Newcomers to the league La Manga Kings strolled to easy victory over Madrid second XI at La Manga to stay heavily in contention in this years ECCL Division Two.
Batting first Madrid could only manage 104 all out with only three players reaching double figures. The pick of the bowlers for the Kings was Tim Stevenson who took 3-18, and he was well supported by Charlie Hunt who returned figures of 2-9 from his four overs/
In reply, La Manga Kings made light work of chasing down the low total. Spanish over 40 international David Williams was in fine form, scoring 54 not out and he was well supported by Stevenson, who notched 34 before getting himself run out.
The seven wicket victory gave the Kings maximum points and Madrid returned home with three from their days work.
P | W | D | NR | L | BP | Pts | |
INTELLECTUALS | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 75 |
LA MANGA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 54 |
TORREVIEJA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 53 |
SPORTING ALFAS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 30 |
LA MANGA KINGS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 27 |
MADRID II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
20th March 2014
Intellectuals (24 points) beat La Manga Kings (7 points) by 10 runs
Intellectuals 118 all out in 32.5 overs (T Richards 43, C Hunt 4-22, A Ramon 3-22) Kings 108 all out (M Harbour 23, T Stevenson 21)
12th April 2014
Torrevieja (24 points) beat Sporting Alfas (6 points) by 8 runs.
Torrevieja 82 all out (B Nix 3-6, S Mohammad 3-28) Sporting Alfas 74 all out (L Brown 5-9, J Ullah 3-13)
13th April 2014
La Manga II (24 points) beat Intellectuals (3 points) by 3 wickets
Intellectuals 40 all out in 23.2 overs (A Panchal 4-10, M Copperwheat 4-15)La Manga II 41 for 7 (Ibtisam Ahmed 5-15)
10th May 2014
Torrevieja (24 points) beat Madrid II (3 points) by 8 wickets
Madrid II 136 all out (I Blake 35, H Ullah 4-22) Torrevieja 137 for 2 (A Algar 65 not out)
11th May 2014
Sporting Alfas II (24 points) beat La Manga II (6 points) by 2 wickets
La Manga II 117 all out (Waqar Ashraf 6-26) , Sporting Alfas II 118 for 8
11th May 2014
Intellectuals (24 points) beat Madrid II (5 points) by 152 runs
Intellectuals 207 for 9 (W Waris 63) Madrid II 55 all out (Ibtisam Ahmed 5-13, W Waris 3-12)
18th May 2014
La Manga (24 points) beat La Manga Kings (6 points) by 139 runs
La Manga 263 for 9 (Gupi Singh 114, K Buckley 57) La Manga Kings 124 all out (T Stevenson 37)
24th May 2014
Intellectuals (24 points) beat Torrevieja (5 points) by 94 runs
Intellectuals 124 all out (W. Waris 63, T Richards 42, H Ullah 5-34) Torrevieja 30 all out (W Waris 7-9)
31st May 2014
La Manga Kings (24 points) beat Madrid II (3 points) by 7 wickets
Madrid II 104 all out (T Stevenson 3-18, C Hunt 2-9) La Manga Kings 105 for 3 (D Williams 54 not out)