A meeting of the only sides with perfect records after their opening two games.
A meeting of the only sides with perfect records after their opening two games.
Madrid United won the toss and elected to bat with Spanish international Tauqeer Hussain making his first appearance in the Dream11 European Cricket Series Alicante.
Recovering from a dreadful start, Tauqeer Hussain took full advantage of a dropped catch to smoke 53 off 27 balls as Madrid made a presentable 102 off 10 overs, including five penalty runs for a tardy over rate.
Kamran Muhammad was again the pick of the Sporting Alfas bowling, picking up 2-6 off his allocation with his left-arm pacers. Waqar Ashraf also bagged a couple of wickets with his assortment of lollipops and slower balls.
In reply though, Sporting Alfas never looked in any trouble in pursuit of 103 to win, blasting 27 in the first over certainly whittled down the target fast.
The all-conquering hosts and favourites Sporting Alfas have looked utterly supreme so far in the Dream11 European Cricket Series Alicante with Eddie Ballard making history by blasting the first century (off 31 balls) on Tuesday.
And the history maker Ballard carried on where he left off by going ballistic again with 62 off 24 balls, ably supported by Jack Perman (24 off 11).
Robiul Khan took the only wicket for Madrid United, removing the dangerous Faran Afzal but, to no avail, as Sporting Alfas effortlessly sailed to another comfortable victory to keep their 100% record intact.
