Costa del sol cricket match reports by egandantis.com

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COSTA NEWS, October 12-18, 2017
The 'swallows' are here!
by Grant Frost
EVERY year we see the swallows
migrating north in the spring
and south in the autumn, we ex-
perience a similar phenomenon
in the lawn bowls world with the
arrival of visiting teams to play
against local clubs.
This year is no exception
with teams booked to visit us
both from UK (and this year un-
usually from Spain!).
For us it is a sign that the
competitive season is getting
under way
. We’ve already seen
the Andalucian Championships,
and the league starts on October
13, and we have our own Drawn
Triples Competition starting on
October 16.
Preparations are in hand for
one of the largest entry and
longest running competitions on
the coast, the Miraflores Open,
the event will run from Novem-
ber 11-19 with prize money of
€1,000 up for grabs.
This year’s sponsors are in
place namely Ibex Insurance
and Currencies Direct and as
usual we will have a prize draw
for all competitors spectating or
playing on Finals Day with
many attractive prizes including
luxury restaurant meals.
One thing that is changing is
the format of the competition,
traditionally we had men’s and
ladies’ singles events and at one
time were the only club offering
this, many clubs now do the
same, so this year we have de-
cided to introduce a fours com-
petition alongside the triples and
pairs instead and hope this will
attract a good entry as it will give
bowlers in the Malaga area their
only opportunity to enjoy com-
petitive bowling at Miraflores
this season (we are not hosting
any other competitions). Entry
sheets will be circulated soon or
competitors will be able to sub-
mit entries by email. More in-
formation will be published over
the coming weeks.
Visitors from Whitstable in action
The Miraflores west green full!
By Egan Steven Dantis
COSTA del Sol Crusaders had a
forgettable outing against Má-
laga Cricket Club on Sunday
after they failed to chase a mod-
est target of 148 against a disci-
plined Málaga attack.
After winning the
toss Málaga CC
elected to bat first and
struggled to cross the
150 mark.
Nadeem played an
amazing innings and
was unbeaten on 56
and carried his bat
through the innings,
whereas none of the
other batsman
crossed 20.
Father and son
duo James Riley and
Forgettable outing for Crusaders
against Málaga Cricket Club
Jamie Riley bowled an economi-
cal spell and were pick of the
bowlers with two and one
wickets respectively
.
Nadeem was adjudged man
of the match for his unbeaten 56.
Málaga CC 147-5 (Nadeem
56*, Riaz Ahmed 15, James Riley
2-18, Jamie Riley 1-7)
Crusaders 132-6 (Jesper
Hansen 30, James Riley 27, Asif
Tarar 2-9, Tariq 2-11) by 15 runs
(* not out)
Vikings came back strongly
after their horrible debut
against Málaga CC a few days
back.
Vikings won the toss and
elected to bat first and posted a
fighting total of 146-4.
Gibraltar national player
Avinash smashed the Málaga
bowlers all over the park and
Nadeem scored a quickfire 45
and Afzal 10.
Once the openers were dis-
missed it was all Costa Vikings
in the field. They came back
strongly by taking excellent
catches. Guy Dumas was accu-
rate in the middle overs and
Avinash bowled brilliantly in
the death overs restricting Ma-
laga to 128-8.
Avinash was Man of the
Match for his all round perform-
ance.
Costa Vikings 146-4 (Avin-
ash 53, Guy Dumas 29, Asif tarar
1-27, Waqas Ahmed 2-23) beat
Malaga CC 128-8 (Nadeem 45,
Afzal 10, Guy Dumas 2-15, Avin-
ash 2-27) by 18 runs.
Crusaders will take on Má-
laga CC on Sunday October 15 at
the Cártama Oval.
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was well supported by Guy
Dumas and Amjidali in the
middle.
Waqas Ahmed bowled a
brilliant last over conceding
four runs and taking two
wickets. Captain Asif Tarar
took one wicket.
Chasing a tricky target Má-
laga started well and looked at
ease and were 72 for no loss
after 10 overs needing 75 off
last 10 with 10 wickets in hand.
But Costa Vikings overcome Málaga threat and win by 18 runs
All together! The Crusaders, Málaga Cricket Club and Costa Vikings
Man of the Match Nadeem
Man of the Match Avinash in action