Sunday May 22nd v Gillingham Warriors CC

MATCH 25 NOMADS CC v Gillingham Warriors CC at Blackheath CC The Rectory Field Charlton Road, Blackheath, SE7 7EZ  May 22nd 1.00pm  -  
 Result:  Nomads won by 10 wickets
 Toss:    Gillingham Warriors
 Umpires: Nick Stevenson & Others
 Scorer:  Michael Blumberg
 Debut(s):S Munde, P Higaran.
  
 GILLINGHAM WARRIORS CC Innings
 V Vishnu   bowled       Munde    4
 R Rakesh   c Butcher b  Munde    9
 M Ali      lbw       b  Munde    0
 A Aromal   bowled       Page    13
 S Sandeep  c Wahi    b  Page    16
 Riyas Biju bowled       Butcher  6
 Arun Nair  bowled       Butcher  0
 L Liso*    bowled       Page     2
 T Thomas   bowled       Page    18
 V Vishal   bowled       Shawl    7
 G Govid    not out              20
 Extras    (b13,lb2,w3,nb0)      18
 TOTAL     (All out,42.3 overs) 113
  
 Fow:1-9(1),2-9(3),3-20(2),4-42(5),5-55(6),6-55(7), 7-55(4),8-75(9),9-76(8),10-113(10).
  
 Bowling – Shawl 9.3 3 13 1(w1),Munde 6 0 14 3,Butcher 8 5 14 2,Page 12 2 30 4(w2),Arora 7 1 26 0.
  
 NOMADS CC Innings
 P Malik      c Sandeep  b Riyas  34
 P Higaran    lbw        b Vishal  6
 G Gardiner   not out             24
 N Paropkaria not out             27
 Extras      (b2,lb3,w16)         23
 TOTAL       (2 wkts,32.3 overs) 114
 Dnb:S Wahe+,S Munde,S Shawl,A Arora,V Kandampully,B Butcher,C Page.
  
 Fow:1-46(1),2-48(2).
  
 Bowling – Thomas 5 3 8 0(w2),Arun Nair 5 0 22 0(w2),Vishal 6 3 11 1(w5),Riyas Biju 5 1 18 1,Aromal 5 1 6 0,Govid 4 0 21 0(w2),Vishnu 1 0 13 0(w3),Ali 1 0 4 0(w1),Rakesh 0.3 0 6 0(w1). 

Warriors Underwhelm

Nomads were looking forward to meeting our good friends Kensington but they failed to raise a side. Victor our match manager quickly replaced them with Bexley Heath but then they dropped out so we tried Waltham CC via the CCC but that failed. Thankfully Victor then found Gillingham Warriors who duly turned up in their colourful Pyjama attire.

Warriors won the toss and elected to bat revealing that the top order had little skill at this endeavour. Some of the later batsmen looked much more at ease at the crease and so with the help of seven dropped catches Warriors stretched their innings to 42 overs posting a modest 113.

After a super Blackheath tea Pawan Malik and young debutant Higaran opened for Nomads to discover whatever the short comings of Warriors’ batting their bowling was of a much better quality. Despite the occasional wide they almost all recorded very tidy figures. Pawan was lucky to survive but struck 34 while his partner was bogged down and out for 6, 48-2.

George Gardiner and Naman Paropkaria added 66 runs to win the match but not without a load of lbw appeals. Nomads won after 32.3 overs.

The weather was beautiful and Nomads lingered long after the game enjoying the fine evening. Many thanks to Victor for securing a fixture for us.

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