Lichfield Nomads Cricket Club : Match Reports 2010 |
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Lullington Park v Lichfield Nomads
Scores: Lullington Park 423 for 7;
Lichfield Nomads 173 for 7 Result: Nomads lost by 250 runs
Records tumble again
“…we will have a mixed side playing in the spirit
of a Sunday afternoon friendly match.”
As quoted to our esteemed fixtures secretary in the week prior to the match. And, it
has to be admitted for the second half of the match, once Nomads had been
clearly trounced; perhaps Lullington did meet their quote. Just a week after
Nomads had reached their highest score against Church Eaton, they came back to
earth with a mighty bump, suffering their highest ever total against and their
biggest ever ‘runs’ defeat. Still it was not all gloom and doom, with Pickering
scoring a PB (although PB never got the chance to score a Pickering) and those
who got a chance to bat were able to add a few to their total from the (mainly)
gentle bowling offered up to them.
Hughes inserted the Lullington openers and it was clear from
Westwood’s first ball, dispatched to the boundary, that they meant business,
with a further half dozen coming from that first over. Forster, dragged kicking
and screaming to open at the other end, caused some problems and got one to
drift away from Thompson in the first over as he was smartly stumped by Gardner.
The next over saw an electrifying catch by Westwood as Webb belted one back at
shoulder height. At 12 for 2 Nomads might have had a look of surprised hope but
this was soon snuffed out as the Lullington middle order set about damaging the
trees in the National Forest, over long on. Stanley contrived to drop one ball
from on high, at long on, to Forster’s dismay. Hughes and Hoddy replaced the
openers and both suffered badly, although amongst the carnage Hoddy had managed
to pick up an early wicket by the same route as Forster’s. Lullington batsmen
were wasting energy by crashing the ball not just into the wood, but over it,
too. Non-bowlers looked on in quiet satisfaction that they weren’t being called
into the attack. At 169 by drinks there was concern that the Nomads record
‘against’ of 390 would be beaten, and so it proved as until near the end, the
only way batsmen were departing was by retiring at 100. (A rather expensive way
to get through the opposition).
An excellent tea served by ladies in pinafores set Nomads back
into good heart and as the Lullington opening bowler began we were briefly ahead
of ‘the rate’ as the first ball was called ‘no ball’. Thereafter the rate rose
inexorably. Clearly the Lullington bowlers had decided to avoid pace, as the
youngsters bowled a mixture of slow, straight and spin. This gave Nomad’s
batsmen a chance to show what they could muster and the openers moved along
steadily. Stanley raised a cheer from the boundary as his first run came from
only 12 balls (another record?). Unfortunately Gardner just failed to lift one
over the infield, bringing Pickering to the crease. The bowlers played to
Pickering’s ‘withering’ pulls and sweeps as he pierced a 7-2 field, regularly to
notch his PB. Eventually, just as it was looking like the Lullington bowlers
might have to revert to type (and bowl properly), Pickering fell to a good
diving catch at square leg. Hussein flattered briefly with another pull before
Westwood looped one to the infield. George jnr played a series of aggressive
drives, making every effort to deafen the infield with his calling, but was also
soon caught. Hughes did his best to get a gonad, but the ball fell tantalisingly
over mid off, before Stanley was run out by the oldest ruse in the book (fielder
hobbled after the ball until he heard the call for the second run, then swooped
and hit the stumps direct with Stanley a couple of yards short). George snr
lasted but a few moments before Hoddy arrived to shore up one end as Hughes
feasted on the apathetic bowlers, who offered far too much on the leg side,
until the final over when he shut up shop to ensure the ‘red ink’.
Lovely ground, great tea, but unfortunately Lullington’s promise
of ‘Sunday friendly’ failed to materialise as they fielded several first-teamers
(with their description of ‘a mixed side’ appearing to amount to a mixture of
good and very good players ~ though they did have one youngster who they bossed
around all afternoon) and no evidence of anyone older that about 25. Still some
Nomads finished smiling…… mainly those who weren’t playing, but including
Gardner, P (most runs against in 8 overs) and Blackburn, G (most runs conceded
by a captain).
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How Out |
Bowler |
Total |
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How Out |
Bowler |
Total |
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Webb |
c Westwood |
Westwood |
3 |
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Gardner |
c |
Fern |
24 |
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Thompson |
st Gardner |
Forster |
9 |
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Stanley |
run out |
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24 |
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Keegan |
retired out |
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100 |
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Pickering |
c |
Oliver |
26 |
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Veale |
st Gardner |
Hoddy |
41 |
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Hussein |
b |
Green |
4 |
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Dawson |
retired out |
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100 |
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Westwood |
c |
Caron |
0 |
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Eaton |
not out |
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79 |
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George N |
c |
Eaton |
15 |
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Caron |
c Gardner |
Westwood |
62 |
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Hughes |
not out |
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34 |
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Oliver |
run out (George N) |
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14 |
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George S |
c |
Veale |
0 |
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Green |
not out |
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6 |
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Hoddy |
not out |
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9 |
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Sanderson |
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Blackburn P |
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Fern |
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Forster |
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Extras |
9 |
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Extras w19, nb2, b15, lb1 |
37 |
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Total for 7 wickets |
423 |
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Total for 7 wkts |
173 |
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Fall of wickets: 12, 12, 107 others not recorded |
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Fall of wickets: 38, 87, 93, 104, 115, 123, (not recorded) |
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Westwood 7-0-69-2; Forster 7-0-42-1;
Hughes 7-0-80-0; Hoddy 8-0-110-1; George S 6-0-54-0; George N 2-0-32-0;
Blackburn P 3-0-25-0 |
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Sanderson 5-4-4-0;
Fern 5-0-25-1; Oliver 5-0-25-1; Green 5-0-29-1; Eaton 5-1-12-1; Caron 5-0-10-1;
Dawson 2-0-4-0; Veale 2-0-8-1; Crawford 3-0-???
Webb 1-0-11-0; ??? 2-0-3-0 (sorry guys, badly kept
scorebook) |
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