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Nomads in Spain March 2009 L'Alfas Del Pi

MATCH 1 NOMADS CC v Sporting Alfas Midweek XI March 13th 2009, 12.30pm,Woodbridge Oval AlbirL'Alfas Del Pi Spain -40 overs each innings ,8 overs max per bowler

                                             Poor Practice for Matches to come   

It was unfortunate that Nomads lost the toss as few of our batsmen had much practise which is the real purpose of the Friday game, especially so with a large party. While and Whitworth bowled well removing three for 31. Cooper and Evans added 58 before falling to the spin of Watson and Blumberg. The innings then collapsed to Blumberg and Foster finishing on a modest 125 off 36 overs    

Ranjit and Vince Gavin opened and added 54 before Vince was out for 26. In strode James While who bludgeoned the attack for a quick 42 while Ranjit completed an accomplished fifty so Nomads won just before drinks.    

Result:  Nomads won by 9 wickets
Toss:    Sporting Alfas     
Umpires:
Brian Pitts & others
Scorer:  Various
Debut(s):Y Ramzan,G Whitworth,C Watson,P Kelly,S Foster. 
 
 
 

   

SPORTING ALFAS MW XI Innings
L Laundon   c Sialvi   b Whitworth 4
G Evans     lbw        b Watson   33
B Mariner   bowled       While    14
*C Dovaston bowled       While     0
C Cooper    bowled       Blumberg 28
D Climent   bowled(p/o)  Blumberg 
10 
D Myers Snr st Sialvi  b Blumberg  0
B Norton    c & b        Foster    0
T Marshall  c Gavin    b Blumberg 10
+G Bellis   not out                
0 
J Howden    bowled       Foster    0
Extras     (b2,lb6.w8,nb0)        16
TOTAL      (All out,36 overs)    125
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fow:1-4,2-27,3-31,4-89.5-97,6-97,7-105,8-124,9-124,10-125. 

Bowling-Whitworth 6 1 21 1,While 8 1 21 2,Ramzan 6 0 23 0,Watson 8 1 24 1,Blumberg 6 1 24 4,Foster 2 1 16 2.

NOMADS CC Innings
R Latchman not out            
58 
V Gavin    c Laundon b Howden 26
J While    not out            42
Extras    (b0,lb0,w3,nb1)      
4
TOTAL     (1 wicket,20 overs)12
9
  
Dnb:+Z Sialvi,A Taylor,Y Ramzan,G Whitworth,C Watson.P Kelly,S Foster,*ME Blumberg
 

Fow:1-54.

Bowling-Laundon 4 0 22 0,Howden 6 0 30 1,Mariner 6 0 23 0,Norton 2 0 25 0,Bellis 2 0 19 0.

MATCH 2 NOMADS CC  v Sporting Alfas 1st XI Saturday March 14th 2009, 12.30pm, Woodbridge Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain-40 overs each innings ,8 overs max per bowler.  

                            Nomads thrashed again on Saturday              

S porting Alfas first team enjoyed a comfortable win over a lack lustre Nomads side. Alfas invited the Nomads to bat and after 3 overs thought they were in for a long and tiresome afternoon as the openers had scored 23. Then the bowlers found the right line and length and wickets fell helped by an uncharacteristic waft from prolific run scorer James While, only Michael Thewlis sttod firm hitting a creditable 72 before being caught off the bowling of Graham Howe in the last over.Earlier Ranjit had threatened a big innings but inexplicably played back and was palpably lbw.   

Spencer and Ali opened the innings for Alfas and when Ali was caught for 49 the Nomads had all but given up as the home side looked in control scoring at 7+ an over. Muñoz joined Spencer in the middle and the two looked as though they were going to finish the job until Muñoz was bowled by Ramzan with a sharp off cutter with only 5 needed. Alfas Veteran G Howe kept out some skiddy cutters from Ramzan to finish the game with Spencer who carried his bat for 78.   

On paper this was a strong Nomads top order but a combination of good bowling and the Benidorm effect reduced Nomads innings to tatters and the fielding was indifferent as well, a very disappointing performance indeed. The Alfas scribe described this eleven as a stronger than usual. Heaven forbid! This was pitiful. Where were you Wakers, Tolputt, Darraji, Crummy, Milton and Srikanth?     

Result:  Sporting Alfas won by 8 wickets  
Toss:
    Sporting Alfas
     
Umpires:
David Myers Snr & others
Scorer:  Various
 
Debut(s):
J Barter.
 
 

NOMADS CC Innings
*Z Sialvi          c Spencer b Muñoz   5
R Latchman         lbw       b Abbas  35
+
J Griffiths-While c S Ali   b Lupson  3
P Stanfield        bowled      Spencer 9
MJ Thewlis         c Abbas   b Howe   72
Y Ramzan           lbw       b Spencer 3
F Whitworth        bowled      Abbas   0
V Gavin            bowled      Abbas   0
C Watson           c S Ali   b Metcalf 9
J Barter           bowled      Laundon 3
ME Blumberg        not out             0
Extras            (b2,lb6,w7,nb5)     20
TOTAL            (All out,39.2 overs)173
 

Fow: 1-23,2-26,3-60,4-72,5-77,6-78,7-78,8-138,9-173,10-173

Bowling-Lupson 8 0 32 1,Munoz 8 1 38 1,Abbas 8 2 23 3,Spencer 8 2 25 2,Laundon 4 2 21 1,Metcalf 3 1 26 1,Howe 0.2 0 0 0. 

Sporting Alfas 1st XI Innings
M Spencer not out              78
S Ali     c Sialvi b Whitworth 49
C Muñoz   bowled     Ramzan    35
G Howe    not out               1
Extras    (b4,lb0,w7,nb0)
      11
TOTAL    (2 wickets,24 overs) 174

Dnb:Z Abbas,S Lupsn,L Walker,K Laundon.R Norton,J Howden,G Metcalf. 

Fow:1-73,2-154.

Bowlers-While 3 0 30 0,Thewlis 6 0 31 0,Whitworth 5 0 31 1,Watson 4 0 38 0,Blumberg 2 0 18 0,J Barter 2 0 14 0,Ramzan 2 0 14 1.

MATCH 3  NOMADS CC  v Sporting Alfas Sunday XI Sunday March 15th 2009,  12.30pm, Woodbridge Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain-40 overs each innings ,8 overs max per bowler. 

                  Nomads batting fails after good performance in the field. 
 
       

This was a much better first half performance by Nomads let down by a rotten second half.Despite Thewlis feeling too unwell to bowl and Ranjit too unwell to play this side should have done much much better. Pennick and Compton made a solid opening stand of 130 not without chances,indeed Compton was dropped twice in one over early on.However the batsmen were made to fight for their runs and with the introduction of spin wickets steadily fell so much so Thewlis was induced to bowl two overs and captured the dangerous Wasim for a duck.That achieved he declined to continue. The swap of gloves for spin bowling by Sialvi was productive with him a great catch in the deep and three wickets but this helped our extras total reach 27 by the end of the innings with Sporting Alfas on 220-8. 

Nomads reply was most disppointing. Only opener Zia Sialvi and Simon Barter put together innings against an attack that was hardly frightening. Lewis went for 14 in his second over and was taken off. Pennick having taken a wicket was hit for 13 off an over and he took himself off. Cowley bowled tightly to finish with 2-19 including Sialvi who managed to hip the ball onto his wicket having misjudged a leg side long hop pull. The main wicket takers were Ben Mariner 3-41 and young Rofoe 3-14. Even the normally obdurate not out specialist Blumberg played on! So Nomads succumbed to a paltry total of 123 our lowest ever sunday score at Alfas, 78 of which were hit in boundaries.      

Result:  Sporting Alfas won by 97 runs  
Toss:    Sporting Alfas
     
Umpires: David Myers Snr & others
Scorer:  Various
 
 
Debut(s):Graham Anderson 
 
 

SPORTING ALFAS SUNDAY XI Innings
P Pennick*  bowled     Blumberg 64
C Johnson   c & b      Sialvi   71
S Ur Rehman c Sialvi b Blumberg 15
C Muñoz     run out             33
W Ur Rehman c J Barter b Thewlis 0
J Morgan    c J Barter b Sialvi  1
S Lewis     run out              4
I McInnis+  not out              0
J Rofoe     c J Barter b Sialvi  0
S Cowley    not out              5
Extras     (b7,lb2,w17,nb1)     27 
 
TOTAL     (8 wickets,40 overs) 220
Dnb:B Mariner 

Fow:1-130,2-151,3-193,4-203,5-206,6-214,7-215,8-215. 

Bowling-Kelly 2 0 13 0,Whitworth 8 0 25 0,Ramzan 8 0 39 0,Foster 8 0 57 0,Blumberg 7 0 45 2,Sialvi 4 0 22 3,Thewlis 2 1 5 1.
      

NOMADS CC Innings
+Z Sialvi   bowled (p/o)    Cowley     31
A Taylor    c McInnis     b Pennick     9
G Anderson  bowled          Cowley      7
*S Barter   c McInnis     b Mariner    26
M Thewlis   c S Ur Rehman b W Ur Rehman 7
Y Ramzan    lbw           b Rofoe       8
G Whitworth c Pennick     b Rofoe       6
P Kelly     c W Ur Rehman b Rofoe      11
ME Blumberg bowled(p/o)     Mariner     0
J Barter    not out                     4
S Foster    c S Ur Rehman b Mariner     5
Extras     (b0,lb2,w5,nb2)              9
TOTAL      (All out,26.1 overs)       123
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Fow:1-29,2-41,3-61,4-73,5-88,6-91,7-102,8-112,9-119,10-123      

Bowling-Cowley 8 1 19 2,Lewis 2 0 21 0,Pennick 3 1 19 1,W Ur Rehman 3 1 8 1,Mariner 6 0 41 3,Rofoe 4.1 14 3.     

MATCH 4  NOMADS CC  v Forty Club of Spain Monday March 16th 2009, 12.30pm, Woodbridge Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain-Time game  

Ramzan fourfer and Ranjit ton bring overwhelming win  

A long spell from Whitworth and a devastating short one from Yusuf Ramzan ruined the innings of the Forty Club which was rescued by a robust knock from Kevin Laundon so much so that Geoff Evans declared the innings after 39 overs with Kevin still 11 short of his ton     .     

Zeeshan and Ranjit hit an opening stand of 150 in quick time before Zeeshan was stumped. Ranjit went to complete a stylish ton while Adam Taylor hit some mighty boundaries bringing Nomads an overwhelming victory   

Result:   Nomads won by 9 wickets
Toss:    
Nomads CC
Umpires: Gordon Leach  & others
Scorer:  Various
 
Debut(s):None 
 

FORTY CLUB OF SPAIN CC Innings  
W Curness     bowled       Ramzan    17
K Geddes      c Gavin    b Ramzan     4
*G Evans      c Sialvi   b Ramzan     0
P Stanfield   c Sialvi   b Whitworth 12
K Laundon     not out                89
C Cooper      bowled       Ramzan     0
+C Dovaston   c Blumberg b Foster    
26
R Ward        bowled       Whitworth 12
J Braithwaite lbw        b Sialvi   
 
0
R Norton      not out                 2
Extras       (b14,lb5,w8,nb3)     
 
 
 
 
30
TOTAL (8 wickets declared, 39 overs)191
Dnb:J Howden
 
 
 
 

FOW:1-23,2-34,3-34,4-44,5-50,6-125,7-173,8-185.  

Bowling-Whitworth 15 3 55 2,Ramzan 6 2 22 4,Anderson 3 0 33 0,Watson 3 0 13 0,Blumberg 6 0 16 0,Foster 2 0 12 1,Sialvi 4 1 12 1.  

NOMADS CC Innings
+Z Sialvi  st Dovaston b Norton      
76
R Latchman not out                  100
A Taylor   not out               
 
 
 
 
14
Extras     (b1,lb0,w4,nb0)           5
TOTAL     (1 wicket,32.2 overs) 
 
  
195
Dnb:G Anderson,V Gavin,C Watson,Y Ramzan,G Whitworth,P Kelly,S Foster,+ME Blumberg.

Fow:1-150. 

Bowling-Braithwaite 4 0 25 0,Laundon,8 0 33 0,Curness 8 0 32 0,Howden 8.2 0 70 0,Norton 4 0 35 1. 

 In the third and fourth games Zeeshan Sialvi swapped gloves with Yousef Ramzan at the drinks interval      

   
   
 
 
 
 
 
  
Nomads tour squad March 2009-missing James While        
 
 

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