MATCH 60   NOMADS CC v Oxford Downs  CC  Standlake Village   Oxfordshire   Sunday August 14th 2016 1.00pm

Toss:    Oxford Downs won toss
Result:  Oxford Downs won by 22 runs
Umpires: R Belcher & ME Blumberg
Scorers: Helen Meardon
Debuts : Ben Ellis,James Palmer,Joe Medlin


OXFORD DOWNS CC Innings
D Hawkes    bowled    b Shawl      11 
T Collins+c Page      b Steele     44 
T Costly    not out               125
M Watts     not out                 0
TOTAL    (3 wkts dec, 46.3 overs) 247
Dnb: M Hunt,A Ling,B Ling,A Lurcock,J Meadon,G Watts.

Fow:1-45,2-112,3-247.

Bowling-Medlin 5 0 34 0,Ellis 14 2 31 0,Shawl 11 2 32 1,Steele 6 1 47 1,Page 5 0 42 0,O Smith 3 0 38 0,A Smith 2.3 0 12 1.

NOMADS CC Innings
J Palmer  c Collins  b B Ling  33
J Massey  c M Watts  b Meardon 76
S Shawl   bowled      A Ling    4
O Smith   c B Ling  b Meardon   0
B Ellis   c Welch   b M Watts   8
A Smith   c Hawes   b  Lurcock 23
D Steele  c Lauder  b Lurcock   5
J Medlin  not out              24
A Stokes* c Costley b Lurcock  13
C Page    lbw       b Costly    0
S Wahi+   c Costley b M Watts  21
Extras    (b8,lb7,w2,nb0)      17
TOTAL     (All out,46.4 overs)225

Fow:1-65,2-87,3-98,4-134,5-139,6-158,7-171,8-193,9-198,19-225.

Bowling-G Watts 6 0 32 0,B Ling 7 0 29 1,Meardon 9 0 46 2,A Ling 7 3 19 1,M Watts 8.4 0 39 2,T Lurcock 6 0 35 3,Costley 2 0 10 1. 

A daft day for Nomads 

Nomads dropped 13 catches off Ben Ellis together with some flying misses off Joe Medlin's opening burst. Costly took advantge of this incompetence to notch a century allowing Downs to declare at 243-3 off 47.3 overs. Ellis had bowled 14 overs for 31 and Sajjad Shawl 11 for 32 the rest went for 182 at 9 an over!

Nomads replied at pace as youngsters Massey and Palmer plundered the Downs bowling.Then Cheltenham College schoolboy Palmer miscued a pull and the middle order collapsed followed by Massey for a firey 76. Andy Smith, Joe Medlin and Saurabh Wahi all hit 20s, indeed the latter two added 27 for the last wicket when with a draw in sight Saurabh miscued a mighty blow and was caught. Nomads had somewhat carelessly lost by 22 runs. This was not the most sensible of batting orders and several of the dismissals had little to do with the quality of the bowling.

Father of young James Palmer,Gary, batting coach supremo, was unimpressed and yet the skipper Andy Stokes had a huge smile which just grew larger as the beer went down a treat for several hours post defeat.

Previous Matches
2015 Oxford Downs won by 4 wickets
2014 Cancelled ODs unable to raise a side
2013 Match Drawn  
2012 Match Drawn  
2011 Match Cancelled Nomads unable to raise 11
2010 Match Drawn  
2009 Oxford Downs won by 33 runs   
2008 ODs unable to raise side 
2007 Oxford Downs won by 4 wickets 
2006 Match Cancelled New Pavilion not ready 
2005 Nomads won by 7 wickets   
2004 Match Cancelled wet on glorious hot sunny day 
2003 ODs won by 4 wickets 
2002 ODs won by 4 wickets 
2001 Match Drawn Nomads 7 runs short   
2000 Match Drawn
1999
1998
1997 Match abandoned as a draw with Nomads 8 short but paramedics on pitch          
1996
1995
1994 Match Drawn
1992 Match Drawn
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984 Match Cancelled Too Wet
1983             

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