Marsa CC broke their negative streak of three games last week by beating returning team Royal Horse Artillery from the UK. Two out of three games have been played and the third of the series will be held today.

On Friday, the Marsa team won the toss and elected to bat first, a rarity for the team. An unlikely opening pair of Justin Brooke and Gordon Hewitt put the home side in a commanding position with Hewitt being the first to go when the score was on 76. Brooke went on to top score with 69 runs.

Mike Caruana scored 41 runs and Adnal five. Alan Kyle remained unbeaten on 63 and Dave Judd was ten runs not out as the home side totalled 270 runs from the allotted overs.

The visitors gave away 44 extras which did not help their cause.

Having to chase such a total, the visitors tried hard to make the quick runs, in doing so they lost too many quick wickets though. L. Turrell top scored for the visitors with 26 runs, while A. Heggie and P. Gibson both scored 12 runs.

The home bowlers did well with Kevin Krishna and Tony Slater taking two wickets. They were both outdone by Wally Glynn who mesmerised the batsmen, taking four wickets. Marsa won the first game by 170 runs.

On Saturday, Marsa again won the toss and elected to bat. The side had another solid start, this time by John Grima and Sarfraz Ali, the first wicket falling at 81 runs. Ali scored 43 and Grima 32. Ronnie Sacco added a patient 53 and Tim Edwards 33.

A better batting display by the Royal Horse Artillery had them almost winning the game. Heggie hit a brilliant 63 runs not out, including five 4s, Turrell added 32 and Webster 29. However, the tourists ended up ten runs short of their target giving the home team a 2-0 lead in the series.

For the home team Hewitt was the main wicket-taker with three wickets.