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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 21 JANUARY 2015 Sport 23 LAST Saturday, the Cricket Winter Wallop continued with a thumping win from the Magpies who soared from the bottom of the ladder to the top by edging out Melita The Magpies won the toss and batted first. Tony Azzopardi and Mark G.Sacco gave a solid start making thirt y five runs and twent y eight runs respectively. Haroon Majeed was at his blast- ing best making fort y four runs from twent y three balls which included five fours and two sixes. Andrew Naudi was also amongst the run makers smashing thirt y five runs from twent y two balls which include six fours, four which were consecutive. Ronnie Sacco chipped in with ten runs towards the end of the in- nings. Five other batsmen made as many runs between them. The most decisive factor of the game was the fort y one extras which gave the Marsa team a very respectable total of 189 runs from their twent y overs. For the Mel- ita team Tim Wheeler took two wickets while Joy Ghoseroy, Jack Barrett and Chris Bedford took a wicket each. The league leaders opened up with Frank Spiteri and Jack Bar- rett, also gave their team a solid stat with thirt y runs and thirt y nine runs respectively. Matt McK- eogh kept the game alive with some impressive shots which in- cluded four fours and a six, he re- mained not out with fort y three runs. Joy Ghoseroy (twent y two runs), Daniel Galea (seven runs) and Ian Pendelbury (nine runs not out) all tried desperately for their team with two of them being run out. The Marsa team only gave away nineteen extras which left the Melita team a score of 171 runs at the end of the innings. A loss of eighteen runs and the difference between exrtras was twent y two, the Melita team will be prett y sore with themselves. The two wickets taken by Marsa went too Ronnie Sacco and Haroon Majeed. The Marsa team took sixteen points from the win while Melita took three. Next Saturday the Melita team take on Krishna. Melita looking to take back top spot while Krishna looking to stay in the race. On Saturday the Sunoco Cricket Academy/Nursery will be from 9:00 till 10:30am. Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly to rather cloudy with the possibility of some isolated showers at first becoming fine or partly cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: West force 3 or 4 becoming West Southwest force 4 locally force 4 to 5 in the morning, backing South to Southeast force 3 to 4 by evening and becoming force 4 or 5 during the night SEA: Slight to moderate becoming moderate A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 White to play and mate in four moves A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Last week's solution Sudoku rules are extremely easy: Fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear once in each row, column and 9x9 box. PARTLY CLOUDY 17 º C / 10 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits CRICKET Across 9. Not proper (13) 10. Weep (3) 11. Necessary (7) 12. Underground part of a plant (4) 13. Agitate (4) 15. Monetary unit of Saudi Arabia (5) 17. Corridor (7) 19. Accustom (5) 21. Finish first (3) 23. Long (5) 24. Against (7) 25. Chaff (5) 27. Membership fees (4) 28. Goad (4) 30. Capital of Iraq (7) 32. Contend (3) 33. Prekindergarten (7,6) Down 1. Written history of a person's life (9) 2. Courtyard (5) 3. Duration (4) 4. Beer made at home (4-4) 5. Cunning (6) 6. Metal fastener (4) 7. Pruning shears (9) 8. Aviator (5) 14. Threads (5) 16. Speaks with impediment (5) 18. Something stated (9) 20. Tolerable (9) 22. These days (8) 26. Tattered (6) 27. Sofa (5) 29. Hinge (5) 30. Obstructs (4) 31. Wharf (4) e7+ Kh7 hxg7+ Kg6 g8=Q+ Ng7 (or Kf5) Be4# (or Qf7#, Qgh7#) ... Kf5 Qe6# (or Qe4#) Magpies defeat Melita Tony Azzopardi