Lichfield Nomads Cricket Club : Match Reports 2011 |
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Bugbrooke v Lichfield Nomads Result: Bugbrooke won by 6 wickets
A disappointing afternoon for Nomads as
most were forced into the Keith Stanley approach to scoring. Gardner had chosen
the scenic route to Bugbrooke (omitting both Junctions 16 and 15A on the M1) and
when Westwood lost the toss, Nomads were forced into the untried opening
partnership of Heslington and Weir. Devonshire and Bashir opened with three
maidens and there was continuing danger that the over count would outstrip the
run count, however a fourth over flurry from Heslington (with two 4s and a
further couple from the over) relieved the pressure in the pavilion. However
these were the only runs Heslington managed to put together in his innings
lasting nearly nine overs as the Bugbrooke bowlers kept up the intensity as
variable bounce and a mixture of lengths kept the batsmen on their toes. This
compounded by the lush outfield meant that ground strokes struggled to get much
beyond the square, as Bugbrooke maintained a solid ring of young, athletic
fielders (a description which might also describe the Nomads team ~ but on
balance probably not!). Weir departed in the seventh over just as he appeared to
be finding the middle of his bat, but having avoided the dreaded gonad. Gardner
fished outside off and was well taken at slip by the same fielder who had
dropped Heslington off the first ball of the match. In the meantime Bugbrooke’s
sporting captain, Lamb, had called Hussein back after he was given out lbw (by
the opposition umpire who accepted his error graciously as being the only man
west of the M1 not to hear the distinct wooden click of leather on willow before
the ball reached the pad). Nomads were pleased to see an excellent piece of
sportsmanship here, with Hussein trying to make the most of his opportunity by
top scoring (though only marginally from extras). George II struck a couple of
well timed boundaries in a spirited innings which ended in the second of Nomads’
three runs out, however apart from Westwood trying to raise the tempo and a
couple of well timed boundaries from Pickering, the Nomads innings folded all
too soon for a disappointing 97. However, as pointed out on the balcony, the
batsmen were clearly thinking of the bowlers’ figures, as by limiting the score,
they ensured no bowler was going to go for an excessive number of runs!
Another excellent tea with plenty of
tasty cakes possibly weighed down the Nomads fielding skills?
Westwood, opening the bowling from the
pavilion end, had little luck, whereas Hoddy beguiled the batsmen from the far
end and managed to snap up three good wickets. However with a relatively low
target to chase and each bowler Westwood tried having just the one over that
went for a few too many runs, Nomads were unable to prevent the inevitable. Only
Hughes seemed to exert real pressure on the batsmen throughout his spell, with
mainly good line and length and appreciable swing. Heslington bowled an
excellent line and length until Bugbrooke were within sight of the total, when
Coleman crashed him for 13 from what turned out to be his final over, but only
after he had trapped the dangerous Chapman. George and Westwood showed good
athleticism in the field and Greaves was unlucky with three difficult chances,
getting a hand to all, but being unable to hold on to any.
[Disclaimer: any offence caused by this
article is unintentional, any praise is well deserved.] |
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Lichfield
Nomads |
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Bugbrooke |
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How Out |
Bowler |
Total |
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How Out |
Bowler |
Total |
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Heslington |
c |
Devonshire |
10 |
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Hardwick |
C
Heslington |
Hoddy |
9 |
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Weir |
run out |
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1 |
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Thomas |
b |
Hoddy |
6 |
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Gardner |
c |
Ruppelt |
1 |
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Ruppelt |
b |
Hoddy |
25 |
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Hussein |
st |
Lamb |
24 |
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Bashir |
Not out |
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20 |
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George
N |
run out |
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13 |
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Chapman |
lbw |
Heslington |
17 |
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Hughes |
b |
Cross |
2 |
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Coleman |
Not out |
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20 |
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Westwood |
b |
Thomas |
11 |
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Forster |
c |
Thomas |
3 |
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Pickering |
run out |
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9 |
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Hoddy |
not out |
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1 |
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Greaves |
not out |
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0 |
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Extras w11; nb6;
b1; lb4 |
22 |
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Extras
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3 |
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Total for 9 wickets |
97 |
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Total for 4 wkts |
100 |
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Fall of
wickets: 15, 15, 19, 45, 50, 71, 76, 86, 95 |
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Fall of wickets: 10, 38, 42, 73 |
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Devonshire 5-3-3-1; |
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Westwood 5-2-20-0; |
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