Thursday July 13th v Beddington CC
MATCH 38 NOMADS CC v BEDDINGTON CC Thursday July 13th 11.30am Church Road Wallington Surrey SM6 7NN - Declaration Game, 20 overs from 4.30pm Result: Nomads won by 2 runs Toss: Beddington Umpires:C Page & G Parker & Scorers:P Atkinson Debuts: P Atkinson
NOMADS CC Innings R 4s 6s
V Kandampully bowled O’Sullivan 83 8 1
T Brockton run out(Gardner) 36 3 0
J Pienaar c Green b O’Sullivan 18 3 0
R Kandke bowled O’Sullivan 4 1 0
S Khokar c D’Ardenne b Green 13 2 0
R Eldridge c Chmielinski b Green 8 0 0
J Hamilton c Chmielinski b Green 16 2 0
A Arora not out 10 1 1
Extras (b23,lb2,w3,nb2) 30
TOTAL (7 wkts dec,44.5 overs) 217
Dnb:A Rouse+,B Butcher*,S Chakravarty.
Fow:1-99(2),2-131(3),3-137(4),4-154(5),5-187(6),6-187(1).
Bowling – Ridley 5 0 22 0,Chmielinski 7 0 23 0,Vyas 6 0 16 0,Bevan 6 0 22 0,Gardner 6 0 20 0,O’Sullivan 9 1 48 3,Green 5.5 0 39 3.
BEDDINGTON CC Innings R
A Gardner c Butcher b Chakravarty 14
M Isaacs+ c Rouse b Chakravarty 0
J Green st Rouse b Butcher 73
P Vyas c Kandke b Arora 95
S Chmielinski c Kandke b Chakravarty 5
W Bevan bowled Butcher 1
K Horkan bowled Hamilton 15
S D’Ardenne run out(Pienaar) 1
A O’Sullivan bowled Butcher 0
A Down* not out 1
J Ridley run out(Kandampully) 2
Extras (b0,lb5,w2,nb2) 9
TOTAL (All out,41.4 overs) 215
Fow:1-5(2),2-17(1),3-170(3),4-175(5),5-209(7),6-211(4),7-212(9),8-213(8),9-215(11),10-215(6).
Bowling – Hamilton 6 0 24 0,Chakravarty 9 1 60 3,Butcher 13.4 2 57 3,Arora 7 0 28 1,Pienaar 5 0 31 0,Khokar 1 0 10 0.
Beddington’s Late Batting Implosion gives Nomads unlikely win by 2 runs
The Nomads juggernaut travelled to Beddington, home of Ryan Cummins (& Ben Butcher) as well as the Gardner family for the now annual cricket week match. After the bizarre sconclusion the day before at Barnes CC the side seemed "galvanised" under the leadership of Beddington's premier slow bowler Ben Butcher.
He lost the toss & Nomads were inserted. Club captain Tom Brockton & the in-form Vic Kandampully opened the innings & added 99 for the first wicket before Brockton was cruelly run out backing up for a gritty 36. Kandampully, bottom hand in tact, stood fast & played a sublime innings of 83 which enabled Nomads to declared on 217, a fair total taking into account a nasty shower which took 30 minutes of play from the day. Cameo knocks from Khokar, Hamilton & Pienaar assisted the visitors. The wicketless Chmielinski by far the pick of the Beddington bowlers.
Tea was taken, Nomads would bowl approx 42 overs back at the home side. Shaam Chakravarty tore in from the road end & immediately had the home side on the back foot. Andy Rouse took a stonking one handed catch behind the sticks to remove the hapless Isaacs & Alfie Gardner was soon to follow, captain Butcher taking a simple catch at mid-off.
Then a 150+ partnership between 1st XI captain Vyas & young protagonist Green looked to take the game from the visiting side. Arora was introduced but smoked from the attack & Butcher was proving ineffective. The Nomads needed a slice of good fortune & it arrived as Green was stumped, the ball cannoning back of keeper Rouse's pads onto the stumps.
Chmielinski’s wicket soon followed, but veteran 5XI player Kevin Horkan struck some lusty blows off the bowling of Butcher, which drew loud cheers from those assembled to witness the end of the contest. The home side reached 209-4, with Vyas in sight of a deserved hundred. 9 runs required with 6 wickets in hand........
Firstly, Horkan was comprehensively bowled by James Hamilton to see an end to his “dry spell”. Given that he was also seeing his young lady that evening, could be double bubble for the young Harefield seamer!
Vyas, now in the 90s & looking imperious chipped to midwicket where young Kandake flung himself to take an outstanding catch inches off the ground. Vyas out for 95, a fantastic innings fully deserving of a hundred. Nomads now in with a sniff, but runs were precious. Butcher reintroduced himself and bowled O’Sullivan through the gate, to bring the home side’s captain Antony Down to the crease.
Simon D'Ardenne, usually at the top of the order is now "BBQ'd" by seasoned veteran Down, Piennar with the throw & Rouse did the rest. The batsman diving in vain but short of his ground.
Surely the Nomads could not manufacture a win from absolute certain defeat. But Down then repeated the trick, running out the resident “drunk” Joe Ridley, this time Kandampully supplying the accurate throw from square leg.
In the ensuing madness Bevan had gone off with a pulled calf, but he gamefully retured with a runner (permitted by Butcher / Brockton but not his partner Down backing up aggressively). No Mankads please gents !
This would prove crucial as Kandampully stopped a certain single & then Beven was castled "neck & crop" by Butcher with Down stranded at the other end for the most narrow & improbable Nomads wins. The home side 215ao.
The visitors kept their unbeaten record at Beddington in tact & repaired to the bar for several jugs of 1664.
The "main attraction" was now the regular 20 over beer match vs The Hope Public House & despite looming showers that was also completed. Beddington lost that as well.
Several Nomads soaked up the plaudits at a local Indian Restaurant.
Our thanks to umpires Graham Parker & Chris Page (not selected to play) as well as eccentric scorer Penelope.
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