MAL warmed up for the Maccabi League season with an encouraging draw against a determined Highgate side.
Skipper Gavriel Lebens won the toss and elected to bat on a hard-looking wicket, with a nice flat outfield.
Openers Mark Landau and Russ Corin, on a rare return from Israel, took the score to 37 before Corin tried one big shot too many and was caught at mid-on for a hard-hitting 27.
MAL threatened to throw away a good position as first Tali Rowe, stumped for 15, and Yoav Lebens, for a duck, came and went against the useful spin of Aqbar. This brought in Steve Braude to join Landau, and the pair set about building a platform.