The document summarizes several cricket matches between local clubs in Costa del Sol, Spain. In the first match, Vikings beat Malaga CC by 49 runs thanks to half centuries from Andrew Ward and John Hazell. Combined Colleges CC then defeated Crusaders by 22 runs, with Nushan Alwis scoring 50 runs for Combined Colleges. Malaga CC came back to beat Crusaders by 3 runs in a close match, with Nadeem M scoring 64 runs and Sam Boden scoring 94 runs for Crusaders. The document also summarizes the annual Ball and Chain competition at Mijas Bowls Club, with Lennie and Amber Dineen winning the final 21-15.

1. 46 Sports COSTA NEWS, December 14-20, 2017
Combined Colleges, Costa Vikings
and Malaga CC register wins
Fifties for Andrew Ward, John Hazell, Nadeem Muhammed, Nushan Alwis and Sam Boden
By Egan Steven Dantis
THE match between Vikings
and Malaga Cricket Club was a
one sided affair as Vikings beat
Malaga by 49 runs.
Andrew Ward and John Ha-
zell put up a match-winning
partnership of 104 runs.Waqas
Ali took 2-31 and was well sup-
ported by Asim Rizwan 2-35.
Vikings posted 222-6. Malaga CC
struggled to keep up the
required run rate and were
bundled out for 173. Nadeem
Muhammed scored a fighting 56
and was the last man to get out.
Don Diego took 2-26 and was
well supported by Mick Button
who took 2-28.
Vikings 222-6 (A Ward 79, J
Hazell 65, W Ali 2-31, A Rizwan
2-35) Beat Malaga CC 173-10
(N Muhammed 56, W Ali 26, D
Diego 2-26, M Button 2-28) by 49
runs.
Combined Colleges Cricket
Club returned to the field after a
long gap of 14 months and had a
fruitful outing in their first
match of the winter.
Batting first Combined Col-
leges posted a below par score of
172 all out. Mr. 'Consistent' Nus-
han Alwis batted brilliantly and
scored his 12th 50 plus score in
last 15 completed games.
For Crusaders James F
bowled brilliantly and was re-
warded with 4-21 and with the
help of James R 2-28 tied down
the combined colleges batsman.
Crusaders were never in the
chase; lost wickets in clusters
and were bundled out for 150 in
32 overs. A Ali 37 and J Hansen
34 lost their wickets in quick
succession as Ashan A 3-25 and
Nushan A 3-19 destroyed the
Crusaders batting line up, as
Crusaders fell short by 22 runs.
Combined Colleges CC
172-10 (Nushan A 50, Ashan A
22, James F 4-21, James R 2-28)
Beat Crusaders 150-10 (Amjid
A 37, Jesper H 34, Ashan A 3-25,
Nushan A 3-19) by 22 runs.
After the loss against Vik-
ings, Malaga CC were back in
action last weekend against
their old rivals Crusaders. Ma-
laga CC beat Crusaders by three
runs in a close encounter.
Batting first Malaga CC
posted 209-6 of 30 overs. Malaga
were reduced to 84-5 of 14 overs
and the partnership between
Nadeem M 64 and Athesham 32
of 84 runs broughtMalaga CC
back into the game.
Nasir D bowled a brilliant
spell of 3-10 and Amjidali 2-23
took the wickets of top two bats-
man. Crusaders started well
with Sam 94 and Julian 41 put-
ting up 104 for the first wicket.
Once the opening pair was dis-
missed Crusaders experimented
with their batting line up which
struggled against the spinners
as Usman 3-32 and Rizwan 2-35
put the brakes on by picking up
wickets in the crucial moments
of the game. Crusaders fought
hard, needing 13 runs of the last
over but Crusaders fell short by
three runs.
Malaga CC 209-6 (Nadeem
64, Athesham 32, Nasir D 3-10,
Amjid A 2-23) beat Crusaders
206-7 (Sam Boden 94, Julian F
41, Usman 3-32, A Rizwan 2-35)
by 3 runs
The next match will be
played on December 16 against
Costa Vikings and Costa del Sol
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Malaga Cricket Club's winning feeling
Sam Doden during his knock of 94
Cricket quick fifty for Nadeem
John Hazell acknowledges his teammates
Andrew Ward's 'fifty moment'
Mijas Bowls Club's Ball and Chain
event was enjoyed by all
THE prestigious annual Mijas
Bowls Club Ball and Chain com-
petition took place over three
days, starting on Saturday De-
cember 2. There were 25 couples
who entered, and very enjoyable
bowling was had by all.
The semi finalists were Len-
nie and Amber Dineen versus
Jeff and Janice Rowe, and Mike
and Mary Detheridge versus
Phil and June Baldry
.
Lennie and Amber were the
winners of their semi final - the
score being 24 – 6.
Phil and June Baldry were
the winners of their semi final,
which was very close and could
have gone either way
, the final
score being 14 – 12.
The final too was a very close
game and the eventual winners
were Lennie and Amber Dineen,
the score being 21 – 15.
A wonderful finals day was
had by all the competitors and
the people who came to support.
By John Carr
If you would like to join this
very friendly club, please tele-
phone the Captain Dave Wilson
on 07 975 848 282 or telephone the
club on 952 466 038.
Finalists and winners