Match 43 Nomads CC v Romany CC at Shenley Cricket Centre on the Denis Compton Oval 1130m start   

Result:  Romany won by 6 wickets
Toss:    Nomads CC  
Umpires: G Harrison & E Elliott
Scorers: A Castle & M Harrison
Debut(s):None

NOMADS CC Innings               R  M  B 6 4  
S Blake        bowled   Clark  16 41 40 0 1
A Hill +       c Lack b Shyan   2 17 14 0 0
J While        c Senn b Clark   9 17 18 0 1
J Al-Darraji   bowled   Clark  10 40 26 0 1
A Smith        lbw    b Clark   0  3  4 0 0
J Lascelles    st Das b Lack   30 95 95 0 3
N Kees         bowled   Lack   35 73 65 0 3
R Woolhouse    not out         18 36 31 0 2 
J Pang-Kessler lbw      Sharma  1 14 15 0 0
ME Blumberg *  c Das  b Sharma  0 13 12 0 0
Extras        (b6,lb4,w6,nb5)  21
TOTAL  (9 wickets,52.3 overs) 142 
Dnb:M Rajabali.

Fow:1-10,2-27,3-29,4-29,5-49,6-112,7-119,8-132,9-142.

Bowling-Clark 15 5 35 4,Shyan 8 1 18 1,Azhar 11 0 35 0,Sharma 11.3 6 24 2,Lack 7 1 20 2.
The Nomads Innings was interupted by rain 12.22-12.39,13.32-13.35..rain brought on lunch 13.44-14.42 and 15.38-15.48. the innings began at 1208 and finished at 16.34. Rajabali arrived late due to delayed arrival of air flight. 

ROMANY CC Innings                      R  M  B 6  4  
N Senn    lbw          b Rajabali     60 87 57 0 11
A Satam   bowled         Pang-Kessler 17 27 19 0  4
S Price   c Al-Darraji b While         5 24 16 0  0 
A Jones*  lbw          b While        20 20 22 0  3
B Das +   not out                     12 33 29 0  2
S Shamrma not out                     12 19 11 0  2
EXTRAS   (b8,lb6,nb1,w5)              20 
TOTAL    (4 wickets,25.3 overs)      146  
Dnb:P Lack,N Azhar,S Shyan,R Clark,R Markhoon
Romany innings began at 17.13 and finished at 19.00.

Fow:1-40,2-78,3-108,4-122.

Bowling-Pang-Kessler 6 1 32 1,Al-Darraji 5 0 36 0,While 7.3 0 26 2,Rajabali 7 0 38 1.

                             Nomads thrashed by Romany 

Despite a long line of batsmen Nomads succumbed meekly between the showers at Shenley. Lascelles and Keess made a dogged stand to give  some respectability to Nomads' total but these two were out more from frustration. Only Woolhouse managed to add to the innings which finished on 142 just as Rajabali drove into the car park. Scored off 52.3 overs this was not entertaining stuff but from 49-5 it represented some sort of recovery.

The damage to our top order was done by Richard Clark who had played for Nomads against the Sargent's Men in June. An inspired series of spells in damp conditions between several showers brought him the scalps of Blake,While,Al-Darraji and Smith for a mere 35 runs. Subsequently scoring against the magical spin of Sonu Sharma who played for Nomads against Nerja Modi Veterans in June was extremely difficult as he bowled six maidens out of 11 overs.

The weather improved as the day progressed and Neil Senn enjoyed an aggressive innings hitting 60 off 57 balls before being trapped by Rajabali lbw.Meanwhile Pang-Kessler and While took three wickets but Senn's innings took Romany to within 21 runs of their target and Das and Sharma hit off the remainder without mishap. 

So Romany notch their first victory over Nomads  by some distance after last year's high scoring drawn match. Both teams enjoyed the fine setting of Shenley and each others' company over many an ale but the fixture will now move to a less expensive venue. Three donors contributed to the sponsorship of this match.

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