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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2016 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: West Northwest force 2 to 3 locally force 3 to 4 becoming force 3 to 4 SEA: Slight to moderate SWELL: Low East Southeast Sea Temp.: 24°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 27 º C / 20 º C UV INDEX: 5 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Glum (5) 3. Allow to enter (5) 6. At that time (4) 7. Tin alloy (6) 9. Russian liquor (5) 10. One of two equal parts (4) 11. Plaything (3) 13. Swift (4) 15. Shatter (5) 18. One of the 12 apostles (6) 19. Earth (4) 20. Abode of the dead (5) 21. Metallic compound (5) Down 1. Incentive (6) 2. Beg (5) 3. Purple quartz (8) 4. Hotel for motorists (5) 5. Ripped (4) 8. Bed (8) 12. Entirely (6) 14. Assisted (5) 16. Coral island (5) 17. Deep wound (4) Rg8+ Kh5 (or Kh7) Nf6# Re8+ Bf8 Rxf8# CRICKET Battersea Badgers victorious over Marsa LAST weekend, the Marsa Crick- et Club welcomed Battersea Badgers from South-West Lon- don. The visitors were victorious in two hard fought encounters. In Saturday's 40 over match, Battersea reached a decent tally of 208 for 8. Ben Cornish top scored with an excellent 57 runs, while Robin Mackrell (32), Pe- ter Warman (30) and Andrew Thorpe (29) made valuable con- tributions. For Marsa, Sid Anand took 3 wickets, while the impres- sive keeper John Grima snared 3 stumpings and a catch. In reply, Marsa were to fall just 17 runs short, with a host of bats- men failing to make a significant score. Ravi Sharma (38) and Ron- nie Sacco (33 not out) were the major contributors. Rory Thom- as took the bowling honours for Battersea with 2 wickets. Sunday's 35 over match began with Marsa batting first. Feroz Ahmed resisted the tight Bat- tersea bowling for over 20 overs to score 33 runs. Ravi Sharma hit a brisk 18 runs, while academy player Ali Hamza scored an en- couraging 10. Stewart McLuskey captured 3 wickets for Battersea as Marsa finished on a modest 139 runs all out. The visitors' reply started well enough with Dollimore and Jinks contribut- ing 37 for the first wicket. Nick Foord (20) and Rory Tomas (33 not out) sealed victory for Bat- tersea with nearly 4 overs re- maining. For Marsa, Ali Hamza and Ed Manning finished with two wickets apiece. Score Summaries: Sat 22 Oct - 40 overs: Battersea Badgers 208 for 8 (Cornish 57; Anand 3-42) defeat- ed Marsa CC 191 for 7. (Sharma 38, R.Sacco 33*; Thomas 2-20). Player of the Match: Ben Cornish (Battersea). Sun 23 Oct - 35 overs: Battersea Badgers CC 141 for 6 (Thomas 33; Hamza 2-12) de- feated Marsa CC 139. (F.Ahmed 33, S.McLuskey 3-14). Player of the Match: S.McLuskey (Batter- sea). Umpires: Les White and George Honey. Scorer: Eric Balakrishnan. This week sees Marsa take on visitors Woodlands CC with a T20 on Friday at 2pm and a 30 over match on Saturday at 11am. The MCA Junior Academy also resumes on Saturday at 9am. The presentation to Battersea Badgers