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-
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he 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                 Â
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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