Clapham Nomads v Dulwich - 5/9/10

A report by Mark Bradshaw.

This match took place on the middle pitch at Raynes Park and it was pretty dry and bare and looked likely to disintegrate as the match continued. Dulwich won the toss and elected to field. Sumith Prasanna and Mark Bradshaw opened the batting against a tall, young left-armer from one end and an older chap bowling tidy medium-pace off-cutters from the bottom end. Sumith played some fine shots including a huge six over mid-wicket before he chipped a catch to mid-off for 32 as the opening stand put on 49.
Debutant Bilal off-drove his first ball for four and made a breezy 19 before he was bowled by a flighted, turning ball from canny Dulwich spinner Ebert. There followed the biggest stand of the innings between Bradshaw (53) and Hassan Khan (63). Darwin and Emil Todorow chipped in with some late runs and we finished on 195 for 6 from our 35 overs, which we felt was probably enough as the pitch was showing signs of wear.
During the Nomads innings, Andrew West turned up (in his purple top), but unlike previous weeks, both sides had enough players so his playing services were not required. However, he amused himself by feeding the birds.
Hassan took 3 wickets in his opening spell as Dulwich declined to 30 for 3. Todorow bowled a tidy spell and was unlucky not to take a wicket. The Dulwich 4th wicket partnership hit back and needed 7 per over from the last 15 overs. The Nomads were starting to look a little ragged in the field but we were rescued by Terry Bruce-Mills who took a vital catch at cover off Gopi's bowling to dismiss the Dulwich top-scorer for a well-made 50. Terry then bowled an outstanding spell of accurate medium pace, restricting the Dulwich batsmen who could not get him away for boundaries. Bilal had a bowl and took a wicket with his medium pace, as did Sumith as Dulwich closed on 166 for 6.
Man of the Match was Hassan Khan, who was also Fielder of the Day with 3 catches.

CLAPHAM NOMADS - 195 for 6 from 35 overs

M. Bradshaw 53 not out
S. Prasanna 32
Bilal 19
H. Khan 63
P. Pattiyil 1
Darwin 7
G. Pala 0
E. Todorow 3

Did not bat; G. Reeve, T. Bruce-Mills, J. Crossland

F.O.W. - 49, 75, 155, 161, 179, 182

DULWICH - 166 for 6 from 35 overs

H. Khan 7-3-12-3
E. Todorow 7-1-25-0
G. Reeve 3-0-30-0
G. Pala 7-1-26-1
T. Bruce-Mills 7-0-28-0
Bilal 3-0-26-1
S. Prasanna 1-0-12-1

Clapham Nomads won by 29 runs