Miller Men bow out of Welsh Cup

 

Umpires: John Williams and Arthur Brady
Scorer: John Laugharne 
 
Neyland bowed out of the Welsh Cup at the hands of South Wales Premier side Ammanford in an entertaining match where both teams were one or two missing from their full line up.

But Ammanford had their skipper Alun Evans as a key player, (and it was good to see his father Gareth watching his younger son) and current Welsh international Matthew Fisher in their still-strong line-up.
 

 
Neyland won the toss and elected to bat but Nick Koomen went early before Scott Jones and Ashley Sutton pushed the score on to 52 in 17 overs, but Jones (25) was bowled by Fisher.
Nathan Banner joined Sutton and the score moved on to 94 in 27 overs, when a total of 170/80 looked on the cards .
 
However, Ammanford struck back and Sutton was bowled Ace for 39 with Banner eventually out for an excellent 47.  Patrick Hannon 9 was the only other batsman to trouble the scorers as Neyland finished on 144 all out, with Sean Coaker (ex-Narberth) picking up 1 for 25, Kieran Ace 2 for 30 and Alun Evans 3 for 27.
 

 
Neyland needed a good start and this was provided by Koomen who picked up two early wickets of openers Hefin Jones and Rhys Davies . However,  the experienced pair of Evans and Fisher made inroads into the Neyland score.
 
Scott Jones then stuck for Neyland, removing this experienced pair with the aid of Sean Hannon from two good stumpings. Jones ended his spell with 4 for 20 and the  game was evenly balanced at  86 for 6 in the 25th over.
 

 
But with Banner and Patrick Hannon finishing their spells Neyland were a bowler short and Gregg Slade (29 not out) and Wyn Jones (24 not out) saw Ammanford home in the 37th over.
 
It was a good game of cricket where Neyland showed again this year that they can compete with the Premier League teams.