MATCH 48 NOMADS CC v Maidenhead & Bray High Street Bray Berks SL6 2AA Sunday 22th July-40/40, 8 max per bowler.
Toss: Maidenhead & Bray CC won the toss
Result: Nomads won by 7 wickets
Umpires: Michael Blumberg & Others
Scorer: Various
Debut : Indy Rajah and Narushan
MAIDENHEAD & BRAY CC Innings
R Lawrence st Ellis b Ormiston 34
S Phillips-Williams c Brockton b Ormiston 75
K Grey st Ellis b Ormiston 25
M Parkinson bowled Narushan 14
A Amin c Shawl b Ormiston 4
D Caturine + c Ellis b Shawl 6
A Apparoo c Page b Al-Darraji 27
S Manchandra not out 4
T Allen not out 0
Extras (b4,lb5,w1,nb1) 11
TOTAL (7 wickets,40 overs) 210
Dnb:M Armstrong*,A Morothy
Fow: 1-106,2-122,3-144,4-153,5-161,6-170,7-197.
Bowling-Shawl 8 0 47 1,Al-Darraji 8 0 34 1,Page 8 0 38 0,Narushan 8 1 43 1,Ormiston 8 1 41 4.
NOMADS CC Innings
T Brockton* bowled Allen 73
J Al-Darraji not out 97
G Soames c Grey b Armstrong 18
K Bradley run out 2
I Rajah not out 4
Extras (b9,lb8,w1,nb1) 19
TOTAL (3 wkts,39.4 overs) 213
Dnb:Narushan,R Latchman,R Ormiston,S Shawl,D Ellis+,C Page.
Fow:1-157(1),2-179(3),3-203(3).
Bowling-Morothy 8 0 31 0, Apparoo 4 0 27 0,Manchandra 8 0 33 0,Allen 8 0 45 1,Armstrong 7.4 0 42 1,Grey 4 0 19 0.
Ormiston & Al-Darraji shine in tense Nomads win
Nomads got back to winning ways on Sunday vs a strong Maidenhead & Bray side at their beautiful ground in Bray. Temperatures were forecast to top 30 degrees and it was no surprise that M&B elected to bat upon winning the toss. Groans coming from the Nomads changing room as the bad news was passed on, yes we are fielding and yes its nearly 30 degrees!
Lawrence and overseas Aussie Phillips-Williams opened for M&B and although Al-Darraji and Shawl bowled accurately, and a few loose swishes were played the home side progressed seemingly without too much alarm to 100-0 after 18 overs. Nomads staring downt he barrel of a big chase, or so we thought.
The introduction of Ross Ormiston then changed the face of the home side’s innings. Phillips-Watson had passed 50 and was unleashing a few savage drives, but he found Brockton at Long-Off who had just stationed himself there and he hung onto a low tumbling catch, the Aussie on his way for an aggressive 75 out of a partnership 106.
Lawrence then tried to up the rate only to lose balance and be smartly stumped by Duncan Ellis who had his usual very tidy day behind the sticks. Ormiston was then in the action again when Amin chipped to Shawl. Debutant Nirrushan cleaned up Michael Parkinson Jnr after he played an awful heave to leg and the home side had subsided from 106-0 to 170-6, with Ross Ormiston the pick of the Nomads bowlers with 4-41 from his allotted 8 overs.
However, the tall 1st XI opening bowler Apparoo strode in and smited a couple of big 6’s over long off to ruin Shawl’s figures and get the home side to some degree of parity after 40 overs. 210-7 was a little under par, the wicket was taking turn and occasional variable bounce but definitely value for shots on the fast outfield. Chris Page was wicketless but seemed more like his old self, bowling with more control than he has exhibited recently. No cries of “me back urts” from "The Professor".
With Ranjt Latchman unfortunately, suffering after a long stint in the field and unable to take his place at the top of the order Brockton was joined by Al-Darraji who had been in good form for Frogmore in the league in recent weeks and although Apparoo and Morothy bowled accurately and with some pace the two experienced Nomads batters kept the scoreboard ticking at 5 an over for the opening salvo. The partnership continued to flourish against the change bowlers as the pair brought up the hundred stand in the 19th over, despite some pretty banal barracking from Parkinson who seemed hell-bent in causing mischief.
Skipper Armstrong looked to ring the changes but the pair had both passed 50 and Brockton was looking to accelerate. However his luck ran out when he perished, bowled by Allen for 73 trying to back-cut a quicker ball that clattered into his off stump. The pair had added a mammoth 157 for the 1st wicket in 28 overs. Meaning only 54 were needed in the remaining 12 overs
Gerard Soames joined Al-Darraji who was striking the ball crisply, sweeping particularly well against the M&B slow bowlers. The pair added 22 in 8 overs with Soames accounting for all but 4 of these runs as Al-Darraji was largely starved of the strike. Unfortunately, Soames was caught by Allen off the bowling of the M&B captain when looking well set. The target was 22 off 4 overs with Kyle Bradley striding to the crease. Al Darraji had one eye on a richly deserved century and was now lap sweeping the medium pace of Armstrong with good effect.
However, the comms between the two Nomads batters was not on-point and after one mix up too many both were at the same end and Bradley sacrificed himself for the cause in a rather bizarre innings. Nomads now needed 6 off the last over with Al-Darraji on strike and on 95, he was joined by Northwood cricketer Indran Rajah, who was called “the finisher” in his days playing in the 1st XI at Harrow CC in the 1990s.
Al-Darraji on strike, skipper Armstrong the bowler, a well struck two to deep extra cover, the pair scampered a two, then a dot then a leg bye, 3 balls left 3 to win, Al-Darraji on 97. Rajah on strike & he didn’t waste any time depositing his first ball over long on and just a metre from the rope to the longest boundary for a one bounce 4 and yet another final over win for the Nomads, their fifth this season. Jubilation from the visiting side in a closely fought contest.
Our thanks to Maidenhead & Bray CC for their hospitality as well as to Michael Blumberg for braving the heat and umpiring the entirety of the game. We wish M&B all the best for the remainder of their league campaign.
Previous Matches
2017 Maidenhead & Bray CC won by 15 runs
2016 Nomads won by 20 runs
2015 Match Abandoned as a draw
2014 Nomads won by 2 runs
2013 Maidenhead & Bray won by 61 runs
2012 Maidenhead & Bray won by 6 wickets
2011 Maidenhead & Bray won by 125 runs
2010 Match Cancelled Ground double booked
2009 Nomads won by 27 runs
2008 Maidenhead & Bray won by 21 runs
2007 Cancelled.
2006 Maidenhead & Bray won by 88 runs
2005 Match Cancelled
2004 Match Drawn
2002 Maidenhead & Bray won by 4 wickets2001
2000
1999
1998
1997 Match Drawn
1996
1995 Nomads won by 5 wickets
Posted on 18/09/2017
by Michael Blumberg