October Monday 14 - Tuesday 22 Spain 2013
The October tour is in two parts Torrevieja October 14-17 and L'Alfas Del Pi October 18-22
Two matches Four matches
Summary Played Six Won 4 Lost 2
Tour Party-Michael Blumberg,Ranjit Latchman,Kevin Smith & Rosemary West, David Williams and Nigel Green,from Wednesday Ross Ormiston, Oliver & Christine Croom-Johnson, Bill Johnson, and from Thursday Charles Peerless, John Hardy, James Dixon, Hugo Morris, Nigel Hussey, Marcus Budgen, for Friday & Saturday Ravi Panchal and Akash Panchal. In addition a sequence of young Singhs played for us in Torrevieja.
Match 69 October 15th At Torrevieja Sports City 30/30 Nomads CC 162-11,30 overs(Green 28,Blumberg 20,V Singh 3-21,GR Panchal 3-15) lost to Torrevieja Invitation XI 168-11,26 overs(G Singh 103rt,R Panchal 28,K Smith 4-16) Wambeke Method revised
Match 70 October 17th At Torrevieja Sports City 30/30 Torrevieja Invitation XI 166-15,30 overs(P Davis 56,Johnson 6-37) lost to Nomads CC 137-8,30 overs(Ormiston 49,N Singh 24,H Singh 3-14) Wambeke Method TI XI Average runs per wicket 11.07 Nomads CC 17.13
Match 71 October 18th At Woodbridge Oval Albir Time Game Nomads CC 211-3 dec,40 overs(Budgen 122*,Johnson 29,Peerless 23) beat Forty Club of Spain 107,30.5 overs(Evans 28,Hardy 4-28) by 104 runs
Match 72 October 19th At Woodbridge Oval Albir 40/40 Nomads CC 168-9,40 overs(Latchman 32*,R Panchal 27) lost to Sporting Alfas 1st XI 171-5,30.2 overs(Munos 56,Shafiq Ali 35,Panchal 22-42,Hussey 2-14) by 5 wickets
Match 73 October 20th At Woodbridge Oval Albir 40/40 Nomads CC 161-7,40 overs(Peerless 31,Ormiston 28,Budgen 21) beat Sporting Alfas 2nd XI 153,35.2 overs(Byrne 46,Hardy 3-35,Hussey 2-31,Budgen 2-43) by 8 runs
Match 74 October 20th At Woodbridge Oval Albir 33/33 no bowling restrictions Nomads CC 166-7,33 overs(Ormiston 65*,Johnson 20,Waqar 3-34) beat Sporting Alfas MW XI 151-8,33 overs(Ward 53,Waqar 31,H Marshall 30,Evans 22,Johnson 3-48,Ormiston 2-62,Hussey 2-27) by 15 runs
Irina Bill, Miss Cuba Nigel Green President with two Kevins & Rosemary Bill sings for Christine
Many thanks to Torrevieja CC, Torrevieja Sports City and Sporting Alfas CC, Yellow Submarine Albir, Cabo Cevera Hotel, Rober Palas Hotel, Albir Sun Hotel and Albir Gardens and, of course, Sporting Alfas CC.
Bill & Kevin with a new friend Drinking in the clubhouse Croomers informs the President
FULL SCORECARDS AND MORE PHOTOGRAPHS
The Cognoscenti watch play Paulino's Restaurant Tom's favourite Hardy hails the hordes at Yellow Sub
Sporting Alfas, the Costa Blanca based club, retain the Spanish 2013 National Club title by the narrowest of margins,1 run, beating Catalyuna Club City Lions in the final at the La Manga Club October 6th More
Sporting Alfas CC Website
Nomads in Spain Cricket In Spain
Posted on 09/04/2013
by Michael Blumberg