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Lichfield Nomads Cricket Club : Match Reports 2010

Opposition: Hinton Charterhouse
Date : 4th July 2010
Start Time : 2:00pm
Venue : Away
Competition : Friendly
Result : Won by 6 wkts
Report : D. Forster
Toss :  
Umpires: G. Blackburn, I. Hughes, N. Hughes.
Scorer: Gardner
Weather: Cloudy. Brief shower.
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Hinton Charterhouse v Lichfield Nomads

Scores: Hinton Charterhouse 196 all out;  Lichfield Nomads 199 for 4

Result: Lichfield Nomads won by 6 wickets

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Hinton began with experienced players, at least one of whom had 1st team experience. Brannigan was back to his fiery best after looking tired the previous day and was troubling both batsmen without luck. Hughes had elected to go with the out-of-form Forster at the other end, who confessed to have only lost line, length and rhythm, but was relieved to see Willis hold a good catch, head high, at mid on. Westwood replaced Brannigan and Hussein took a good catch from his first ball to remove Brooker. A 3rd wicket stand of exactly 100 saw Nomads beginning to look a little jaded in the field, after their early night (or was it an early morning?), before Heslington returned. A stupendous catch by Moss at square leg saw the back of Newport as Hinton began to eye 300. This was the start of a small collapse, led by Heslington who finally went back to his full pace, troubling all batsmen until first Brierley and Whitby, then Brierley and Inger came together, running a four into the deep and pressing for quick runs. Brierley’s speed between the wickets was proving difficult for his partners as much as for Nomads, as he almost overtook his partner several times and there were questions whether he had run five to his partner’s three! Roberts came on for a brief spell with no luck, however Moss, with two, then Blackburn cleaned up the tail to leave a target of just under 200.

Some excellent cake in a good tea saw Nomads open with Fearon and Heslington. Both openers were happy for Antrobus to bowl frequent wides to keep the score ticking along at just over the asking rate. However, having got into a good position both openers were out almost together, as first Fearon failed to clear the bowler, then Heslington tried for a speculative second run and was well beaten by a good throw. Brannigan and Moss needed to settle things down and they were not helped by a youth on a quad-bike, hotly followed by his mother on another, circling the square a couple of times. However, tempers were settled quickly, especially when the mother pointed out that she owned the ground! Brannigan was batting with his usual power and Moss was guiding the ball skilfully into the gaps in the field. However the darkening sky and increasingly steady rain made it look that the match may be unfinished as the batsmen came off with the score a little over 100. Fortunately, despite the gloomy outlook, twenty minutes later saw the rain ease off and blue skies return, allowing the batsmen to continue. Brannigan didn’t last much longer, though and was replaced by Westwood, who took up where Brannigan had left off, guiding the ball with power into any available space and reaching his PB. After Moss departed to a good ball, marginally short of what would have been a deserving 50, Roberts emerged, although a little hesitant at first he found his form to hit two good boundaries, the second of which fittingly completed the win.

Hinton Charterhouse

 

Lichfield Nomads

 

How Out

Bowler

Total

 

 

How Out

Bowler

Total

Newport R

c Moss

Heslington

62

 

Fearon

c Brierley

Brierley

33

Antrobus

c Willis

Forster

7

 

Heslington

run out

 

22

Brooker

c Hussein

Westwood

1

 

Brannigan

c

Brierley

23

Whitby

b

Heslington

50

 

Moss

b

Kenyon

45

Kenyon

b

Heslington

0

 

Westwood

not out

 

29

Gordon

b

Brannigan

1

 

Roberts

not out

 

10

Newport J

c Forster

Heslington

5

 

Hussein

 

 

 

Brierley

c Brannigan

Moss

25

 

Pinfield

 

 

 

Burton

b

Moss

0

 

Forster

 

 

 

Inger

 b

Blackburn P

26

 

Blackburn P

 

 

 

Jacob

not out

 

0

 

Willis

 

 

 

 

 

Extras w6, b13, lb1

20

 

 

 

Extras w26, b7, lb2

35

 

 

Total for 10 wickets

196

 

 

 

Total for 4 wkts

199

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall of wickets: 21; 23; 123; 126; 127; 131; 142; 143; 194; 196

 

Fall of wickets: 72; 73; 108; 177

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Antrobus 4.2-0-46-0; Kenyon 7-1-32-1 Newport 8-2-21-0; Brierley 8-0-32-2; Jacob 6-0-32-0; Inger 3-0-29-0

 

Brannigan 8-3-21-1; Forster 6-1-28-1;

Westwood 6-0-46-1; Heslington 8-1-38-4;

Moss 6.4-2-28-2; Roberts 3-0-19-0;

Blackburn P 2-0-12-1

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