A strong Touring Theatres side took ample revenge over Nomads at a sunny Abbey Rec. Theatres opened up with a formidable batting combination of Ben Tranchell and John Warnaby's cousin, Morre, who was rumoured to be a former Nottinghamshire 2nd XI player. It couldn't have started much better for Nomads when Todorow bowled Tranchell, Theatres' batting star from the previous game, for 0 on the 10th ball. Morre then chipped up a catchable chance of Emil's bowling when he was on 5 but this went to ground. From then on, Morre just took control and hit a memorable 120 Not Out, exacting a heavy very toll on all bowlers except Hassan, as he smashed 17 boundaries including 3 sixes to all parts of the ground, A really stylish and impressive innings - one of the highest individual scores recorded against Nomads. Decent support from David Bournes and Edwards saw Theatres up to 197 for 7 from the full 35.
Nomads have exceeded this score many times against Theatres, and the pitch was excellent, but there was a whisper going round that Morre was a bit of a bowler as well. We know Seethal is, but he hasn't had much luck against Nomads recently. On this occasion though, he snaffled Mahesh and Zia in his first 4 overs to start the slide. Hassan led a fightback almost single-handedly but no-one in the Middle Order could really stay with him. Bournes struck 2 big blows in removing Jim Siu and an admittedly injured Prasanth Pattiyil (to a possible unlucky LBW in Prasanth's case) and Nomads found themselves suddenly 91 for 6. Excellent batting from Johnny Randall in support of Hassan meant that, at 128 for 6, there were hopes but then 4 fairly quick wickets - 2 for Morre - accounted for the late order. Umpire Chris Kennedy did tell us in the pub later that he was thinking of offering the light to Emil Todorow as our skipper strolled out at No. 11 at 8.15 pm, but I think he was just being to nice to our skipper.
Anyway, well done Theatres on an excellent victory. I didn't play in this one but I heard it was an enjoyable day. Man of the Match was Hassan Khan - the best bowling and the top score. I'll have to get Emil to adjudicate on Fielder of the Day.
Touring Theatres 197 for 7 from 35 overs
B. Tranchell 0
Morre 120 not out
D. Bournes 22
Naseef 4
Seethal 0
Edwards 12
Toomey 0
Wolinski 0
D. Fieldhouse 1 not out
Did not bat: J. Warnaby, C. Robertson
Nomads bowling
H. Khan 7-2-20-1
E. Todorow 7-0-40-1
Zia 7-0-29-2
Abbas Khan 7-0-47-3
Zeeshan 5-1-26-0
J. Randall 2-0-11-0
Clapham Nomads 146 all out from 28.5 overs
M. Vyas 7
D. Gunawardena 3
Zia 10
H. Khan 61
R. Khan 7
J. Siu 1
P. Pattiyil 5
J. Randall 20 not out
Zeeshan 0
Abbas Khan 6
E. Todorow 0
F.O.W, - 6, 25, 56, 73, 75, 91, 128, 128, 135, 146
Touring Theatres won by 51 runs
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