Lichfield Nomads Cricket Club : Match Reports 2011 |
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Bloxwich 3rds v Lichfield Nomads
Scores: Nomads 161 for 7 ; Bloxwich 132 for 4
Result: Nomads won by 29 runs
Nomads run
gains impetus
Nomads arrived at Bloxwich with only ten men, fortunately a quick phone call
from Pete Blackburn to son Graeme who had only just arrived home after working
since 2am provided Nomads not only with their eleventh man but also a
wicketkeeper. Nomads batted first and Moss (eventually asked by Hughes after
Pinfield had padded up) along with Pinfield, opened up. On a pitch that was
keeping low, the youthful Bloxwich attack kept Nomads pinned down early on and
only the occasional well-struck boundary from Moss kept them up to 3 an over.
Eventually Pinfield, feeling the need to push on, took one liberty too many and
was caught at cover (ish). Hughes was initially bemused by the microscopic
Bonniface L who beguiled him with a mixture of off-spin and arm balls. However
he had just begun to find the middle of the bat when he fell in a way that is
everyone’s nightmare – caught off a female (and for the second time in two
years, this is becoming a habit!) as he went to try and push one through third
slip. Brannigan upped the scoring rate with some typical lusty blows before also
falling to a catch in the cover area. Almost immediately Moss, clearly tiring,
after an excellent innings of aggressive power and, having already given a
return catch chance to ‘the lady’, hit his off stump going for a late cut.
Pickering and Collins K were becalmed for a couple of overs, before one outside
leg and then one outside off allowed Pickering to first glance, then late cut
for boundaries. However, he soon perished to a straight one. Nomads ‘youth
policy’ arrived in turn, first George, then Blackburn jnr. Although neither
pushed the scorers addition skills too far, they tried to keep the score ticking
over, while Collins woke from his slumbers to crash a couple of boundaries to
midwicket. The older Blackburn arrived with one ball to go and managed not to
succumb as he had in the identical situation in his last match, at Shugborough.
Nomads were not convinced that their 161 was enough, but completed tea while
watching Novak Djokovic finish off Rafa Nadal.
As Bloxwich began their reply Hughes opted for pace, or more correctly, complete
lack of it, as Hoddy and Forster each bowled through their eight overs, with no
personal success, although they kept the score down to just three an over. Only
the minute Bonniface fell in this period run out by a direct hit from the
covers, by George. Maddox fell to a steepling catch by Collins at backward
square leg, in Brannigan’s first over, bringing in Mincher, Miss. Nomads
employed tactical field placing to try to keep her on strike, and keep the run
rate down. Hughes removed Golder after an excellent innings, stumped by
Blackburn, despite the thoughtful keeper giving the batsman plenty of
opportunity to regain his ground! McAree tried to up the rate but another
excellent throw from George and a bit of quick glove-work from Blackburn saw him
run out. It only remained for Alcock to strike a couple of boundaries as
Bloxwich ran out of time and overs. In the last period, excellent bowling from
Hughes, coming round the wicket, and Moss kept the lid on any attempt by the
bats’men’ to reach the target and try as he might Hughes was unable to get the
revenge on Mincher (Miss) that he so wanted.
So Nomads march on to WAHA, with a renewed spring in their stride.
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Lichfield Nomads
How Out
Bowler
Total
How Out
Bowler
Total
Moss
hit wicket
Golder L
66
Golder M
st Blackburn G
Hughes
64
Pinfield
c Bonniface T
Eden
12
Bonniface L
run out
(George N)
12
Hughes
c
Miss
C Mincher
16
Maddox
c Collins K
Brannigan
7
Brannigan
c Bonniface T
Golder L
21
Miss C Mincher
not out
18
Pickering
b
Golder L
10
McAree
run out
(George N)
12
Collins K
not out
11
Allcock
not out
8
George N
b
Golder L
2
Blackburn G
c
Golder M
2
Blackburn P
not out
0
Hoddy
Forster
Extras w8; nb1; b7; lb5
21
Extras w10, nb0; b3; lb1
14
Total for 7 wickets
161
Total for 4 wkts
132
Fall of wickets: 40, 91, 130, 130, 147, 158, 161
Fall of wickets: 28, 49, 102, 116
Bond 5-1-12-0; Eden 6-0-23-1; Clamp 5-0-24-0;
Boniface L 6-2-25-0; Miss C Mincher 5-0-35-1;
Golder L 8-3-19-4; Golder M 5-2-13-1
Hoddy 8-0-27-0; Forster
8-2-20-0; George N 4-1-13-0; Brannigan 4-0-25-1; Moss 8-0-15-0; Hughes 8-0-33-1
Bloxwich
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