Already safely entrenched in the Dream11 European Cricket Series Alicante final four, batting first, Sporting Alfas had the temerity to drop top run scorer Eddie Ballard down the order to present other under-utilised bats an opportunity to impress on day four.
Already safely entrenched in the Dream11 European Cricket Series Alicante final four, batting first, Sporting Alfas had the temerity to drop top run scorer Eddie Ballard down the order to present other under-utilised bats an opportunity to impress on day four.
18-year-old talent Jack Perman (14 off 12) and Faran Afzal, both of whom have gone under the radar after the Ballard ballistics opened up. Faran Afzal smoked 47 off 24, while Spanish-born Christian Munoz-Mills serenely stroked 44 off 22 balls as Sporting Alfas posted a challenging total of 122.
Ollie Jarvis was the pick of the La Manga bowlers conceding 17 off his allocation without reward after dropped catches. Ollie Richardson picked up a wicket on debut in the Dream11 European Cricket Series Alicante.
With star batsman Adam Alger unavailable due to work commitments, La Manga were always going to face a struggle to chase down what would have been the highest successful run chase at the Dream11 European Cricket Series Alicante.
Amassing only 39 at halfway left La Manga a mountainous task with Joel Brook (12 off 15) retired out and Ravi Panchal playing on off Perman for 21 off 17.
Man-mountain Stuart Simkins (pictured), 36 off 15 balls, landed some meaty blows late on to boost La Manga’s net run rate meaning an eventual defeat by 23 runs, still leaves a faint sniff of qualification for the semis, provided a hefty win against Madrid United in the next game can be delivered and pronto.
