Thursday June 6th v Margao CC Veterans(Goa)
MATCH 31 NOMADS v MARGAO CC Veterans Goa at Crouch End CC Park Road London N8 8JJ Thursday June 6th 2.00pm Time game with 20 overs from 6.30pm
Toss: Margao won the toss
Result: Match Drawn
Umpires: Various
Scorer: Several
Debuts : Vic Mayer & Regge Raghu
MARGAO CC Innings R
A Caro* retired out 56
P Bramhas bowled Stride 7
S Sameer retired out 55
S Santosh retired out 56
U Uday bowled Fielding 11
M Milam bowled Fielding 4
J Sudish retired out 25
H Hejas+ retired out 26
A Anup not out 6
A Amar not out 5
Extras (b3,lb4,w1,nb0) 8
TOTAL (8*wkts dec,35 overs) 262
Dnb:M Sudish
Fow:1-12(2),then not recorded
Bowling-Hamilton 4 0 34 0,Stride 5 0 37 1,Fielding 13 0 79 2,Page 5 0 32 0,Pradip 3 0 31 0,Raghu 4 0 31 0,Mayer 1 0 12 0.
NOMADS CC Innings
R Style bowled Hejas 90
J Hamilton bowled Hejas 80
C Stride lbw b Hejas 1
C Page not out 10
M Armitage bowled Hejas 1
V Mayer not out 4
Extras (b14,lb4,w4,nb1) 23
TOTAL (4 wkts,47 overs) 204(-5)
Dnb:R Raghu,P Lotlecar,ME Blumberg*,T Carmichael+,P Fielding
Fow:1-183(2),2-189(3),3-19091),4-194(5).
Bowling-Santosh 5 1 14 0(w1),Milam 3 0 4 0,Amar 3 0 13 0(w1),Bramhas 3 0 19 0(w1),Sameer 3 0 26 0(nb1), J Sudish 9 0 29 0,Uday 7 2 28 0(w1),M Sudish 2 0 20 0,Amit 3 0 21 0,Hejas 5 2 5 4,Anup 4 3 6 0.
An eccentric draw A curious if enjoyable day.In contrast to the previous day at Wembley where lbws galore sped Nomads to victory via two qualified ECB Officials our Margao friends sharing umpiring duties would give nothing out so retiring out six batsmen was appropriate.
Nomads fielded a very weak and ancient side, one runner, three aged trotters and several statues.
Opening the bowling James Hamilton was a bit off target and was punished while fellow opening bowler Chris Stride fresh from success at Wembley bowled a Margao opener early. Paul Fielding bowled steadily with guile and on another day would have recorded at least a fifer but in fact finished with just two bowled. Pagie was unimpressed with Nomads fielding and took himself off after five overs. Margao declared generously after 35 overs on 262.
Nomads devoid of regular batsmen other than Rupert Style then put on a more than decent response. Against a variety of bowlers Rupert together with young James Hamilton added 183 for the first wicket.Margao set a defensive field from the start and both batsmen ran endless singles, 99 in total. At 183-0 Nomads, in theory, threatened to win. However a full team conference amongst the Margao players resulted in the wicket keeper removing his pads and bowling quick and accurately. Swiftly Nomads were 194-4, all 4 to Hejas who bowled Hamilton, Style and Armitage and trapped Stride lbw. When asked what he thought of his lbw, Chris Stride replied “Absolutely plumb,just like five of the Margao players”. However Professor Page and veteran debutant Vic Mayer saw Nomads to a creditable draw. Indeed Vic stuck a mighty boundary four in the last over.
After the game both teams enjoyed a sumptuous feast arranged by Keith Alexander and a hard core of Nomads eventually joined by Keith left late. However there was some mischievous debate as to how the game might have gone if Wednesday’s umpires has stood on Thursday.
Many thanks to Crouchend CC for hosting the day.
In 2011 Nomads were on tour in Goa with several Crouchend players in the squad. Nomads played two matches at Margao CC, again we were under strength though Wakers and Charles Peerless played well.
Previous matches
2011 Nomads lost twice to Margao CC