Match 19 NOMADS CC v KENSINGTON CC Ascot Park Wing Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire LU7 OPR Sunday May 24th 1.00pm 2015 

It was a gloomy sight when we arrived and damp

Result:   Nomads won by 5 wickets
Toss:    Nomads CC
Umpires:  Various  
Scorer:  Several 
Debut(s):None

        
The Scorebox & Pavilion                   Matt Syddall opened for KCC and struck 59   

KENSINGTON CC Innings                         
S Gore      c MacKey   b Robbins   6
M Syddal    c Page     b Brockton 59  
AA Bilgrani bowled       Smith     5  
W Williams+ bowled       Smith    26  
A Barretto  st Mackey  b Steele   15  
R Ghosh     c Brockton b Page     36  
M Marshall+ st MacKey  b Page     53  
S Senn      c Mackey   b Steele    8  
M Ali       bowled       Steele    0  
S Barua     not out                6  
Extras     (b0,lb1,w8,nb0)         9  
TOTAL      (9 wkts dec,42 overs) 223  
Dnb:R Konson  

Fow:1-32(1),2-37(3),4-109(2),5-124(5),6-186(6),7-203(8),8-203(9),223(7). 

Bowling-Robbins 8 0 37 1,Smith 11 0 52 2,Steele 13 2 66 3,Brockton 3 0 12 1,Page 7 0 55 2. 

NOMADS CC Innings                 R   B 6s 4s 
T Liversidge lbw        b Konson 26  43 0  3 
R MacKey     c Williams b Barua   6  15 0  0 
D Ramjag     not out             75  83 0  9 
A Stokes     c Williams b Ghosh  18  34 0  2 
A Smith      c ?        b Senn   27  29 2  3 
T Brockton   not out             38  42 0  4 
Extras      (b8,lb3,w24,nb1)     36 
TOTAL       (4 wkts,41.3 overs) 226 
Dnb:A Hill,D Steele,C Page,ME Blumberg,M Robbins.

Fow:1-27(2),2-49(1),3-97(4),4-125(5). 

Bowling-Konson 10 0 38 1,Barua 13 0 72 1,Ghosh 8 0 48 1,Senn 9 0 51 1,Barretto 1.3 0 6 0. 

Dominic Ramjag chases down the target successfully

Nomads lost the toss and Kensinghton chose to bat. Nomads were without their strike bowlers of the previous day but had a lot of batting.A chase therefore seemed a safe bet.

Mike Robbins, seam, opened at one end while Andy Smith,slow variation at the other. KCC had avanced to 32 before San Gore was caught behind off Robbins.Soon after Smith bowled the unussually elevated Bilgranni,37-2. Matt Syddall and Warren Williams now added 32 quick runs whereupon smith struck again bowling williams. Barreto struggled yet it was a frustrated Matt Syddall who was next out miscuing and caught by a good catch from Chris Pageoff Brockton who bowled a brief spell failing with the wet ball to achieve the swing of the previous day.David Steele put Barretto out of his misery trapping him stumped by Mackey,124-5.

There now developed a good stand between Rohan Ghosh and Matt Marshall during which some 62 runs were added. Ghosh was caught off Page by Brockton when seemingly set for a big score at 186. Steele then removed 8 and 9 and Page who had taken some stick had Marshall stumped for a good fifty. Kensington then declared generously ensuring both sides would have 42 overs.

After an excellent tea young Tom Liversidge and Richard MacKey. opened and in the 8th over Saikat Barua had Mackey caught behind,27-1.The total had reached 49 when Tom Liversidge was adjudged lbw leaving the field somewhat aggrieved. Stokes then joined Ramjag and took the score to 97 when Ghosh had Stokes caught behind,97-3. When the last hour was called Nomads required 125 runs to win.Andy Smith hit some sixes before being caught at cover point,142-4,after 8 overs. Brockton joined Ramjag and these two added a further 82 runs off 11.3 overs to win the match with 3 balls left.Dominic Ramjag had reached a fluent 75 with a fine selection of crisp well timed shots and was duly awarded the Nomads Man of the Match award-a bottle of Whisky.

Tom Brockton chose Matt Syddall as Kensington's Man of the Match and sampled the Cobra Special before handing it to Matt, a curious innovation. Kensington also presented Nomads with abottle of Whisky for the club. This bottle is with Tom Brockton for safe keeping!, Both teams then made their way to a local hostelry in Wing for a couple of pints before driving home celebrating a good afternoon's cricket at a magnificent setting.

Post Match Awards

Kensington CC is sponsored by Johnny Walker Whisky and Cobra Beer

 
 Nomads CC MOM Dominic Ramjag                                                   Kensington CC MOM Matt   Syddall

     
 Nomads celebrate victory at Ascot Park facing the pavilion and facing the ground drinking Cobra beer supplied by KCC