Is is acceptable to congratulate your own team? If so, then congratulations to Nomads on winning the inaugural Epsom 20-20 championship, admirably well organised by Richard and his resurgent Old Leagonians side at Epsom cc last Sunday.
In a 3-cornered contest, Nomads first beat our old friends the Leagonians by 44 runs. We notched up 157 for 3 off the full 20 with Mahesh returning to form with a sparkling 43. A measure of how well Mahesh played is that the fielding skipper asked his field to move back 10 yards when Mahesh was on strike and come up 10 when Gul - who is in great form - was facing. The opening stand of 76 was our largest of the season so far. Mark then hit a pugnacious 41, improvising and hitting some cracking blows through Mid-Wicket amongst his 6 boundaries, to keep up the momentum. Late hitting from Riaz was the icing on the cake. Rob Lowndes was the pick of the bowlers for Leagonians. A sensational start from Sami and Bilal reduced the hosts to around 8 for 5 before we took our feet off the pedal somewhat and, at one stage, appeared to be losing our grip in a manner reminiscent of the previous match against Wimbledon United, with Dan Parker smashing a fine 47 for the Epsom-based side. With OLCC playing their first game for almost 4 years, Nomads experience and bowling options saw us close out a fairly comfortable victory in the end. An enjoyable and good-humoured game.
Clapham Nomads 157 for 3 from 20 overs
M. Vyas 43
Gul 24
M. Bradshaw 41
R. Khan 17 not out
D. Gunawardena 0 not out
Did not bat; - Abdul Khan, N. Lefebve, Bilal, Sami, E. Todorow, J. Crossland
F.O.W. - 76, 122, 152
Old Leagonians 113 for 8 from 20 overs (D. Parker 47 not out)
Nomads' bowling
Sami 4-1-13-4
Bilal 4-1-14-2
E. Todorow 4-0-23-1
Abdul Khan 4-0-36-0
R. Khan 4-0-24-1
Clapham Nomads won by 44 runs.
The next game saw the winners stay on and face Carshalton Athletic, a side full of experience and tactical awareness who enjoy a "Sunday afternoon knockabout" and "banter." There was a bit of edge to this game but in the end even John Crossland, who had been sceptical about the tournament, said it had converted him to the charms of the 20-20 format.
With the exception of opener "Clown" Curtis who caused early damage with his 2-18 off the full 4 overs, all Athletic's varied and useful bowlers went for at least 5.5 per over. Nomads turning out a consistent batting display with Mark (again) doing a valuable job with 33 as did Gul with an unbeaten 36. Riaz (a player born for the 20-20 format) starred here with a riproaring 50.
Our debutant paceman Bilal had to leave and I was unsure whether our total of 145 for 5 would be enough, particularly when star opening bowler Sami was a touch expensive, but Riaz was steady and Emil (4 an over) and Abdul (5 an over) bowled very tidily in an innings where two of Carshalton's youngsters seemed to let it slide around overs 8 to 11 and suddenly found themselves needing 9 an over (a similar situation to the one we had to defend both 2 hours previously and 1 week previously.)
Athletic kept this rate up for a while but a splendid catch low down by Mark blunted their momentum somewhat; nevertheless this looked set to go the wire with Nomads running out of proven front-line bowling options. In the event it came down to Darwin to bowl the final over with Carshalton requiring (?) 6. Darwin kept his head and mixed his deliveries up brilliantly to secure a very satisfying 2-run victory - and the championship - for Nomads.
There was a Darts-type feel to this game with several of the Athletic umpires clinging on to pint glasses as well as the usual coins, counters and bowlers' clothing. I'm told that one of the Carshalton players was an Eric Bristow lookalike but in the end it was Double Top for the boys from inner London as skipper Emil "The Power" Todorow took over the oche for a victory celebration.
Clapham Nomads 145 for 5 from 20 overs
D. Gunawardena 8
Abdul Khan 11
M. Bradshaw 33
R. Khan 50
Gul not out 36
M. Vyas 2
N. Lefebve not out 2
Did not bat; - Sami, E. Todorow, J. Crossland
F. O. W. - 8, 27, 84, 132, 139
Carshalton Athletic 143 for 5 from 20 overs
Nomads' bowling
Sami 4-0-39-0
R. Khan 4-0-24-1
E. Todorow 4-0-16-1
Abdul Khan 4-0-20-1
Gul 2-0-24-0
D. Gunawardena 2-0-16-1
Clapham Nomads won by 2 runs
In the final game, Carshalton beat Leagonians by 7 wickets in a 10-over a side contest to clinch 2nd place.
A thoroughly memorable afternoon and thanks again to Richard for organising it.
Man of the Tournament was very close. In the end Riaz, just shades it for his crucial 50 in the deciding match and steady bowling throughout. Mark was the top run scorer overall with 74 and his vital catch against Carshalton puts him very close and wins him Fielder of the Tournament.
Final standings;
1. Clapham Nomads - Played 2 Won 2 Points 4
2. Carshalton Athletic - Played 2 Won 1 Points 2
3. Old Leagonians - Played 2 Won 0 Points 0.
Saturday 30 May 2015
Saturday 23 May 2015
Wimbledon United v Clapham Nomads - 17/5/15
Nomads lost a remarkable match in which we had dominated almost throughout.
Excellent batting from the top 4, kicked off by a fine opening stand of 65 between Mark and Gul, with Darwin and Hassan continuing the good work, had us 103 for 2 from around 23 overs. 2 quick wickets fell but Prasanth and Nick supported Hassan with quick runs before the scoring rate tailed off slightly in the last few overs. 173 off the 35 was a good effort (Gul was the star with a swashbuckling 49) but with the Home side missing their star bowler Peter Brown it was perhaps felt that we should have taken another 15 or so in order to protect our deleted bowling line-up.
Despite an excellent and copious tea, Nomads' bowling and fielding showed plenty of energy. Hassan bowled 4 maidens in his first 6-over spell and, well supported by Sami, the scoring rate was down to 2 an over at one point. Emil Todorow, with commendable accuracy, and Abbas, with pace and hostility, both produced probably their best bowling of the season so far. With 10 overs to go, the main 4 bowlers had used up almost all their overs. However, with the 7th wicket just falling and over 90 needed at more than 9 an over, skilled captaincy from Emil seemed to have secured us the victory. We did wonder why Dave Hitchman, who scored 91 against us last season, had not appeared yet but we were told he was injured and out of form.
When Hitchman did appear, he played one of the most remarkable innings seen in a Nomads match. Nomads were relying on Gul, Prasanth and Darwin - who have not been bowling regularly - to get through most of the remaining overs and I have to say that these 3 did not bowl all that badly though possibly a bit too predictable and leg stump, but the controlled hitting that Hitchman showed was different class. He just kept finding the boundary in an arc between Long Off and Deep Backward Square and just kept notching the required 9 or 10 runs every over, with the occasional bigger over thrown in. Incredibly frustrating for the Nomads. He received excellent support from his partner and, even when the partner was beautifully caught in the deep by Hassan, Hitchman's momentum could not be halted (2 difficult chances went down) and he finished off with 2 successive sixes to wrap things up with 8 balls to spare.
Sorry this report is a bit stilted but I am trying to type it in an internet cafe and the keyboard is useless.
Man of the Match was Hassan for 33 useful runs and almost bowling United out of the game with figures of 6.4-0-16-0 before injuring his shoulder in a valiant diving attempt to catch Hitchman which would have won the game for us, and being unable to complete his overs as a result. He also wins Fielder of the Day for this and the catch that he did take.
Quote of the Day - "Emil Todorow, no Usain Bolt even he would admit." Wimbledon United's match report. Quite so, but would Usain's body stand up to 220 successive appearances for Nomads, and would he beat Emil at chess?
Clapham Nomads lost by 2 wickets.
Clapham Nomads 173 for 7 from 35 overs
M. Bradshaw 15
Gul 49
D. Gunawardena 27
H. Khan 33
M. Vyas 0
P. Pattiyil 19
N. Lefebve 9
E. Todorow not out 3
Abbas Khan not out 0
Did not bat - Sami, J.Crossland
F.O.W. - 65, 88, 103, 103, 142, 159, 172
Wimbledon United 174 for 8 from 33.4 overs
Nomads' bowling
Sami 7-0-36-1
H. Khan 6.4-4-16-0
E. Todorow 7-0-26-2
Abbas Khan 7-1-25-3
Gul 3-0-29-1
P. Pattiyil 2-0-20-0
D. Gunawardena 1.1-0-17-0
Excellent batting from the top 4, kicked off by a fine opening stand of 65 between Mark and Gul, with Darwin and Hassan continuing the good work, had us 103 for 2 from around 23 overs. 2 quick wickets fell but Prasanth and Nick supported Hassan with quick runs before the scoring rate tailed off slightly in the last few overs. 173 off the 35 was a good effort (Gul was the star with a swashbuckling 49) but with the Home side missing their star bowler Peter Brown it was perhaps felt that we should have taken another 15 or so in order to protect our deleted bowling line-up.
Despite an excellent and copious tea, Nomads' bowling and fielding showed plenty of energy. Hassan bowled 4 maidens in his first 6-over spell and, well supported by Sami, the scoring rate was down to 2 an over at one point. Emil Todorow, with commendable accuracy, and Abbas, with pace and hostility, both produced probably their best bowling of the season so far. With 10 overs to go, the main 4 bowlers had used up almost all their overs. However, with the 7th wicket just falling and over 90 needed at more than 9 an over, skilled captaincy from Emil seemed to have secured us the victory. We did wonder why Dave Hitchman, who scored 91 against us last season, had not appeared yet but we were told he was injured and out of form.
When Hitchman did appear, he played one of the most remarkable innings seen in a Nomads match. Nomads were relying on Gul, Prasanth and Darwin - who have not been bowling regularly - to get through most of the remaining overs and I have to say that these 3 did not bowl all that badly though possibly a bit too predictable and leg stump, but the controlled hitting that Hitchman showed was different class. He just kept finding the boundary in an arc between Long Off and Deep Backward Square and just kept notching the required 9 or 10 runs every over, with the occasional bigger over thrown in. Incredibly frustrating for the Nomads. He received excellent support from his partner and, even when the partner was beautifully caught in the deep by Hassan, Hitchman's momentum could not be halted (2 difficult chances went down) and he finished off with 2 successive sixes to wrap things up with 8 balls to spare.
Sorry this report is a bit stilted but I am trying to type it in an internet cafe and the keyboard is useless.
Man of the Match was Hassan for 33 useful runs and almost bowling United out of the game with figures of 6.4-0-16-0 before injuring his shoulder in a valiant diving attempt to catch Hitchman which would have won the game for us, and being unable to complete his overs as a result. He also wins Fielder of the Day for this and the catch that he did take.
Quote of the Day - "Emil Todorow, no Usain Bolt even he would admit." Wimbledon United's match report. Quite so, but would Usain's body stand up to 220 successive appearances for Nomads, and would he beat Emil at chess?
Clapham Nomads lost by 2 wickets.
Clapham Nomads 173 for 7 from 35 overs
M. Bradshaw 15
Gul 49
D. Gunawardena 27
H. Khan 33
M. Vyas 0
P. Pattiyil 19
N. Lefebve 9
E. Todorow not out 3
Abbas Khan not out 0
Did not bat - Sami, J.Crossland
F.O.W. - 65, 88, 103, 103, 142, 159, 172
Wimbledon United 174 for 8 from 33.4 overs
Nomads' bowling
Sami 7-0-36-1
H. Khan 6.4-4-16-0
E. Todorow 7-0-26-2
Abbas Khan 7-1-25-3
Gul 3-0-29-1
P. Pattiyil 2-0-20-0
D. Gunawardena 1.1-0-17-0
Monday 11 May 2015
Clapham Nomads blogspot - election special
Although the result of last Thursday's General Election was probably about as unexpected as a 10-wicket win by the Nomads over Caribbean Mix, the undoubted highlight for all fans of South London Sunday Cricket was the appearance of Energy Exiles Medium Pace bowler Phil Ling as Liberal Democrat candidate for Tooting. This was spotted at about 3 am by an eagle-eyed John Crossland, who was apparently glued to the coverage.
I don't know how relevant a parallel this is, but I have umpired many times at the end where Phil has been bowling, and he swings it from left to right (as the umpire looks at it) more sharply than any other bowler on the circuit. Obviously though, even Ling could not achieve the massive swing required to win this Labour stronghold.
Anyway, cheap political jibes aside, commiserations to Phil but I'm sure he put up a good campaign as he is a very pleasant and articulate chap. It was just a bad night for his party, especially in SW London. If he ever stands in Battersea, I promise to vote for him, but hopefully he will get a more winnable seat than that next time round.
I don't know how relevant a parallel this is, but I have umpired many times at the end where Phil has been bowling, and he swings it from left to right (as the umpire looks at it) more sharply than any other bowler on the circuit. Obviously though, even Ling could not achieve the massive swing required to win this Labour stronghold.
Anyway, cheap political jibes aside, commiserations to Phil but I'm sure he put up a good campaign as he is a very pleasant and articulate chap. It was just a bad night for his party, especially in SW London. If he ever stands in Battersea, I promise to vote for him, but hopefully he will get a more winnable seat than that next time round.
Burgh Heath v Clapham Nomads - 10/5/15
Nomads made the long journey to Tattenham Way in Surrey, the pleasant hilltop home of Burgh Heath cc, oddly - given how far south we had travelled - the only ground Nomads play at from which Wembley Stadium is visible. It is also home to an incredibly large collection of bored teenagers whose main hobbies are skateboarding, banter and stealing boundary flags.
Anyway, enough trivia. With the season and the weather warming up nicely, it was time to enjoy (or endure the ordeal of) a 40-over contest for the first time this year.
Burgh batted first and Saturday first teamer Ronnie combined well with a chap who went on to make 50, but the run rate was kept down by nagging accuracy from Sami and an entertaining spell full of variation from Hassan. 10 overs had the score on around 30 without loss. Abbas took over at the Tattenham End and made the breakthrough, securing an LBW decision with a good, full-length yorker on leg stump. The No. 3 was the best attacking player in the side and announced his intentions by chipping Emil for 6 over Long Off. This player always gave us hope though and bowling and fielding remained high quality in the main. Emil was the victim of what few fielding errors there were.
At the 20-over tea break the score was about 65 for 2. Acceleration was gradual to about 120 off 29 overs. Abdul did go for a few but he managed to dismiss Heath's dangerman twice, to identical catches by Sami on the Long Off boundary (unfortunately the first time was a No Ball.)
In the final 10 overs, the scoreboard's runs and wickets sections both began to rattle and an entertaining passage of play concluded with the Home Side (? 1 man short) dismissed for 183 on the penultimate ball of the innings.
Nomads had achieved a similar run rate quite easily in our last fixture against these opponents in 2012 but this pitch had more than a few snakes - low bounce in particular - and some very long boundaries.
Disaster struck very early on in our reply with Gul run out for 0. Prasanth joined Mark for a useful consolidation stand of around 28 with some playing and missing and a dropped chance but mostly sound batting before Prasanth flicked one uppishly to backward Square Leg to depart for 11. Hassan and Mark began to look assured with some classy cut shots; Mark just in front of square and Hassan just behind - good running between the wickets as well but luck deserted Nomads again with a thick inside edge from Bradshaw rolling back onto his stumps.
Everyone was contributing but we were just failing to build the major stand that was needed and this pattern continued as Darwin began to hit the ball really hard just as Hassan fell caught and bowled. The score was around 100 but No. 6 Abdul was the last of the recognised front-line batsman. Another useful stand took the score up to around 125 before Darwin was replaced by Nick Lefebve, playing his first game of the season. Although Lefebve snicked his first 2 balls for 3 runs, he became bogged down after that against some decent bowling and a well-set field in the gathering gloom. The required rate was already up around 5 when Abdul fell.
The innings then tailed off somewhat, though Emil and Abbas played nicely. Abbas whacking it quite hard and Emil notching a 4 from a thick edge (which we suspect will have become a late cut by September.)
Still, batsmen lacking match practice did OK to see out the full 40, though we finished up 34 runs short.
This was an enjoyable game played in a good spirit with the exception of 5 minutes of madness which featured several of the home side becoming rather upset by a routine call of No Ball for a chest-high delivery which produced the "interesting theory"(SEE BELOW)* that a No Ball has to be neck height from a spinner. Anyway we seemed to be all friends at the end which is good as this quite an evenly-balanced fixture which we would like to maintain.
I'll print the scores on here and do Man of the Match when I get the scorebook back. Fielder of the Day was Sami, closely followed by John Crossland.
If John was in good form behind the stumps, he was in even better form with his mouth and the following are the 3 Quotes of the Day;
"If they had 3 wicketkeepers standing behind the stumps, they still wouldn't be as good as me." - John Crossland.
"The trouble is, our Lower Order is just not as good as our Top Order." - John "Sherlock" Crossland
"What our team needs is someone like Graham Napier." - John Crossland.
Burgh Heath - 183 all out off 39.5 overs
Nomads' bowling
Sami 8-0-23-3
H. Khan 8-0-24-1
Abbas Khan 8-2-25-3
E, Todorow 8-0-43-0
Abdul Khan 7-0-58-1
Gul 0.5-0-3-0
Clapham Nomads - 149 for 9 off 40 overs.
M. Bradshaw 23
Gul 0
P. Pattiyil 11
H. Khan 26
D. Gunawardena 21
Abdul Khan 24
N. Lefebve 3
E. Todorow not out 10
Sami 0
Abbas Khan 6
J. Crossland 1 not out
F.O.W. - 1, 33, 43, 85, 122, 126, 133, 136, 144
Burgh Heath won by 34 runs.
Man of the Match - Abbas
Fielder of the Day - John Crossland - he took a catch, executed a run out and must have kept wicket well to justify the second of his 2 quotes (see above.)
Anyway, enough trivia. With the season and the weather warming up nicely, it was time to enjoy (or endure the ordeal of) a 40-over contest for the first time this year.
Burgh batted first and Saturday first teamer Ronnie combined well with a chap who went on to make 50, but the run rate was kept down by nagging accuracy from Sami and an entertaining spell full of variation from Hassan. 10 overs had the score on around 30 without loss. Abbas took over at the Tattenham End and made the breakthrough, securing an LBW decision with a good, full-length yorker on leg stump. The No. 3 was the best attacking player in the side and announced his intentions by chipping Emil for 6 over Long Off. This player always gave us hope though and bowling and fielding remained high quality in the main. Emil was the victim of what few fielding errors there were.
At the 20-over tea break the score was about 65 for 2. Acceleration was gradual to about 120 off 29 overs. Abdul did go for a few but he managed to dismiss Heath's dangerman twice, to identical catches by Sami on the Long Off boundary (unfortunately the first time was a No Ball.)
In the final 10 overs, the scoreboard's runs and wickets sections both began to rattle and an entertaining passage of play concluded with the Home Side (? 1 man short) dismissed for 183 on the penultimate ball of the innings.
Nomads had achieved a similar run rate quite easily in our last fixture against these opponents in 2012 but this pitch had more than a few snakes - low bounce in particular - and some very long boundaries.
Disaster struck very early on in our reply with Gul run out for 0. Prasanth joined Mark for a useful consolidation stand of around 28 with some playing and missing and a dropped chance but mostly sound batting before Prasanth flicked one uppishly to backward Square Leg to depart for 11. Hassan and Mark began to look assured with some classy cut shots; Mark just in front of square and Hassan just behind - good running between the wickets as well but luck deserted Nomads again with a thick inside edge from Bradshaw rolling back onto his stumps.
Everyone was contributing but we were just failing to build the major stand that was needed and this pattern continued as Darwin began to hit the ball really hard just as Hassan fell caught and bowled. The score was around 100 but No. 6 Abdul was the last of the recognised front-line batsman. Another useful stand took the score up to around 125 before Darwin was replaced by Nick Lefebve, playing his first game of the season. Although Lefebve snicked his first 2 balls for 3 runs, he became bogged down after that against some decent bowling and a well-set field in the gathering gloom. The required rate was already up around 5 when Abdul fell.
The innings then tailed off somewhat, though Emil and Abbas played nicely. Abbas whacking it quite hard and Emil notching a 4 from a thick edge (which we suspect will have become a late cut by September.)
Still, batsmen lacking match practice did OK to see out the full 40, though we finished up 34 runs short.
This was an enjoyable game played in a good spirit with the exception of 5 minutes of madness which featured several of the home side becoming rather upset by a routine call of No Ball for a chest-high delivery which produced the "interesting theory"(SEE BELOW)* that a No Ball has to be neck height from a spinner. Anyway we seemed to be all friends at the end which is good as this quite an evenly-balanced fixture which we would like to maintain.
I'll print the scores on here and do Man of the Match when I get the scorebook back. Fielder of the Day was Sami, closely followed by John Crossland.
If John was in good form behind the stumps, he was in even better form with his mouth and the following are the 3 Quotes of the Day;
"If they had 3 wicketkeepers standing behind the stumps, they still wouldn't be as good as me." - John Crossland.
"The trouble is, our Lower Order is just not as good as our Top Order." - John "Sherlock" Crossland
"What our team needs is someone like Graham Napier." - John Crossland.
Burgh Heath - 183 all out off 39.5 overs
Nomads' bowling
Sami 8-0-23-3
H. Khan 8-0-24-1
Abbas Khan 8-2-25-3
E, Todorow 8-0-43-0
Abdul Khan 7-0-58-1
Gul 0.5-0-3-0
Clapham Nomads - 149 for 9 off 40 overs.
M. Bradshaw 23
Gul 0
P. Pattiyil 11
H. Khan 26
D. Gunawardena 21
Abdul Khan 24
N. Lefebve 3
E. Todorow not out 10
Sami 0
Abbas Khan 6
J. Crossland 1 not out
F.O.W. - 1, 33, 43, 85, 122, 126, 133, 136, 144
Burgh Heath won by 34 runs.
Man of the Match - Abbas
Fielder of the Day - John Crossland - he took a catch, executed a run out and must have kept wicket well to justify the second of his 2 quotes (see above.)
Clapham Nomads v Long Ditton - 3/5/15
I hadn't realised what a difficult game this had the potential to be until I had a glance at Long Ditton's website a few days before the game and found that they are an incredibly well-organised club, with loads of different age group teams and extensive coaching facilities.
I didn't play in this one myself but I met former Nomads all-rounder Joe Chance in the evening at our usual haunt - Wetherspoons in Balham (classy!) - and, before too long Emil Todorow and John Crossland staggered in shaking their arms and limping perceptibly. "That was tough," they asserted repeatedly, before revealing that Nomads had, in fact, ground out an excellent victory by 6 wickets.
Nomads fielded first on a Joseph Hood track that played pretty well but was surrounded by an extremely spacious and grassy outfield, slowed up even more by heavy overnight rain. An excellent bowling performance from the Home side allowed us to restrict a Ditton line-up with many well-coached youngsters to just 102 from the full 35, one of the lowest totals we have ever conceded from 35 overs. Excellent bowling from Sami, Hassan and Abbas was a bit too much for the visitors' young line-up to deal with and the set the foundations for Nomads only having to chase a target that was not massive but looked possibly tricky against a visiting line up that contained excellent teenage bowlers of both genders, several of whom play for representative sides.
Led by Mark Bradshaw with one of his typically gritty 30 plus innings, (he played with great control and was only out when we had reached 94, and the winning post was in sight) with good support from Gul, Darwin, Hassan, Abdul and especially Riaz, Nomads reached our target with just 9 balls to spare.
Long Ditton 102 for 7 from 35 overs
Nomads' bowling
Sami 7-1-9-2
H. Khan 7-1-10-0
Abbas Khan 7-0-12-2
E. Todorow 5-0-14-1
Abdul Khan 7-1-35-1
R. Khan 2-0-7-1
Clapham Nomads 103 for 4 from 33.3 overs
M. Bradshaw 33
Gul 7
D. Gunawardena 17
R. Khan 25
H. Khan 12 not out
Abdul Khan not out 0
Did not bat; E. Todorow, Sami, Abbas Khan, J. Crossland, Mo
F.O.W. - 15, 51, 90, 94
Clapham Nomads won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match - Mark Bradshaw
I didn't play in this one myself but I met former Nomads all-rounder Joe Chance in the evening at our usual haunt - Wetherspoons in Balham (classy!) - and, before too long Emil Todorow and John Crossland staggered in shaking their arms and limping perceptibly. "That was tough," they asserted repeatedly, before revealing that Nomads had, in fact, ground out an excellent victory by 6 wickets.
Nomads fielded first on a Joseph Hood track that played pretty well but was surrounded by an extremely spacious and grassy outfield, slowed up even more by heavy overnight rain. An excellent bowling performance from the Home side allowed us to restrict a Ditton line-up with many well-coached youngsters to just 102 from the full 35, one of the lowest totals we have ever conceded from 35 overs. Excellent bowling from Sami, Hassan and Abbas was a bit too much for the visitors' young line-up to deal with and the set the foundations for Nomads only having to chase a target that was not massive but looked possibly tricky against a visiting line up that contained excellent teenage bowlers of both genders, several of whom play for representative sides.
Led by Mark Bradshaw with one of his typically gritty 30 plus innings, (he played with great control and was only out when we had reached 94, and the winning post was in sight) with good support from Gul, Darwin, Hassan, Abdul and especially Riaz, Nomads reached our target with just 9 balls to spare.
Long Ditton 102 for 7 from 35 overs
Nomads' bowling
Sami 7-1-9-2
H. Khan 7-1-10-0
Abbas Khan 7-0-12-2
E. Todorow 5-0-14-1
Abdul Khan 7-1-35-1
R. Khan 2-0-7-1
Clapham Nomads 103 for 4 from 33.3 overs
M. Bradshaw 33
Gul 7
D. Gunawardena 17
R. Khan 25
H. Khan 12 not out
Abdul Khan not out 0
Did not bat; E. Todorow, Sami, Abbas Khan, J. Crossland, Mo
F.O.W. - 15, 51, 90, 94
Clapham Nomads won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match - Mark Bradshaw
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