Host’s Spain dominated opening day’s action in the La Manga T20 Tri-series including registering their maiden men’s T20I win over Malta. Spain triumphed over Estonia XI in their other match from the day.
Malta also registered a win of their own over Estonia XI in the opening match of the day, which saw all the three matches being played at La Manga club ground. The Tri-series is a three stage round-robin format tournament being played from Mar 29th – 31st, 2019.
Yasir Ali of Spain scored his country’s maiden T20I half-century in their game against Malta, as Spain chased down the target of 99 set by Malta in under 13 overs.
Brief Scores:
Malta 125/6 in 20 overs (Niraj Khanna 51, Jurg Hirschi 24, Bikram Arora 24, Kalle Vislapuu 2/14, Tim Cross 2/17, Timothy Filer 1/17) beat Malta 112/9 in 20 overs (Stuart Hook 25, Timothy Filer 22, Niraj Khanna 3/8, George Agius 1/7, Jurg Hirschi 1/17) by 13 runs
Estonia XI 86/7 in 20 overs (Timothy Heath 15, Marko Vaik 14, Faran Afzal 2/5, Ravi Panchal 2/10, Paul Hennessy 1/15) lost to Spain 88 for no loss in 8.5 overs (Faran Afzal 58 n.o, Adam Algar 17 n.o) by 10 wickets
Malta 98/9 in 20 overs (Bikram Arora 28, Novell Khosla 24, Tom Vine 4/28, Faran Afzal 1/13, Zulqarnain Haider 1/7) lost to Spain 99/3 in 12.1 overs (Yasir Ali 57, Ravi Panchal 17, Jurg Hirschi 1/15, Haroon Mughal 1/17) by 7 wickets
