March 2008 |
MATCH 1 NOMADS CC v Sporting Alfas Midweek XI March 14th 2008, 12.30pm, Woodbridge Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain 40 overs each innings, 8 overs max per bowler Gentle Victory no Preparation For Saturday! On a warm, sunny day later, after tea, blighted by a spell of chilly sea mist, Jeff Bellis won the toss for the home side and elected to bat. Hall and Kellington put on 45 for the first wicket until Hall perished for 11 in the 14th over,followed first ball by Ben Mariner both to Nomads skipper Blumberg. Kellington and Taylor then put together a partnership of 49 before Taylor went for 11 in the 25th. Kellington himself went next for a fortunate 69 with the score on 104 for four after 29 overs. Out strode guest batsman Akmal, who smashed his way to a fine 43 to take the total to somewhere approaching respectability before himself falling in the last over to the offspin of Imran . Three Nomads slow bowlers got among the wickets with excellent spells from Mudasser (3- 34),skipper Blumberg (2-26) and Barter (2-7). Despite a tidy opening spell from Peter Pakham - with only ten runs accruing from his six overs - the Nomads' opening pair were quick to punish anything loose and soon raced to three figures. When Barter eventually fell - to an excellent diving catch by Howden in the deep off Bellis for 66 - the score stood at 121 - and there were still 19 overs remaining. Howe struck a lively 35 before falling to Kellington's first ball and Latchman carried his bat for an accomplished 59 so Nomads reached their modest target with with 13 overs to spare. Result: Nomads won by 7 wickets Toss: Sporting Alfas Umpires: Gordon Leach & J Oliver Scorer: Various Debut(s):Imran,Yaser,Mudasser & Azar SPORTING ALFAS MW XI Innings C Hall c Imran b Blumberg 11 G Kellington c Yaser b Barter 69 B Marriner bowled Blumberg 0 P Taylor st Azar b Mudasar 11 I Perrins c Imran b Barter 10 A Ackmal bowled Imran 43 D Rose bowled Mudasar 0 +R Nix st Azar b Mudasar 9 P Packham st Azar b Imran 1 J Howden lbw b Imran 0 *J Bellis not out 0 Extras (b4,lb1,w6,nb3) 14 TOTAL (All out,39.5 overs) 171
Fow:1-45,2-69,3-95,4-100,5-11,6-117,7-151,8-171,9-171,10-171. Bowling-Yaser 8 1 30 0,Watson 3 0 11 0,Blumberg 8 0 26 2,Imran 6.5 0 23 3,Barter 7 0 44 2,Mudasar 8 0 34 3. NOMADS CC Innings S Barter c Howden b Bellis 66 R Latchman not out 59 J Howe c Ackmal b Kellington 35 +A Azar bowled Akmal 0 Y Yaser not out 8 Extras (b4,lb0,w0,nb0) 4 TOTAL (3 wickets,27 overs) 172 Dnb:F Watson,V Gavin,I Imran,M Mudasar,J Hyams,ME Blumberg Fow:1-121,2-158,3-166. Bowling-Howden 5 0 36 0,Packham 6 3 10 0,Perrins 3 0 24 0,Taylor 6 0 37 0,Bellis 3 0 25 1,Marriner 1 0 10 0, Ackmal 2 0 24 1,Kellington 1 0 8 1. |
MATCH 2 NOMADS CC v Sporting Alfas CC March 15th, 2008, 12.30pm, Woodbridge Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain-40 overs each innings ,8 overs max per bowler,12 bat ,11 field Ouch - a mere 30 runs from our star batsmen Ranjit Latchman Paul Stanfield Julian Howe Nick Fletcher Nomads to the Slaughter A murky Saturday at the the Woodbridge Oval saw Nomads win the toss and elect to bat ,Despite a strong batting line up the innings was soon in ruins as Faran (2-8) and Muñoz opened the bowling with good effect by knocking over the top three with only 29 on the board. Skipper Laundon (2-4) and Jake Sunderland from the Under 16s (2-40) combined to take the next three wickets with tight spells of good swing bowling, which, along with a run out without facing of Ackmal, further reduced the visitors to 67-8 in the 24th over. Guests Imran (60) and Aslam (36) managed to push the target up to 189 with some bold hitting, but it was never going to be enough unless Nomads bowling and fielding were to excel.This was a total swelled by 19 wides! For some reason the scorer on the day failed to add in the runs made by the 12th batsman(3*) nor did the umpires correct this. Thus Alfas chased 186,not that it mattered in the event! Wasim who took 4-25 against us last October was not employed! After the interval, play resumed with Pennick and Ali opening the innings against a young attack which played straight into the hands of the belligerent Ali by bowling consistantly too short on the benign surface. They smashed four sixes in the first eight overs.Shafiq Ali was well caught by Watson early on but inexperienced umpire Alan Bacon invoked a Spanish league rule not agreed to by the two skippers before the match. This would hardly have altered the result but at least made the game more even. Pennick who was frequently mistiming nevertheless retired back to the hut on 50 having posted a third consecutive three-figure opening stand of the season with his prolific partner. Faran's knock of 25 not out was the perfect foil to the swashbuckling Ali, who eventually perished for 102 - giving the visiting attack their only wicket of the afternoon - but only after posting his second ton of the season. Alfas reached their target with 16 overs remaining.(Shafiq played for Nomads several years ago before becoming an Alfas member). In fact left arm slow Gulzar looked promising and had the skipper opened one end with him as he had planned the openers may well have had to work harder.
This was as comprehensive a defeat as Nomads have ever suffered in Spain and the Benidorm effect can only have been responsible for two of our top batsmen's demise. Result: Sporting Alfas won by 10 wickets Toss: Nomads Umpires: Ron Graham & Alan Bacon Scorer: Various Debut(s):Gulzar,Aslam,Ackmal. NOMADS CC Innings S Barter c MS Ali b Muñoz 7 R Latchman c MS Ali b Faran Ufsal 4 P Stanfield lbw b Faran Ufsal 11 J Howe bowled Laundon 7 G Gulzar bowled Sunderland 7 N Fletcher c MS Ali b Mudasar 8 A Ackmal run out 0 V Gavin lbw b Mudasar 10 I Imran c Crompton b Mudasar 60 F Watson c Mudasar b Sunderland 8 A Aslam c MS Ali b Laundon 36 ME Blumberg not out 3 Extras (b2,lb5,nb2,w19) 28 TOTAL (All out,38.1 overs) 189* Fow:1-11,2-29,3-29,4-44,5-44,6-46,7-55,8-67,9-137,10-179,11-189. Bowling-Faren Ufsal 6 1 8 2,Muñoz 6 0 20 1,Sunderland 8 1 42 2,Lounden 5.1 2 4 2,Crompton 2 1 6 0,Mudasar 8 0 55 3,Metcalf 3 0 40 0,Hickie 1 0 7 0. SPORTING ALFAS CC Innings P Pennick retired hurt 50 MS Ali c Aslam b Gulzar 105 F Afzal not out 25 G Crompton not out 5 Extras (b2,lb2,w2,nb1) 7 TOTAL (1 wicket,24.2 overs)190 Dnb:G Metcalf,Wasim Ul-Rehman,C Munoz,Mudasar Yousaf,K Laundon,J Sunderland,J Hickie,AN Alfaz Fow:1-185 Bowling-Aslam 4 0 32 0,Ackmal 4 0 38 0,Gulzar 8 1 46 1,Blumberg 5 0 39 0,Imran 3 0 27 0,Fletcher 0,2 0 4 0. |
MATCH 3 NOMADS CC v Sporting Alfas Sunday XI March 16th, 2008, 12.30pm, Woodbridge Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain-40 overs each innings ,8 overs max per bowler
Comprehensive Victory
On Sunday, the Nomads demolished a weak Alfas Sunday side by 10 wickets. In the circumstances it was unfortunate that Alfas won the toss and elected to bat. They were soon rueing that decision after losing the quick wickets of Ul-Rehman, Seekings, Sunderland and Marriner. The initial opener MacInnes, who had retired hurt after being hit in the face by a short delivery from one of the Nomad's opening seam bowlers, returned at the fall of the sixth wicket and offered some resistance with Cowley. But this only delayed the inevitable and with the last 4 wickets of Alfas falling without a run being added, the final total failed to register three figures. The pick of the Nomads bowlers were Wasim (2-10), Usman (2-18) and Howe (2-12). At the restart the Nomad openers scored briskly at over five an over, and with both batsmen showing good form distinctly absent the day before, the result was never in doubt. The openers surpassed the Alfas total after just 15 overs with Barter completing his second half century of the tour. Alfas teenagers Sunderland and Metcalfe bowled well considering the low total they had to defend, and some enthusiastic fielding by Seekings and Griffen were the only positives Alfas could take from a day they will quickly want to forget. For Nomads it was a long way to come for so little batting and no compensation for Saturday's disaster.
Result: Nomads won by 10 wickets Toss: Sporting Alfas Umpires: Brian Pitts & Jerry Oliver Scorer: J Sunderland Debut(s):Hassan,Amin,Usman.
SPORTING ALFAS CC Innings I MacInnes bowled Wasim 2 B Seerings bowled Usman 18 S Ul-Rehman bowled Usman 15 J Sunderland c Hassan b Yaser 5 C Griffith c Yaser b Blumberg 10 S Cowley c & b Amin 15 B Marriner st Hassan b Wasim 17 G Metcalf c Latchman b Howe 5 J Howden c Barter b Howe 0 P Packham c Yaser b Amin 0 J Bellis not out 0 Extras (b2,lb0,w5,nb0) 7 TOTAL (All out,33.2 overs) 94 Fow:1-26,2-41,3-41,4-52,5-71,6-73,7-93,8-94,9-94,10-94. Bowling-Yaser 6 0 29 1,Usman 6 2 18 2,Wasim Ul-Rehman 8 4 10 2,Blumberg 8 1 23 1,Howe 3 1 12 2,Amin 2.2 2 0 2. NOMADS CC Innings S Barter not out 54 V Gavin not out 32 Extras (b0,lb6,w3,nb1) 10 TOTAL (0 wickets,15.3 overs)96 Dnb:H Hassan,F Watson,A Amin,Y Yaser,U Usman,ME Blumberg,Wasim Ul-Rehman,R Latchman,J Howe Fow: Bowling-Sunderland 4 0 14 0,Packham 4 0 16 0,Bellis 4 0 30 0,Metcalf 3 0 21 0,Howden 0.3 0 9 0. |
MATCH 4 NOMADS CC v Forty Club Of Spain March 17th, 2008, 1.00pm, Woodbridge Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain- Declaration game. Katrina & Helen put on the pads Bill Curness takes out middle order Apparently there was a festival in Valencia and so our friends failed to turn up despite a series of frantic telephone calls to George Wambeek and Shafiqe.This was a pity as had they told us the night before three of four cricketers could have enjoyed a game. As it was Helen and Katrina bravely donned the pads and a visiting spectator Alan Hartley also played. Nomads seemed to be coasting towards a substantial total when Bill Curness deceived Julian Howe.This precipitated a mini collapse as Barter fell for a golden duck by way of a Gordon Leach lbw decision,Vince Gavin despite 37 not out the day before went also for a duck and so Nomads were 110-4. Ranjit added 19 with Jack Hyams and then 28 with the skipper. Attempting a pull off a leg stump ball he was deceived by a low bounce and was bowled for 81. Out strode Helen Cooper and 6 more were added.Then Katrina came in who scrambled a single.Skipper Blumberg aiming a improbable drive at the Confort Apartment block instead gave an inside edge catch catch to Bobby Nix. Katrina was then out bowled by that bully Braithwaite! so the innings finished on 163 of which Ranjit had hit half the runs. Otherwise retired as bowlers Julian Howe and Floyd Watson spurned the shoulder pain and opened with a hostile burst that reduced the Forty Club to 45-3. Blumberg removed the dangerous Geddes and Simon Barter swapping the gloves with Ranjit then took two including Stanfield so when Blumberg removed Kellington the Forty Club were 135-8 still needing 29 for victory. However Ward nudged and Bacon smote, not without errors, and the total was reached in the 38th over with a mighty blow from Alan Bacon. Helen and Katrina using their feet to stop many balls had made a great contribution in the field and still walked next day! In the circumstances although defeated Nomads with depleted resources had contested the match well. Result: Forty Club won by 3 wickets Toss: Nomads Umpires: Brian Pitts & Gordon Leach & others Scorer: Various Debut(s):Alan Hartley.
NOMADS CC Innings R Latchman bowled Norton 81 F Watson c Stanfield b Braithwaite 28 J Howe bowled Curness 37 S Barter lbw b Curness 0 V Gavin bowled Curmess 0 J Hyams c Ward b Curness 4 ME Blumberg c Nix b Kellington 4 H Cooper c Geddes b Norton 0 K Barter bowled Braithwaite 1 A Hatley not out 0 Lost in Valencia absent 0 Extras (b2,lb1,w4,nb0) 7 TOTAL (All out,38.2 overs) 163 Fow:1-52,2-107,3-107,4-110,5-129,6-157,7-163,8-163,9-163. Bowling-Braithwaite 6.2 0 34 1,Kellington 10 0 40 1,Curness 10 0 39 4,Bacon 5 1 27 0,Norton 7 2 20 2. FORTY CLUB OF SPAIN Innings D Rose bowled Watson 14 K Geddes c Watson b Blumberg 29 G Evans c Latchman b Watson 7 J Braithwaite c Latchman b Watson 0 R Ward not out 34 P Stanfield c Latchman b Barter 20 W Curness c Latchman b Barter 5 G Kellington c Barter b Blumberg 17 A Bacon not out 15 Extras (b8,lb5,w13,nb0) 26 TOTAL (7 wickets,37.1 overs) 167 Dnb:R Nix,R Norton. Fow:1-27,2-41,3-41,4-64,5-80,6-100,7-120,8-135. Bowling-Howe 7 0 34 0,Watson 10 1 45 3,Blumberg 12 1 46 2,Barter 8.1 2 29 2. |
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