Costa Blanca League South 7th July 2007
Madrid V La Manga
Madrid won the toss and elected to bat, from the 3rd ball bowled Madrid were on the back foot loosing their opener, this followed with 2 more wickets without any runs on the board.
The middle order started to rebuild but at a slow rate and managed to put 50 on the board by the 20th over, 3 quick more wickets by the La Manga bowlers brought Khan to the wicket who didn’t hold back scoring 79 not out in 8 overs to bring the Madrid final score to 155 all out which gave them a chance after being 3 wickets down for 0 runs.
La Manga openers didn’t fair much better loosing both openers with only 19 runs on the board, but some steady batting by N.Riley & G.Potton took the score to 95 before loosing Riley for 33, the La Manga batting kept on top of the bowling till the lost of G.Potton on 47 a match winning innings which left La Manga to score the final runs with the lost of 5 wickets ending on 156 for 5 winning by 5 wickets.
Scorecard
Madrid
Akmal Caught N.Riley 0
Jimmy Caught Abbas 0
Zubin Caught B.Essauh 24
Kamur Caught Abbas 0
Siviers Run Out 20
Fernandez Bowled Singh 3
Reid Caught Singh 2
Khan Not Out 79
Doust Run Out 8
Jono Caught Singh 1
Vikas Bowled Ingham 0
Extras 18
Total 155
La Manga
A.Abbas Caught Khan 13
N.Brook Bowled Reid 3
N.Riley LBW Akmal 33
G.Potton Caught Akmal 47
R.Singh Not Out 14
R.Lobb Caught Akmal 2
P.Davis Not Out 11
A.Ingham Did Not Bat
Gwambeek Did Not Bat
M.Needham Did Not Bat
B.Essauh Did Not Bat
Extras 32
Total 156
La Manga Won By 5 Wkts