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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2015 Sport 23 Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Cloudy with showers possibly thundery at first, becoming partly cloudy VISIBILITY: Good except in showers WIND: Southwest force 3 to 4 at first, becoming variable force 2 to 3 for sometime and becoming Southwest force 4 by evening. Gusty near storms. SEA: Slight to moderate becoming moderate SWELL: Low Southerly Sea Temp.: 25 °C 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. SUNNY 26 º C / 19 º C UV INDEX: 5 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Autopsy 6. Begins 7. Leaf of a book 10. Wash lightly 11. Scent 12. To free 13. Hard exterior of an egg 14. Borders 16. Price paid 18. Like a dog 19. A narrow entrance Down 1. Difficult question 2. Resistant to staining 3. Like a mother 4. Summit 5. Fruit 8. Beside 9. Not extreme 13. Short stocking 15. Arab chief 17. Exclamation of contempt Qd7 Nc6 Rxc6 (Bxc6) a5 Rc8+ Ka7 Qxb7# Bxc6 Rxe1+ Rxe1 bxc6 Re8# CRICKET Marsa CC complete clean sweep against Old Lincolnians LAST weekend, the Marsa Repre- sentative team took on returning visitors Old Lincolnians from Lin- coln (UK). It was a successful time for our local players as they won both fixtures convincingly. In Saturday's 40 over match, Marsa batted first and lost Garrett Kampff early for 5 runs. Haroon Majeed joined Joy Ghoseroy (20) in the middle and proceeded to play the best innings of the 2015 season. Bikram Arora (38) and John Grima (33) supported Ma- jeed well as he brought up his cen- tury within the first 20 overs. Majeed, a slight man, is known for his destructively big hitting and he pounded the bowling for 17 fours and 5 sixes. His 140 runs came up off only 86 balls and it looked for a while that Frank Spi- teri's long standing record of 200 not out at the Marsa would be eclipsed. Marsa ended their allot- ted 40 overs on the imposing score of 309 for 7. For Old Lincolnians, it was a sorry state of affairs however Luke Jelly took the honours with 2 wickets for 52, whilst Joseph Waluriewiez captured 1 for 34. In reply, Old Lincolnians lost wickets throughout their innings, however an outstanding century by Waluriewiez (119) gave them some consolation as they finished on the respectable total of 243 for 9. For Marsa, an outstanding per- formance by wicket-keeper John Grima saw him take 4 catches and 2 stumpings. He has now taken more than 30 dismissals this year against touring teams. Marsa's bowlers shared the spoils with Arora, Ghoseroy, Majeed and Ali all taking 2 wickets. Sunday's 30 over match began with Old Lincolnians batting first. This time Josh Taylor led the way with 50 runs but wickets fell with regularity around him. A fight- ing 52-run partnership from Paul Bradley (31) and Anthony Hick- ling (16) rescued the innings for the visitors but they closed on the modest score of 152 for 7. It was a fine effort by all 9 Marsa bowl- ers with Sumair Khan and Kar- tik Keyan picking up 2 wickets apiece. Chasing 153 for victory, the Mar- sa openers Feroz Ahmed (33 runs) and Niraj Khanna (46 runs) effec- tively ended the game as a contest, making the win a formality for Marsa who reached their target with 8 wickets and nearly 10 overs to spare. Match Summaries: Sat 17 Oct, 40 overs: Marsa CC 309 for 7 defeated Old Lincolnians CC 243 for 9. Sun 18 Oct, 30 overs: Marsa CC 153 for 2 defeated Old Lincolnians CC 152 for 7. Umpires: Les White & Allan Swift Scorer: Eric Balakrishnan This week sees the final matches of the 2015 touring team season Wed 21 Oct, T20: Marsa Rep v Barkby United CC Fri 23 Oct, T20: Marsa Rep v Lon- don Nigerians CC Sat 24 Oct, 40 overs: Marsa Rep v London Nigerians CC Old Lincolnians Cricket Club