Friday 29 June 2018

Clapham Nomads v Plastics XI - 24/6/18

Nomads made a fine return from our break with a convincing win over new opponents Plastics XI, a friendly, sporting bunch, at Farm Road, Morden on Sunday.
In temperatures approaching 30 degrees, skipper Emil Todorow won a crucial toss and batted. Nomads racked up 245 for 6 with Zia the top scorer on 53 and Abbas making his first half-century for Clapham. Abbas also took 4 wickets as Plastics were dismissed for 84 with John Crossland taking a brilliant catch for the crucial wicket just as the Away side were making good progress with only 3 down.

Clapham Nomads 245 for 6 from 35 overs.
Plastics XI 84 from 28.1 overs.

Nomads won by 161 runs.

Man of the Match - Abbas
Fielder of the Day - John.

Full scores for this and the other games will follow now that I have got the scorebook back.

Clapham Nomads 245 for 6 from 35 overs

Riaz  36
KK 28
Darwin 1
Javed ? 28 - to be confirmed
Hasan  29
Zia  53
Abbas 52 not out
Sami  0 not out

Did not bat - Nick, Emil (capt), John (wkt)

F.O.W. - 68, 68, 73, 130, 132, 228