MATCH 18 Nomads CC v Montenotte Thursday May12th   at Highgate CC Shepherd's Cot London N8 8JJ, 2.00pm

John Olufawo drives on his way to a century

Result:  Nomads won by 10 wickets with 8 overs remaining   
Toss:    Montenotte CC      
Umpires: Seve Fox & J Noonan  
Scorer:  Beryl Casale & Steve Brewer   
Debut(s):Nawaz Kadir,Kilbrith Rameez,Paul Crego.

MONTENOTTE CC Innings 
C Fletcher     not out           124
S Plum         bowled   Rameez    33
P Furness+     bowled   Sebanja   14
A Newton*      bowled   Ssebanja   5
A Hardev Singh bowled   Soames     0
N Shah         bowled   Soames     0
T Whyte        bowled   Ssebanja   3
B Watley       not out             1
Extras        (b20,lb9,w1,nb2)    32
TOTAL      (6 wkts dec,53 overs) 212
Dnb:E Hopkinson,C Meyers,P Alford.

Fow:1-58(2),2-147(3),3-159(4),4-178(5),5-178(6),6-192(7).

Bowling-Ssebanja 15 5 36 3,Rehman 12 2 27 0,Rameez 12 2 37 1,Olufawo 6 0 24 0,Crego 5 0 39 0,Soames 3 0 20 2.

NOMADS CC Innings
M Blake   not out              73
J Olufawo not out             130
Extras   (b2,lb6,w0,nb3)       11
TOTAL    (0 wickets,34 overs) 214 with 8 overs to go
Dnb:D Ramjag,J Thornton,J Ssebanja,Z Rehman,G Soames,ME Blumberg*,N Kadar+,K Rameez,P Crego.

Fow:

Bowling-Hopkinson 10 1 56 0,Whyte 6 0 35 0,Shah 7 0 34 0,Whateley 3 0 19 0,Alford 4 0 25 0,Meyers 2 0 32 0,Newton 1 0 1 0,Hardew Singh 1 0 4 0.

Openers coast to 10 wicket win

Andy Newton, Montenotte skipper, won the toss and elected to bat on a damp pitch. After 20 overs Montenotte's openers had reached 52 helped by our 'volunteer' wicket keeper.'Killer' Rameez replaced Ssebanja and bowled Plum who had looked to be in fine form stroking six 4s through the covers,58-1 in the 23rd over. Furness nudged as Fletcher slowly came out of his shell punishing Rameez's late overs, benefiting from some over throws and continued to open up off Olufawo and Paul Crego's loose balls.

The reintroduction of Ssbanja brought success as both Furness and Newton were bowled,159-3 off 44 overs and although Fletcher continued to score freely Gerard soames removed both Singh and Shah for ducks. Ssbanja had his third wicket when he bowled White for 3 in the 51st over. white hing around with Fletcher to add another 20 runs of which 8 were byes befor the declaration came at 212 off 53 overs. Nomads had bowled their overs at 19 per hour.

After an excellent tea Mike Blake and John Olufawo chased the target with some ease.Olufawo finished on 130 not out.Blake may have reached a century as well  had he not appeared to go to sleep at the crease while on 45 for a very long time.

Montenotte's bowling was very poor. In the past they have been much stronger with some good contests resulting. Indeed the record shows four  wins  for both clubs.

Members of both clubs imbibed late into the evening some enjoying a Thai dinner as well.

Previous Matches
2015 September  Nomads won by 8 wickets
2015 May              Cancelled Rain
2014 September  Nomads won by 5 wickets
2014 May              Montenotte won by 3 wickets
2013 September   Match Drawn
2013 May              Nomads won by 86 runs
2012 September   Montenotte won by 5 wickets
2012 May              Montenotte won by 6 wickets
2011 September   Match Drawn
2011 May              Match Drawn
2010 May              Montenotte won by 2 wickets