MATCH 20 Nomads CC v Plaxtol CC Fairlawn Park, School Lane,  Plaxtol,  Kent  TN150QD  12noon Wednesday 11th July

Toss:    Plaxtol  
Result:  Nomads won by 8 wkts
Umpires:
Scorers: Various
Debut(s):D Gower.  

PLAXTOL CC Innings
P Taylorson  c Woolhouse b Cowley     0
R Grayland   bowled        Cowley    15
M Winkley    bowled        Blumberg 120
R Parttridge c Dubournay b Blumberg  19
M Addison    bowled        Schneider  0
B Cox        st Tahil    b Schneider 22
B Cannon     bowled        Rawat     10
B Petitt     not out                 53
B Thompson   c Yorath    b Lamb       6
S Rush       not out                  0
Extras      (b21,lb3,w2,nb0)         26 
TOTAL       (8 wkts dec,41.2 overs  265
Dnb:P der Vand       

Fow:1-0,2-106,3-142,4-151,5-175,6-195,7-235,8-250.

Bowling-Cowley 12 2 85 2,Woolhouse 5 0 37 0,Blumbergt 9 0 44 2,Schneider 9 0 50 2,Lamb 4 0 19 1,Rawat 2.2 0 14 1.

NOMADS CC Innings 
J Yorath    bowled  Winkley 88
D Gower     c Winkley b Cox 45
D Tahil     not out         64
N Taylorson not out         12
Extras     (b16,lb2,w32,nb1)51
TOTAL(2wickets,37.5 overs) 266  
Dnb:R Woolhouse,O Dubornay,D Rawat,GCLamb,MEBlumberg,J Schneider,N Cowley. 

Fow:1-150,2-195.

Bowling-Rush 4 0 50 0,Taylorson 6 0 43 0,der Vanns 6.5 0 70 0,Pettit 9 1 36 0,Winkley 7 2 35 1,Cox 4 0 29 1,Cannon 1 0 1 0. 

                    Plaxtol Bowling no match for Nomads

Nomads recorded a comprehensive defeat of Plaxtol by 8 wickets with 12.1 overs to go. The basis of this victory was a solid opening stand of 150 by Jim Yorath and David Gower(the Biologist not the Test cricketer) and a powerful innings by young Druv Tahil who flew back from Barbados that morning.  Druv completed matters hitting 26 off 5 balls, one ball of the over remaining
 
Earlier Plaxtol winning the toss set about Nomads bowling with relish, in particular young Oz, Winkley who completed a century after lunch before being bowled by Blumberg by then well oiled and lubricated by the excellent  Rioja at lunch.
 
Nick Cowley picked up two early wickets and was unlucky to have Wiinkley dropped. By lunch Nomads had clawled their way back in the match as Schneider and Blumberg took wickets. After lunch with the dismissal of Winkley the game seemed to have swung Nomads way but a fine half century from remodeled slim version Pettit took Plaxtol to a total of 265 off 41.2 overs.
 
Flushed with this largess of runs Plaxtol declared rather generously as Nomads would have had 50 overs to bat and Plaxtol is a small ground.
 
Whatever plans Plaxtol had in mind were somewhat ruined when one of their opening bowlers lost all target control and a plethora of wides resulted  giving Nomads an excellent speedy start, 67 off 9 by tea.
 
Afterwards Yorath went from strength to strength while Gower dug in  and the stand of 150 set up a commanding victory.
 
Nomads enjoyed an excellent lunch  and scrumptious tea, aided and abetted by real ale and fine wine to say nothing of the stupendous chocolate cake for all of  which we must thank Mrs Taylorson profusely.
 
As the sun set the last Nomads left Plaxtol, sadly with the barrel of ale not finished.
 
Both innings ended with a six hit. Our man from The Punjab revealed a new attribute -bowling!

   
 
Nigel Taylorson(Plaxtol & Nomads) with the Hon Sec              Assorted Nomads  & Plaxtol players  after lunch

Previous seasons  
2006 Nomads won by 13 runs 
2005 Nomads won  by 1 wicket