On Saturday the Cricket Summer league continued. The first game was between Melita C.C and Krishna C.C.

Melita batted first and it was not one of their best days and had the Krishna bowlers not bowled so many wides, it could have been much worse. Melita totalled 81 runs with Justin Brooke top scoring with 23 runs not out.

Greg Symons batted well and managed 18 runs. Joy Ghoseroy was the only other batsmen to make it into double figures making 12 runs.

For Krishna three bowlers, Adam Krishna, Will Nichols and Bikram Arora, all took a wicket each. One must mention the run out of Nowell Khosla who was running for a single and a direct hit by Kevin Krishna had him short of his ground. An inspiring piece of fielding.

In reply it took Krishna just over 17 overs to make the runs. Sunny Krishna opened the batting and kept on going from where he left off last week scoring 33 runs from the 30 balls he faced including two big sixes and two fours.

Bikram Arora scored 19 runs which included three fours. John Grima saw his team over the line with ten runs. Nowell Khosla took two wickets for Melita and Gordon Hewitt one. Krishna earned seven points while Melita earned one point and now have too Win their last game to have any chance for the title.

In the second game the Marsa team batted first and were kept to 110 runs in their 20 overs. Mat Booth scored 24 runs and Frank Spiteri played a match winning 23 runs from 13 balls which included one six and two fours.

Dave Borg made 12 runs and was fantastically run out by a direct hit by Sean Duffy. Derek Ali chipped in with 15 runs. For Overseas Mike Caruana and Roger Bradley took a wicket each.

The Overseas reply started well with Mike Caruana and Paul Bradley both managing to face their 30 balls and both making 26 runs. The Overseas batsmen all put in a good effort but just fell short by six runs.

For Marsa, Ronnie Sacco took two wickets while George Agius and Derek Ali took a wicket each. With this win Marsa are now six points clear of Melita. If Melita win their last game, Marsa must win their last game or the title will not be theirs.

Next Saturday only one game will be played - that between Melita CC and Overseas CC. The game between Marsa CC and Krishna CC will be played on 17 September.