Sunday August 30th v Maidenhead & Bray CC
Match 61 NOMADS CC v MAIDENHEAD & BRAY High Street Bray Berks SL6 2AA Sunday August 3oth 1.00pm
– 40/40 match, max 8 overs per bowlerResult: Nomads won by 1 wicket
Toss: Nomads CC
Umpires: Various
Scorers: Michael Blumberg & Matt Armstrong
Debut: Lavya Jain
Match Manager: Michael Blumberg
MAIDENHEAD & BRAY Innings
Karan Chandreja bowled Suhkhavasi 2
Craig Wilson c Trivedi b Jones 1
Shiva Ganta bowled Trivedi 33
Abdul Hussain bowled Jones 0
S Mahmood c Tivedi b Sukhavasi 2
Dan Collieu+ c Jones b Brunt 6
Faizal Aziz c Trivedi b Ahmed 0
Mridul Bhattia c & b Brunt 7
Arul Apparoo c Deane b Hall 50
Gagan Virk c Hall b Jones 36
Matt Armstrong* not out 1
Extras (b1,lb1,w8,nb3) 13
TOTAL (All out,39.1 overs) 151
Fow:1-3(1),2-3(2),3-14(4),4-22(5),5-50(3),6-51(7),7-70(8),8-70(8),9-129(9),10-151(10).
Bowling – Jones 6.1 0 37 3,Sukhavasi 8 2 19 2,(w1),Trivedi 8 2 26 1(w2,nb1),Ahmed 8 3 18 2,Brunt 6 0 21 2(w3),Hall 3 0 28 1(w1,nb1).
NOMADS CC Innings R 4s 6s
Sanjay Beri bowled Virk 6 0 0
Pete Deane lbw b Bhattia 1 0 0
Lavya Jain c Collieu b Virk 12 1 0
Alex Hall c Armstrong b Bhattia 15 1 0
Rob Jones c Collieu b Virk 0 0 0
Dhruv Tahil+ c Collieu b Aziz 14 2 0
Oliver Brunt lbw b Apparoo 11 1 0
Mark Richards * c Bhattia b Apparoo 15 1 0
Vamsi Sukhavasi bowled Apparoo 5 0 0
Vishal Trivedi not out 22 2 0
Fayaz Ahmed not out 34 1 2
Extras (b6,lb6,w8,nb0) 20
TOTAL (9 wickets,39.1 overs) 155
Fow:1-2(2),2-21(1),3-24(3),4-27(5),5-55(4),6-57(6),7-73(7),8-92(8),9-94(9).
Bowling –Virk 8 0 24 3(w1),Bhattia 8 2 28 2(w2),Apparoo 8 3 13 3,Aziz 8 0 22 1(w2),Armstrong 4 0 22 0, Chandrera 3.1 0 35 0(w3).
Vishal and Fayaz add 61 for the 10th wicket to snatch victory for Nomads
A remarkable match. Nomads arrived to find a lot of people at the Maidenhead and Bray ground not to see us play but rather to enjoy the Bray Farmers Market. The market impressed James the Labrador who came to watch the start of play. Vamsi bought two dozen free range eggs and has been cooking omelets all week. Because of the market the start was delayed to 1.45pm
Nomads won the toss, elected to bowl and achieved early success. Matt Armstrong the M&B skipper likes everyone to have game so his batting order is not on merit. This can be a high risk strategy if the opposition bowling is good. Last year Sajjad took 4-11 and M&B were shot out for 122. Narzm made short shrift of their bowling and we won in 19 overs by 8 wickets.
This year M& B slumped to an even worse position,70-8 after 27 overs but then two batsmen who had recorded ducks last year then added 59 runs. Arul Apparoo top scored with 50 and Gagam Virk hit 34 before being caught off the first ball of the 40th over. M & B had made 151. There were some good catches by Nomads, Vishal took three and Oliver hung on to a very hard hit caught and bowled. Rob Jones took 3 wickets but suffered some damage on his first return spell. The rest of the bowling was tidy apart from Alex Hall who suffered at the hands of Apparoo and Virk.
With no tea Nomads response was soon in difficulties, 4-27 then 6-57. A lot of scampered singles by Oliver and skipper Mark helped take the score to 94-9 off 30 overs. Matt Armstrong decided to bowl out his top four bowlers all of whom had bowled well and briskly. Vishal Trivedi and Fayaz Ahmed our last pair took a liking to the bowlers 5 and 6 scoring 61 runs to win the match and winning it with a six off the first ball of the 40th over to loud applause. Phew !
Although we can not verify it this partnership must be a club record. ell batted Vishal and Fayaz.
A good number of Nomads enjoyed some celebratory beers post match and the M & B skipper joined us to declare this was a marvellous match. Indeed it was.
Previous Matches
2025 Nomads won by 8 wickets
2024 Nomads won by 8 wickets
2023 Nomads won by 6 wickets
2022 Nomads won by 57 runs
2021 Nomads won by 3 wickets
2019 Maidenhead & Bray won by 135 runs
2018 Nomads won by 7 wickets
2017 Maidenhead & Bray CC won by 15 runs
2016 Nomads won by 20 runs
2015 Match Abandoned as a draw
2014 Nomads won by 2 runs
2013 Maidenhead & Bray won by 61 runs
2012 Cancelled Too wet
2011 Maidenhead & Bray won by 125 runs
2010 Match Cancelled Ground double booked
2009 Nomads won by 59 runs
2008 Maidenhead & Bray won by 21 runs
2007 Cancelled.
2006 Maidenhead & Bray won by 88 runs
2005 Match Cancelled
2004 Match Drawn
2002 Maidenhead & Bray won by 4 wickets
2001
2000 Maidenhead & Bray won by 3 wickets
1999
1998
1997 Match Drawn
1996
1995 Nomads won by 5 wickets
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