MATCH 21 Nomads CC v Nashville Occassionals Monday June 26th 11.30 am Northwood Cricket Club, Ducks Hill Road, Northwood, Middlesex -45 overs each innings no restriction on bowlers..reduced by rain  

Result:    Nashville won by 7 wickets(Wilson/MacLeod Method)
Toss:     Nomads 
Umpires:  Don MacLeod & Brian Wilson
Scorer(s): Various
Debut:    John Hodges. 

NOMADS CC Innings
J Lane       c Alam      b E Burnett   2 
R Wycherley  c M Burnett b E Burnett 135
R Mann       c Alam      b E Burnett   0
J Lascelles  run out                  54
A Smith      not out                   7
R Woolhouse  not out                   3
Extras      (b9,lb6,w13,nb1)          32 
TOTAL       (4 wickets,40 overs)     233
Dnb:S Ahmed,A Stokes,ME Blumberg,T Warfield,J Hodges

Fow:1-7(1),2-7(3),3-220(2),4-226(4).

Bowling-E Burnett 8 4 17 2,Moore 8 0 55 0,M Burnett 10 0 52 0,Brook 5 0 33 0,Dyer 10 0 68 0.

NASHVILLE Ocassionals CC Innings(Target 170,30 overs)
L Dyer    st Wycherley b Ahmed  20
A Moore   c Ahmed      b Hodges 15
A Khan    not out               61
M Burnett lbw          b Ahmed   8
C Burnett not out               39
Extras   (b8,lb3,w17,nb0)       28
TOTAL    (3 wickets,24 overs)  171
Dnb: D MacKenzie, E Burnett,M Brook,A Moore,L Reilly,T Moulds D

Fow:1-52(2),2-75(1),3-85(4).

Bowling-Woolhouse 3 1 18 0,Warfield 3 0 24 0,Ahmed 7 0 57 2,Hodges 7 0 33 1,Smith 2 0 10 0,Stokes 2 0 12 0.

Nashville race to run reduced target  

It was a miracle we played at all on Monday but we did and a very enjoyable day was had by all not least due to the hospitality of our hosts Northwood Cricket Club. A 45 over game was agreed with bowlers' restrictions and Nomads won the toss and batted. Jamie Lane and Russ Mann were out cheaply but Rob Wycherley struck fine form to make his first Nomads century and with Jeremy Lascelles put on 213 for the third wicket. A total of 233-4 had been reached with another 10 overs of slog to come when the rains stopped play.   

Some hours later and another football match completed, play was resumed with a revised target of 170 off 30 overs agreed. After 5 overs 45 was on the board and in six opening overs 16 were conceded in wides alone. Although Ahmed(spin) and Hodges(seam) took three wickets and stemmed the flow for   a while, Khan and Burnett aided by some inept fielding, dropped and declined catches, stormed towards victory with some mighty hitting. 

Much thanks to the Northwood kitchen and barbeque chef Chris Rogers for some several excellant meals and the Nomads President Richard Kershaw for equally excellant red wine at lunch. 

Nashville presented Nomads with a placque to commemorate the tour but forgot to bring it to Northwood. So here it is held by Hon Sec Michael Blumberg and skipper/match manager Andy Stokes, albeit at another location.

Previous matches 
2003 Nomads beat Nashville Occasionals by 182 runs