ALFAS SEE OFF ALCORON
Sporting Alfas opened their league campaign with a 5 wicket win over premier league newcomers Alcorcon at the Woodbridge Oval today.
Alcorcon won the toss and elected to bat. Struggling at 20 for 3, and with danger man Tariq Ali out for single figures things looked bleak for the Madrid based club. All rounder Akmal came to the visitors rescue and smashed a fine 86 in double quick time. However, he received very little support and Alcorcon were finally all out for 143 from 25 overs.
The Alfas reply also got off to a shaky start and the home side found themselves also tottering at 20 for 3. Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals until an unbeaten partnership between Spanish international, Christian Munoz-Mills (58) and former Spanish international Ben Fletcher (20) saw the Albir based side home with 5 wickets to spare.. Alfas got 19 points from the game whilst Alcorcon could only muster a total of 4 points from the match.
The next game at the Woodbridge Oval is tommorrow,the 15th of May, when Valencia meet Valencia Green for he second time in as many weeks. Green will be hoping to reverse the result of their first encounter and knock their local rivals offf the top of the league..
Eastern and Central League Division 1 2011 Alcorcon v Sporting Alfas 1 14 May 2011 Woodbridge Oval Eastern and Central League Division 1 Result: Alfas won by 5 wickets Points: Alfas 17 points Alcorcon 4 points Toss: Alcorcon Umpires: Richard Kew, Brian Pitts ALCORCON T Ali ct 8 K Laundon 8 1 46 2 A Raazaq ct 0 B Fletcher 3 0 11 1 Q Ali ct 0 C Munoz 4 0 37 2 M Akmal ct 86 S Lupson 3 1 23 1 S Ali ct 0 P Taylor 5 1 11 3 Abbas ct 0 M Spencer 2 0 13 1 Ul Haq ct 16 Waseem bowled 5 Naresh ct 2 Jaffar not out 2 Bundela ct 0 Extras (b , lb 2, nb 2, w 20, p ) 24 Total (all out, 25.0 overs) 143 FOW: SPORTING ALFAS G Howe ct 10 Ali 5 0 37 1 M Spencer ct 0 Jaffar 6 1 19 2 G Crompton ct 5 Kumar 5 1 29 1 P Pennick ct 12 Malik 5 0 28 1 S Ali bowled 13 Akmal 4 1 22 0 C Munoz not out 58 B Fletcher not out 20 J Morgan dnb K Laundon dnb P Taylor dnb S Lupson dnb Extras (b , lb , nb , w , p ) 22 Total (5 wkts, 25.0 overs) 147 FOW:
- Eastern and Central League Division 1
Alcorcon (4) lost to Sporting Alfas 1 (19) by 5 wickets.
Woodbridge Oval, 14 May. -
Alcorcon 143 (25.0 overs, Akmal 86)
Sporting Alfas 1 144-5 (24.2 overs, C Munoz-Mills 58*) - Eastern and Central League Division 1
Madrid United (4) lost to Alcorcon (20) by 8 wickets.
La Manga, 8 May.Madrid United 219 (42.0 overs, Kashif 45)
Alcorcon 220-2 (20.0 overs, T Ali 129*) - Eastern and Central League Division 1
Madrid 1 (4) lost to Valencia (16) by 1 wicket.
La Manga, 8 May.Madrid 1 70 (24.5 overs, Jabbar 3-6, Wasim 3-12, Riaz 3-15)
Valencia 71-9 (25.0 overs, P Reid 4-19) - Eastern and Central League Division 1
Madrid United (5) lost to La Manga 1 (16) by 1 wicket.
La Manga, 7 May.Madrid United 114
La Manga 1 115-9 - Eastern and Central League Division 1
Valencia Green (20) beat Madrid 1 (7) by 96 runs.
La Magan, 7 May.Valencia Green 298-8 (45.0 overs, Asad 129, Faran 76)
Madrid 1 202 (35.0 overs, J Healey 46, C Price 46) - Eastern and Central League Division 1
Valencia Green (2) lost to Valencia (17) by 5 wickets.
La Manga, 1 May.Valencia 71-5 (16.3 overs)
Valencia Green 70 (15.0 overs, Faisal 4-4, Sarfraz 4-21)