Match 61 NOMADS CC v HARPENDEN CC  Harpenden Common Harpenden  Hertfordshire  AL5 1DT   Monday August 2nd 1.35pm-     20 overs from 6pm   
 

Result:  Match  drawn 
Toss:    Harpenden CC 
Umpires: C Fellows-Smith  & AN Other
Scorer:  Several 
Debut(s):Chris Stride,Henry Colburn and Stan Grant.  

HARPENDEN CC Innings                   R   
W Meacock   bowled         Stride     33
Z Kureshi   bowled         T Marshall 16
S Perrin    bowled         Grant      54
J Latham    lbw          b A Marshall 36 
H Croft     c Smith      b A Marshall  7
S Galloway  c Hamilton   b A Marshall 67
J Doyle     c T Marshall b Hamilton   19
D Bradley   not out                   12
Extras     (b6,lb20,w14,nb2)          42
TOTAL      (7 wkts dec,42 overs)     285
Dnb:J Kileen,C Luffman+,P Frost.

Fow:1-40,2-114,3-137,4-141,5-248,6-248,7-260,8-285.

Bowling-Hamilton 8.1 1 45 1,T Marshall 5 0 23 1,Stride 7 0 39 1,Page 8 0 54 0,Grant 5 0 31 1,A Marshall 8 1 64 3.

NOMADS CC Innings
T Brockton bowled       Kileen  36
H Colburn  not out              89
D Ellis    st Luffman b Croft    2
T Marshall lbw        b Galloway 2
J Hamilton c Frost    b Galloway 1
M Armitage bowled       Galloway 2
C Page     c Doyle    b Croft    0
K Smith+   bowled       Galloway 4
S Grant    not out               0
Extras    (b15,lb9,w15,nb3)     42
TOTAL     (7 wickets,38 overs) 168
Dnb:C Stride,A Marshall.

Fow:1-68,2-102,3-103,4-105,5-109,6-114,7-166.

Bowling-Kileen 7 1 26 1,Frost 3 0 30 0,Perrin 3 0 11 0,Galloway 11 0 23 4,Croft 6 0 24 2,Kureshi 8 0 18 0. 

Nomads batting fails the challenge

Nomads took a team including several debutants to Harpenden, a couple of youngsters and a lot of experience yet the balance of the batting was upset when Alex Sykes turned up with an injured foot and was unable to play. When Tom Marshall was adjudged lbw for 2 that was the end of any hope that Nomads could chase the target set by Harpenden's young side. Debutant Henry Colburn who has been batting on the synthetic pitch at Standard Athletic for some years had a scratchy start back on turf but became increasingly confident ending up on 89 not out. With skipper Brockton some 68 runs had been added at a brisk pace for the first wicket but he fell carelessly bowled for 36. Colburn then took the score to 102 whereupon Nomads collapsed in dramatic fashion,five wickets falling for just 12 runs.

Kevin Smith held up one end as Henry Colburn  advanced the score to 166 before Kevin was bowled and the Nomads innings closed on a very inadequate 168-7 and Henry Colburn 89 not out.

Earlier some wayward bowling had contributed to some 42 extras when Harpenden having won the toss elected to bat. Somewhat challenged in the field Nomads nevertheless seemed to be containing  their host's innings quite well,141-4. However a stand of 107 for the fifth week transformed the innings as Galloway in particular punished Nomads bowling. Harpenden declared after 42 overs on 285-7 doubtless with previous Nomads batting prowess in mind. Last year Sanjay Beri and Paul Wakefield put on 189 for the first wicket and Vib Yadav,Jemile Al-Darraji,Vic Kandampully and Rupert Style never got to bat.

Once in a while perhaps these  three Nomads top order batsmen would have all flourished and a serious challenge been mounted. In the event that did not happen and the game thus resulted in a poor contest but a decent draw considering Nomads' resources on the day.

Our three debutants enjoyed the day and were keen to play again. Several senior members lingered long at the bar afterwards but refrained from bursting into song as on previous occassions at Harpenden.

Previous Matches
2017  Match Abandoned as a draw due to rain
2016  Match abandoned as a draw
2015  Nomads won by 64 runs
2014  Nomads won by 18 runs.