On Wednesday Stockport won the toss and elected to bat. Tom Isherwood and Oliver Hemlin scoring 109 and 100 not out respectively. Two great batting displays which took the visitors to an outstanding score of 270 from their forty overs. For Marsa Kevin Krishna and Tim Wheeler were the only wicket takers with one a piece. The home teams reply was disappointing with only Steve Johnson (thirty six runs) and Malcolm Crab (twenty three runs) making over twenty runs. The home team was bowled out for 139 runs. The pick of the Stockport bowlers was Azeem Shahid with four wickets while E. Martin and Rory Bell took two wickets each. Stockport goes one up in the series.

On Thursday Marsa won the toss and elected to field. Again the visitors found a centurion in Dan Bailey who played a very patient innings. Oliver Hemlin scored sixty nine runs which helped the visitors to a score of 252 runs from their overs. For Marsa Mike Caruana took two wickets and Martin Llewlyn took one. In reply the Marsa batsmen put in a better effort with Mike Caruana scoring thirty nine runs, John Grima scoring thirty seven runs, Alan Kyle scoring thirty four runs and Nowell Khosla twenty eight runs. The home side managed to bat the full forty overs and Marilyn Camilleri scored her first run against a touring team. For the tourists Matt Spencer, Rory Bell and Azeem Shahid all took two wickets each. Stockport goes two up in the series.

On Saturday Stockport won the toss and elected to bat. This time the Marsa bowlers had the visitors in trouble having them five wickets down for forty nine runs at one stage. The visitors kept their nerve and with good batting from the lower order batsmen, M.Lister twenty five runs, R.Griffiths thirty eight runs and Tom Isherwood fifty seven runs took the team tally to 221 runs all out. For Marsa Sam Dhandapani took three wickets and Andy Lenard and Ronnie Sacco took two wickets each. The Marsa team had a horrible start losing three wickets for twenty eight runs. In went Javed Shah who blasted a quick thirty runs including four fours and six before being caught. Tim Edwards put in a good batting display making twenty runs. For Marsa Ronnie Sacco played one of the best innings for the home side this year. He scored seventy six runs in a gallant effort to win the game. Unfortunately he was run out and the home team lost by eight runs. For Stockport J.Cheyne was the pick of the  bowlers taking four wickets. Stockport win their fourth series in a row. Marsa's last series win over Stockport was in 2004 where the result was two to one.

Next week Marsa C.C take on new side Skegness Grammar School on Wednesday and on Saturday. Both games start at 10.30 CET.