Lichfield Nomads Cricket Club : Match Reports 2015 |
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Scores:
SBCC 136 for 7;
Lichfield Nomads 137 for 4;
Nomads target
proves too much.
Having
already lost their opening tour match on the Saturday due to a lack of opposing
players, Nomads went into their second and final fixture against St Barnabus
hoping to save what wicket keeper Dave Rolfe termed “The Doomed Too-er!”.
Barney’s won
the toss, electing to bat and quirkily piped their openers Goldring and
Williamson to the crease to the tune of “When the Saints go Marching in” in fair
conditions with the field and wicket looking in splendid nick.
Their
partnership was relatively short-lived; Goldring being caught well by Moss off
the bowling of Westwood with the score at 29. Male entered the fray and set
about building a hefty partnership with the remaining Williamson with the
weather ominously beginning to turn, covers having to be brought swiftly on and
off several times. The heavens really opened soon after and a lengthy delay put
the game in doubt. Mercifully though, the rains eventually stopped and the
inadequate covering of the pitch meant some areas remained dry whilst others
were sodden, drastically affecting the bounce. Wickets duly began to tumble, in
what was now a game reduced to 30 overs due to the loss of roughly an hour’s
play. Williamson was the next to fall to a brilliant diving catch from George
off Hughes’ bowling with the score at 84/2. Nomads missed one or two chances for
wickets with an unlucky drop from Rolfe behind the sticks and a comedy collision
between Westwood and George, both attempting to claim a dolly catch. St Barnabus
however lost their next 4 wickets for just 20 runs with Hughes claiming 2,
Heslington 1 and Chris Ball with the champagne moment of the innings, narrowly
missing a caught-and-bowled opportunity but showing quick thinking and agility
to claim the wicket of Lewis with a direct-hit runout. The last wicket stand
between Higginson, who was eventually bowled with a Ball jaffer, and D. Male,
who ended not-out on 52, left Nomads chasing a score of 137 to win, respectable
given the staggered game and poor conditions.
Nomads’
innings began with the dismissal of Moss on only the second ball, misreading the
uneven bounce which had undone the St Barnabus rearguard, to loop a simple catch
to the fielder. Ball came in, sunhat and all, to support Heslington but both
struggled to push the score along; Ball eventually being bowled by Goldring for
7, the scoreboard reading just 35/2 off 13 overs. George came to the crease and
the rate began to steadily rise, playing some classy strokes but ultimately
failing to find the boundary more often than not due to the sticky outfield,
which was now beginning to dry out, and the impressive St Barnabus fielding
display. He and Heslington pushed the singles hard before the latter fell to an
excellent ball from Goldring which deviated off the pitch slightly to send his
off bail flying. With Nomads still very much in the fight, the decision was made
to push Stanley and Pickering down the order in favour of some heartier
firepower which came in the form of Rolfe. He and George continued to push the
singles into the few gaps, occasionally snarling at each other as the pressure
to score continued to mount. George’s innings came to an end on 31 when the
bounce again deceived him and he was caught by Male junior in a similar fashion
to Moss earlier on. Dan Brannigan, who had bowled tightly and was rather
unfortunate not to have taken a wicket, came in to see the win home with some
characteristic swashbuckling shots to all corners of the ground; he and Rolfe
finishing on 34 and 35 not out respectively.
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How Out
Bowler
Total
How Out
Bowler
Total
Extra
Extra
Total
Total
Brannigan 4-1-11-0, Heslington 6-1-25-1,Westwood,ghes 5-0-33-3, Ball 3-0-16-1
Lichfield Nomads
M. Goldring
ct. Moss
Westwood
17
Moss
ct
0
A. Williamson
ct. George
Hughes
35
Heslington
b.
17
D. Male
Not Out
52
Ball
b.
7
C. Male
lbw
Hughes
3
George
ct.
31
J. Middleton
b.
Heslington
3
Rolfe
Not Out
35
J. Morris
b.
Hughes
1
Brannigan
Not Out
34
A. Lewis
Run Out
3
Stanley
P. Higginson
b.
Ball
10
Pickering
A. Mayo
Hughes
A. Johnstone
Westwood
J. Carnegie
Pinfield
10
10
136
137
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