Monday July 10th v Stowe Templars

 STOWE TEMPLARS  Innings                      Runs  Balls  Mins  4s  6s Dots   S/r
 Ash Pearson     c P Ramesh      b J Hamilton  35     47    53   6   0   33    74.47
 Ernie McDade    bowled            C Moore     24     49    73   3   0   36    48.98
 Rhys Noble      lbw             b J Ellis     40     72    65   5   0   51    55.56
 Alan Bowman     c D Ellis       b J Ellis     48     45    54   7   0   20   106.67
 Nick Watkins+   st D Ellis      b C Moore     14     25    34   2   0   17    56.00
 James King      bowled            J Ellis      9     14    14   2   0   11    64.29
 Jason Ellis     c P Ramesh      b R Bedi      14     28    32   1   0   18    50.00
 Todd Davey      c V Kandampully b C Moore      0      5     3   0   0    5     0.00
 Rupert Rowling* not out                       23     20    20   0   0   10   115.00
 Conrad Spencer  not out                        0      2     1   0   0    2     0.00
 Extras         (b18,lb3,w7,nb4)               32
 TOTAL          (8 wickets,51 overs)          239
  
 Fow:1-67(1),2-85(2),3-158(3),4-169(4),5-191(5),7-198(8),8-236(7).
  
 Bowling – Hamilton 9 3 26 1,J Ellis 9 0 39 3(w2,nb3),Moore 15 2 60 3,Page 7 0 31(nb1),Ramesh 3 0 15 0(w1),Bedi 4 0 10 0.
  
 NOMADS CC Innings                   R  B   M   4s 6s  D   S/r
 V Kandampully bowled        Bowman  24 54  87  2  0  38  44.44
 T Pascal      c Ellis     b Noble    0  1   1  0  0   1   0.00
 R Bedi        bowled        Noble    0  2   2  0  0   2   0.00
 P Ramesh      c Bowman    b Ellis   58 59  62 11  0  36  98.31
 A Elech       not out               86 86 104 13  0  42 100.00
 S Thakur      bowled     Spencer    52 58  71  6  0  28  89.60
 J Ellis       not out                4  8  10  0  0   5  50.00
 Extras       (b9,lb5,w2,nb0)        16
 TOTAL        (5 wickets,44.5 overs)240
 Dnb :J Hamilton*,C Moore,C Page,D Ellis+
  
 Fow:1-1(2),2-1(3),3-85(3),4-111(1),5-224(5).
  
 Bowling – Noble 9 3 40 2(w2),Spencer 7.5 0 50 1,Palin 5 0 23 0,Bowman 7 0 32 1.Davey 6 0 30 0,Rowling 4 0 31 0.
  
   

Vic Devers Full Scorecard

Ahmed Elech Steers Nomads to 5 wicket win

Stowe School’s beautiful 1st XI pitch  was looking a real picture for Nomads’ annual visit to take part in the  Stowe Templars’ cricket week. Skipper James Hamilton won the toss and  elected to field, to the horror of several Nomads  who had never played at Stowe before. It soon became clear that the  outfield was running quick, and the wicket (although tinged with green)  was typically placid. 

 Stowe’s batsmen got stuck in, notching a stand of  67 for the first wicket before James Hamilton (1/26) elicited a false  shot from Pearson which was well held at cover by Pratyush Ramesh.  Despite Charlie Moore accounting for the other opener,  Stowe reached lunch after 31 overs at a comfortable 139/2.   
  
 A magnificent lunch was eschewed by Jack Ellis,  whose asceticism was rewarded with a much improved showing in his second  spell, pinning Rhys Noble LBW, nicking off Alan Bowman, and cleaning up  James King. His figures of 3/39 were a fine  effort on a wicket offering little help for any type of bowler. With  Charlie Moore (15 overs, 3/60) at the other end bowling a long spell,  Nomads applied considerable pressure to the scoring rate, which led to a  double strike for Moore as Watkins was stumped  by Duncan Ellis and Davey was caught sharply at slip in the same over. 
  
 Such disciplined bowling forced the Templars  captain to extend the innings past the halfway point, eventually  declaring on 239/8 after 51 overs. Nomads estimated they would have  around 44 overs back. 
  
 The first over of the Nomads innings was certainly  explosive. Rhys Noble ran in from the school end with a light gale at  his back, and the result was some of the quickest bowling Nomads have  faced in recent years. Thierry Pascal nicked  to slip where he was bravely held by Ell, and Rhythm Bedi inside edged  onto his off stump. At 1/2 after one over, Nomads were in some strife. 
  
 Happily, Pratyush Ramesh came in at 4 and, in  combination with Vic Kandampully, set about building a long partnership  of 84 for the third wicket. Kandampully faced down the whirlwind and  stole increasingly cheeky singles, while Ramesh got  off to a flyer by taking the attack to both opening bowlers whenever  they offered a short ball. This gambit was successful and Ramesh was  soon celebrating his 50 from only 46 balls, with 11 fours – a fantastic  innings given the bowling and the scoreline at  the start. Just when it looked as though Ramesh might win the day on  his own, there was a short rain break that saw the captains and umpires  agree to add 15 minutes to the game clock to compensate. On resumption,  Ramesh was well held by Bowman for 58.  
  
 However, Ahmed Elech came in and took the score  well past 100 before Kandampully played around a straight one from  Bowman for 25. But this loss did not inhibit Nomads, as Elech and  Sarthak Thakur put on a fantastic partnership of 113 at  a run-a-ball rate, milking the Stowe change bowling for numerous  singles, leavened by occasional boundaries. Both batsmen reached  half-centuries before Thakur was bowled for 52 in the search for quick  runs, with victory only 16 away. However, Elech kept going  to the end, in the company of Jack Ellis (4*), finishing on 86* and  passing the Templars total with 7 balls to go, and 5 wickets still in  hand. 
  
 A very creditable victory to which nearly every  Nomads player made a significant contribution. The determined bowling  and fielding performance on a flat wicket was crucial. No Nomads bowlers  went a more than 5 an over, and this was key  to restricting Templars to a chaseable score. Moreover, James Hamilton  showed captaincy wisdom beyond his years in negotiating the crucial  extra 15 minutes with the Templars’ captain and experienced umpire  Graham Frost. As the rain returned, many Nomads enjoyed  the taste of Corona beers fresh from the fridge to toast an excellent  run-chase.

 Previous Matches
2022  Stowe Templars won by 3 wickets
2021  Match Drawn
2020  Cancelled Covid
2019  Nomads won by 42 runs
2018  Nomads won by 81 runs 
2017  Templars won by 2 wickets
2016  Nomads won by 3 wickets
2015  Cancelled too wet but good lunch    
2014  Nomads won by 19 runs
2013  Templars won by 55 runs  
2012  Cancelled Deluge 
2011  Templars won by 4 wickets
2010  Match Drawn  
2009  Match Drawn
2008  Templars won by 122 runs     
2007  Nomads   won by 139 runs
2006  Nomads   won by 209 runs,record stand by Wycherley & Al-Darraji
2005  Templars won by 4 wickets      
2004  Match Drawn 
2003  Match Drawn   
2002  Match Drawn
2001  Nomads  won by 16 runs
2000  Templars won by 6 wickets
1999  Match Drawn
1998  Match Drawn
1997  Templars won by 5 wickets, after Nomads declared at 273-1 off 56 overs
1996  Nomads   won by 9 wickets 
1995  Match Drawn 
1994  Nomads won by 5 wickets 
1993  Match Drawn
1992  Match Drawn Rain Stopped Play
1991  Match Drawn
1990  Templars won by 38 runs
1989  Match Drawn
1988  Match Drawn
1987
1986  Templars won by 59 runs
1985
1984
1983
1982  Templars won by 7 wickets
1981  Templars won by 39 runs
1980  Match Drawn
1979  Templars won by 104 runs
 

Nomads have been playing Stowe Templars since 1979 thanks to Oliver Croom-Johnson. Thanks also to Oliver for researching almost all the missing scorecards so there is a near complete record of our matches at Stowe.

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