SPAIN REMAIN IN SECOND PLACE
Despite having a rest day Spain´s Under 17 team remain in second place in Group B of the Isle of Man tournament. There were wins today for the Isle of Man over Switzerland, and a suprise win for newcomers Austria over Germany.
As a result of todays matches Isle of Man are top of the group, having played two and won two, and then Spain are second courtesy of their win against Switzerland yesterday. Austria are third, also with two points but Spain have a better run rate at this point of the tournament. Germany and Switzerland are at the bottom of the group, both having played two games and lost two games.
Spain continue their campaign tomorrow in a top of the table clash with group leaders the Isle of Man. The match will take place at St Johns and the winner of tommorrows game will be the favourites to advance to Fridays final. Cricket Espana will be giving live updates on tomorrows game, hopefully t 5-10 over intervals.
In group A, Italy are confirming their pre-favourite ranking, with two convincing wins in consecutive days over difficult opposition. Belgium also got their first victory of the tournament with an easy 8 wicket triumph over Greece.
Below is the scorecard from Spain´s victory yesterdays over Switzerland and the current league tables..
Spain squad celebrate after the Swiss game
| Spain U-17 Vs Switzerland U-17 |
| 1-Innings Match Played At Crosby CC, 24-Jul-2010, ICC European U-17 Division 2 |
| Spain U-17 Win by 38 runs |
| Toss won by | Spain U-17 |
| Umpires | Jane Carpenter (Jersey); Dermot Ward (Ireland) |
| Scorers | K Madden; John G Jones |
| Spain U-17 1st Innings 176/10 All Out (Overs 39.2) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| J Brook* | b G Gaillet | 23 | 36 | 1 | 0 | |
| C Johnston+ | b H Parikh | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| J Cobb | b G Gaillet | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| B Girling | lbw | b R Cameron | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| C Cook | b G Gaillet | 59 | 46 | 7 | 2 | |
| A Harris | c G Gaillet | b H Parikh | 29 | 44 | 3 | 0 |
| T Vine | b H Parikh | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| F Muhammad | not out | 14 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
| S Singh | b R Cameron | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| r Panchal | run out | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| C Murphy | b R Cameron | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| extras | (b3 lb1 w15 nb3) | 22 | ||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 176 |
| FOW |
| 1-9(C Johnston) 2-36(J Brook) 3-50(J Cobb) 4-51(B Girling) 5-127(A Harris) |
| 6-142(T Vine) 7-163(C Cook) 8-174(S Singh) 9-175(r Panchal) 10-176(C Murphy) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| A Saleem | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | – |
| H Parikh | 8 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| R Cameron | 7.2 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 3 | – |
| G Gaillet | 8 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| M Sandhya | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| J Boucher | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Switzerland U-17 1st Innings 138/10 All Out (Overs 36) |
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Bls | 4s | 6s |
| T George | b B Girling | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| L Illien | c r Panchal | b B Girling | 14 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| M Sandhya | b B Girling | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| A Saleem | run out | 43 | 73 | 1 | 0 | |
| N Nanjungud | c S Singh | b J Brook | 10 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| G Gaillet | b J Brook | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| H Vines | b J Brook | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| R Cameron | b B Girling | 16 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| H Parikh | not out | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| A Vinod | b B Girling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| J Boucher | c C Johnston | b B Girling | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| extras | (b1 lb5 w24 nb1) | 31 | ||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 138 |
| FOW |
| 1-8(T George) 2-30(M Sandhya) 3-35(L Illien) 4-64(N Nanjungud) 5-84(G Gaillet) |
| 6-92(H Vines) 7-133(A Saleem) 8-135(R Cameron) 9-135(A Vinod) 10-138(J Boucher) |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb |
| T Vine | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | – |
| B Girling | 7 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 7 | – |
| R Panchal | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | – |
| S Singh | 6 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | – |
| J Brook | 6 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| F Muhammad | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | – |
| A Harris | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | – |
P W NR L Pts Italy 2 2 0 0 4 France 2 1 0 1 2 Belgium 2 1 0 1 2 Hellas 1 0 0 1 0 Gibraltar 1 0 0 1 0
- France beat Gibraltar by 222 runs.
St John, 24 July. [Full Scorecard] - Italy beat Belgium by 138 runs.
King William’s College 1, 24 July. [Full Scorecard] - Italy beat France by 60 runs.
King William’s College 2, 25 July. - Belgium beat Hellas by 8 wickets.
Cronkbourne, 25 July.
P W NR L Pts Isle of Man 2 2 0 0 4 Spain 1 1 0 0 2 Austria 1 1 0 0 2 Switzerland 2 0 0 2 0 Germany 2 0 0 2 0
- Spain beat Switzerland by 38 runs.
Crosby, 24 July. [Full Scorecard] - Isle of Man beat Germany by 66 runs.
Cronkbourne, 24 July. [Full Scorecard] - Isle of Man beat Switzerland by 93 runs.
King William’s College 1, 25 July. - Austria beat Germany by 6 runs.
Crosby, 25 July.