Lichfield Nomads Cricket Club : Match Reports 2011 |
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Abbots Bromley v Lichfield Nomads 10th
April 2011
The weather was warm and sunny as Nomads
took to the field to play their first game of the season against Abbots Bromley.
The home side batted first
and started confidently with
Parkinson retiring after making a well struck 50. Brannigan’s usual pace and
lift was blunted by the early season pitch, which was slow. Westwood cut his
speed, swung the ball and got the first wicket. After two more wickets fell in
quick succession, one of which involved a stunning high catch at gully from Moss
off Hughes’ bowling, Nomads started to apply the brakes to the Abbots Bromley
innings. (This was after Moss had blocked a ferocious drive and was lucky to
escape injury.) Collins bowled with considerable pace and narrowly missed a hat
trick after clean bowling two batsmen at the end of his spell. Greaves, never to
be underestimated, claimed a victim with the second ball of his first over.
Bailey top scored with a valuable 60 at the end of the innings.
At a pleasant tea, which featured a range of tasty morsels, the Nomads felt they
had reined in the Abbots Bromley batsmen to an achievable score of 189.
The Nomads innings got off to a steady
start with an opening stand of 37. With pace at one end and seam at the other
the Abbots Bromley bowling proved challenging. Moss continued to hit boundaries
on his way to a well fought 33 but there were no partnerships of note in the
middle part of the innings. When Moss was out, a low total seemed to be
inevitable.
But this was not to be thanks initially to Stanley and
Hussein who dug in, played each ball on its merits, and with several generous
wides and byes from the bowlers, got the innings back on track.
Then Hughes and Blackburn took the attack to the bowlers and took the score
within sight of Bromleys’s total until Hughes was lbw to Smith for a promising
22.
The match was played in a sporting
spirit. Abbots Bromley were deserving victors and friendly hosts.
But this was a good team effort from the Nomads and Lee Westwood, their new
captain, can take plenty of positives on to the next game
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Abbots Bromley |
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W. Parkinson |
Retired |
Not out |
50 |
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A. Crookes |
b |
Westwood |
19 |
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S. Rashid |
c. Moss |
b Hughes |
4 |
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J. Garlick |
b |
Moss |
8 |
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M. Tracey |
b |
Greaves |
24 |
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H. Bailey |
st Gardner |
B Greaves |
60 |
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L. Birch |
b |
Collins |
9 |
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S. Hendy |
b |
Collins |
0 |
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E. Arblaster |
Not |
out |
0 |
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A. Smith |
Run |
out |
1 |
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A Everitt |
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Wides9 No balls1 |
Byes2 leg Byes 2 |
Extras |
14 |
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|
total |
189 |
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Lichfield Nomads |
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|
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Gardner |
b |
Tracey |
14 |
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Moss |
b |
Arblaster |
33 |
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Collins |
Ct |
B Tracey |
0 |
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Pinfield |
ct |
B Everitt |
5 |
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Stanley |
lbw |
B Rashid |
7 |
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Brannigan |
Ct and b |
Hendy |
4 |
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Westwood |
b |
Hendy |
0 |
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Hussein |
B |
Hendy |
11 |
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Hughes |
Lbw |
Smith |
22 |
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Blackburn |
b |
Bailey |
9 |
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Greaves |
not |
out |
0 |
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Wides 23 |
No balls 6 |
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Byes 18 |
Leg Byes 4 |
extras |
51 |
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total |
160 |
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Nomads Bowling |
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Brannigan |
8 |
0 |
45 |
0 |
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Westwood |
8 |
0 |
36 |
1 |
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Hughes |
6 |
0 |
39 |
1 |
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Moss |
6 |
0 |
20 |
1 |
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Collins |
6 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
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Greaves |
6 |
0 |
32 |
2 |
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A Bromley |
8 |
1 |
34 |
2 |
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Everitt |
8 |
2 |
21 |
1 |
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Arblaster |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Hendy |
5 |
0 |
24 |
3 |
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Birch |
4 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
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Rashid |
2 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
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Smith |
3 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
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Bailey |
2.2 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
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