Sadly we heard on Sunday that Amin, one of last season's stars, has left the country suddenly due to family and business commitments and is unlikely to turn out for the Nomads again.
We first met him in May last year when he came along with his friend Ajmal to watch a match and ended up playing against us for Touring Theatres. Inevitably, he hit a six, a mighty one off a Nick Lefebve floater.
He then played for us for the rest of the season and quickly became a very popular member of the side. His deadpan demeanour belied a mischievous sense of humour; no more so then when, ordered by captain Todorow to play defensively, he grinned, pointed at the sky and growled "six" - one of his few words of English.
Although he had a reputation as a slogger, he played several fine and important innings of around the 35 to 40 mark and had an uncanny ability only to slog when the ball was missing the stumps - often by millimetres. These knocks brightened up the second half of many a Nomads innings. He was also an accurate Medium Pacer who slanted it into the righthander at quite an awkward angle. He scored 220 runs at an average of 22 and took 18 wickets at just over 14. His loss will leave a hole.
Goodbye, Mr Six, we wish you well and hope that you always clear life's boundary rope.
Another loss is Ajmal, who took a record 33 wickets last year. He has gone to play for Dulwich, though it is not impossible that he will play a few games for us, and maybe against us for his new club on September 5th.
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