Costa del sol cricket match reports by egandantis.com

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COSTA NEWS, November 23-29, 2017
Asif Tarar’s all round show
stuns Crusaders by 30 runs
one good over from lanky West
Indian fast bowler Diego to dis-
miss both the batsmen in the
same over.
Málaga CC then piled on
runs easily and scored 226-7 off
30 overs.
The Crusaders' start was
made significantly harder by
Malaga’s new ball bowlers as
they bowled the off stump line
which made run scoring diffi-
cult.
Guy Dumas lost his wicket in
the process which bought cap-
tain Jesper Hansen (67*) to the
crease with Chris Batten(53)
who had a quick partnership of
78 runs.
Crusaders dominated the
middle overs where it looked
like they were cruising towards
the target easily but the middle
order batsmen faltered by play-
ing too many dot balls in the
middle and threw their wickets
away which put pressure on the
By Egan Steven Dantis
CRICKET returned to Cartama
after a two-week break following
the Sports World Spain cricket
festival which was played at the
end of last month.
The Costa del Sol Crusaders
met Málaga Cricket Club on the
pitch and both the teams looked
rusty in the first half of the
match as the Crusaders
struggled in the field by giving
away 52 runs in extras.
Málaga CC batted first and
were reduced to 72-4 off 12 overs.
The sixth wicket partnership
between captain Asif Tarar (59)
and Nadeem (56) of 130 runs
brought Málaga back into the
game as they smashed bowlers
all over the park.
At a point where 150 looked
impossible for Málaga, they took
the attack to the bowlers. It took
captain who remained unbeaten
on 67 and was left stranded at
the non-strikers when it mat-
tered the most.
227 looked far too much at the
end for Crusaders as they ended
up on 196-7 losing by 30 runs.
Malaga CC 226-7 (Asif
Tarar 59, Nadeem 56, Guy
Dumas 2-35, Diego 2-18) beat
Crusaders 196-7 (Jesper
Hansen 67*, Chris Batten 53,
Waqas Ali 1-31, Asif Tarar 1-37)
by 30 runs.
Asif Tarar was adjudged
Man of the match for his bril-
liant 59 and 1-37.
The Costa del Sol Crusaders'
next game is at the Cártama
Oval on Sunday
, December 3
against the Combined Colleges
Cricket Club at 11 am. Spec-
tators, and anyone interested in
playing cricket are very wel
come. For more information see
the Sports World Spain Face-
book page.
Beautiful Cártama
Crusaders captain Jesper
Hansen
Malaga CC players celebrating a fall of wicket
Man of the Match Asif Tarar
Málaga Cricket Club team
Almijara Bowls Club Gala
Day - a closely fought affair
THE ALMIJARA Bowls Club
recently held their Novem-
ber Gala Day competition at
the Raqueta Tennis and
Bowls Club, Nerja.
The event was sponsored
by Liberty Seguros and the
Cup by TAIL Torrox Animal
Charity.
There were 36 competi-
tors in 12 teams of triples
which were split into two
leagues and the top team in
each league played the final.
Each team had five games of
eight ends and many games
were evenly contested. One
By Marion Talbot
team from each league sur-
vived unbeaten, Alison Gar-
diner, Keith Entwistle, and
David Crow from one and
David Dickenson, Ken
Grainger and Nigel Locke
from the other.
The final was a closely
fought affair, with neither
team able to pull away.
The final end could have
gone either way, but
Nigel,Ken and David held on
to win by three shots.
Congratulations to Nigel
Locke, Ken Grainger and
David Dickinson - the vic-
tors!
Alison Gardiner, Keith Entwistle and David Crow, the
Runners up
Victors Nigel Locke, Ken Grainger and David Dickinson