Clapham Nomads made the long journey to Kew for a Conference match on Sunday and came up against a stronger than anticipated home side. I didn't play in this match but, according to Emil, Nomads did fairly well to concede only 200 for 3 against a very talented batting line up on a cracking pitch. One chap made 100. Hassan was the pick of the bowlers with 1 for 25 off seven overs, but Emil, Abbas and Riaz were tidy as well.
Kew had 2 tall young fast bowlers, one of whom removed Mahesh Vyas early on in our reply and then rapped Prasanth Pattiyil on the wrist with a lifter. Prasanth did very well to bat on for a fighting 24. Darwin made a nice 31 and there was some very entertaining hitting from Abbas at the close supported by Chris Kennedy though by then the game was lost. I didn't feel that a 62-run defeat was too shabby against a team who were a class above us (in a strictly cricketing sense) but I will leave the final word on this to John Crossland who wrote in the scorebook; "Kew were just too strong for us. Call me negative if you want." A pregnant pause is necessary here.
Admittedly several of the Nomads were late. I'll pause for a bit here while readers pick themselves up from the floor. At least one of the home side told us that we were unlikely to be invited back again. There are two categories of lapsed fixtures; those sides you are unfortunately unlikely to play again (Nepotists, Kenley, possibly Morden) and those you are unlikely to play again (Kingston Lefthanders, Surrey Ovalites, Kew.)
Man of the Match is close between Prasanth for a great comeback after receiving a nasty knock, Darwin, but I will give it to Abbas who was joint top-scorer with 31 and bowled 7 overs for only 26. Fielder of the Day was John Crossland whose catches behind the stumps accounted for 2 of the 3 wickets we took.
Kew (200 for 3 from 35 overs) beat Clapham Nomads (138 all out from 32.2 overs) by 62 runs.
Adnan Khan - 14
M. Vyas - 0
P. Pattiyil - 24
H. Khan - 0
Darwin - 31
Abdul Khan - 1
R. Khan - 2
Abbas Khan - 31
C. Kennedy - 9
E. Todorow - 2
J. Crossland - 0 Not out
F.O.W. - 2, 22, 22, 78, 84, 86, 90, 128, 138, 138
H. Khan 7-1-25-1
E. Todorow 7-2-33-0
Abbas Khan 7-0-26-0
R. Khan 6-0-34-1
Abdul Khan 6-0-64-1
Adnan Khan 2-0-15-0
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