Local rivals Intellectuals of Alicante and Torrevieja CC squared off against each other in a top of the table clash this weekend that turned out to be a remarkable game of cricket.
The Intellectuals lost the toss and were put into bat by Torrevieja. It looked like a great decision by Torre has the Intellectuals made an horrendous start and were four wickets down with just four runs on the board after just a few overs.
The middle order, not for the first time, came to the batting sides rescue as Waseem Waris and Tom Richards put on an 107 wicket partnership to give the Intellectuals at total score of 124 all out. A hat trick by Torrevieja’s H Ullah was the highlight of the bowling performance and Ullah ended up with figures of 5-34 from his twelve overs.
The start to Torrevieja’s innings was even more shambolic than the Intellectuals who were five wickets down for five runs in as many overs. Without a middle order rescue the Torrevieja innings ended 30 all out and their unbeaten start to the season came to an abrupt end.
Waris added to his 63 runs by taking a 7 wicket haul for just nine runs that included two double wicket overs and a wicket maiden.
As a result Intellectuals are now back on top in a highly competitive ECCL Division Two and they play their next match on the 15th June at Bonalba against Madrid CC.
| CRICKET ESPANA LEAGUE MATCH REPORT FORM | 2014 | |||||
| AWAY TEAM | ||||||
| MATCH (Home Team) | Torrevieja | VERSUS (away team) | INTELLECTUALS | |||
| Date 24/05/2014 | Venue | Torrevieja | ||||
| Toss won by who elected to | Umpires | D Riley | ||||
| Innings of Intellectuals | Scorer | C Griffiths | ||||
| Name of Batsman | How out | Bowler | Total Score | |||
| (give initial first) | ||||||
| 1 LAURENCE McGARRY | ct A Alger | L Brown | 0 | |||
| 2 NAVEED ANWAR | Bowled | H Ullah | 0 | |||
| 3 TANVEER AHMED | Bowled | L Brown | 0 | |||
| 4 TIM RICHARDS | Bowled | H Ullah | 42 | |||
| 5 SHAN AHMED | Bowled | L Brown | 1 | |||
| 6 WASEEM WARIS | ct G Simpson | M Wareing | 63 | |||
| 7 HASHAM AHMED | Bowled | H Ullah | 0 | |||
| 8 KHALIQ ANWAR | Bowled | H Ullah | 0 | |||
| 9 IBTISAM AHMED | NOT OUT | 2 | ||||
| 10 ALI HAIDER | ct L Brown | M Wareing | 0 | |||
| 11 RIS WASLEY | Bowled | H Ullah | 0 | |||
| EXTRAS Byes Leg Byes Wides | No Balls | Penalty Runs | ||||
| 8 6 2 | TOTAL SCORE (for wickets) | 124 for 10 | ||||
| BOWLING ANALYSIS | ||||||
| Fall of Wickets | Name of Bowler | OVERS | MAIDENS | RUNS | Wkts | |
| 1 0 | L Brown | 7 | 4 | 14 | 3 | |
| 2 0 | H Ullah | 12.2 | 4 | 34 | 5 | |
| 3 0 | C Guichard | 7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | |
| 4 4 | J Ullah | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 5 111 | D Scott | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 6 111 | M Wareing | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
| 7 111 | ||||||
| 8 112 | ||||||
| 9 122 | ||||||
| 10 124 | ||||||
| 11 | ||||||
| RESULT | Penalty Run | |||||
| Intellectuals win by 94 runs | ||||||
| Home team points 5 | Away Team Total Points | 24 points | ||||
| Points deducted and reasons why | Points deducted and reason’s why | |||||
| Points awarded and agreed between both captain and | Points awarded and agreed between both captain | |||||
| Umpires | and umpires | |||||
| Form completed by (BLOCK CAPITALS) | John Howden, CE Secretary | |||||
| Calle Eucaliptus 9, Buzon 2827 | ||||||
| COLIN GRIFFITHS | 03724 Moraira | |||||
| Alicante | ||||||
| complete and post or e-mail to | jhowden999@yahoo.co.uk | |||||
| CRICKET ESPANA LEAGUE MATCH REPORT FORM | 2014 | |||||
| MATCH (Home Team) Torrevieja | VERSUS (away team) | Intellectuals | ||||
| Date 24/05/2014 | Venue | Torrevieja | ||||
| Toss won by Madrid who elected to | bat | Umpires | D Riley | |||
| Innings of Torrevieja | Scorer | C GRIFFITHS | ||||
| Name of Batsman | How out | Bowler | Total Score | |||
| (give initial first) | ||||||
| 1 ADAM ALGER | BOWLED | WASEEM WARIS | 2 | |||
| 2 KIEREN WOOD | BOWLED | WASEEM WARIS | 3 | |||
| 3 GRAHAM SIMPSON | BOWLED | WASEEM WARIS | 0 | |||
| 4 JAY PATE | BOWLED | WASEEM WARIS | 0 | |||
| 5 LEIGH BLANN | ct | WASEEM WARIS | 2 | |||
| 6 HASSAN ULLAH | BOWLED | WASEEM WARIS | 0 | |||
| 7 MICHAEL WAREING | RUN OUT | 6 | ||||
| 8 JAHID ULLAH | BOWLED | IBTISAM AHMED | 0 | |||
| 9 LEE BROWN | BOWLED | WASEEM WARIS | 7 | |||
| 10 CIARAN GUICHARD | BOWLED | TANVEER AHMED | 4 | |||
| 11 DEAN SCOTT | NOT OUT | 4 | ||||
| EXTRAS Byes Leg Byes Wides | No Balls | Penalty Runs | ||||
| 1 1 | TOTAL SCORE (for wickets) | 30 for 10 | ||||
| BOWLING ANALYSIS | ||||||
| Fall of Wickets | Name of Bowler | OVERS | MAIDENS | RUNS | WICKETS | |
| 1 2 | WASEEM WARIS | 8 | 2 | 9 | 7 | |
| 2 2 | IBTISAM AHMED | 8 | 1 | 16 | 1 | |
| 3 4 | TANVEER AHMED | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 4 6 | ||||||
| 5 6 | ||||||
| 6 11 | ||||||
| 7 12 | ||||||
| 8 18 | ||||||
| 9 23 | ||||||
| 10 30 | ||||||
| RESULT | Penalty Run | |||||
| Iintellectuals win by 94 runs | ||||||
| Home team points 5 | Away Team Total Points | 24 | ||||
| Points deducted and reasons why | Points deducted and reason’s why | |||||
| Points awarded and agreed between both captain and | Points awarded and agreed between both captain | |||||
| umpires | POINTS | and umpires | ||||
| Form completed by (BLOCK CAPITALS) | John Howden, CE Secretary | |||||
| Calle Eucaliptus 9, Buzon 2827 | ||||||
| COLIN GRIFFITHS | 03724 Moraira | |||||
| Alicante | ||||||
| complete and post or e-mail to | jhowden999@yahoo.co.uk | |||||
| 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 |
| MADRID II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
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)