More new opponents for this match at Joseph Hood and it was rather similar to the previous week. Nomads batted first and started poorly but recovered to make a decent total. Our performance was dominated by a superb display with bat, ball and in the field from Zia who made his first century for the club with a blockbusting 105 not out including 17 fours and a six. He dominated good partnerships of 43 for the 7th wicket with Sami (9) and of 76 for the 8th wicket with Abbas (12 not out). Hasan also played well for 37. SW United had an interesting medium pacer, Nafees, who was all angle and subtle variation and ripped the heart out of Clapham's middle order with 3 wickets in 5 balls starting with the crucial wicket of Hasan. Nonetheless it was a decent effort from the home side.
There was a bit of an inquest afterwards in which some of Nomads' more vocal critics said that we started badly with the ball and got worse. However a look at the scorebook shows that SW were 5 for 0 off 2 and then 19 for 2 off 4. After this though, they did get off the leash somewhat and Amit and Malik pretty much did as they pleased during a 3rd wicket stand of 118. Zia dragged us back into some sort of contention with 2 catches including a brilliant caught and bowled. SW always had a bit in hand and, apart from 4 overs from the end when 12 were still needed with only 4 wickets left, the result was never in much doubt from 6 or 7 overs onwards.
A fuller report will follow soon.
Clapham Nomads 198 for 7 from 35 overs
Mahesh 1
Darwin 0
Riaz 11
Hasan 37
Zia 105 not out
KK 0
Javed 0
Sami 9
Abbas 12 not out
Did not bat: Emil (capt), John (wkt) - Substitute fielder (yet again) - Nick
F.o.w. - 3, 15, 45, 71, 79, 79, 122
SW United 199 for 6 from 33 overs (Amit 47; Malik 69)
Nomads' bowling;
Sami 5-0-38-1
Emil 5-1-40-1
Riaz 3-0-25-0
Abbas 7-1-51-1
Zia 7-0-26-0
KK 6-0-18-2
Clapham Nomads lost by 4 wickets
Man of the Match - Zia
Fielder of the Day - Zia.
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