PHOTO:
Cresselly's Phil Williams has his castle dismantled
Picture Susan McKehon

Cresselly crush makeshift Llangwm

Cresselly (307 for 6) beat Llangwm (104 all out) by 203 runs

Umpires: Huw Davies & Tony Scourfield

Llangwm were forced to travel to Cresselly with a makeshift side and paid the inevitable price as they endured some serious leather-chasing before tea and then were shot out afterwards to lose by a huge margin of 203 runs.

Matthew Morgan led the Cresselly batting line up as the young opener contributed 90 before he was caught off the bowling of Chris Inward, having stroked ten fours and two sixes, with Inward also bowling Iwan Izzard for 71 (eight fours and three sixes) as part of his 3 for 26 haul.

Mike Shaw then added 58 not out in 48 deliveries as part of a late run chase with Ryan Lewis (31 in 15 balls) before Cresselly closed on their massive total of 307 for 8 wickets.

Sean Waller (34) led the Llangwm batting but only Huw Brock (15) managed double figures alongside him as Ryan Lewis (4 for 22) and Brad McDermott-Jenkins (4 for 23) shared the bulk of the wickets as Cresselly gained maximum points and fourth place in the league table.
 

Ryan Lewis - runs and wickets for Cresselly all rounder

James jolts The Town with late wickets

Whitland (220 for 8) beat Haverfordwest (208 all out) by 12 runs

Umpires: Dave Brandon & Ian Phillips
Scorers: Janice Webb & Jayne Cole

Dan James was the toast of his Whitland colleagues as the young fast bowler grabbed three wickets in one late over against Haverfordwest to help take away The Town’s unbeaten record and dramatically reduced their lead at the top of the table.

In a high scoring tussle, Danny Potter’s boys seemed poised for a win as they stood on 204 for 7 with three overs left but then James, who had taken a bit of ‘stick’ in his earlier overs, struck three times in quick succession so when he had Clive Tucker adjudged lbw it was curtains for the visitors.

Leading the way for Whitland after Paul Davies had chipped in with an early 21 were Iestyn Scourfield (62, including 11 boundaries) and Scott Newton, whose excellent unbeaten 71 contained 10 fours and a six).
Adam James (5 for 60) was the principal Town wicket-taker as Clive Tucker (2 for 38) and Simon Holliday (1 for 44) also claimed wickets.

After tea, Haverfordwest had solid knocks from Simon Holliday (51), Ben Field (26), Danny Potter (39, including five fours and two sixes), Adam James (three big sixes in 23) and Josh Hicks (18) but all got out at key times before that late James onslaught gave the Borderers victory, with Mark Lee (1 for 41), Wayne Howells (2 for 27) and Greg Sleep (2 for 41) their other successful bowlers.

PHOTO:
Iestyn Scourfield rapped 62 not out for winners Whitland
Picture Susan McKehon

 

Neyland stroll to easy victory

Neyland (105 for 1) beat Lawrenny (102 all out) by 9 wickets

Umpires: Trefor Evans & Richard Merriman
Scorers: John Laugharne & Malcolm Thomas

Neyland were far and away the fastest team to finish playing on Saturday as the current league champions showed that they are still very much in the hunt for this season’s silverware as they took fewer than 16 overs to pass Lawrenny’s disappointing total of 102 all out.

Only Matthew Lewis (35) and James Buckle (11) managed double figures for Lawrenny against tight bowling by strike bowlers Nathan Banner (3 for 22 in 12 overs) and Nick Koomen (3 for 31), each bowling four maidens in their 12-over stints.

Then veteran spinner Gary Lloyd (2 for 9) and teenager Geraint Lewis claimed respective figures of 2 for 9 and 2 for 28 as Lawrenny were dismissed in the 35^th over.

Neyland skipper Gregg Miller led by example with 40 (eight fours) before he was caught by keeper Hugh Griffiths off Steve Lewis (1 for 8) before Koomen stroked five fours in his 36 not out and Ashley Sutton blasted a big six and three fours in his undefeated 24.

Gregg Miller led Neyland by example with 40 runs

 

Tish tanked by ten wickets

St Ishmaels (107 all out) lost to Carew (108 for 0) by 10 wickets

Umpires: Les Hastings & John Williams
Scorers: Wendy Bradshaw & Julie Davies

St Ishmaels surrendered their top-five place whilst Carew cemented their top two spot as the result of a ten-wicket win for The Rooks with overs aplenty to spare.

Carew applied the pressure so well early on that Tish lost wickets at regular intervals to such an extent that only opener Peter Bradshaw managed double figures against Carew skipper  Rhys Davies (2 for 15), Tom Davies (2 for 27), Shaun Whitfield (4 for 20), Ceri Brace 1-31) and James Hinchliffe (1 for 8).

Bradshaw was eventually ninth man out for 69 (10 fours and a six) and without him to use his wealth of experience the Tish total would have been far lower than it already was.

Carew opened with the experienced duo of Nick Scourfield and Brian Hall and both eased their way home with few alarums; Hall having six fours in his 45 and Scourfield outspeeding him with nine fours in his 59.

They hit the winning runs in the 31^st over and Tish could have few complaints about this comprehensive defeat as Carew sounded a clarion call to other clubs that under the leadership of Rhys Davies they are very much in contention again this season.
 

Nick Scourfield - undefeated 49in Carew win at Tish

Records set on Glebelands’ high scoring draw

Johnston (369 for 5) drew with Llanrhian (238 for 3)

Umpires: Rob Bellerby & Dai Morris
Scorers: Emma/Delyth Summons & Steve Mills (Snr)

There were records galore tumbling at Glebelands as Johnston scored a massive 369 for 5 against a makeshift Llanrhian side, who travelled minus key players at a wedding, elected to field first and chased leather for the whole of their 45 overs in the field.

But Llanrhian battled back through Ben (106 not out) and Jack Jones (87) to finish on a respectable 238 for 3 and leave local pundits scratching their heads and wondering when the last time was that well over 600 runs, and three centuries, were scored in a single match!
Johnston openers Steve Mills and Dan Sutton put on 238 runs for the first wicket before skipper Mills (13 fours and three sixes) celebrated his 100 by getting out caught off the bowling of Richard Reed from the very next ball.

Sutton was dropped on 30 and made Llanrhian regret their error with a sparkling innings of 152 that contained 20 fours and six sixes but even then the torture wasn’t over because Johnston used all 45 of their allotted overs in their quest for big runs and Lee Summons blitzed 53 not out (five fours and three sixes) alongside Rhys Dalling (20) in double-quick time.

Ben Jones anchored the Llanrhian riposte from his berth as opener and struck 14 boundaries in his quality innings alongside his Jack Jones, who looked as if he might be a fourth centurion as he rasped 11 fours and a six in his 87 before he was caught on the boundary by Steve Mills off Chris Fitzpatrick (2 for 40).

Lee Summons also claimed 1 for 45 but the Jones’ boys stand of 185 was another record to round off a thoroughly entertaining match!

Daniel Sutton struck a superb 150 for Johnston