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v Stafford Strikers Scores: Nomads 135 for 8 ; Strikers 136 for 6
Result: Strikers won by 4 wickets
Nomads struck down by Strikers
A youthful-looking Strikers side
arrived for Nomads first ‘home’ match at Bit-end field. Nomads were without the
hoped-for Moss and Hutton who had been called to higher things (is there
anything higher?) and a glance at the team sheet revealed a degree of frailty in
both batting and bowling lines-up. Nevertheless the available Nomads put up a
good fight, eventually going down in a good-spirited match.
Strikers opening attack put pressure
on Nomads batsmen. The bowlers appeared to have just two types of ball – either
a good line and length or wide, so extras began to make its usual contribution
despite the opening batsmen struggling to get going, Westwood making just two
scoring shots from 23 balls being a prime example. Westwood was eventually
bowled, attempting to clip one behind square, in the eighth over, with the score
on 20 and extras top scoring with 9. Weir’s brief stay ended with him clipping
what looked (at least from the boundary) suspiciously like a high no ball into
space close to the wicket, him haring down the wicket screaming for the run (was
he trying to put off the fielder?), while Gardner stood his ground. Jones was
just getting into his stride when another good ball rattled the stumps, while
Stanley attempted to raise the scoring rate with a few quickly taken singles.
Hughes played with his usual flair and was the only Nomads batsman to really put
bat to ball reaching his 19 at a strike rate above 100, but was then out in the
usual way – caught trying to lift one too many out of the field. Gardner was
eventually 5th out for a well-fought top score of 29. Strikers
bowling tightened up over the second half, with few extras being given away and
even their eighth bowler kept immaculate line and length so the later Nomads
batsmen all struggled to get the ball away. A lusty couple from Bourne, on
debut, was quickly ended as he missed a ball from Nitin and with batsmen running
out Blackburn was reminded of the need to dig in and see the overs out. However,
another lusty swing saw him bowled first ball. It was left to Pickering and
Forster to try to eke out what they could in the last few overs.
A stupendous tea, despite Pinfield
taking some of it to the Baggies in his car (!!!) and Pickering asking one of
the opposition if he could ‘inspect your shoes’
- was it for spikes or a bomb, we wonder?
Nomads were perplexed as the Striker’s
first umpire took up his place at an unconventional mid-wicket position and a
second was also unsure where to stand, but this was surely a ploy as opener
Badri was quick to hit anything that was a little short. Westwood was offering
one such ball each over as the Strikers score mounted too quickly. Just when he
seemed to be gaining the necessary control with a wicket maiden, his next over
went for 21 as he tried to up the pace but only succeeded in bowling shorter.
Hughes at the other end bowled particularly well, opening with three maidens and
the wicket of Wasim. However, Nomads needed to swap it round to try for the next
breakthrough and Greaves, although bamboozling the batsmen on several occasions,
could not do that this week, although Bourne did manage to get one through
Badri’s defence on the third bounce. Jones’ first over was a little loose but he
improved considerably. Blackburn replaced the tiring Bourne and snapped up three
good wickets but another wide eventually gave the game away.
Strikers generally accurate bowling
saw them concede only six boundaries (+27 in wides), and their batsmen
complemented this with five sixes and a further 16 boundaries. Nomads can look
forward to the return match, when a stronger team might be able to put more
pressure on.
[Disclaimer: any
offence caused by this article is unintentional, any praise is well deserved.] |
Lichfield Nomads
How Out
Bowler
Total
How Out
Bowler
Total
Gardner
b
Mani
29
Badri
b
Bourne
26
Westwood
b
Raghu
5
Wasim
b
Hughes
2
Weir
run out
8
Srichand
b
Westwood
4
Jones
b
Mani
10
Ramesh Akam
b
Blackburn
57
Stanley
lbw
Maddy
8
Madhavan
b
Blackburn
6
Hughes
c
Nitin
19
Youara J
not out
23
Forster
not out
15
Manimaran
b
Blackburn
0
Bourne
b
Nitin
2
Nitin
not out
0
Blackburn P
b
Nitin
0
Karthik
dnb
Pickering
not out
3
Raghu
dnb
Greaves
dnb
Ramki
dnb
Extras w27; nb3; b5; lb3
36
Extras w9, b2;
11
Adds
to 137
Total for 8 wickets
135
Adds to 129
Total for 6 wkts
Fall of wickets: 20; 46; 80; 83; 110; 114; 118; 118;
Fall of wickets: not recorded
Sri 4-2-10-0; Raghu 4-1-7-1; Raj 3-0-19-0;
Ram(1) 4-0-21-0; Mani 8-1-28-2; Nitin 8-1-22-3; Maddy 5-0-9-1; Ram(2) 4-1-8-0
Westwood 5-1-37-1; Hughes
6-3-18-1; Bourne 4-0-26-1; Greaves 3-0-19-0; Blackburn P 3.5-0-23-3; Jones
3-0-13-0
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