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Sunday May 27th v Kensington CC

Match 22 NOMADS CC v KENSINGTON CC Ascot Park Wing Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire LU7 OPR Sunday May 27th 1.00pm 2018

Result:  Nomads won by 94 runs Match Drawn 
Toss:    Kensington CC   Nomads CC  
Umpires: Nick Stevenson & othersVarious  
Scorers: San Gore & Others   Mike Robbins, San Gore  & others 
Debut:   None

NOMADS CC Innings                    R  B  M   4 6 
K Farrell      c Shanker b Sen      62 81 114 11 0  
T Brockton*    c Gandadi b Chhibbar 48 61  74  6 0
V Kandampully  c & b       Sen       0  6   3  0 0
A Stokes       run out(Barua)       16 34  30  3 0
H Kandampully+ bowled      Khan     16 22  31  3 0
J Lascelles    c Singh   b Khan     16 34  28  0 0
S Vithlani     not out              24 36  41  2 0
SN Shawl      not out               16 12  32  2 0
Extras       (b5,lb3,w7,nb2)        17
TOTAL        (6 wickets,47 overs)  215
Dnb:C Royals,C Page,ME Blumberg.
 

Fow:1-81(2),2-86(3),3-139(1),4-139(4),5-167(5),6-182(6).

Bowling-Barua 9 0 47 0,Barreto 9 0 27 0,Kumar 4 0 29 0,Sen 12 2 57 2,Chhibbar 8 1 32 1,Khan 5 2 20 2.

KENSINGTON CC Innings                    R  B  4 6
J Singh         bowled             Page  51 77  9 0
A Shankar       c Vithlani       b Shawl 21 56  2 0
B Musakhel      c & b              Page   0  4  0 0
V Parthasarathi bowled             Page   0  2  0 0
H Gandadi +     c Shawl          b Royals 7  9  0 0
S Barrua        bowled             Shawl 27 40  5 1
S Chibbar       c & b              Page   0  6  0 0
A Kumar         bowled             Page   6 10  1 0
T Khan          c Shawl          b Royals 5 17  0 0
E Barretto      st H Kandampully b Royals 2  5  0 0
S Sen *         not out                   1 17  0 0
Extras         (b1,ln0,w0,nb0)            1
TOTAL          (All out,39.5 overs)     121

Fow:1-65(2),2-66(3),3-66(4),4-79(5),5-85(1),6-92(7),7-100(8),8-109(9), 9-115(10), 10-121(6).

Bowling-Shawl 15 4 26 2,Vithlani 6 1 28 0,Page 10 2 38 5, Royals 9 3 29 3.

Pagie mesmerises Kensington 

Nomads made it six wins in the past six games with a 94 run win over our old friends and rivals Kensington. The match went to the wire, and not 90 mins after the completion of play a monsoon like storm engulfed the local area causing flooding!

Nomads were surprisingly inserted after losing the toss on a very humid afternoon, Brockton and Farrel put on an untroubled partnership of 81 in 17 overs before Brockton was caught behind off Sid Chibbar’s first ball for 48.  Vic Kandampully played an uncharacteristic swipe at a short ball and was caught and bowled putting Nomads  now on the back foot..

However, Farrell with a confidence boosting 62 was starting to look his is old self again found  useful partner in  Andy Stokes adding 53 for the thrid wicket.He departed miscueing a steepling extra cover drive which was caught by Amit Shanker. Almost at once Stokes was run out in a mix up with  Harry Kandampully,139-4. After drinks  the  innings lost some momentum only 30 runs coming from ten overs,30-40 necessitating delaying the declaration.

Big hitters Vithlani and Shawl then got the Nomads up to and over 200 with a series of lusty blows, Vithlani (24*) dispatched the final ball before the declaration for 4, thus adding 33 runs in four overs so Nomads  set Kensington 216 to win in approximately.40 overs.

The tea at Ascott House was, as usual, a tasty one washed down with a cold beer courtesy of birthday boy Vic Kandampully.  

Nomads took the field with limited  bowling resources at their disposal. The extreme humidity suggested the seamers would do most of the damage. Little did we know that the destroyer in chief would none other than the “professor” Chris Page.

Shawl and Vithlani took the new ball and both bowled well. Vithlani looked to tire in the sweltering conditions, ruining the figures of his first five overs as Jai Singh latched onto some loose deliveries scoring four boundaries from his sixthh over.  Shawl was a little luckless beating the bat on several occasions but did take theimportant wicket of Amit Shankar well taken by his new ball partner Vithlani at mid-on,65-1.

Page was now introduced replacing the tiring  Vithlani and no doubt full of confidence after his five wicket haul against the impressive Haileybury Hermits side the previous weekend. However his first two overs were poor, "Me back's 'urting". Singh punished his poor balls with emphatic boundaries  However Page was soon into his stride and complaints of his sore back had subsided as soon as he had his name in the wickets column. He had young Musakhel caught and bowled  and then experienced campaigner Unmish Parthasarathi cleaned up second ball after trying a more than audacious sweep shot.

Jai Singh reached a well crafted 50 but then had a rush of blood to be dismissed by Page as he advanced down the track, over balancing and effectively yorking himself.  Harry Kandampully was ready to complete the stumping, but the ball just clipped the off stump! Sid Chibbar was then also caught and bowled.  Kensington had collapsed like and England side from the 1990’s, 65-0 had become 79-5. Page took his fifth wicket when Kumar tried to drive off the back foot only to miss the ball completely as it lopped  seemingly harmlessly onto his off bail. Page was jubilant and Nomads smelt victory.

However, Nomads had not won the game yet, Saikat Barua was proving difficult to dislodge mixing sound defence with some fine boundary shots.  Chesham leggie Chris Royals had replaced Shawl from the Pavilion end and  immediately found his length and turned the ball sharply. He dismissed Gandadi and Tabby Khan, both caught at second slip by Shawl and then had Eddie Barretto stumped as he foolishly tried to give Royals the charge (not the thing to do when you are blocking out for a draw). 

Overs were running out, Kensington 9 down with 6 to go. Shawl returned to the attack replacing Page, 9 men round the bat, no thought of saving runs. Shawl was bowling with good rhythm but it took until his last over that he got the reward he and Nomads deserved. A searing in-swinging Yorker knocking back the leg stump of Barua with the penultimate ball of the game.

Nomads were jubilant,Kensington dismissed for 121. Nomads have now won three games this season in the final over (Eton, Haileybury & now Kensington). On such a placid wicket Kensington had amazingly lost all ten wickets for just 56 runs in 23 overs, five of them to “Professor”Page!

After the game Kensington supplied their generous usual case of cold Cobra and the man of the match award was shared between Chris Page for his 5 wicket haul and Sajjad Shawl for his 2 spells of impressive bowling (plus important runs at the end of the innings).

As befits a setting like Ascot Park there a good number of family members in support with several future Nomads and Kensington cricketers very active throughout the day.

Nomads after a U turn detour repaired to a local hostelry in Leighton Buzzard where a violent storm drove the revellers inside to complete a very enjoyable day.

We wish our cricketing friends Kensington all the best for the remainder of the season.

The Kensington scribe's match report.

 

Previous Matches
2017  Kensington won by 7 wickets
2016                   Match Drawn
2015 Nomads        Won by    5 wickets
2011 Match          Drawn

2010 Nomads        Won by    6 wickets
2009 Kensington    Won by    8 wickets
2008 Nomads        Won by  54 runs
2007 Nomads        Won by  94 runs
2006 Nomads        Won by  78 runs
2005 Kensington    Won  by   7 wickets
2004 Match          Washed out
2003 Nomads        Won by 118 runs