Lichfield Nomads Cricket Club : Match Reports 2016 |
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Scores:
Walsall Health 183 for 6; Lichfield Nomads CC 163 for 9
Another Injury Blow at Aldridge
Nomads travelled over to Aldridge to face Walsall Health with the threat of
thunderstorms to come. Rolfe
unusually lost the toss and Walsall AHA elected to bat. A loose over by
Brannigan saw the Elf off to a flying start and Brannigan pulled up in his third
over with back problems which saw him out for the rest of the match – a
significant loss. The bowlers gradually reined in the scoring and Westwood and
Vale, in particular were economical. Our cause was not helped by dropped
catches, mostly from Stephens; a fairly straightforward drop by Hoddy and more
difficult ones to Pickering and Hutton. Hoddy came on late and managed a couple
of wickets and at one point keeping Walsall Health under 160 seemed possible,
however some costly overs later on allowed them to reach 183, a handy total
against only 10 batsmen.
Fearon and Stanley opened against some tidy bowling. Fearon was surprised being
bowled behind his legs for 1. Westwood again started confidently but chipped a
return catch to extra cover. Hopes were on Hutton in his rich vein of form but
he succumbed to a lbw, the ball hitting his toe before striking the bat. However
Liam Taylor came in and really went for his shots against some friendlier
bowling and was the main contributor to a 101 stand with Stanley. Vale continued
the attacking policy, but with an unlikely victory a possibility- 24 in 5 overs,
first Taylor and then Vale were out. With due respect to the incoming batsmen,
they were never likely to be able to adapt quickly enough to get the runs –
Brannigan coming in may have given us more hope- and Rolfe, Forster and
Pickering were quickly dispatched.
In the end a good contest v old rivals Walsall Health. Losing Brannigan did not
help our cause, and Taylor was a well deserved MVP.
Disclaimer: any offence caused by this
article is unintentional, any praise is well deserved.] |
Walsall Health
How Out
Bowler
Total
How Out
Bowler
Total
I Chuck
lbw
Liam Taylor
56
Fearon, P
B
Dunn
1
A Nunns
b
Hutton
27
Stanley, K
Ct
Chuck
30
D Stephens
b
Fearon
27
Westwood
Ct
Stephens
8
N Reeve
b
Hoddy
14
Hutton
Lbw
Stephens
1
R Hewlitt
b
Hoddy
11
Taylor, Liam
B
Davies
79
A Gorton
no
27
Vale, P
Ct Hall
Davies
17
J Preece
lbw
Vale
7
Rolfe, D
lbw
Chuck
1
D Dunn
no
1
Forster, D
b
Chuck
0
C Hall
Pickering, D
b
Davies
1
N Wright
Hoddy, J
no
0
T Davies
Brannigan
Ret hurt
Extras
13
Extra
25
total
183-6
Total
163-9
Brannigan
2.3-0-12-0, Taylor Liam 7-0-35-1, Hutton 5.3-1-32-1, Westwood 6-1-22-0, Vale
7-3-18-1, Fearon 6-0-35-1, Hoddy 6-1-24-2
Stephens 8-2-23-2, Dunn 8-2-16-1, Davies T, 7.5-0-25-3, Hall, C 5-0-30-0, Wright
N 3-0-28-0, Chuck I 6-0-23-3
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