On Saturday the Chairman’s v the Captain’s teams continued.

The Chairman’s team batted first. Malcolm Crabbe and Joy Ghoseroy opened the batting, Ghoseroy was soon departing with some good bowling from Robert Krishna who then struck again in his first over.

Crabbe was out in the fourth over scoring 11 runs and the Chairman’s team was in trouble having lost three wickets for a mere 25 runs.

At the crease now were Ronnie Sacco and Andy Naudi who put on a match winning partnership of 74 runs. Sacco made 49 runs including two sixes and four fours. Naudi was soon to follow and had scored 23 runs.

Justin Brooke was the only other batsmen who made more than ten runs - he made 13.

The Chairman’s team were bowled out for 133 runs. Apart from Krishna, Sarfraz Ali also took wickets, while Derek Ali and Nowell Khosla both took a wicket each. I

nteresting to note that there were four run outs, two involved the wicket keeper John Grima and one was brilliantly done by Robert Krishna with a direct hit.

In reply the Captain’s team had a slightly better start only losing their first wicket of Khosla (13 runs) when the score was 26 runs. Javed Shah was in and out soon after with five runs to his name.

Derek Ali joined Grima at the crease and they steadied the innings. Grima retired when he made it to 30 runs and then total mayhem happened for his team.

Daniel Gatt went in and was stumped of his first ball, Mike Grima made six runs before being caught and three other batsmen made ducks.

Derek Ali remained unbeaten on 34 runs while Gordon Hewitt was on one run not out when the innings closed. The Captain’s team only made 99 runs. Mike Caruana and Ronnie Sacco both took two wickets each while Justin Brooke took one for the Chairman’s team.

With the win the Chairman’s team go 2 to 1 up in the series.

On Saturday morning the second game between the Marsa Colts and the Krishna Colts took place. The Marsa team batted first and totalled 82 runs from their overs.

The top scorers were Adam Caruana (28 runs), Oliver Robinson (15) and Sarah Bulteel (14). The Krishna team could only muster up 65 runs. Top scorers were Zack Borg Ginger (15) and Adam Krishna (14).

National team to take part in European Championships

The Malta national team will be participating in the European second division championships which will be held in Belgium in June.

The selected squad is as follows; Samuel Aquilina, Justin Brooke, Mike Caruana, Malcolm Crabbe, Joy Ghoseroy, Darren Grech, John Grima, Nowell Khosla, Kevin Krishna, Andy Lenard, Andy Naudi, Mark G. Sacco, Ronnie Sacco and Tony Slater.