The weekend commenced on Friday evening with a 20 over game against returning touring team Stockport Grammar School who are on their 11th tour.
The Marsa team batted first and put up a moderate score of 109 runs. Andy Lenard was the main contributor with 53 runs which included seven fours. Andy Naudi also chipped in with 30 runs. For SGS, Procter was the main wicket taker with two.
D. Wright opened the batting and remained unbeaten with 55 runs in his teams run chase. He had help from four other batsmen but none could stick around when they were set.
Wickets fell at the wrong time for them. They ended making 103 runs and lost the game. Tony Slater and Joy Ghoseroy were the main wicket takers, snaring two wickets each, both were aided by the wicket keeping of Sam Aquilina who took three stumpings.
On Saturday a game was played against another returning team, Leyland CC who are on their sixth tour. The Marsa team batted first and were rolled over for 59 runs.
John Grima was the only batsmen to make it into double figures and remained unbeaten on 27 runs.
For Leyland, Watkinson was the main wicket taker with four. Four other bowlers took a wicket each. One must also mention the great throw from the square leg boundary from Lewis which had Bikram Arora run out with a direct hit.
Arora was looking to get his own back and had taken the only three wickets which Leyland lost. This time, with his batting, Lewis guided his team to victory with 19 runs. Asfar and Parkinson both chipped in with 10 runs apiece.
Leyland win the game.
On Sunday the second game against SGS was played. SGS batted first and were bowled out for 95 runs with fine bowling from Tony Slater who took three wickets and Bikram Arora who took two.
For SGS, Wright top scored with 23 runs, Marshall, 17 and Schofield 13. In reply Marsa were in trouble losing four wickets for 35 runs.
This brought together Bikram Arora and Andy Naudi and all looked nice and easy for the home side. Gaskin tooks the vital wicket of Arora (24 runs) and Marshall took three more wickets which brought the last batsmen in and the score at 93.
Naudi scored two runs to bring the game to a tie but could not get the single of the last ball of the over.
Tony Slater now had to face the opening bowler; being cool as ever Slater got an inside edge to backward square leg and the batsmen scampered through for the winning runs. Marsa won the series two to nil. For SGS Proctor and Hall also took two wickets each.
Today Marsa play their second game against Leyland. On Saturday the men’s Summer league commences and on Sunday the Women’s Summer league comes to an end.