MATCH 12 PINK ELEPHANTS CC v NOMADS CC at Vincent Square Sunday May23rd 2010 1.30pm

 Charles Fellows-Smith takes the wicket of Nick Cowley, Vincent Square May 2010 

Result:  Nomads won 25 runs
Toss:    Nomads
Umpires: Peter Blackler & Edward Rose
Scorers: Various
Debut(s):Mehboob Umarjie,James Smith,Shomit Dutta

NOMADS CC Innings
J Smith      lbw        b Feltham        9
T Carter     c Harlow   b Feltham        0
M Umarjie    lbw        b Ireland       37
S Dutta      c MacVicar b Mylne         80
A Peters     c & b        Ireland       28
A Hill       c Lane     b Ireland       17
KG Alexander+bowled       Fellows-Smith 40
D Shah       lbw        b Fellows-smith  8
GC Lamb*     not out                     0
N Cowley     lbw        b Fellows-Smith  0
Extras       (b11,lb1,w3,nb0)           15
TOTAL        (9wkts dec,45.4 overs)    234
Dnb:ME Blumberg
 
Fow:1-0,2-21,3-59,4-128,5-159,6-215,7-230,8-234,9-234.

Bowling-MacVicar 9 5 22 0,Feltham 5 0 24 2,Ireland 14 2 61 3,Rawes 2 0 18 0,Fellows-Smith 11.4 0 64 3,Mylne 4 0 16 1.

PINK ELEPHANTS CC Innings
J Ireland       bowled         Cowley   50
S James         bowled         Blumberg 10
J Lane          run out                  7
Angus Mylne     c Hill       b Carter   54
T Howard        c Lamb       b Carter    3
M Feltham       c Hill       b Carter   20
A Rowes         st Alexander b Blumberg  6
D MacVicar      not out                 28
Andy Mylne      st Alexander b Carter    4
C Fellows-Smith bowled         Umarjie   3
AN Absent
Extras          (b16,lb4,w1,nb4)        25
TOTAL           (All out,43 overs)     209

Fow:1-56,2-74,3-79,4-92,5-131,6-147,7-199,8-202,9-209.

Bowling-Cowley 11 1 29 1,Shah 9 6 31 0,Blumberg 8 1 44 2,Carter 11 0 75 4,Dutta 2 0 3 0,Umarjie 2 0 5 1.

 Tim Carters' wrist spin swings match Nomads' way

On a very hot afternoon Nomads won the toss, gave the opposition three players(MacVicar, Harlowe and Lane) and lost Tim Carter for a duck and soon afer James Smith. Mehboob Umarjie hit a swift 37 before falling to a long hop that failed to bounce indeed several wickets were to come from the unpredictable bounce. Shomit Dutta partnered successively by Andy Peters, Andy Hill and Keith Alexander steadily built up a substantial total. Nomads declared at 234 from 45.4 overs.

In reply Joe Ireland stroked his way to a fluent fifty while Stonewall James hung on at the other end. Shah and Cowley were unlucky not to take several wickets and between them bowled 20 overs for just 60 runs. The slows came on and had some early success but the bold hitting of young Angus Mylne with assistance from Feltham and MacVicar took the Pink Elephants towards a win. Then a flurry of wickets either side of 200 brought the innings to a close, 25 runs short with 2 overs to go. 

Again a good body of players from both sides took ale for some hours at the nearby Barley Mow Pub.

Previous Matches 
2008 Nomads won by 3 wickets
2007 Pink Elephants won by 5 wickets
2006 No Play Rain
2005 Nomads won by 4 wkts
2004 Match Drawn but Wakers scores ton

Around the same time as we played the match with Pink Elephants all over central London there had appeared model Elephants highlighting the plight of Asian Elephants and attempting to raise funds to help protect them whether they be 'working' elephants or in the wild.