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Lichfield Nomads Cricket Club : Match Reports 2016

Opposition: Old Moseley Fitmen
Date : 21st Aug 2016
Start Time : 1:30pm
Venue : Away
Competition : Friendly 40 ov.
Result : Abandoned
Report : KS
Toss : Won
Umpires:  
Scorer: J. Hoddy
Weather:  
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Old Moseley Fitmen v Lichfield Nomads

Scores: Fitmen 218 for 8, Lichfield Nomads CC 73 for 5 rain stopped play.
Result:
Match Abandoned

Only rain can save the Nomads!

The Nomads have some good days. The Nomads have some not so good days. It is fair to say that this wasn’t one of the better days. The sight of a strip barely distinguishable from any of the others on the square prompted Captain Rolfe to insert the opposition. The strip was also on the extreme edge, making one boundary very short.

Moss and Heslington opened the bowling. The few bad balls were punished. Some ambitious, aerial shots also eluded the fielders. After 11 overs, the score had reached 55. The first wicket fell soon afterwards. Westwood and Hutton put a brake on the scoring, helped by a sharp catch from ‘Django’ Moss (at considerable cost to his already damaged, guitar picking hand). By drinks, the score had reached 76.

The opener Mo (also referred to as Uncle) continued to punish anything short, making maximum use of the short boundary. 83 runs came in the next 10 overs. Brannigan struggled for consistency. Westwood’s second spell was markedly less economic than his first. Even the mighty Hoddy dropped short and was punished. However, after a 97 run partnership for the fourth wicket, Hoddy struck with a trademark delivery: they miss and he hits. Only 21 runs were conceded in the last 5 overs as 4 wickets fell. Mo holed out at deep mid-off for a well-constructed 107. The Deputy Mayor’s consort took a wicket in his only over. The Hutton /Rolfe combination accounted for two wickets. 218 looked to be a challenging total.

A light drizzle set in during the tea interval. Jones and Stanley raced away to a score of 4 in the first 8 overs, starting with three consecutive maidens. The bowlers found serious amounts of lift. Stanley was hit just under the collarbone – which takes some doing. Eventually Jones holed out off the bowling of R Singh, having played and missed more often than during his previous knock of 62. Westwood followed in a similar manner. Hutton was deceived by a slightly slower delivery. Stanley and Moss were also caught of the bowling of R Singh. Without ever appearing to be the stand out bowler, he ended with the stand out figures of 5-31.

37-5 at the end of the 19th over meant that the asking rate was approaching 9 an over. 15 came from the 20th over so hope remained. Rain forced the players from the field once. On resumption Brannigan continued with a series of boundaries, hitting 33 off 25 balls. Heslington was more measured in his approach. The drizzle returned making conditions increasingly slippery. Concerns for Heslington’s inner abductor muscles and conscious that Brannigan was returning from a back problem led to abandonment of the game after 26 overs. 

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Old Moseley Fitmen

 

Lichfield Nomads CC

 

How Out

Bowler

Total

 

 

How Out

Bowler

Total

Hall

B

Westwood

29

 

Jones

Ct

R Singh

1

Mo

Ct Stanley

Hoddy

107

 

Stanley

Ct

R Singh

3

Tahir

Ct Moss

Westwood

2

 

Westwood

Ct

R Singh

5

Foot

B

Brannigan

6

 

Hutton

B

R Singh

11

Ralph

B

Hoddy

35

 

Moss

Ct

R Singh

10

Martin

Ct Rolfe

Hutton

11

 

Brannigan

Not out

 

33

R Singh

Not out

 

7

 

Heslington

Not out

 

10

Lockyer

Ct Rolfe

Hutton

0

 

Rolfe

DNB

 

 

Houlgate

Ct Heslington

Greaves

1

 

Pickering

 

 

 

B Singh

Not out

 

6

 

Hoddy

 

 

 

Nutt

dnb

 

 

 

Greaves

 

 

 

 

 

Extras b; lb; w; nb.

14

 

 

 

Extras b;lb;w;nb;

8

 

 

Total

218 for 8

 

 

 

Total

81 for 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall of wickets: 57-1, 64-2, 78-3, 175-4, 203-5, 205-5, 206-7, 209-8

 

Fall of wickets: 4-1, 10-2, 23-2, 28-4, 37-5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bowling: Heslington 6-1-35-0, Moss 6-0-25-0, Hutton 8-0-20-2, Brannigan 4-0-33-1, Hoddy 8-0-43-2, Greaves 4-0-4-1

 

 

Ralph 5-3-8-0, Martin 4-2-2-0, R Singh 8-0-31-5, B Singh 5-2-12-0, Nutt 1-0-14-0, Lockyer 3-0-11-0

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