Saturday June18th v Marlow Park CC
Match 34 NOMADS CC v MARLOW PARK CC Saturday June 18th 2022 1.00pm Higginson Park Lower Pound Lane Marlow SL7 2AQ - 40/40 overs,8 max per bowler Result: Nomads won by 127 runs DLS Method Toss: Marlow Park CC Umpires: Various Scorer:Mike Barlow Debut: NOMADS CC Innings S Beri lbw b Hanan 76 T Brockton*not out 138 P Malik run out 41 S Shawl bowled Lombard 54 S Wahi+ run out 5 R Ormiston not out 1 Extras (b2,lb3,w11,nb0) 16 TOTAL (4 wickets,40 overs) 331 Dnb :A Marshall,C Page,C Bartlett,S Sumant,A Missing. Fow:1-137(1),2-222(3),3-319(4),4-329(5) Bowling-Lombard 8 0 47 1(w1),Pullin 6 0 56 0,Shez Muza 6 0 68 0,Abdul Hannan 8 0 53 1(w1),Goosen 8 0 61 0(w9),Coldrake 4 0 39 0. MARLOW PARK CC Innings S Muza bowled Bartlett 1 B Lombard bowled Bartlett 10 G Coldrake c Malik b Bartlett 22 G Crowther bowled Bartlett 13 D Caalse c Wahi b Marshall 24 A Hanan lbw b Page 1 D Pullin not out 2 D Goosen not out 14 Extras (b0,lb0,w5,nb2) 7 TOTAL (6 wickets,19.4 overs) 99(+5) Dnb :3 x Unrecorded Fow:1-4(1),2-38(3),3-45(2),4-64(4),5-69(6),6-79(5). Bowling-Shawl 6 2 8 0(w1),Bartlett 8 1 42 4(w2,nb2),Marshall 4 0 31 1(w2),Page 1.4 0 17 1.
2021 Nomads won by 40 runs,No Heatwave at Marlow
Nomads made the welcome return to Higginson Park to play Marlow Park CC on Saturday. Marlow Park have stopped playing league cricket and now field only “friendly” XIs on Saturdays, and a selection of Sundays. As always, the ground was a pretty picture & Nomads arrived in good time, bar Professor Page who was late & punished by his mandatory purchase lf a jug of beer at the end of the contest.
The weather forecasters predicted a humid afternoon with temperatures expected to be mid 20’s (another John Ketley weatherman error as the players would discover later).
Nomads won the toss, and elected to bat first, boasting a very strong top 6. Beri and Brockton took up the chalice vs a Marlow Park team with 8 South African cricketers, all in good voice in the opening salvo. However, the Nomads pair got off to an absolute flier, Lombard & Pullin dispatched to all parts of the ground as the score realised 92 in the just the 10th over. Beri went into overdrive, reaching 77 with a couple of trademark straight drives for 6, before he was palpably LBW to Hannan (probably the pick of the bowlers for the home side).
Pav Malik joined Brockton who was now past 50 & motoring towards his century, which was reached in the 27th over with a series of crisply timed cover drives. Malik looked in good touch also, racing to 41 before he called himself through for something of a tight single and was run out by the Marlow Park wicket keeper with a direct hit (Saurabh Wahi would be dismissed in exactly the same fashion later in the game).
Enter Sajjad Shawl, who used his own brand of swashbuckling cricket to smash 54 from 39 balls before he was castled by the returning Brent Lombard. Shawl hit 3 massive 6’s and 4x boundary 4s in his innings. With 6 fielders on the boundary Brockton was happy to push the single and ended unbeaten on 138 from 119 balls after the allotted 40 overs. Nomads reaching a mammoth 331-4, with all Marlow Park bowlers being punished.
Marlow Park would need an eye-watering 8.2 an over from ball 1 to overhaul this total, and Shez Muza opened the batting with Brent Lombard.
Unfortunately after going for 68 from 6 overs and fielding like the proverbial drain, Muza’s day was not to get better as he was bowled neck and crop in the 2nd over my left armer Chris Bartlett, who would claim 4 wickets in his 8 over spell.
Nomads, all but guaranteed a win, were a little lacklustre in the field with 5 catches being shelled (Page x2, Bahl, Ormiston & Shawl). Andy Marshall took a bit of long-handle tap but did also claim a wicket with Wahi taking a smart catch behind the stumps.
With the weather starting to deteriorate, drizzle and then heavy rain set in after 19 overs….. the players leaving the field, and as it turned out not to return. As little as 5 miles away it was completely dry.
Fortunately Sumant Bahl, with his Hertfordshire premier division umpire hat on calculated the DLS total & in agreement with Marlow Park Nomads were awarded the win (by 127 runs on DLS).
Many thanks to Mike Barlow, scorer in chief for looking after both sides & the charismatic Cass for her speedy bar work when a good number of jugs were purchased at the conclusion of the match.
Next year, a declaration format may be agreed to ……
Previous Matches Matches Scorecards & Tours 2022
2021 Cancelled
2020 Cancelled Covid
2019 Match Tied
2018 Nomads won by 1 run
2017 Match Drawn
2016 Cancelled
2015 Nomads won by 202 runs
2014 Nomads won by 7 wickets
2013 Marlow Park won by 26 runs
2011 Nomads won by 5 wickets
2010 Marlow Park won by 36 runs
2009 Marlow Park won by 26 runs
2008 Cancelled Rain
2007 Match Drawn
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