Miller and Jones win Jubilee Cup for Neyland

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Winners Neyland
Pictures supplied by Susan McKehon
 

Runners up Haverfordwest

Sean Hannon with Tony Scourfield
Andrew Miller en route to a classy 51 not out
Scott Jones - showed his class for Neyland with bat and ball
Umpires Trefor Evans and Dave Brandon
Scorers Natalie Thomas and John Laugharne

Neyland (153 for 3) beat Haverfordwest (151 for 7) by 7 wickets

 
Umpires: Trefor Evans & Dave Brandon
Scorers: Natalie Thomas (Haverfordwest) and John Laugharne (Neyland)
Venue: The Athletic Field, Neyland

Neyland won the Jubilee Cup for 2015 as the Harrison-Allen Bowl winners comfortably accounted for league champions Haverfordwest in a low key match played over 30 overs per team.

 
Both teams were short of key players and Neyland were assisted by Lyn Rees, playing his first big match for them since 1984, whilst Haverfordwest had to call on several second or third team regulars, but the game was still played in a competitive manner and in the final analysis Neyland won because they had two batsmen making undefeated half centuries whilst none of the Haverfordwest main run gatherers managed to get out of the 20s when they looked well set.

Town lose too many wickets at key times

 
Batting first, The Town got off to a decent start through Adam James (11) and Charlie Clinton (27) in a stand of 43 but then Nick Koomen entered the fray and removed both of them in the space of only seven runs.
 

Ben Field rapped 25, including a huge six over square leg, Nigel Delaney supported with 21 alongside skipper Danny Potter (23) but all got out to injudicious shots and it was left to veteran all-rounder Nigel Morgan, playing his last game before hanging his boots up, to take The Town to 151 for 17 with a typically gritty 17 not out.
 
For Neyland, there were two wickets apiece for Koomen, Andrew Miller and Geraint Rees, whilst Scott Jones bowled better than his 1 for 24 analysis from six overs would suggest.
 

Solid batting sees Neyland succeed

 
Koomen got Neyland off to a bright start with a quick-fire 25 before he was well-caught by Delaney off James Morris whilst Adam James looked sharp for Haverfordwest as he clean bowled Henry Durrant and Ashley Sutton in quick succession.

 
But at 57 for 3 Andrew Miller was joined by Scott Jones and this pair batted sensibly, built the tempo and both were still there at the finish as Neyland won with seven wickets and eight balls to spare.
 
Miller had two fours and two sixes on his undefeated 51 and Jones had four fours and a six en route to his 50 not out before Neyland's stand-in skipper Sean Hannon received the Jubilee Cup from Tony Scourfield, the chairman of the Pembroke County Cricket Club.
 


SCORECARD:
 
Haverfordwest Batting:
Adam James ct Henry Durrant b Nick Koomen 11
Charlie Clinton b Nick Koomen 27
Ben Field ct Andrew Miller b Geraint Rees 25
Nigel Delaney b Scott Jones 21

Danny Potter ct Luke Ryan b Andrew Miller 23

Ashley James ct Nick Koomen b Andrew Miller 1
Nigel Morgan not out 17
James Morris ct & b Lyn Rees 1
John Tooze not out 2
Extras 23
Total (7 wickets) 151
 
Neyland Bowling:
Henry Durrant 6-1-33-0; Nick Koomen 6-0-28-2; Scott Jones 6-1-24-1
Geraint Rees 6-1-35-2; Andrew Miller 6-0-25-2.
 
Neyland Batting:

Nick Koomen ct Nigel Delaney b James Morris 25
Henry Durrant b Adam James 3
Ashley Sutton b Adam James 4
Andrew Miller not out 51
Scott Jones not out 50
Extras 20
Total (3 wickets) 153
Haverfordwest Bowling:
Adam James 5.4-0-30-2; James Morris 6-1-17-2; Clive Tucker 6-0-36-0; Nigel Morgan 6-0-21-0; Nigel Delaney 2-0-16-0.