overs. Amar Gorania captured 2 for 17, while the unconventional Gordon Hewitt bowled a conventionally tidy spell of 5 overs, 1 wicket for 12 runs.
Chasing 139 runs for victory, Marsa lost Sumair Khan, Amar Gorania and Mark Sacco within the first 6 overs. The home team rallied through Zubair Raja (57 not out), Derek Ali (31 not out) and Garrett Kampff, who signed off with his best score of 32 runs off as many balls. Marsa reached their target with 8 overs remaining.
Match Summaries:
Sat 30 Apr, 40 overs: London Stock Exchange CC 210 for 9 defeated Marsa CC 207 all out.
Sun 1 May, 30 overs: Marsa CC 144 for 4 defeated London Stock Exchange CC 138 for 7.
Umpires: Alan Swift & Les White.
Scorers: Paula Calleja & Eric Balakrishnan.
This coming Saturday at the Marsa Sports Club sees the Junior Academy at 9am.
Marsa CC will face Steamboat Willies CC and Kamikaze CC in a 3-way tournament on Saturday.
On Sunday, the tourists will face off in a 30 over match from midday.
Match report Frank Spiteri.
Photographs: London Stock Exchange CC and Marsa captain Derek Ali presents LSE with a commemorative clock
