Clapham Nomads v Gentlemen of Hampstead - 28/7/19

Brief summary - more to follow soon.

Nomads started well on a very slow pitch with 40 for the 1st wicket from Mahesh and Abdul. Wickets then fell steadily with the middle order missing out (by their usual high standards) for a change. People were whispering that 150 would be a good score and it took excellent late hitting from Abbas (45) and KK (20) to take us well past this and we closed on 165 for 9
The Gents replied steadily at first in the face of some decent Nomads bowling and catching.  With 15 overs to go they needed about 100 and were 3 down but had some well-set batsmen in, especially the excellent left-handed Cleeve.  Despite the awkward pitch, Hampstead gradually took charge near the end and it looked like being a last over finish but a flurry of boundaries took them over the line with 11 balls to spare in the end. Much more detail to follow soon.....

Clapham Nomads - 165 for 9 from 35 overs

Mahesh  22
Abdul  31
Riaz  0
Hasan  11
Darwin  7
Zia  6
Imran  4
Abbas  45
KK  20
Emil (capt) not out 1
John  not out 4

F.O.W. - 40, 50, 63, 77, 79, 85, 87, 125, 160

Gentlemen of Hampstead  - 166 for 4 from 32.5 overs (T.Cleeve 74 not out)

Nomads' bowling figures;

Abbas  7-1-18-1
KK  7-0-26-1
Zia  6.5-0-33-1
Riaz  7-0-27-1
Emil  3-0-22-0
Imran  1-0-15-0
Hasan  1-0-14-0

Nomads lost by 6 wickets

Man of the Match - Abbas (a great all-round performance)
Fielder of the Day - Abdul