The eagerly anticipated clash between local rivals Torrevieja and La Manga lived up to expectations with both teams settling for a draw in a game either side could have won.
Batting first La Manga got off to a solid start with Walton and Harbour putting on 44 for the first wicket. Star batsmen David Williams, coming in at three, continued to dominate the Torrevieja bowling but found little support from his team mates.
With wickets falling at the other end at regular intervals he remained calm and scored 81 off his teams runs. La Manga finally closed their innings at 187 for 9. There were good bowling performances throughout for Torry but in particular from Darwen and Wareing who took three wickets apiece for the hosts.
In response, Torry opened with two of their teenage prodigies Kieran Wood and Ciaran Gulchard but for once did not get the start they hoped for. It was left to Torry stalwart Lee Blann to pick up the pieces and he hit a typically belligerent 71 to keep the hosts on track for victory.
A strong fighback by the visitors saw La Manga looking for a couple more wickets to claim victory. Meanwhile, Torry were creeping perilously close to their target off 188. In the end both teams ran out of time as the game finished with Torry requiring eight runs and La Manga needed one wicket.
A great match played in fantastic spirit in which cricket was the winner.
Torrevieja (9 points) drew with La Manga (15 points)
La Manga 187 for 9 – Torrevieja 180 for 9
| CRICKET ESPANA LEAGUE MATCH REPORT FORM | 2015 | |||||
| AWAY TEAM | ||||||
| MATCH (Home Team) | Torrevieja | VERSUS (away team) | ||||
| Date 06/06/2015 | Venue | Torrevieja | ||||
| Toss won by La Manga who decided to bat | Umpires | d riley rico | ||||
| Innings of LA MANGA | Scorer | COLIN GRIFFITHS | ||||
| Name of Batsman | How out | Bowler | Total Score | |||
| (give initial first) | ||||||
| 1 T WALTON | ct ULLAH | DARWEN | 30 | |||
| 2 M HARBOUR | ct & Bowled | GUICHARD | 19 | |||
| 3 D WILLIAMS | ct DARWEN | GUICHARD | 84 | |||
| 4 I HUNT | L B W | DARWEN | 3 | |||
| 5 P BRIMBLE | ct THAKUR | DARWEN | 0 | |||
| 6 H JAMES | BOWLED | SCOTT | 8 | |||
| 7 D WARWICK | BOWLED | WAREING | 19 | |||
| 8 C HUNT | NOT OUT | 5 | ||||
| 9 R JAMES | L B W | WAREING | 3 | |||
| 10 A HOLDING | CT SUB | WAREING | 0 | |||
| 11 R WILLIAMS | D N B | |||||
| EXTRAS Byes Leg Byes Wides | No Balls | Penalty Runs | ||||
| 4 2 6 3 | TOTAL SCORE (for wickets) | 187 for 9 | ||||
| BOWLING ANALYSIS | ||||||
| Fall of Wickets | Name of Bowler | OVERS | MAIDENS | RUNS | Wkts | |
| 1 44 | H ULLAH | 8 | 2 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2 60 | M WAREING | 10 | 3 | 28 | 3 | |
| 3 69 | C DARWEN | 8 | 2 | 37 | 3 | |
| 4 77 | C GUICHARD | 8 | 0 | 47 | 2 | |
| 5 112 | D SCOTT | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| 6 177 | T KNOWLES | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 7 177 | ||||||
| 8 186 | ||||||
| 9 187 | ||||||
| 10 | ||||||
| 11 | ||||||
| RESULT | Penalty Run | |||||
| CRICKET ESPANA LEAGUE MATCH REPORT FORM | 2015 | |||||
| HOME TEAM | ||||||
| MATCH (Home Team) Torrevieja | VERSUS (away team) | LA MANGA | ||||
| Date 06/06/2015 | Venue | Torrevieja | ||||
| Umpires | D RILEY RICO | |||||
| Innings of Torrevieja | Scorer | |||||
| Name of Batsman | How out | Bowler | Total Score | |||
| (give initial first) | ||||||
| 1 C GUICHARD | BOWLED | R WILLIAMS | 3 | |||
| 2 K WOOD | BOWLED | R WILLIAMS | 14 | |||
| 3 C DARWEN | L B W | D WARWICK | 10 | |||
| 4 M WAREING | BOWLED | T WALTON | 10 | |||
| 5 L BLANN | BOWLED | R WILLIAMS | 71 | |||
| 6 V THAKUR | BOWLED | D WARWICK | 0 | |||
| 7 L JOSHI | L B W | T WALTON | 5 | |||
| 8 H ULLAH | BOWLED | H JAMES | 35 | |||
| 9 T KNOWLES | NOT OUT | 2 | ||||
| 10 N HARRIS | CT | T WALTON | 3 | |||
| 11 D SCOTT | D N B | |||||
| EXTRAS Byes Leg Byes Wides | No Balls | Penalty Runs | ||||
| 5 2 19 | 1 | TOTAL SCORE (for wickets) | 180 for 9 | |||
| BOWLING ANALYSIS | ||||||
| Fall of Wickets | Name of Bowler | OVERS | MAIDENS | RUNS | WICKETS | |
| 1 20 | R WILLIAMS | 10 | 0 | 46 | 3 | |
| 2 26 | D WARWICK | 8 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| 3 47 | T WALTON | 8 | 1 | 20 | 30 | |
| 4 47 | A HOLDING | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 5 47 | C HUNT | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 6 62 | I HUNT | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 7 116 | H JAMES | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| 8 175 | P BRIMBLE | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 9 180 | ||||||
| 10 | ||||||
| 11 | ||||||
| RESULT | Penalty Run | |||||
| TORRE LOSING DRAW LA MANGA WINNING DRAW | ||||||
| Home team points | Away Team Total Points | |||||
| 9 | 15 | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
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