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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 13 JANUARY 2016 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Fine becoming partly to rather cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: West Northwest force 4 to 5 locally force 5 to 6 SEA: Moderate to rough becoming rough SWELL: Low Southwest becoming West Northwest Sea Temp.: 18 °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. PARTLY CLOUDY 17 º C / 12 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Allowable 6. Lecture 7. Indonesian resort island 10. Browned sliced bread 11. Undo 12. Female fowl 13. Soft felt-like fabric 14. Shut 16. Crustacean 18. Magician 19. Dorset town Down 1. Item having exchange value 2. Cocktail 3. Make smooth 4. Front part of an apron 5. Abrading tool 8. Person engaged in spaceflight 9. Intersection 13. German composer 15. Duck with soft down 17. Bleat of a sheep Rxf5 d5 Qg6 Re7 Nf6+ Kf8 Nd7+ Kg8 Rf8# Nh7+ Kg8 Rf8# CRICKET Melita CC clinch thrilling contest against Marsa CC FRANK SPITERI MARSA won the toss and elected to bat first, with Nowell Khosla and Sam Aquilina scoring 47 runs for the first wicket. Andrew Naudi (25*), David Marks (32) and captain Mark Sacco (26) kept the momentum going throughout the innings as Mar- sa finished their allotted 25 overs on the impressive total of 168 runs. For Melita, Zubair Raja (3 for 20) and Paul Bra- dley (2 for 23) were the major wicket-takers, while Bikram Arora completed 2 catches and a run out. Melita's chase of 169 started with Garrett Kampff and Bikram Arora falling early to the bowling of David Marks. Wickets fell at regular intervals but the 2015 Player of the Year, Haroon Majeed held the innings together in his typical attacking style. Joy Ghoseroy struck a quick-fire 21 runs before he was well stumped by Aquilina off the bowling of Khosla. Majeed re-joined Paul Bradley with 13 runs required off the final over. The result went to the very last ball and Bradley obliged for Melita scoring the 2 runs required for victory. For Marsa, Andrew Naudi and David Marks captured 2 wickets apiece. Melita CC 169 for 9 (H.Majeed 52; A.Naudi 2 for 22) beat Marsa CC 168 for 9 (D.Marks 32; Z.Raja 3 for 20) by 1 wicket. Umpires: John Grima & Pierre Naudi; Scorer: Eric Balakrishnan. Winter League table after Round 1: Melita CC 29, Krishna CC 19, Marsa CC 5. This Saturday sees the resumption of Malta Cricket's Junior Academy at 9am, followed by the Winter League clash between Marsa CC and Krishna CC. Paul Bradley and Haroon Majeed