Levante and La Manga got their league seasons underway last weekend at the VCG in Valencia, and it was the hosts who took the first points available this year with a comprehensive 89 run victory over their Murcia based rivals.
La Manga won the toss and put their rivals into bat. It looked a questionable decision as the Levante openers scored 78 off the first five overs. In the sixth over La Manga got a breakthrough when Shakeel Hafiz was clean bowled by Jack Perman. Furqhan followed four runs later and things were back on an even keel.
However, the rest of the Levante batsmen all got starts and made notable contributions to push the final score to 243 for 4. The large total was aided by numerous dropped catches by the La Manga fielders. The Levante captain Asad Raza was the main benefactor of the missed chances and ended the innings on 84 not out. Opener Yasir Aztaf bagged 43 runs and swashbuckling cameos from Tariq Iqbal (26 off 11 balls) and Shahzad Bharbhatt (29 not out off 21 balls) cancelled out all the good work La Manga had done mid-innings.
La Manga started positively and put on 79 off their first overs, matching Levante´s initial batting strike rate. However, Adam Alger was bowled by Imitiazullah in his first over, and Charlie Rumi. fell two balls later. The visitors never recovered from this double whammy, and despite a spirited 54 from Paul Hennessy, they fell well short in the run chase. The innings finally ended on 154 for 9 with Imitiazullah ending his four overs with four wickets for the cost of just 23 runs. He was ably assisted by his team mate Fiaz Bhatt who took three wickets for a meagre 17 runs.
Levante 243 for 4 (2 points) beat La Manga 154 for 9 (0 points) by 89 runs.
| CRICKET ECCL LEAGUE MATCH REPORT FORM | 2020 | |||||
| LEVANTE CC | V…. | LA MANGA CC | ||||
| Date 9th August 2020 | Venue | VCG | ||||
| Umpires | V O´Reilly | |||||
| Innings of LEVANTE CC | Scorer | John Howden | ||||
| Name of Batsman | How out | Bowler | Total Score | |||
| 1 Y Aztaf | C & Bowled | Charlie R | 43 | |||
| 2 S Hafiz | Bowled | J Perman | 34 | |||
| 3 Furqhan | Lbw | J Perman | 3 | |||
| 4 Asad Raza | Not Out | 84 | ||||
| 5 Tariq Iqbal | Ct C. Wood | Charlie R | 26 | |||
| 6 S Bharbhatt | Not Out | 29 | ||||
| 7 A Ilyias | DNB | |||||
| 8 Ibtisam | DNB | |||||
| 9 F Bhat | DNB | |||||
| 10 P Morrisson | DNB | |||||
| 11 Imtiazullah | DNB | |||||
| Exttras | . OVERS ONLY | 20 | ||||
| Wides 14 No Balls 6 | RUNS | 219 | ||||
| Byes 4 | Total | Wickets | 4 | |||
| EXTRAS | 24 | |||||
| BOWLING ANALYSIS | TOTAL RUNS | 243 | ||||
| Fall of Wickets | Name of Bowler | OVERS | MAIDENS | RUNS | WIC | |
| 1 at 84 | 1 Theo R | 3 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 2 at 88 | 2 C Wood | 4 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 3 at 91 | 3 J Perman | 4 | 51 | 2 | ||
| 4 at 122 | 4 P Hennessy | 3 | 53 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 5 C Rumi | 4 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 6 C Laloo | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 7 | |||||
| 8 | 8 | |||||
| 9 | ||||||
| 10 | Penalty Run | |||||
| HOME TEAM TOTAL POINTS | 2 | Points deducted and reason’s why | ||||
| AWAY TEAM TOTAL POINTS | 0 | |||||
| ECCL T20 LEAGUE | 2020 | |||||
| LEVANTE CC | V…. | LA MANGA CC | ||||
| Date 9th August 2020 | Venue | VCG | ||||
| Umpires | V O´Reilly | |||||
| Innings of La Manga CC | Scorer | John Howden | ||||
| Name of Batsman | How out | Bowler | Total Score | |||
| 1 A Alger | Bowled | Imitiazullah | 32 | |||
| 2 P Hennessy | Bowled | Imitiazullah | 54 | |||
| 3 C Rumi | Bowled | Imitiazullah | 0 | |||
| 4 J Perman | Bowled | Imitiazullah | 7 | |||
| 5 C Hunt | Bowled | Ajmal | 3 | |||
| 6 K Wood | Bowled | Fiaz | 16 | |||
| 7 P Harvey | Ct Tariq | Ajmal | 0 | |||
| 8 C Laloo | Bowled | Fiaz | 25 | |||
| 9 T Rumi | Lbw | Fiaz | 4 | |||
| 10 C Wood | Not Out | 3 | ||||
| 11 A Court | DNB | |||||
| Exttras | . OVERS ONLY | 20 | ||||
| Wides 2 No Balls 4 | RUNS | 144 | ||||
| Byes 4 | Total | Wickets | 9 | |||
| EXTRAS | 10 | |||||
| BOWLING ANALYSIS | TOTAL RUNS | 154 | ||||
| Fall of Wickets | Name of Bowler | OVERS | MAIDENS | RUNS | WIC | |
| 1 at 81 | 1 Ibtisam | 2 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2 at 81 | 2 Tariq | 2 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 3 at 96 | 3 Ajmal | 4 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 4 at 101 | 4 Imitiazullah | 4 | 23 | 4 | ||
| 5 at 107 | 5 P Morrison | 4 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 6 at 108 | 6 F Bhat | 3 | 17 | 3 | ||
| 7 at 132 | 7 | |||||
| 8 at 142 | 8 | |||||
| 9 at 155 | ||||||
| 10 | Penalty Run | |||||