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Lichfield Nomads Cricket Club : Match Reports 2013

Opposition: Shugborough
Date : 21st July 2013
Start Time : 2:00pm
Venue : Home
Competition : Friendly 40 overs
Result : Won by 5 wkts
Report : Hoddy
Toss : Lost
Umpires: Various
Scorer: Hoddy
Weather: Cloudy and warmt
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Lichfield Nomads v Shugborough

Rampant Nomads Shrug off Shugborough

Thankfully the weather was cooler than of late and morning drizzle even threatened to disrupt the match. However after losing the toss Nomads took to the field with 10 men due to the delayed arrival of I Bourne. The new ball was taken by Brannigan and Moss. The former was bowling a really tight spell until a strained side removed him from the attack; the latter reverted to a short run after early trouble with his run –up saw 11 off his first over. However only a further 16 came from his spell. George had replaced Brannigan and kept the scoring in bounds even after losing his ‘action’ in his 7th over. However no wickets again keeps Hughes ahead of George in the wicket stakes. Bourne replaced Moss and bowled well. At this stage with the loss of only one wicket and 2 batsmen set, I expected an effort to push up the run rate but the batsmen seemed content with 4 an over. Blackburn replaced Bourne bowling in his new left- arm spin mode. This is still a work in progress but could be a useful addition to the bowling attack when perfected. Hoddy had replaced George to see out the overs and a tight spell saw 2 wickets fall for only 20 runs, propelling Hoddy, I believe, to leading wicket taker. Westwood was allowed by the opposition to bowl some overs as 12th man to see out the innings.

A target of fewer than 200 was a good reward for the usual Nomads dogged attitude and persistence especially after the loss of key player Brannigan. With the Nomads batting line-up, I felt 189 at just under 5 per over was gettable.

Gardner and George opened the batting in order to get off to a quick start. The opening bat Turnock (95no) also opened the bowling and produced a good spell but runs came from the other end giving a 5 per over runrate. George was bowled by a straight ball producing the usual George invective as he came off the field. However Gardner was continuing his run of good form and Moss after a slow start began to score runs. Goodwin looked innocuous but, bowling a la Greaves, kept the runs in check. Gardner was eventually caught, after being dropped a couple of times, just after completing his 5th 50 of the season. McCumisky came in and kept the score moving along and then Moss was out bringing in Scott. Some panic occurred when Scott firstly ran out McCumisky who hesitated going for a sharp single and then Pickering who never wanted the run. Scott more than made amends by smashing a series of fours, aided by P Blackburn to reach the target with 2 overs to spare.

Another enjoyable victory for Nomads thanks again to a determined attitude. 

 

 

Disclaimer: any offence caused by this article is unintentional, any praise is well deserved.] 

Shugborough

 

Nomads

 

How Out

Bowler

Total

 

 

How Out

Bowler

Total

P Turnock

n/o

 

95

 

Gardner

Ct

Wilson

53

R Wilson

B

Brannigan

5

 

N George

B

Turnock

9

J Merrie

Ct N George

Bourne

31

 

D Moss

Ct

C Banks

53

G Bilton

B

 Hoddy

1

 

S McCumisky

Run out

 

11

A Bennett

B

Hoddy

6

 

T Scott

n/o

 

27

C Bilton

n/o

 

7

 

D Pickering

Run out

 

0

E Amoako

 

 

 

 

P Blackburn

n/o

 

9

L Banks

 

 

 

 

K Stanley

 

 

 

I Ball

 

 

 

 

I Bourne

 

 

 

L Fallows

 

 

 

 

J Hoddy

 

 

 

J Goodwin

 

 

 

 

D Brannigan

 

 

 

 

 

Extras

40

 

 

 

Extras

26

 

 

Total

188-4

 

 

 

Total

192-5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wicket Fall: 14,113,118, 134

 

Wicket Fall: 35,109,148,158,167

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brannigan 4-2-7-1, Moss 8-1-27-0, N George 8-1-34-0, Bourne 6-0-34-1, Hoddy 8-1-20-2, P Blackburn 3-0-28-0, Westwood 3-0-20-0

 

G Bilton 5-0-34-0, P Turnock 8-1-27-1, Goodwin 8-0-28-0, Wilson 5-0-33-1, C Bilton 3-0-16-0, L Banks 6-0-35-1, Amaoka 1-0-9-0, Bennett 2-0-6-0

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