League debutants Valencia Star made a winning start to their campaign when they won a close fought encounter against Torrevieja by just two wickets.
Batting first Torrevieja scored 198 all out with opener Leigh Blann top scoring with 62. A fine knock towards the end of the innings by Ciaron Gulchard (37 not out) is also worthy of a mention. For the Stars Babar produced a fine 7 over spell that produced four wickets for the cost of only 24 runs.
In reply, the Stars kept pace with the required run chase but Torrevieja also remained in contention as they took wickets at regular intervals. In the end it was the Stars who kept their cool and took the victory with two wickets to spare.
Stars took 19 points from the game whilst Torrevieja scored 7 points.
| CRICKET ESPANA LEAGUE MATCH REPORT FORM | 2016 | |||||
| HOME TEAM | ||||||
| Home Team TORREVIEJA | VERSUS (away team) | Valencia Star | ||||
| Date 23/04/2016 | Venue | Torrevieja | ||||
| Umpires | D Riley | |||||
| Innings of Torrevieja | Scorer | COLIN GRIFFITHS | ||||
| Name of Batsman | How out | Bowler | Total Score | |||
| (give initial first) | ||||||
| 1 L BLANN | ct | Babar | 62 | |||
| 2 K WOOD | Bowled | H Nazir | 0 | |||
| 3 M WAREING | ct | Harjinder | 9 | |||
| 4 R MAINI | Run Out | Run Out | 15 | |||
| 5 K SINGH | Bowled | Babar | 2 | |||
| 6 C DARWEN | ct | Babar | 0 | |||
| 7 C GUICHARD | Not Out | 37 | ||||
| 8 B APPLEBY | Bowled | Harjinder | 12 | |||
| 9 G SHELTON | Bowled | Babar | 8 | |||
| 10 A COURT | Ct & Bowled | A Singh | 0 | |||
| 11 C WOOD | Not Out | 1 | ||||
| EXTRAS Byes Leg Byes Wides | No Balls | Penalty Runs | 51 | |||
| 16 5 30 | TOTAL SCORE (for wickets) | 198 | ||||
| BOWLING ANALYSIS | ||||||
| Fall of Wickets | Name of Bowler | OVERS | MAIDENS | RUNS | WICKETS | |
| 1 18 | H Nazir | 6 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |
| 2 72 | Kulvinder | 8 | 2 | 37 | 0 | |
| 3 111 | A Singh | 8 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| 4 120 | Harjinder | 8 | 1 | 42 | 1 | |
| 5 121 | Babar | 7 | 1 | 24 | 4 | |
| 6 129 | Mohsin | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| 7 155 | H Singh | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 171 | ||||||
| 9 176 | ||||||
| 10 | ||||||
| 11 | ||||||
| RESULT | Penalty Run | |||||
| Valencia Star win by 2 wkts | ||||||
| Home team points 7 | 7 | Away Team Total Points | 19 | |||
| CRICKET ESPANA LEAGUE MATCH REPORT FORM | 2016 | |||||
| AWAY TEAM | ||||||
| MATCH (Home Team) | TORREVIEJA | VERSUS (away team) | Valencia Star | |||
| Date 23/042016 | Venue | Torrevieja | ||||
| Toss won by who decided to | Umpires | D Riley | ||||
| Innings of Valencia Stars | Scorer | COLIN GRIFFITHS | ||||
| Name of Batsman | How out | Bowler | Total Score | |||
| (give initial first) | ||||||
| 1 Mohsin | Bowled | R Maini | 11 | |||
| 2 Sohail | ct K Singh | M Wareing | 42 | |||
| 3 Zabi | ct and bowled | M Wareing | 43 | |||
| 4 Noman | Bowled | M Wareing | 26 | |||
| 5 Hasan Nazir | Bowled | M Wareing | 0 | |||
| 6 Harman Singh | ct L Blann | C Darwen | 0 | |||
| 7 Sumpty | ct and bowled | R Maini | 5 | |||
| 8 Harjinder | Not Out | 36 | ||||
| 9 Babar | ct A Court | C Guichard | 0 | |||
| 10 Aman Singh | Not Out | 14 | ||||
| 11 Hasan | DNB | |||||
| EXTRAS Byes Leg Byes Wides | No Balls | Penalty Runs | 23 | |||
| 9 1 12 | 1 | TOTAL SCORE (for wickets) | 200 for 8 | |||
| BOWLING ANALYSIS | ||||||
| Fall of Wickets | Name of Bowler | OVERS | MAIDENS | RUNS | Wkts | |
| 1 15 | C Guichard | 8 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |
| 2 93 | R Maini | 8 | 1 | 38 | 2 | |
| 3 125 | A Court | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 4 127 | M Wareing | 8 | 1 | 54 | 4 | |
| 5 128 | C Darwen | 8 | 1 | 30 | 1 | |
| 6 137 | C Wood | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 7 147 | ||||||
| 8 161 | ||||||
| 9 | ||||||
| 10 | ||||||
| 11 | ||||||
| RESULT | Penalty Run | |||||
| Valencia Star win by 2 wkts | ||||||
| Home Team Points 7 | Away Team Total Points | 19 | ||||