Over the weekend, Marsa CC entertained two teams from the United Kingdom, both on their first tour to Malta.

On Saturday, Marsa played against Ampthill Town in a 45-over game. The visitors batted first.

L. Archer was Ampthill's main run scorer with 69 from 42 balls faced. His tally included nine 4s. A. Passman and J. Evans both hit 26 and N. Lewn added another 25 runs as Ampthill totalled 225.

For Marsa, A. Lenard and Mike Caruana were the main wicket-takers with two each.

In reply, Nowell Khosla top-scored with 57 runs. Javed Shah hit 24 and Caruana 21. These three were the other main contributors in a reply of 178 runs all out as Marsa lost their first game to a touring side this year. C. Degnan was the pick of the bowlers, taking four wickets.

A 20Twenty mini-tournament was played on Sunday between Marsa, Ampthill Town and Resbourn CC.

The first game was between Marsa and Redbourn. The latter batted first and totalled 112 runs. The hosts reached their target in 15 overs with Khosla hitting 37 runs and Andy Naudi 31. A good win for Marsa.

Redbourne also lost the second game to Ampthill, the outcome setting up a decider in the third game of the tournament.

Again, Marsa were fielding first.

This time, the team bowled better and limited Ampthill to 102 runs. Marsa were exceptional in fielding with Nadeem Ashraf, Will Nicholls and Khosla all taking difficult catches. For Marsa, Nicholls was the main wicket-taker with three.

At one point, Marsa were in trouble, needing 24 runs from four overs to win the match. Caruana went in after three run-outs and topped the charts with 27 runs from 15 balls faced. Marsa went on to beat Ampthill and finish top of the tournament standings.