MADRID UNITED SET LEAGUE RECORD
On the day Madrid United set a league record by scoring over 500 runs in 40 overs, it is the Intellectuals who can look back on the day with a sense of achievement, having put out a full side that included two players that had never seen a cricket ball before.
In return for their comitment they received 3 bonus points, and embodied a spirit that bodes well for all that enjoy cricket in Spain. Below is a synopsis of the game and a message from Lawrence McGarry of the Intellectuals.
Madrid United CC 527 for 7 declared
Intellectuals CC 40 all out
Madrid United CC won by buckets of runs
(Intellectuals’ man of the match: Elliot Dawes – for getting two wickets and being the only batsman to reach double figures).
A big thanks goes to all the team – young and old, male and female, able and wounded – who ventured all the way to La Manga and ensured that the club fielded eleven players. It might have been a heavy defeat but instead of a €200 fine and 10 point penalty we came away with 3 bonus points (thanks to the cunning bowling of Messrs Keeling and Dawes).
Special thanks also go to rookie members José and Seba; recruited at short notice and never having seen a cricket bat or ball before in their lives, they braved the field and faced the fierce artillery of the opposition with true commitment and all their body and soul and arms and legs and – in Seba’s case – eyes.
Costa Blanca Development League
P W T NR L BP Pts Alcorcon 3 3 0 0 0 28 58 Intellectuals 6 3 0 0 3 18 48 Madrid United 3 2 0 0 1 21 41 San Fulgencio 4 1 0 0 3 26 36 Sporting Alfas 2 3 1 0 0 2 19 29 Madrid 2 5 2 0 0 3 7 17
Costa Blanca Development League
- Madrid United (20) beat Intellectuals (3) by 487 runs.
La Manga, 27 June.
Madrid United 527-7 (40.0 overs)
Intellectuals 40 - Madrid 2 (19) beat Sporting Alfas 2 (1) by 100 runs.
La Manga, 21 June.
Madrid 2 248-6 (45.0 overs, D Leonida 100*, M Cawdron 40)
Sporting Alfas 2 148 (36.3 overs, G Evans 77*, J Bancroft 3-20) - Madrid 2 (16) beat San Fulgencio (6) by 31 runs.
La Manga, 20 June.
Madrid 2 187-8 (45.0 overs, M Cawdron 50, C Griffiths 3-11)
San Fulgencio 146-7 (45.0 overs, J Bancroft 3-33) - Madrid 2 (-10) lost to Intellectuals (17) by Madrid 2 forfeiting the game.
Match forfeited by Madrid II, 6 June. - Madrid United (17) beat Madrid 2 (-10) by Madrid 2 forfeiting the game.
Match forfeited by Madrid II, 6 June. - Intellectuals (17) beat Madrid 2 (2) by 33 runs.
Woodbridge Oval, 29 May.
Intellectuals 139
Madrid 2 106 - Alcorcon (20) beat Intellectuals (2) by 353 runs.
Woodbridge Oval, 23 May.
Alcorcon 395-4 (40.0 overs, A Kazaq 128, O Awan 104)
Intellectuals 42 (15.0 overs, U Zahid 5-5, N Afzal 3-20) - Sporting Alfas 2 (20) beat San Fulgencio (8) by 102 runs.
Woodbridge Oval, 22 May.
Sporting Alfas 2 284 (40.0 overs, B Fletcher 95, B Marriner 56, G Evans 52, A Algar 3-77)
San Fulgencio 176 (38.2 overs, L Blann 92, B Marriner 3-48) - San Fulgencio (17) beat Intellectuals (-10) by Intellectuals forfeiting the game.
La Manga, Game forfeited by Intellectuals, 15 May. - Alcorcon (18) beat Sporting Alfas 2 (8) by 205 runs.
La Manga, 9 May.
Alcorcon 389 (40.0 overs, Tariq Ali 228, Tim Marshall 3-40)
Sporting Alfas 2 184-7 (40.0 overs, G Evans 60) - Madrid United (4) lost to Alcorcon (20) by 9 wickets.
La Manga, 8 May.
Madrid United 225 (37.0 overs, Rizwan 49, Waheed 49)
Alcorcon 231-1 (20.1 overs, Taiq Ali 152*) - Intellectuals (19) beat San Fulgencio (5) by 67 runs.
Woodbridge Oval, 8 May.
Intellectuals 283-5 (40.0 overs, R Allah Loak 134*)
San Fulgencio 216-9 (40.0 overs, J Webster 55, D Keeling 3-33