Sunday September 3rd v Maidenhead & Bray CC
MATCH 61 NOMADS CC v Maidenhead & Bray High Street Bray Berks SL6 2AA Sunday 23rd September-40/40, 8 max per bowler.
Result: Nomads won by 6 wickets Toss: Nomads C Umpires:Various Scorer: Michael Blumberg,Malcolm Armstrong & Andrew Marshall Debut: Mark Pagement MAIDENHEAD & Bray CC Innings S Manchanda bowled Paropkari 72 G Virk run out(Hindocha) 18 S Ball+ c Gibson b Page 14 A Biswas lbw b Stafford 24 M Bhattia bowled Paropkaria 4 T Allen c Brockton b Shawl 12 A Appavoo run out(Bradley/Paropkari) 13 A Husain c Pagement b Paropkkari 0 S Manchanda not out 9 A Moorthy c Pagement b Paropkari 1 M Armstrong not out 14 Extras (b0,lb0,w4,nb4) 8 TOTAL (9 wkts,40 overs) 189 Fow:1-43(2),2-64(3),3-135(4),4-140(5),5-141(1),6-164(7),7-165(8),8-165(6),9-168(10). Bowling – Shawl 8 1 27 1(nb1), Marshall 8 1 27 0,Pagement 5 0 37 0(w3),Page 6 0 38 nb3),Stafford 7 0 35 1,Paropkari 6 1 25 4. NOMADS CC Innings R Hindocha bowled Appavoo 5 J Gibson bowled Appavoo 8 N Paropkari c Virk b S Manchanda 19 B Ralphs not out 62 S Shawl bowled Bhatti 56 T Brockton* not out 26 Extras (b4,lb7,w1,nb2) 14 TOTAL (4 wkts,36.4 overs) 190 Dnb:K Bradley,M Stafford,M Pagement,C Page,A Marshall. Fow:1-5(1),2-27(2),3-59(3),4-132(5). Bowling –Moorthy 8 1 22 1(w1,nb1),Appavoo 8 3 16 2,Hussain 5 0 61 0(nb1),S Manchanda 8 0 33 1,Bhattia 6.4 0 22 1,Armstrong 3 0 26 0,
Sajjad & Ralphs star with the bat
Matches Scorecards & Tours 2023Nomads won a tight and tense encounter with long time adversaries and friends Maidenhead & Bray CC. Under gorgeous blue skies and with quite an appreciative crowd watching (it was the end of season presentation afternoon) Nomads won the toss and elected to chase. As usual the ground was looking resplendent, although the heavy rain on Thursday had left the wicket a little two paced. Nomads would look to have 2nd use of the deck, which the feeling by the Nomads “brains trust” was that the track would improve as the day progressed.
Shawl and Andy Marshall took the new ball for the Nomads with Ralphs behind the stumps. Both conceded only 27 runs from their allotted 8 overs, bowling accurately but without much luck. Shawl, in particular beating the bat two or three times an over at one stage.
A change in the bowling brought a wicket immediately, although in rather strange circumstances. Debutant Mark Pagemont (bowling gentle but accurate medium pace) deflected a ball off his own bowling to Ravi Hindocha stationed at mid-on (stationed being the operative word) a mix up and a few yes, no, yes, wait and the bails were off as Hindocha like Jonty Rhodes in the 1992 world cup swooped to remove bails and stumps. Jon Gibson also took a fantastic diving catch at long-on off old stager Chris Page, a class catch from the Chase bat-manufacturer.
However, M&B CC were progressing nicely enough until the introduction of Naman Paropkari whose darty off breaks caused all sorts of problems for the home side. He took 4 wickets, two caught by Pagemont, and that reduced M&B CC from a total that was looking like 220-230 to 189-9. Some final over lusty hitting from the home side captain, Matt Armstrong (or Reaper as he is known as by the M&B players….. as in “grim reaper”) did offer some additional impetus, but Nomads were happy with the total, especially in stifling conditions approaching 30 degrees.
Tea was BYO (a little disappointing), but a cold Moretti went down well. Hindocha & Jon Gibson opened the batting and both were back in the pavilion in the blink of an eye, both casted by the impressive Aparoo. The tall left arm seamer gaining prodigious in-swing and knocking back both Nomads’ off stumps. Paropkari and Ralps then forged a slow-but important partnership and after 20 overs Nomads were 63-2, so effectively a run a ball off the final 20. Paropkari was then taken at mid-on, the fielder very nonchalantly running backwards & claiming the catch 1 handed !
The game then changed as Shawl entered the arena & launched an astonishing attack, smiting a 50 in just 42 balls containing a couple of his trademark “boom boom 6s”. The chirpy M&B off-spinner was dispatched for 61 from 5 overs (to go with his golden duck earlier in the day) & Shawl & Ralphs looked to be getting Nomads to a position of strength. But alas, Shawl was cut down in his prime, a short ball kept a little low and even his broad blade could not make contact and Shawl was comprehensively bowled.
Brockton, in the unfamiliar position of no6 joined Ralphs with 62 needed from 11 overs. Ralphs was 37* and growing in confidence after his partnership with Shawl. The pair played “tip & run” targeting some of the M&B fielders who were not on their toes in the initial part of the partnership before Ralphs took charge of proceedings, reaching his 50 with consecutive boundaries. Brockton, dispatching his counterpart Armstrong for 2x 4s got in on the action and despite a minor scare with a close LBW shout the pair got the Nomads over the line in the penultimate over when Brockton drove through the covers. Ralphs a fantastic innings of 62*, ”the finisher”, who is Michael Bevan anyway!
Nomads victorious by 4 wickets in a well fought contest. Some of Nomads enjoyed a BBQ after the game & President Blumberg who had been scoring in the searing heat was feeling much more like his old self after an unpleasant dizzy spell earlier in the afternoon.
Our thanks to Maidenhead & Bray CC and in particular their skipper Matt Armstrong who seems to be single handedly keeping Sunday cricket going at the club. Good on you Matt !
Interested spectators included Tom Marshall(who took the photo) & Tom MacLeod of Harefield CC as well as Leigh Brockton.
ps 28 years ago in 1995 Andy Marshall also opened the bowling, then fast medium with a decent run up, he bowled 12 2 27 2. in the same match the President's figures were 7.1 1 19 2.See below!!
Previous Matches
2022 Nomads won by 57 runs
2021 Maidenhead & Bray won by 135 runs
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 Maidenhead & Bray won by 6 wickets
2011 Maidenhead & Bray won by 125 runs
2010 Match Cancelled Ground double booked
2009 Nomads won by 27 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 wickets 
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