SPORTING ALFAS II V PINATAR PIRATES (LEAGUE)

Sporting Alfas II and Pinatar Pirates served up a cracking game of cricket last weekend at the Woodbridge Oval but it was the Pirates who eventually emerged victorious by 77 runs.

Winning the toss the visitors decided to bat and did not have the best of starts. At the drinks break half way through their innings they were tottering at 115 for 5. However, from the 21st over onwards the Pinatar batsmen assumed control and finally finished their innings on 277 for 9. Bittu Singh was the batsmen the vistors were most indebted too, cracking a fine 81. and he was well supported in a century partneship with Suki Singh. The latter ended up unbeaten on 55 at the close of the Pinatar innings.

The Alfas innings started off aggressively with the father and son combination of Mark and Jack Perman putting on 76 for the first wicket. At the 20 over interval the game was there for Alfas to win and at 142 for 1 they seemed to be heavy favourites. However, numerous rash shots led to several Alfas batsmen getting out needlessly. Pinatar seized the chance to get back in the game and put the match to bed by claiming the last nine wickets for just 58 runs. 

Jack Perman can be proud of the effort he put in for the Alfas cause with a well deserved century that showed maturity beyond his years. For Pinatar Jas Singh was especially effective taking four wickets for 30 runs and Bittu Singh complemented his batting by bagging three precious wickets to mop up the tail and give Pinatar maximum points from the encounter.

Pinatar (20 points) beat Alfas (8 points) by 77 runs