Nomads made the long trip to Hayes, in the farthest reaches of West London, last Sunday. They are a long-established club and Nomads' captain Emil Todorow was impressed with their set-up, if not the 45-mile round trip to get there.
We lost again and, to mark this, Nomads' wicketkeeper and Founder Member John Crossland has written a report of the game. Here it is;
"After having the opposition 8 wickets down for about 130, we let them off the hook with 4 dropped catches. The Hayes No. 9 scored 70 which was a great effort but he should have been out earlier. None of the missed catches were difficult chances. Hayes rode their luck and made 220 for 9 off 40 overs.
In reply, Nomads were once again indebted to Zia who made 85 with 4 sixes and 11 fours. Unfortunately no-one else could really get going and Nomads were all out for 200. Hasan did not play.
At the moment, Nomads are a one-man team with Zia's batting. His bowling is also very effective of late. He took 3 for 22 in this game." JC.
Emil also added that Zia was brilliantly caught right on the boundary so, if that had gone for 6, he would have been 2 shots away from his second century of the season and Nomads would have been only 15 short of the required total.
Zia has been brilliant over the last month but I (Nick) must point out that there have been plenty of other decent perfomances as well. Although we have lost our last 5 games, there were periods in 4, if not all, of them when we looked to be in a decent position. In fact, all our games this season, with the exception of the 160-run win over Plastics XI, have been reasonably competitive.
No game on 26th August due to the Bank Holiday weekend but we will arrange an away game for 2nd September.
Hayes 220 for 9 from 40 overs
Clapham Nomads 200 all out from ??? overs (Zia 85)
Clapham Nomads lost by 20 runs.
Man of the Match - Zia
Fielder of the Day - to be awarded.
Full scores to follow soon.
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