Krishna C.C defeat Marsa C.C

Marsa won the toss and elected to field. Dave Borg and Simon Mayeri opened the batting for Krishna. Borg was first to go scoring six runs from five balls before being bowled. Mayeri went on to make sixteen runs before being caught. Joy Ghoseroy played the longest innings for his team retiring after thirty balls and returning towards the end of the innings.

He top scored with twenty five runs.  Justin Thorne made eighteen runs from seventeen balls before he was out LBW. Andy Lenard made twenty four runs from seventeen balls before being bowled. The Krishna team were bowled out for 122 runs. For Marsa an excellent over from Ronnie Sacco earned him four wickets from four balls which is a first in any league game in Malta. Jai Kumar, Gordon Hewitt and Sarfraz Ali all chipped in with two wickets each.

In reply Frank Spiteri and Mark G.Sacco opened the batting. Sacco was unfortunately out to the first ball he faced. From that point on it was down hill for the team that toppled the holders the previous week. Only Spiteri managed to make it to double figures scoring sixteen runs. In all there were five ducks in the innings and three other scores under five runs.

The Marsa team were bowled out for 48 runs. One must mention  the great catch taken by John Rusher to dismiss a potential match winner in Ronnie Sacco. Rusher had to run forward and then dive to take the catch. Sacco watched in dismay while the Krishna team celebrated. For the Krishna team Justin Thorne managed to take four wickets, Dave Borg took two while Nowell Khosla, Darren Grech, Ravi Kumar and Richard Rogers all took one.

The game brought the close of the first round. Even with the loss the Marsa team still hold first place with 12 points, Melita Betfair second with 9 points and Krishna third with 9 points.

Next Saturday the second game between the Malta Select team versus the Combined XI will take place. Forty over game stating at 10:00am. The academy/nursery will be from 9:00 am till 10:30am