Nomads in Spain October 2007 La Manga & L’Alfas Del Pi

OCTOBER 2007

A very wet tour

MATCH 49 LA MANGA CC v NOMADS CC at La Manga Club Upper Cricket Ground Tuesday October 16th 1.00pm-40 overs match with bowlers limited to 8 overs  

Match Cancelled due to Rain and Wet Pitch and Ground

MATCH 50 MOJACOR CC v NOMADS CC at La Manga Club Upper Cricket Ground Wednesday October 17th  1.00pm -40 overs match with bowlers limited to 8 overs.   Result: Nomads won by 20 runs  Toss:   Nomads  Umpires:Various  Scorers:Several  Debut(s):Sunny Bowry,Dileep Trevedi,Waseem Shewani   NOMADS CC Innings J Lascelles c Beal b Rose    2 A Smith     bowled   Rose   30 R Latchman  not out         94 A Padhani   run out         60 S Bowry     not out         20 Extras     (b0,lb4,w21,nb1) 26 TOTAL (3 wickets,40 overs) 232 Dnb:D Trevedi,W Sherwani,C Page,A Lee,D Morley-Clarke,ME Blumberg   Fow: 1-36,2-50,3-191.   Bowling-Beal 8 3 22 0,Mundon 6.5 1 48 0,Rose 8 0 37 2,Stannard 8 0 58 0,Skelton 4 0 21 0,Ingram 2 0 15 0,Houseman 2 0 15 0,Ben 0.1 0 0 0.   MOJACOR CC Innings P Beal     bowled      Trevedi 96 L Lee      c Trevedi  b Page   16 K Houseman bowled      Smith   38 A Stannard c Padhani  b Page   12 P Mundon   c Trevedi  b Page   17 P Ingram   c Sherwani b Page   15 J Jem      c Trevedi  b Page    0 J Rose     c Trevedi  b Page    3 N Skelton  lbw        b Smith   6 S Sam      not out              1 G Wambeke  bowled      Sherwani 0 Extras    (b1,lb1,w6,nb1)       9 TOTAL     (All out,40 overs)  212   Fow:1-28,2-127,3-144,4-167,5-171,6-185,7-185,8-193,9-210,10-212.   Bowling-Morley-Clarke 5 0 32 0,Page 8 0 44 4,Blumberg 8 0 36 0,Bowry 5 0 31 0,Trevedi 6 0 40 1,,Smith 7 0 22 3,Sherwani 1 0 2 1.   

Nomads Prevail Despite Beal Heroics

On a beautiful cloudless sunny day  Nomads made a very slow start in which Jeremy Lascelles,Nomads top scorer in 2007, struggled to score a run and Mojacor skipper Phil Beal bowled a tight spell 6 3 6 0. The innings accelerated as Latchman and Padhani gained in confidence.The first 20 overs produced 67 runs and the second 20 overs 165! Ranjit Latchman played very well for his 94* deserving a century. For Mojacor Phil Beal and veteran Keith Houseman put on 99 runs for the 2nd wicket and while Beal was there threatened to overhaul Nomads' total especially as Nomads were spilling catches. However with the removal of Beal, bowled Trevedi, and then the introduction of Andy Smith and return of Chris Page, the Mojacor innings though maintaining momentum kept losing wickets until finally replacement George Wambeke was bowled with the last ball, leaving Mojacor 20 runs short. Mojacor hit nine 6s,Nomads hit zero 6s perhaps an indication of Nomads inexperience of batting on the artificial surface. It may be argued that Jeremy's idiosyncratic innings made a match of it  though the oppo' skipper was heard to mutter he hadn't driven all that way to watch people pat dot balls all afternoon so he brought  on some secondary bowlers on!!!!! Indeed but for wides the game would have been a real nail bitter.  It was unfortunate that our main opening bowler Krunic was sidelined having injured himself playing soccer on the Sunday prior to the tour! Yet the sight of eleven players on the field and three watching at one pount was very welcome after the embarrassing debacle of last year. 

MATCH 51 LA MANGA/MOJACOR CCs v NOMADS CC at La Manga Club Upper Cricket Ground Thursday October 18th 1.00pm-40 overs match with bowlers limited to 8 overs.  

Match Cancelled due to  Rain and Wet Pitch and Ground

Match 52  SPORTING ALFAS CC v NOMADS CC   at Columbus Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain Saturday October 20th 12 noon, 40 overs,8 max per bowler, because of the ground condition bowlers only bowled from top end   Result: Sporting Alfas won by 13/16 runs** Toss:   Sporting Alfas Umpires:Brian Pitt & David Myers Scorers:Several Debut(s):None   SPORTING ALFAS CC Innings Shafique Ali+   c Lee        b Thewlis        0 S Crompton      c Stansfield b Page          46 P Pennick       c Lee        b Morley-Clarke 17 Wasim Ul Rehman c Barter     b Bowry         60 J Matthews      lbw          b Page          10 D Myers jnr     st Lee       b Blumberg      14 C Crompton      c Lee        b Blumberg       0 C Munoz         c Lee        b Thewlis        1 Imran Khan      bowled         Thewlis        2 S Lupson        bowled         Blumberg       0 A Bacon *       not out                       0 Extras         (b0,lb0,w4,nb5)                9 TOTAL          (All out,36.2 overs)         160   Fow:1-0,2-33,3-114,4-136,5-155,6-157,7-158,9-160,10-160.   Bowling-Thewlis 8 1 21 3,Morley-clarke 8 0 39 1,Page 8 0 34 1,Bowry 8 0 50 1,Blumberg 4.2 0 15 3.   NOMADS CC Innings S Barter        bowled        Lupson      3 R Latchman      st Shafique b Wasim      27 A Padhani       lbw         b Wasim      14 M Thewlis       lbw         b Wasim       4 P Stansfield    c Pennick   b Wasim      22 S Bowry         c Shafique  b Pennick     9 V Gavin         bowled        Pennick     2 C Page          bowled        S Crompton 11 D Morley-Clarke bowled p/o    Bacon      13 A Lee           run out                   7 ME Blumberg     not out                   1 Extras         (b7,lb2,nb1,w25)          35 TOTAL          (All out,37 overs)       147**   Fow:1-16,2-53,3-59,4-73,5-98,6-98,7-103,8-127,9-145,10-147.   Bowling-Lupson 8 1 27 1,Imran 4 0 26 0,Wasim 8 0 25 4,S Crompton 8 0 31 1,Pennick 8 0 26 2,Bacon 1 0 2 1.    ** The scorebook suggests we were a bit closer than we thought,a product of the reluctance of batsmen and players unwilling to relieve the scorer who had eventually to bat  to say nothing of so little help with the scoreboard!!!!!!                          

Top Order Squander Victory chance after fine bowling effort  Local Alfas scribe writes as follows-

The Alfas captain won the toss, elected to bat, and immediately saw the season's most prolific run scorer depart in the first over off the bowling of Thewlis. After thirty-two runs had been added for the second wicket, Crompton and W. Ul-Rehman took the score to 114 in the twenty-third over before the former fell just four runs short of his half-century. Wasim Ul-Rehman, playing his first match for the Club since suffering a hand injury whilst playing for Spain at the beginning of August, held the innings together as he made an influential sixty and in doing so passed five hundred runs for the season. The introduction of Blumberg into the bowling attack and the return of Thewlis for his second spell, caused the Alfas innings to disintegrate as the last five wicket fell for the addition of just five runs. For the visitors, Blumberg claimed 3-15 and Thewlis 3-21, whilst wicketkeeper Lee claimed five victims although startingthe match as sub for Dileep Trevedi. Although the Alfas total was a modest one, it was still reasonably competitive given the slowness of the damp outfield. The Nomads lost an early wicket to the bowling of Lupson, before Latchman and Padhani looked to have matters under control as the score was taken to fifty-three by the twelfth over. When Wasim Ul-Rehman started his eight over spell he had an immediate impact upon the innings as he claimed four wickets at a cost of twenty-five runs. With the score standing at 103-7, it appeared that Alfas would complete a comfortable victory. However, Page and Morley-Clarke showed some determination and aided by a couple of Alfas fielding lapses a close finish became a real prospect. Alfas eventually prevailed as the innings closed in the thirty-seventh over, giving the home side a sixteen run success**. In spite of the difficult ground conditions the afternoon had produced an excellent and closely fought game of cricket.This was a game we undoubtedly should have won, requiring 4 an over at the start and after a productive opening less than 4 for most of the match. However senior players played some rash shots under no pressure and with Alfas having bowled out their proper bowlers even the last wicket pair should have prospered against 4 fill in overs! Without Hawkeye discussion over Padhani and Thewlis's lbws is pointless but an accurate total on the scoreboard at the end of the 36th over would have been more than helpful as would a fit and well Trevedi.Many thanks to Alfas for  staging this match in view of the condition of much of  the lower part of the ground.  

Match 53  SPORTING ALFAS CC Sunday XI v NOMADS CC   at Columbus Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain Sunday October 21st 12 noon, 40 overs,8 max per bowler.                     

Match Cancelled due to  Wet Pitch and  Squelchy Ground

Match 54  Forty Club Of Spain CC  v NOMADS CC   at Columbus Oval Albir L'Alfas Del Pi Spain Monday October 22nd 12 noon, 40 overs, no restriction on bowlers,12 a side,11 fielders,12 batsmen.   Result:  Nomads won by 93 runs Toss:    Forty Club Of Spain Umpires: Brian Pitt & others Scorers: Several Debut(s):None.   NOMADS CC Innings S Barter        bowled        Norton      62 N Nayar         c Cooper    b Nix         54 S Bowry         c Henderson b Nix          4 M Thewlis       bowled        Braithwaite 10 W Sherwani+     bowled        Braithwaite  4 D Trevidi+      run out                   14 J Hyams         bowled        Braithwaite  0 V Gavin         c ?         b Nix          2 C Page          c Evans     b Braithwaite  9 M Woolley       bowled        Nix          3 D Morley-Clarke bowled        Nix          5 ME Blumberg*     not out                   1 Extras         (b3,lb0,w9,nb0)            12 TOTAL          (All out,39.5 overs)      183   Fow:1-98,2-108,3-137,4-147,5-152,6-152,7-159,8-172,9-179,10-182.   Bowling-Braithwaite 12 0 40 4,Vaughan 4 0 14 0,Kellington 6 0 32 0,Norton 8 0 49 1,Nix 9.5 0 44 5.   FORTY CLUB OF SPAIN Innings K Geddes      c Trevedi  b Thewlis        1 C Cooper      c Thewlis  b Page          14 P Stansfield  c Nayar    b Morley-Clarke 19 G Evans*      c Woolley  b Blumberg      23 J Henderson   c Trevedi  b Page           0 A Lee+        c & b        Page           8 R Ward        bowled       Nayar          2 G Kellington  c Bowry    b Nayar          7 B Nix         c Bowry    b Page           1 J Braithwaite c Sherwani b Barter         6 R Norton      c Page     b Barter         0 N Vaughan     not out                     0 Extras        (b1,lb0,w3,nb0)             4 TOTAL        (All out,35.2 overs)        90   Fow:Not recorded   Bowling-Thewlis 8 2 13 1,Morley-Clarke 7 2 29 1,Page 9 1 24 4,Blumberg 6 0 17 1,Nayar 4 2 4 2,Barter 1.2 0 6 2.   + As Nomads had 13 in need of a game Tony Lee played for Forty Club allowing Paul Nix to bowl! + Sherwani and Trevedi shared wicket keeping duties                   

Barter & Nayar lay foundations for victory

Once again the ground was still very wet and the start was delayed.Despite the Umpire's misgivings the same formula as Saturday was agreed. Bowling only at top end and dead ball if the ball stuck in the squelchy and mud laden area. Geoff Evans won the toss and invited Nomads to bat. Barter and Nayar began cautiously with 34 off 10 overs improving to 85 off 20.Eventually with the introduction of Nix the partnership was broken at 98 and thereafter wickets fell steadily as often to  wild  shots as to good bowling.Simon Barter top scored with 62 but aside from Neraj Nayar on 54 only one batsmen got beyond 10! Paul Nix finished with five wickets a rare treat for him. Forty Club had little batting it turned out and need skipper Geoff Evans and Paul Stansfield to score heavily if they were to make any challenge. In the event Stanners fell to a stunning catch by Neeraj Nayar at short mid on off Morley-Clarke and Evans to another good one close on the off by Mark Woolley off Blumberg. Page with four,Nayar and Barter with two apiece mopped up the rest to give Nomads a convincing victory over the Forty Club by 93 runs. Normally a declaration game Nomads have failed for many years to beat the Forty Club including the time when batting second Jemile al-Darajji refused to take a run for the non existant throw of the late George Smith.

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