Malta cricket weekend review

The Combined team won the toss and elected to bat. Tim Wheeler and Andy Lenard opened the batting. Wheeler was first to go and was trapped LBW for two runs after an impressive two overs from Nowell Khosla.

Lenard went on to top score with forty six runs including three fours and one six. Derek Ali was next equal top score with extras with forty five runs. Ali though scored four fours and two sixes.

These were the main scorers for the Combined team, only Bikram Arora (fifteen runs) and Phil Gibbs (twelve runs) made it too double figures. An incredible spell of bowling from Ronnie Sacco and Joy Ghoseroy who bowled sixteen overs between them took three wickets and only forty nine runs were taken of them. Keep in mind they are both spin bowlers.

Mike Caruana chipped in with two wickets for the Malta Selection while Kevin Krishna took one. The Combined team totalled 180 runs.

In Reply the Malta Selection started very poorly losing three quick wickets, all who scored zero. Nowell Khosla who opened the batting top scored with fifty six runs. Frank Spiteri put on a patient twenty eight runs which included three fours, he was caught on the boundary trying to hit a six. John Grima scored eighteen runs.

The game came to the last over with Mike Caruana (thirty five runs) and Ronnie Sacco (eighteen runs) with the Malta team needing twelve runs to win.

Come the last ball, three runs were needed with Sacco facing who hit the ball over the bowlers head and the batsmen only managed to run two runs and therefore the game ended in a tie. 180 runs each.

Bikram Arora was the main wicket taker with two while Andy Naudi, Maloclm Crabbe,Derek Ali and Andy Lenard all took a wicket each.

Next Saturday sees the first game of the third round of the MCA Winter League between Melita Betfair and Krishna.

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