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Nomads have a long association with Delhi Blues and it was good to see Gurcharan Singh still so fit at 70. Vikram Kaul was playing for the opposition as was Kirti Azad who had played for Nomads a decade ago in UK. 

 

       

Kirti Azad & Vikram Kaul onslaught sets up Blues win

Nomads skipper of the day Michael Blumberg won the toss and elected to bat in what was to be a 35 over match with bowling restrictions and OD wides.    The innngs got off to a good start against some friendly bowling but failed to accelerate to a large total. A mean mid innings spell from former Test quickie Atul Wassan and some accurate spin from Kausik and Banadur restricted Nomads to a useful total nevertheless of 196-7.
Keith Alexander in his first knock 'back home' hit 74 including a 6 off Kirti Azad who once took  a 6 wicket international haul.
After a sumptuous lunch Nomads opened with Ben Nealon and Jo Ireland. Some years previously Ben had bowled for Nomads but a shoulder dislocation since had restricted his bowling and at once he was to be the victim of a merciless assault by Kirti Azad. However at the other end Joe trundled away with great effect finishing with 5 wickets. After Kirti's demise Vikram bombarded the boundary but when he fell there was the glimmer of hope still for Nomads. However the platform established was too substantial despite wickets for Blumberg and  Reader and the Dehli Blues ran out victors by 3 wickets.
This was a very pleasant  ground with other facilities, though the toilets left a lot to be desired. The highlights and interviews on TV were to be shown on Sony's Cricket Masala and elsewhere for many weeks to come.

  Match One NOMADS CC v DELHI BLUES Veterans at PDKP Ground December 29th 2002 -Limited Over Game 35 overs.  

Result:  Delhi Blues won by 3 wickets
Toss:    Nomads
Umpires: Brian Wilson & AN Otherji
Scorers: Bill Rodwell & AN Otherji
Man of the Match:Kirti Azad

 
NOMADS Only Innings
P Wakefield      bowled        Atul Wassan    19 
K Alexander      st MP Singh b Pradeep Jain   74 
U Parthasarathi  lbw         b Kaul           25 
A Stokes         bowled        Sameer Banadur 27 
J Lascelles      bowled        Kausik          8 
D O'Sullivan     st MP Singh b Sandeep Joshi  15 
R Moss           not out                       3 
T Reader         st MP Singh b Sandeep Joshi   0
Extras          (6b,7lb,11w,1nb)              25
TOTAL           (8 Wickets, 35 overs)        196
DNB:B Nealon, J Ireland,M Blumberg
 

 
FOW:1-60,2-127,3-127,1-144,5-182,6-191. 
 
Bowling-PS Sharda 4-0-28-0,Gurcharan Singh 4-1-24-0,Kirti Azad 4-0-27-0,Atul Wassan 4-0-9-1,Pradeep Jain 3-1-18-1,Vikram Kaul 5-0-37-1,Kausik 3-0-9-1,Sameer Banadur 4-0-17-0,Murau Kartik 3-0-9-0,Sandeep Joshi 1-0-6-2, 
 
DELHI BLUES VETERANS Only Innings 
 K Azad 
 V Kaul 
 S Joshi 
 MP Singh 
 S Banadur 
 Kausik 
 P Jain 
 PS Sharda 
 A Wassan 
 G Singh 
 AN Dehi Blueji 
 Extras 
 TOTAL

 Fow.     

Bowling-.    

The Delhi Blue's scoresheet has never been found though some stats were recovered from the umpires match notes, Joe Ireland took a fifer


The Lagaan Match


 
 
 
Victory Off Penultimate Ball   

Mark Surridge won the toss and invited Doordashan to bat. There were over 2000 spectators so quite a change from a regular Sunday or midweek match in UK.Inspired by the occasion Nomads performed with credit apart from a couple of hiccups behind the stumps and in the slips.Doordashan began with a flourish and were well set for a big score.Then then collapsed in the middle order. As a result Doordashan XI had posted a modest total by the time they were bowled out with 9 balls to go. Surridge, Fellow-Smith and Ireland each took three wicketsand after a hseitant start Wycherley held on to four good catches behind the wicket. Despite enjoying a huge lunch and with a seriously partisan crowd Nomads maintained the required rate and finally won with a ball to go with some wickets in hand.

Keith Alexander hit 59 runs off 68 balls and Robert Wycherley 41 off 33 balls including four 6s. Like Doordashan Nomads were well placed to win at a canter but then self doubt crept in and a flurry of wickets fell. However Ben Nealon already a major favourite with the crowd, just below God like status, remained steady and saw the club home to a momentous victory. The match proved to be a great entertainment for the spectators and TV audience. A stupendous occasion as befits a club's Centenary Tour.

 

  Match Two NOMADS CC v Doordashan XI December 30th 2002 at the J Nehru Stadium Ground Delhi- 30 overs each innings,6 overs max per bowler  

 

Lagaan Match Pictures & Full Report

Toss:   Nomads CC
Result: Nomads won by 3 wickets  

Umpires: 
 
 
 
A.Bharadwaj and Anil Chaudry Scorers: M S Rawaj and B Wilson.
Man Of the Match: K.Alexander.

DOORDASHAN XI Only Innings
VR Hari         c Wycherley b Surridge     40
S Sanjay        c Wycherley b Ireland      32
P Parveen       c & b         Ireland       0
Sushil Bansal   c Wycherley b Fellow-Smith 33
RK Khatri       bowled        Ireland       0
S Satender      c Wycherley b Surridge      0
M Mahidal       lbw         b Surridge      0
Gopal Gupta     c & b         Nealon        9
Gurbachan Singh c Wakefield b Fellow-Smith  8
BP Raju         c & b         Fellow-Smith 14
Sunil Ansal     not out                     6
Extras         (0b,3lb,11w,3nb)            17
TOTAL          (28.3 overs)               159

 
 
 
FOW: 1-61,2-69,3-99,4-100,5-110,6-110,7-125,8-135,9-146.10-159.  
 
 
 
Bowling:Reader 5 0 30 0,Stokes 3 0 20 0,Ireland 6 0 31 3,Surridge 6 1 29 3, Nealon 4 0 28 1, Fellow-Smith 4.3 0 18 3. 
 
NOMADS Only Innings
 
 
 
 
P Wakefield  lbw           b Gurbachan      2  
K Alexander  c Gurbachan   b Sushil Bansal 59 
A Stokes     c & b           Parveen       22 
R Wycherley  c Gurbachan   b Parveen       41 
T Reader     c Gopal Gupta b Parveen        4 
M Surridge   bowled          Satender       2 
B Nealon     not out                       16 
J Ireland    bowled          Satender       1 
D O'Sullivan not out                        2 
Extras       (2b,4lb,5w)                   11 
TOTAL        (29.5 overs, 7 wickets)      160 
Dnb:C Fellows-Smith, M Blumberg.  
 
FOW:1-9,2-75,3-105,4-111,5-137,6-141,7-156.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Bowling:Gurbachan 6 1 19 1,Sunil Bansal 2 0 14 0,VR Hari 3.5 0 22 0,Sushil Bansal 6 0 42 1,Satender 5 0 23 2,Parveen 6 0 26 3,BP Raju 1 0 8 0. 

Some further Lagaan notes

Although there were banners around the ground wishing Nomads well on their Centenary tour Doordashan had billed Nomads as a Lagaan XI and had expected 5 or 6 of the cast not just Ben. This was their fault not Nomads as a volume of email and letters had gone to a great length to explain and the original confirmation of the fixture clearly states the Nomads Cricket Club.

While the match progressed Charlton Lamb and Steve Marians pursued their singular quest to secure sponsorship for the flights of the Lagaan cricketers and, in particular, a film to be directed and produced by Steve Marions.This took them to many discussions at the ground and elsewhere in Delhi when they should have been playing against a Delhi Blues XI for Nomads 2nd XI.

TV interviews were conducted with Nomads President David Alexander, former India Soccer international Keith Alexander and Lagaan actor Ben Nealon.

Nomads Cricket Club had achieved a memorable first ever for an amateur grass roots club in enjoying worldwide ball by ball live TV coverage. It was also quite a feat to have put out two elevens on the same day on tour and in India.    

  

Meanwhile at the Yamuna Sports Complex Nomads under the captaincy of Russell Mann were being slaughtered by Delhi Blues. The original match was billed as against TATA-AIG but they pulled out at the last moment and happily Delhi Blues stepped in.This time the DB youngsters not the veterans of yesterday's match but tomorrow's stars. Lamb and Marians were unavailable busy on the 'Lagaan/SM Film show and Sunil Amar had reported lame having pulled a muscle on the golf course. Therefore three DBS played for us  but not as well as their reputation suggested.Randeep Singh recorded a duck.Rather like a bad day in UK,three drop outs!   

Nevertheless Bill Rodwell took a wicket and Russell Mann top scored in this mismatch!   
 

   Match Three Nomads 2nd XI v Delhi Blues/Tata at Yamuna Sports Complex Delhi, December 30th 2001 Nomads 2nd XI v Delhi Blues/Tata, 30 overs per innings game.   

Result:  Delhi Blues won by 211 runs
Toss:    Delhi Blues
Umpires:'Dusty'Rhodes
Scorers: Various
Man of the Match:Nitin Goyal

DELHI BLUES/TATA Innings
Deepak Ajmes   bowled        Rohit   18
Amarnect Singh c Lascelles b Rodwell 15
Nitin Goyal    retired              
128
Ankit Gayaska  retired              106
Ashish Buttani not out                9
Vijay Uppal    run out                0
Anuj Nayar     not out               14
Extras        (13b,1lb,5w,4nb)       23
TOTAL(5 wickets,30 overs)           315
Dnb:
Manish,Madhukar,Himanshu Dhall, X Singh
 
FOW:1-25,2-62,3*-210,4*-240, 5-283.
 
Bowling:Williams 7 1 33 0,Rohit 6 0 55 1,Rodwell 3 0 34 1, Shahwat 5 0 57 0, R Singh 6 0 62 0, Mantha 2 0 37 0, M Moss 1 0 17 0.
 
 
NOMADS CC 2nd XI Innings
Randeep Singh    lbw       b Nayar    0
Jeremy Lascelles c Deepak  b Nayar    8
Ravi Mantha      bowled      Nayar    5
Russell Mann     bowled      Manish  14
James Moss       st Deepak b Madhukar 6
Rohit            c Deepak  b Madhukar 7
Shahwat          st Deepak b Manish   1
Darren Williams  bowled      Manish   3
Simon Moss       c & b       Ashish   1
Malcolm Moss     c & b       Ashish   8
Bill Rodwell     not out 
             0
Extras          (0b,6lb,9w,4nb)      19 
 
TOTAL        (10 wickets 22.3 overs)104

Fow:1-0,2-10,3-22,4-52,5-74,6-78,7-92,8-94,9-94,10-104. 

Bowling:Anuj Nayar 5 0 9 3, Himanshu Dhall 3 0 11 0,Vijay Uppal 2 0 13 0,Manish 5 0 21 3,Madhukar 6 1 34 2, Ashish 1.3 0 10 2.  

           

 Matches 4 & 5 NOMADS CC v NSCC & TERI XI-Cancelled due to deluge
 

Pouring rain and deep fog hung over Delhi at breakfast time and calls were received cancelling the NSCC match but miraculously the TERI match was still on as they had extensive covers. This caused disbelief from our Delhi Blues players and this game was also cancelled by 10.30. We were all invited to lunch at the NSCC and duly set off only to receive a desperate call from Vikram Kaul demanding we also go the TERI where there was a much better lunch awaiting us.

In the end NSCC won and Vikram joined us there. More Presentations. Losing these two matches was a confounded nuisance as it seriously cut the amount of cricket played before we set off on our travels.    

As to the Lagaan sideshow.Steve Marions and Charlton Lamb went into deep discussions with Vikram Kaul during which a flurry of pieces of paper appeared as well as the mobile 'phone. Later Harish was to appear and a friend of Vikram rang up who was a sports events promoter interested in sponsoring a Lagaan Match in Mumbai. Harish emphasised to Michael Blumberg and Charlton Lamb that a synopsis should be sent asap outlining the advantages to a sponsor promoting this match.

           

The party rose early and visited the Red Fort in the morning. It was foggy and the Taj Mahal was invisible to the eye. When we arrived at the Agra Stadium we were greeted with garlands and there were huge banners welcoming the Nomads 

Press and TV were also there to interview, in particular, Ben Nealon who was 12th man. The ground was very wet and the start was delayed.The stadium manager asked Michael Blumberg for the match balls as Gurcharan Singh had indicated the Nomads would provide them. However this was news to Nomads and unfortunately since Blumberg was not playing he had not brought his cricket bag and hence did not have any new cricket balls with him. This further delayed the start of the match as lackeys were sent into town to procure some new balls...or so it seemed for we were actually to wait for the arrival of the VVVIP-the Commissioner for Income Tax in Uttar Pradesh.

The teams were duly introduced to the commissioner who apologised for the weather but said it was not as bad as Glasgow where he spent a year as a student! The gentlemen who introduced the commissioner made reference to Income Tax, Lagaan, and more and so hoped that whatever the result of the match taxes would be reduced.

Because of the late start the match was reduced to 30 overs and a matt was laid for the pitch.Much of the outfield on the stadium stand side was very damp. Mark Surridge lost the toss and Nomads were inserted.The game began at 12.30.

Jeremy Lascelles fell early with the score at 18 but then Wycherley and Stokes put on 94 in 14 overs before Wycherly was adjudged lbw.29 runs later Stokes was bowled by Raman Dixit for 57 off 63 balls. This was unfortunate as the rush to score quick runs over the last 6 overs then brought a flurry of wickets and Nomads closed on 182 probably some 20 runs short of target.Dan O'Sullivan was not out 28 off 29 balls.Agra had taken nearly 2 hours 40 minutes to bowl their 30 overs so lunch was restricted.

Agra began their innings at 3.25 pm as Mark Surridge opened the bowling. He and Andy Stokes struggled to find direction and length and Stokes in particular conceded a spate of boundaries to Peter Paul.The introduction of Darren Williams and then Charles Fellows-Smith curbed the run rate and Williams secured the wicket of Sapan Dev at 58 in only the 9th over. Peter Paul and SK Dwivedi now put on 59 runs before Paul was appropriately stumped by Alexander off Paul Wakefield bowling wrist spin. It became increasingly apparent as the tour progressed that the Indian batsmen loved nothing better than fast medium seam bowling whereas slow seam and spin presented more problems on the slow Indian wickets.

Agra were 118 in the 22nd over compared with Nomads 135 at the same point. However they had lost only 2 wickets.The introduction of Jo Ireland produced the next wicket caught Surridge,127-3.With 6 overs left Agra needed 56 runs to win. Ireland was removed from the attack and Mark trusted himself to finish the task with Wakers at the other end. A run out and another stumping gave Nomads a chance but two dropped catches in the deep were crucial.With mounting excitement and deepening gloom the Agra captain ran on the field to request an early end to the match. "It was too dark to play sir" with a shake of the head. However the umpires persauded the Agra to persist, after all Dwivedi was still batting and the light was much worse for the fielders.

At about the same time Dan O'Sullivan who was patrolling the stand side boundaries pestered by hundreds of autopgraph hunters put his foot in a hole and badly sprained his ankle which also gave Agra exra runs. Dan was to leave for hospital and was out of action until Bombay. Surridge went for 10 runs in the penultimate over leaving Agra 8 runs to win in the last over to be bowled by Wakers. It was a wide long on slap that decided matters beating the diving fielder to break the boundary. Two to win two balls to go and Dwivedi hit the winning two with a ball to spare. Thousands of Agra cricket fans ran on the pitch to celebrate victory.It might as well have been the ICC World cup Final for thses fans.!

It had been a thrilling match with the Nomads in constant demand for interviews photographs and autographs. At the match end appreiciative speeches were made in Hindi and English. Keith Alexander made all the locals laugh but it remains a secret to his team mates just what he said. All the players received model Taj Mahals and the club acquired a huge trophy for coming second.

Daniel O'Sullivan was taken to an army hospital and at once made friends with the doctors treating him and because of his brothers army credentials became a VVVIP patient. As a result the doctors came to dinner with the Nomads at the Jaypee Hotel.   One of the doctors proposed marrying a westerner, advancing the theory that there was a better or wider gene pool in Western Europe.

There were power cuts periodically at Agra and the hotel switched to its own generator. However this did not apply to the internet server which remained down for most of our stay. As to Lagaan sideshow.Charlton Lamb had been on the mobile phone most of the day fighting against the voluminous Hindi commentator who shouted for nearly six hours at an astonishing pitch of perpetual excitement. CCI was contacted but what they said about our booking there was either not heard by Charlton or not thought worth passing on. Whatever was achieved or not Steve Marions and Charlton spent the whole day on and off the phone and deep in their endeavour much to the quizzical interest of other members of the party.

During the match Bharrat took the ladies and some non players on further trips to a centre of enbossed embroidery and also jewelry. Liz 'modelled' the priceless museum pieces and Brian Wilson photographed this fantasy.

After the match the bus made an unsheduled stop at the hotel before taking the party to see a marble factory with beautiful inlaid work but most were glad on their return to hear that the tour leader had made it to the lobby 'loo' in time. He was by now not the only tour member to be the victim of persisting tummy trouble!

In the evening a telephone call was made to Gurcharan Singh to thank him for arranging the Agra match but also to ask him about Jaipur where there was a potential problem with Dr Surana.Gurcharan said he was on the case but had so far failed to reach Dr Surana.

           

 Match Six Nomads CC v Agra Veterans CC at Agra Stadium January 2nd 2003 -   30 overs per Innings Match 

Result:  Agra Veterans won by 5 wickets
Toss:    Agra Veterans
Umpires: Surendra Sharma & David Rhodes
Scorers: Sunil Dutt Bhatia & Bill Rodwell
Man of the Match:SK Dwivedi.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

NOMADS Only Innings
A Stokes      bowled    Raman Dixit     57
J Lascelles 
  lbw     b Harendra Sharma  7 
R Wycherley   lbw     b Atul Chaturvedi 40 
D O'Sullivan  not out                   28
K Alexander   bowled    AK Banaudha      5 
T Reader      run out                    7 
J Ireland     bowled    Atul Chaturvedi  4 
P Wakefield   not out                    8
Extras       (6b,4lb,15w,1nb)           26
TOTAL        (6 wickets,30 overs)      182
Dnb: C Fellows-Smith, M Surridge, D Williams. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    

Fow1-18,2-112,3-141,4-146,5-157,6-162.

Bowling:Harendra Sharma 5 0 20 1,Pradeep Mishra 4 0 25 0,BM Mehra 3 0 20 0,Raman Dixit 6 0 32 1,AK Banaudha 4 0 21 1,Atul Chaturvedi 6 0 35 2,Anoop Malik 2 0 19 0.  

AGRA VETERANS Only Innings
Peter Paul      st Alexander  b Wakefield 61
Apan Dey        c Sub(Nealon) b Williams   8 
SK Dwivedi      not out                   75 
Anoop Malik     c Surridge    b Ireland    
Harendra Sharma run out                    5 
BM Mehra        st Alexander  b Wakefield  6
AK Banaudha     not out                   12 
Extras         (2b,3lb,8w,0nb)            13
TOTAL          (5 wickets,29.5 overs)    183 
Dnb: Rajeev Srivastara, Raman Dixit, Pradeep Mishra, Atul Chaturvedi. 

Fow:1-58,2-117,3-118,4-154,5-161.

Bowling-Surridge 6 0 45 0,Stokes 3 0 30 0, Williams 6 0 25 1,Fellows-Smith 6 0 27 0,Ireland 3 0 17 1,Wakefield 5.5 0 34,2.

We were originally scheduled to play the Surana Cricket Academy but Dr Surana had come up with the staggering fee of £440.00 to play the game.As a result Gurcharan Singh and Sukumar Pathak had been put on the case.However the combined efforts of Gurcharan, the hotel owner(via Sukumar) and Keith Alexander  with the Jaipur Eaglets proved to no avail and so our match was posponed until our return to Jaipur from Ranthanbore.   As a result the party went on an interesting conducted tour of Japiur's city palace and other places of interest.Tom Reader led a posse elsewhere to ride camels and returned to tell the tale. 

 The party rose mighty early at Ranthanbore  in order to reach Jaipur in reasonable time for the cricket match.

The Neerja Modi School turned out to be  very new, very grand and half way through  its construction. There were two full size cricket grounds, one complete, the second still be worked on. The Modi Cricket Academy was the dream fulfilled of Mr Modi the father of the proprieter of the school and he was determined to create cricket grounds as he had seen them in England, surrounded by trees and shrubs. There were plans to build a pavilion/clubhouse. We were greeted again by a posse of local press and TV reporters with cameras. 

Nomads failed to accelerate at the appropriate time and despite some fine shots by skipper Surridge the total was always 20 runs short.      When we bowled although Stokes intimidated one opener who was soon out for a duck and Surridge dismissed number 3 with a beauty there were a lot of wides bowled. Stokes,Surridge and Nealon gave away 23 wides while Williams,Blumberg and Fellows-Smith bowled none.With a low total to defend wides are a luxury no team can afford. True the opposition gave away 23 wides as well but that is no reason to follow suit. So we lost!      

 Match Seven Nomads v Neerja Modi Cricket Academy at Neerja Modi Cricket Ground January 7th 2003 - 40 overs per Innings match.   

Result: Neerja Modi CA won by 5 wickets
Toss: NMCA
Umpires:B Wilson & ANOji
Scorers:Bill Rodwell & Numbersji
Man of the Match:Abhinar Chaturvedi.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

NOMADS CC Only Innings 
P Wakefield    run out          23
K Alexander    st Bhatt b Khan  23
B Nealon       bowled     Gupta 27
R Mann         c Meena  b Gupta  0
R Wycherley    lbw      b Khan  16
J Lascelles    st Bhatt b Khan   5
A Stokes       st Bhatt b Khan   0
M Surridge     not out          22
C Fellow-Smith not out           1
Extras        (0b,9lb,23w,2nb)  34
TOTAL      (7wickets,40 overs) 151 
Dnb:D Williams, M Blumberg.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fow:1-59,2-98,3-103,4-106,5-124,6-126,7-131. 

Bowling:Manoj Meera 2 0 13 0,Prabakhar Srivastava 4 0 16 0,Aman Deep Singh 4 1 18 0, Jakir Khan 8 0 40 4,Mukeh Meena 7 3 11 0,Puspendra 2 0 15 0,Dinesh Najar 7 0 22 0,Mohit Gupta 6 1 5 2.

NEERJA MODI Cricket Academy Only Innings 
A Chaturvedi bowled        Fellow-Smith 53
A Kishore    c Alexander b Stokes        0
M Meena      bowled        Surridge      4
AD Singh     c Wycherley b Fellow-Smith 25
M Gupta      run out                     9
R Bhatt      not out                    29
P Srivastava not out                     6
Extras      (0b,2lb,23w,0nb)            25
TOTAL       (5 wickets,34.2 overs)     152
DBN: D Nayar,P Pendra, J Khan, M Meera.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fow:1-8,2-39,3-104,4-109,5-129.

Bowling-Stokes 7 1 29 1,Surridge 8 0 37 1,Nealon 3 0 22 0,Williams 6 1 20 0,Blumberg 5 0 18 0,Fellows-Smith 5.2 0 24 2. 

   

Nomads were very well looked after and warmly welcomed by Miss Modi the Principal of the school. Later we returned to the Halevi hotel. That evening the printer arrived with the tour brochure.Ugh! He had printed it 'perfect bound' when the whole thing was layed out for 'saddle stitch'. All the proof reading that had been done by Annette,Daryn Williams and MB as we flew to India had been ignored!  Every copy stank of printing machine solvents! What's more he insisted on being paid there and then. This was a slight problem as the Treasurer Brinde Collins and husband Simon Collins had refused to transfer the funds from the Nomads account until we had produced an official invoice. This was apparently the result of a misunderstood instruction from the Club President Richard Kershaw who had mentioned receipts! All of which was not very helpful when in the middle of a tour of India. In the event a whip round by Steve Marions  from the tour party for part payment of their sweaters(two thirds of the price was paid by the club) and all MB's tour spending money paid the bill. What should have been a stunning brochure thus became a disappointing venture.  Harish and sponsor come to see Charlton and Steve about a Lagaan Match???

   

 Match Eight Nomads v HRH Hotels Udaipur XI at Shikarbhadi Cricket Ground on 9th January 2003 -   40/40 overs match     

    

Result:Nomads won by 3 runs
Toss Nomads
Umpires:Ajat Shatru & D Rhodes
Scorers:K Raju & B Wilson
Debuts:None 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

NOMADS CC Innings                    R  B 
J Lascelles bowled      KK           4 17
A Stokes    bowled      Ranveer    126 83
R Wycherley c Ranveer b Amit Bhatt  36 40
J Behar     lbw       b Hemant Mali  1  7
M Surridge  c H Mali  b Rupesh      52 49
T Reader    bowled      Rupesh      25 26
S Marions   not out                  8 16
D Williams  not out                  7  6
Extras     (b3,lb7,w12,nb3)         25
TOTAL      (6 wickets,40 overs)    284
Dnb:C Fellows-Smith,ME Blumberg,W Rodwell. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fow:1-32,2-119,3-152,4-170,6-241,6-265.

Bowling-Ranveer 8 1 40 1,Atul Bhatt 6 0 60 1,KK 8 0 60 1,Hemant Mali 8 0 36 1,Amit Bhatt 4 0 29 0,Puneet 3 0 31 0,Rupesh 3 0 18 2.

HRH UDAIPUR XI Innings                       R  B
A Arun         st Wycherley b Fellows-Smith 39 29 
CV Singh       bowled         Williams      33 34
A Bhatt        bowled         Surridge       8 16
H Mali         not out                      88 83
R Ranveer      c Reader     b Williams      11 15
KK             c Lascelles  b Williams      34 37
RH Shaki-Singh c Marions    b Blumberg       9 11
A Bhatt        bowled         Blumberg      36 15
R Rupesh       run out                       0  1
Extras        (b8,lb5,w14,nb0)              27
TOTAL         (8 wickets,40 overs)         281
Dnb:P Puneet,S Satish. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fow:1-51,2-62,3-106,4-118,5-180,6-211,7-278,8-281.

Bowling-Surridge 8 0 47 1,Fellows-Smith 8 1 52 1,Behar 8 0 30 0,Williams 8 0 40 3,Blumberg 6 0 71 2,Stokes 2 0 28 0.

T his was a match of great scoring with an extraordinary number of sixes hit.Tariq hit 177 for the opposition and Wakers despite his hobble struck an heroic 145. There was some indifferent fielding by Nomads in the match including one youngster who sat on a wall over the boundary for much of the Udaipur innings with the result that he failed to stop a string of square hit boundaries!

Had the designated opening batsmen been ready to start the Nomads innings we may well have won as then Keith and Ben would have been coming in at numbers 5 & 6...but on tour it was ever thus...... 

   

 Match Nine Nomads v Udaipur XI at Shikarbadi Cricket Ground January 10th 2003 40/40 overs each innings     

   

Result:  Udaipur won by 29 runs
Toss:    Nomads
Umpires: Brian Wilson & AN Otherji
Scorers: Bill Rodwell & AN Otherji
Man of the Match :Tariq
 
UDAIPUR XI Only Innings
BK              c Alexander  b Behar     43
Amit            lbw          b Stokes    16
Tariq           lbw            Williams 177
Ranjit Singh    st Alexander b Behar     61
Nazmul Singh    c Blumberg   b Surridge   5
MK Lakshyaraj   bowled         Williams  47
RK Shakti Singh not out                   4
Anil Mathur     not out                   2
Extras          (0b,8lb,24w,0nb)         32
TOTAL           (6 wickets)             387
Dnb:
Rupesh,Manoj,Munawar
 
FOW:1-41,2-100,3-216,4-227,5-357. 

Bowling-Stokes 7-0-73-1,Fellows-Smith 8-0-43-0,Behar 8 0 63-2,Wakefield 3-0-33-0,Williams 5 1 41 2,Surridge 6 0 82 1,Blumberg 1-0-18-0,Nealon 2-0 21-0. 

NOMADS Only Innings
B Nealon        c Munawar  b Tariq       5
K Alexander     c Manoj    b Tariq       5
A Stokes        st Munawar b Mathur     65
P Wakefield     bowled       Mathur    145
R Wycherley     c Ranjit   b Manoj      62
M Surridge      st Munawar b Lahshyaraj 25
J Behar         run out                  0
R.Mann          not out                  9
D Williams      c Munawar  b Tariq       1
C Fellows-Smith not out                 10
Extras          (10b,6lb,11w,4nb)       31
TOTAL           (8 wickets)            358
Dnb:M Blumberg

FOW:1-10,2-10,3-165,4-256,5-329,6-336,7-344,8-347.

Bowling-BK 8-0-66-0,Ranjit Singh 3-0-25-0,Tariq 7-0-61-3,Manoj 4-0-47-1,Mathur 8-0-53-2,Lakshyaraj 7-0-49-1,Rupesh 2-0-24-0,Hasan 1-0-17-0.

  Match Ten   Nomads v Udaipur XI at Shikarbadi Cricket Ground January 11th 2003      

Cancelled       

We all changed and turned up at the ground but through some miscommunication this match which had been added to the schedule to make up for the rained off matches in Delhi did not happen aas there was no opposition.This was doubly unfortunate as Shamher Singh who had driven from Jaipur would have played for us.


  Match Eleven      NOMADS     CCI  Brabourne Stadium January 13th 

Cancelled

We were due to play the CCI on this day.Then they took a booking from the World Cricket Academy and so the ground was not available.They said they would play us at the Bombay Gymkhana but that never materialised and although they had promised to arrange three matches they did nothing  which was a pity. Had we known earlier Keith Alexander could most likely have arranged another game.

   

 Match Twelve NOMADS v Bombay Gymkhana at Bombay Gykhana January 14th 2003 -   Limited Overs Match 40 overs 12 a-side 11 field.     

 

   

Toss:      Bombay Gymkhana
Umpires:
 
 
David Rhodes & PS Patange
Scorers:
 
 
Brian Wilson & Asilata Patil
MAN of the Match:
Andy Stokes

 
BOMBAY GYMKHANA Only Innings
 
 
Sunil Tamwani      run out (Marions)            26
 
 
Vikrant Rambia     c Nealon      b Surridge     34 
 
 
 
Varun Nayadu       retired                      68
 
 
Shishir Hattangadi retired                      56
 
 
Sameer Patkar      c Blumberg    b Stokes       18 
 
 
 
Rakesh Khanna      bowled          Fellows-Smith 4 
 
 
 
Navin Kewalramani  c O'Sulliavan b Blumberg     16 
 
 
 
Murtuza Ayaz       bowled          Stokes        5 
 
 
 
Deepak             c Surridge    b Wycherley    14
 
 
Nikhil             not out                      10 
 
 
 
Javed Khan         not out                       2 
 
 
 
Extras            (0b,1b,30w,0nb)               31
TOTAL             (9 wickets*)                 284

 
FOW:
 
1-61,2-84,3-183,4-224,5-230,6-252,7-252,8-263,9-280.   
 

Bowling-  Reader 2-0-25-0,Surridge 10-0-50-1,Fellows-Smith 10-75-1,Blumberg 7-0-55-1,Stokes 7-0-40-2,Nealon 1-0-13-0,Rodwell 2-0-18-0,Wycherley 1-0-7-0.  

NOMADS CC Innings
DPB O'Sullivan  lbw            b R Sagar      14
R Wycherley     lbw            b V Rambia      7
K Alexander     bowled           S Hattangadi 49
P Wakefield     lbw            b S Hattangadi  5
A Stokes        c Murtaza Ayaz b V Rambia    105
B Nealon        bowled           V Rambia     20
M Surridge      run out                        7
T Reader        lbw            b R Sagar       8
C Fellows-Smith bowled           V Rambia      4
S Marions       run out                        2
ME Blumberg     not out                        0
Extras         (7b,9lb,9w,6nb)                31
TOTAL          (All Out 39.2 overs)          252 
 
 
 

FOW:1-26,2-54,3-73,4-98,5-161,6-196,7-212,8-246,9-252,10-252.  

Bowling-Varun Nayadu 10-0-77-0,Vikrant Rambia 9.2 2 27 4,Rahul Sagar 10 o 55 2,Shishar Hattannadi 6 0 30 2,Sunil Tamwani 4 0 47 0.  

  

 

 Matches THIRTEEN & FOURTEEN NOMADS CC   v GOA XI 

     

Cancelled 

  

In the original plan it had been hoped that Steve Marians and Charlton Lamb would be with us in Goa as well as Tom Reader and Andrew Stokes. For our matches we hoped that both Mark Surridge and John Behar whatever the quality of their romantic sojourns in South Goa bamboo huts on the beach they would still travel north to play. That would have made us 10...and of course had the Lagaan plan come off some actors may have been around. Well it did not work out like that. But we nevertheless had a great time in Goa. 

 Some Nomads relax at the Hotel pool Bogmalo Goa

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