Nomads in Spain L’Alfas Del Pi March 5-12th
MATCH 3 NOMADS CC v SPORTING ALFAS FORTY CLUB Friday March 6th 2024 1.30pm at Woodbridge Oval Albir Spain - 35/35 overs match, 8 overs max per bowler Result: Nomads won by 271 runs Toss: Nomads CC Umpires:Mark Williams & Others Scorer: Michael Blumberg Debut: None NOMADS CC Innings T Patel+ not out 101 J Olufawo c Qayyam b Powl 8 P Wakefield lbw b Maylon 0 J Al-Darraji c Ashraf b Powl 10 N Hussey c Scott b Powl 0 N Patel* retired 100 N Paropkari not out 27 Extras (b18,lb3,w14,nb3) 38 TOTAL (4/5 wkts,35 overs) 284 Dnb:J Thornton,W Johnson,P Price,K Smith. Fow:1-12(2),2-14(3),3-51(4),4-51(5),5-218(6ret). Bowling – Powl 7 2 35 3,Maylon 4 0 24 1,Braithwaite 7 0 41 0,Ahmad 6 0 51 0,Perman 2 0 29 0,Waqar 5 0 32 0,Scott 4 0 53 0.(-2) SPORTING ALFAS XL Club Innings J Perman c Price b Johnson 50 Z Ul-Qayyam c Olufawo b Hussey 0 W Ashraf bowled Al-Darraji 100 C Cooper bowled Paropkari 12 T Maylon c T Patel b Olufawo 23 J Powl not out 8 T Scott c T Patel b N Patel 5 J Braithwaite not out 0 Extras (b5,lb4,w6,nb0) 15 TOTAL (6 wkts,35 overs) 213 Dnb: K Laundon*+, R Ahmad(Missing). Fow:1-6(2),2-67(1),3-114(4),4-181(5),6-206(3). Bowling – Al-Darraji 7 0 59 1,Hussey 7 2 30 1, Johnson 5 0 22 1,Paropkari 6 1 22 1,N Patel 4 0 25 1,Thornton 2 0 28 0,Olufawo 4 0 18 1.
A Tale of Three Tons
The local scribe wrote thus – On a very blustery Friday at the Woodbridge Oval Albir, Sporting Alfas XL team entertained the Nomads CC for their bi annul tournament for the twenty ninth consecutive year. Amazing dedication by one club to our very impressive facility loaned to the club by the Mayor of Alfas del PI.
The toss was won by Alfas, and mainly due to lack of players available, invited Nomads to have a bat. The opportunity gave the opponents a chance to go big in the runs column. The home sides bowlers had a different idea, and the early batsmen found our home wicket advantage difficult to get the hang of.
Olufawu the first to go with Wakefield, Al- Durraji and Hussey following him back to the tea hut. Ten overs gone and the score only on fifty two with four men out, could the home side snatch a win. T Patel and his uncle N Patel turned the game into a very one-sided affair and the next twenty five overs were dispatched to all corners.
Nephew and Uncle reaching centuries inside the allotted overs and with a quick fire twenty seven from Naman Paropkari the visitors ended on 284. The fantastic tea and cake supplied by the crew in the hut gave both sets of players the opportunity to relax before what was going to be an uphill slog for the home team.
On loan opener Zia Ul Qayyum walked in and walked out just as quickly, Zero for six in the second over. Waqar Ashraf joined J Perman and the pair took the score up to sixty seven with Perman the dominant partner before giving his wicket to Johnston on fifty. Chris Cooper, on his come back to the XL eleven, joined W Ashraf and the score board ticked along nicely with W Ashraf now becoming the dominant player Cooper contributing twelve in the partnership. Tyrone Maylon made a good case for being in at five, but the run rate required was reaching an impossible rate, he gave it ago, twenty three before nicking behind. Waqar Ashraf fell after reaching his maiden century, many congratulations on reaching this milestone. Tom Scott fell on five so Braithwaite saw off the last three balls with his usual gait and shout of ¨NO-RUN¨ the ever smiling J Powl standing at the other end, Sporting Alfas ending on 213 in a very respectable run chase
MATCH 4 NOMADS CC v SPORTING ALFAS FORTY CLUB Saturday March 9th 2024 1.00 pm at Woodbridge Oval Albir Spain - 35/35 overs match, 8 overs max per bowler
Match Cancelled due to persistent rain.Many Nomads watched two Six Nations Rugby Union matches
MATCH 5 NOMADS CC v SPORTING ALFAS FORTY CLUB Sunday March 10th 2024 12.00 noon at Woodbridge Oval Albir Spain - 40/40 overs match, 8 overs max per bowler
Result: Sporting Alfas won by 56 runs
Toss: Sporting Alfas CC
Umpires:Mark Williams & John Braithwaite
Scorers:I.Byrne,N Prapkari,ME Blumberg & Other
Debut: None
SPORTING ALFAS CC 2nd XI Innings
K Laundon c Smith b Al-Darraji 1
S Hafiz lbw b Al-Darraji 15
I Byrne* c N Patel b Hussey 8
T Maylon not out 106
J Powl st Smith b Paropkari 10
I Khan c Olufawo b Paropkari 0
A Iqbal bowled N Patel 40
A A Unamuno+ bowled Paropkari 21
D Gujjar bowled Al-Darraji 6
J Gregory not out 1
Extras (b6,lb0,w0,nb0) 6
TOTAL (8 wkts,40 overs) 214
Dnb:A Missing.
* K Smith & T Patel shared wicket keeping.
Fow:1-7(1),2-17(2),3-26(3),4-39(5),5-39(6),6-128(7),7-169(8),8-181(9).
Bowling – Hussey 8 0 22 1,Al-Darraji 8 0 23 3. Paropkari 8 0 35 3, N Patel 8 1 55 1, T Patel 2 0 17 0, Smith 2 0 27 0, Olufawo 4 0 27 0.(=2).
NOMADS CC Innings
J Thornton c Gregory b Khan 2
J Olufawo c Gujjar b Iqbal 15
N Paropkari c Unamuno b Hafiz 25
P Wakefield bowled Hafiz 27
P Price bowled Hafiz 6
N Patel c Iqbal b Powl 6
J Al-Darraji* bowled Hafiz 9
T Patel+ lbw b Hafiz 0
N Hussey not out 48
K Smith+ not out 10
Extras (b6,lb0,w6,nb1) 13
TOTAL (8wkts,40 overs) 158
DNB:A Missing
Fow:1-9(1),2-18(2),3-69(4),4-72(3),5-77(3),5-77(6),6-77(5),7-77(8),8-100(7).
Bowling – Iqbal 8 0 30 1,Khan 5 0 20 1,Powl 8 0 38 1, Hafiz 7 1 10 5,Gujjar 5 0 17 0,Byrne 2 0 16 0, Maylon 3 0 11 0. Laundon 2 0 3 0.(+7)
Nomads complete a ‘Classic Crombie”!
The Local scribe wrote thus – On a beautiful day at the Woodbridge Oval Sporting Alfas CC went about the task of levelling up the weekend. After the down pour on Saturday wiped out the match. Nomads in Spain….0o0…. Cricket In Spain
Winning the toss and electing to bat first SACC started off slowly and in the sixth over Skipper Laundon edged behind to become the first victim for the tourists. Shakeel Hafiz went LBW to the same bowler in his next over SACC on fourteen for two. It soon became twenty five for three, then thirty nine for five. Byrne (8), Powl (10) and Khan (0) all giving into Paropkari´s slow but accurate bowling. Iqbal joined Maylon out in the middle and with the visitors easing off the pressure, probably regretfully, took the score along to one hundred in the twenty second over and up to one hundred and thirty six before Iqbal fell to the evergreen and deadly Hussey. out for forty a great effort. Unamuno helped things along with a hard hit twenty one runs and Gujjar in his second match finally hit a couple but fell to the deadly slow loop of Hussey. Last man Gregory walked in with eight overs left he and Tyrone Maylon took the score past two hundred and Tyrone Maylon reached his maiden century for Sporting Alfas but the 1 run for Gregory from 29 balls was the real achievement, Nomads returning to their opening bowlers to try to dislodge him.
Two hundred and fifteen to win for the extremely strong batting line up of Nomads CC, The Sporting Alfas bowlers now needed to concentrate on line and length to give the home side any chance of victory. Iqbal and Khan were given the new ball and carried out the task with great relish but more importantly accuracy. After Fridays run fest the visitors struggled along at only three runs an over and lost wickets regularly, forty nine for two at the point when tea was taken in the fifteenth over, a little behind the run rate but plenty of batters left in the hut.
Tea as always was a fine affair and appreciated by all the players, The introduction of Shakeel Hafiz to replace the bowled out Iqbal (1-0-29-8) great figures, was the absolute turning point in the days play. Hafiz returning figures of seven overs ten runs for five wickets which left him and Maylon very even in the man of the match category, Powl bowled out with respected figures of one wicket for thirty seven from his eight. With only one wicket left the Captain gave the ball to new comer Gujjar and after his first ball missed everything, he settled down and the batsmen showed him real respect returning figures of zero for sixteen from five overs. Byrne (2-0-16-0) Maylon (3-0-11-0) and Laundon (2-0-3-0) finished of the match with Sporting Alfas running out easy winners which before play started was not forecasted. Real bad luck to the Nomads batsman Nigel Hussey who was not out on forty eight alongside the ever chatty Kevin Smith who ended the day unbeaten on ten. Sporting Alfas are looking forward to part two of the annual contest between the two clubs in October when the mighty Nomads return.
Nomads look forward to the return trip in October with a larger body of players and supporters and a four match programme.
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