Nomads in Spain Tour to L’Alfas Del Pi Spain

October 12th – 17th Spain 2017

Tour party: Michael Blumberg, Ross Ormiston, Alan Ormiston Bill Johnson and Linda Adams, John Hardy, Jason Caunt and Sue, Kevin Smith, Simon Barter, Nigel Hussey, Jon Thornton, Nigel Green(Scorer),  Kyle Bradley,  Paul Wakefield, Oliver Barnes, Matt Jefferson and for one match George Metcalfe.

We stayed mostly at the Rober Palas Hotel, some upgraded and some downgraded!

This  proved to be a most successful tour on and off the field and not  without incident. In as much as we were mostly a mature squad not a lot  was anticipated in terms of results. However in the event we won all  four matches, dined and drank well and most importantly sleep  deprivation did not seem to adversely effect the majority of players. We  did have considerable depth in batting and almost everyone batted up  and down the order over the four matches and without protest. We had  three wicket keepers and all three kept and one did for the opposition. A  little unexpected but most welcome was the success of one wicket keeper  as a seam bowler.
Debutant  Jason Caunt performed with distinction, Paul Wakefield excelled with  the bat as did Jon Thornton and Ross Ormiston. Bill Johnson hit the  highest individual score 75* on Saturday, Ross also took four catches  and his son two.
 On Saturday Sporting Alfas were missing 3/4 major  players however you can only play those present and we won. The  Woodbridge Oval had been under water the weekend before with the result  that the outfield was a magnificent lush green. Unfortunately this made  boundary hits on the ground hard to achieve and resulted in a number of  below par innings totals and rather exhausted batsmen. Simon Barter, a  former regular tourist until 2009,  arrived on Friday and resumed his  love affair with Benidorm. Matt Jefferson also a former tourist arrived  late on Sunday so we lent him to the opposition on Monday. Simon  introduced Kyle Bradley and Alan Ormiston to Benidorm but they survived  the experience.  Young George Metcalfe who learned his cricket at Alfas  but now lives in UK and played three times for Nomads this season played  for us on Friday but for Alfas on Monday.

The  cricketers were well supported by Nigel Green our electronic scorer and  three ladies-Veronica, Sue and Linda together with Irina from the  Yellow Submarine.

The tour was an excellent finale to the season. Well played Nomads.

Tour Summary Played 4 Won 4

All  four matches at the Woodbridge Oval  Bulevar Musics, 14, 03581 L'Albir L'Alfas del Pi  
Friday October 13th 40/40 match 8 overs per bowler Forty Club of Spain 135-6,40 overs(J Perman61,k Perman 22) lost to Nomads CC 139-4,30.4 overs(Wakefield 53ret,Metcalfe 29) by 6 wickets 
Saturday October 14th 40/40 overs match 8 max per bowler Nomads CC 199-5,40 overs(Johnson 75*,Caunt 42,Bradley 30,Alger 2-33,Sandri 2-43) beat Sporting Alfas 1st XI 187-7,40 overs(J Perman 60,Sandri 24,K Perman 20) by 22 runs 
Sunday October 15th 40/40 overs match,max 8 overs per bowler Nomads CC 205-9,40 overs (Thornton 59,R Ormiston 50,Wakefield 41,Ahmed 2-35,Walker 2-34) beat Sporting Alfas Sunday XI 177 all out(J Perman 85,Walker 35*,Hardy 2-15,Alexander 2-28,R Ormiston 2-38) by 28 runs  
Monday October 16th 35/35 overs match no bowling restrictions Nomads  CC 196-8,35 overs(Wakefield 68,Hussey 29*,A Ormiston 22, Pennick 5-48) beat Sporting Alfas Mid Week XI 76-9,35 overs(Arnes 20,Caunt 3-17,Hardy 2-17,Alexander 2-25) by 120 runs 

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