Club Statistics
Match Summary: vs. Clapham Nomads, Sunday, 14 Sep 2014
Ground: Nursery Road
Captain: John Tither
Match type: 35 overs
Toss: Nomads elected to bowl
Weather: Cloudy, occasional sun
Opposition: Clapham Nomads scored: 127 all out (34.5 overs)
Exiles Score: 227 for 7 (35 overs)
Result: Won by 100 runs
Man of the match: Karamvir Mangat 101 runs

Batsmen | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Tither (C) | ct. | 35 | 46 | 6 | 0 |
2 | Vishal Shete | ct. & b. | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Richard Abigail | run out | 21 | 42 | 3 | 0 |
4 | Karamvir Mangat | ct. | 101 | 59 | 14 | 2 |
5 | Dominic Hodgson (W) | b. | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Simon Gundry | ct. | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 |
7 | Andrew Wingfield | not out | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
8 | Barry Whiteman | ct. | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
9 | Jonny Aloysius | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Terence Moynihan | dnb | ||||
11 | Phil Ling | dnb | ||||
Extra(s) 4w | 4 | |||||
227 | 211 |
Bowler | O | M | R | W | Avg | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrew Wingfield | 7.0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 31 |
2 | Terence Moynihan | 7.0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 7.5 |
3 | Phil Ling | 7.0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 28 |
4 | Simon Gundry | 6.5 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 4.7 |
5 | Karamvir Mangat | 4.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Vishal Shete | 3.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Player | Catch | Run Out | Stumping | Penalty |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Wingfield | 1 | |||
Simon Gundry | 1 | |||
Dominic Hodgson (W) | 2 | 1 | ||
Vishal Shete | 1 | |||
Karamvir Mangat | 1 |
If there was any doubt about how much Exiles wanted to win this ‘friendly’ game of Sunday cricket, then an uncharacteristic half time team huddle by the skipper dispelled any such doubts.
And this came after Exiles had posted a huge 227 for 7 in their allotted 35 overs, putting the home team in a virtually unassailable position.
Indeed by the time the Nomads 10th wicket fell in the late afternoon September sunshine by way of a comical run out 34.5 overs later, Exiles had run out comfortable winners by a 100 run margin.
In truth the game was won by the interval after a thrilling century by Vir and several useful contributions from the strong Exiles batting line-up.
The day started, however, with the skipper looking to chase, but after losing the toss was, unsurprisingly, put into bat on a seriously green pitch. John opened the batting with Vishal, who was looking to carry on from where he left off after the first leg, but in the face of some tight bowling from Emil and Hassan skied one early on as he tried to force the pace.
John began to find some long lost form and joined by Richard began to move the scoreboard along with some pleasing shots on both sides of the wicket.
After John departed for a breezy 35, Vir arrived at the crease and immediately looked to knock the bowlers off their stride. When Richard was run out for a useful 21 and Dominic went cheaply, Simon was the lucky next man in and settled into the best seat in the house to watch the fun unfold.
Vir moved to 50 sedately in terms of what was to come and not without alarm as a big shout went up for a caught behind the wicket but the umpire remained unmoved.
On reaching 50 Vir shifted up several gears in scintillating fashion; no bowler safe as he walked down the crease to meet the ball on the rise and smite to all parts of the ground.
The assault caused disarray amongst the Nomads fielders and with civil war simmering a bizarre stand off took place between Emil and Andrew West. Hassan was brought back early to break the partnership and was duly dispatched for a massive 6 over midwicket. Turning to spin the breakthrough did finally come by virtue of a good catch in the deep but not before Vir had reached a superb century with the final 50 coming off a mere 19 balls.
Simon quickly followed (21), but quick runs from Barry (15) and some sweetly timed blows from Andy (22 off 11) added the final flourish.
It was a daunting total but complacency was not as an option as John convened a team huddle (but without the touching) - ruthlessly calling Simon away from his wife and two impressionable, young children - and demanded total concentration in the field.
With the captain’s inspirational words ringing in our ears, the tone was set from the outset as the opening bowlers, Terence and Andy, produced an excellent opening spell to snuff any chance of Nomads getting off to a flyer.
Terence found some pacey in-duckers, regularly starting the ball out wide and crashing the ball into the pads (not that lbws often count as a legitimate dismissal in the minds of the Nomads umpires). No matter as it didn’t take long before Prasanth was cleaned bowled behind his legs.
Andy (1 for 31), back to form following his 3 month spell of man-flu, frequently beat the bat, leaking most runs through the 3rd man region. His just reward came as the opening bat Mahesh was caught sharply down the leg side by Dominic, shortly after putting down a slightly easier chance.
Replacing Terence, Phil (1 for 28) continued his excellent form this season to frustrate the batsmen during the middle overs but once again not receiving the rewards in terms of wickets, though did eventually clean bowl the no 3 who had survived earlier dropped chances.
Though Hassan was playing another gem of an innings, the run rate was mounting and the return of Terence (2 for 15) and Simon prevented any last ditch fightback. Once a tired Hassan was bowled by Simon (3 for 14) for a fine 50 there was still time for a spot of fun. In an entertaining last over, Emil struggled to connect to anything thrown down by Simon but after encouraged to ‘join in’ the Nomads skipper duly obliged and snicked a thin edge through to the keeper – releasing a joyous roar from the Exiles fielders.
In a final act of ignominy West called for a non-existent single the next ball and sent back by John dived in vain to make his ground and was left metaphorically and literally befallen upon the dusty Merton turf.
It was a fine all round bowling performance, matched by a good intensity in the field that saw 3 run outs, showing with the right mind-set, the Exiles could demonstrate a decent level of aptitude.
It was just a game of cricket, a 'friendly' one at that, but just occasionally the stakes can seem a little higher and the satisfaction all the more greater.
Report By: Simon Gundry