The Town and Neyland serve notice of intent

Indoor Cricket – Week One:

 
Teams taking part: Neyland, Haverfordwest B, Pembroke Dock and Haverfordwest A
Venue: The Meads Leisure Centre, Milford Haven
Umpires: Allan Hansen and Neil Croucher
Scorers: Kirsty Hannon, Nicola Murray, Wendy Bradshaw and Simon Williams
 
Current Pembrokeshire champions Haverfordwest and previous Welsh winners and Lords’ finalists Neyland served notice of intent in the first week of the Indoor Cricket League as both recorded comfortable victories to start their season in style.
 

Game One - Neyland (45 for 3) beat Haverfordwest B (41 all out)

  Neyland showed why they are former Welsh champions and Lords’ finalists with their bowling and fielding against a young Haverfordwest B team but were not quite as 

prominent with the bat – although they did win comfortable enough in the final analysis.Haverfordwest made a bad start as Nitin Mathias ran out younger brother Nikhil for a duck but then batted quite well alongside Kieran O’Connor until both were run out respectively for 20 and 11.

From there it was downhill all the way for The Town B side and they were shot out for 41 eight overs, with Patrick Hannon picking up 2 for 9 in his two overs.

Neyland lost key batsman Nick Koomen for only three runs and then O’Connor caused a bit of a stir with a double-wicket maiden as he shifted Nathan Banner for eight runs and had Henry Durrant well caught by teenage wicket-keeper Jack Scriven for a duck.

O’Connor only conceded three runs from his second over of spin but Patrick Bellerby (19 not out) and Patrick Hannon (12 not out) took the score from a shaky 21 for 3 to 45 for 3 as Bellerby rasped a boundary to finish in style with 3.4 overs still in hand.

 
Haverfordwest B Batting:
Nitin Mathias run out 20
Nikhil Mathias run out 0
Kieran O'Connor run out 11
Chris Phillips ct Nick Koomen b Patrick Hannon 0

Archie Thomas b Henry Durrant 1

Jack Scriven ct Henry Durrant b Sean Hannon 4
Extras 5
Total (all out) 41
 Neyland Bowling:
Nathan Banner 2-0-7-0; Nick Koomen 2-0-11-0; Patrick Bellerby 1-0-6-0,   Patrick Hannon 2-0-9-2; Henry Durrant 1-0-7-1
 
Neyland Batting:
Nick Koomen ct Jack Scriven b Chris Phillips 3
Nathan Banner b Kieran O'Connor 8
Patrick Bellerby not out 19
Henry Durrant ct Jack Scriven b Kieran O'Connor 0
Patrick Hannon not out 12
Extras 3
Total (3 wickets) 45
 
Haverfordwest B Bowling:
Chris Phillips 2-0-16-1; Archie Thomas 1-0-11-0; Kieran O'Connor 2-1 3-2; Nitin Mathias 1-0-11-0; Nikhil Mathias 0.2-0-4-0
 

Game Two - Haverfordwest B (138 for 1) beat Pembroke Dock (58 for 4)

  Haverfordwest B easily accounted for Pembroke Dock as they amassed a huge 138 for 1 and then restricted The Dock to 58 for 4, and a huge feature of the match was the fact that The Dock conceded a massive 43 extras (35 of them from wides) and The Town B gave away 28 extras (23 from wides)!

Haverfordwest’s Kieran O’Connor and Jake Perry both had to compulsorily retire when they raced to 25 or over, with Nikhil Mathias (12) run out for a second time, whilst Nitin Mathias (21 not out) and Archie Thomas (10 not out) were there at the finish.

When The Dock gave chase they were soon deep in trouble as Jake Merry claimed a match-winning 3 for 12 and at one stage stood on a hat-trick but bowled a wide!

Only Luke Murray (12) and Phil Scott (15) managed double figures in support of ‘Mr Extras’ and the Dock were still 80 runs adrift when they had used up their ten overs!

 
Haverfordwest B Batting:
Nikhil Mathias run out 12
Kieran O'Connor retired 27
Nitin Mathias not out 21Jake Merry retired 25
Archie Thomas not out 10
Extras 43
Total (1 wicket) 138
 
Pembroke Dock Bowling:
Declan Scourfield 2-0-36-0; Geraint Blain 2-0-18-0; Craig Butland 2-0-21-0; Connor Beynon 2-0-26-0; Luke Murray 2-0-25-0

 Pembroke Dock Batting:
Craig Butland ct Archie Thomas b Jake Merry 0
Luke Murray ct & b Nitin Mathias 12
Connor Beynon b Jake Merry 3
Declan Scourfield ct Jack Scriven b Jake Merry 0
Phil Scott not out 15
Geraint Blain not out 0
Extras 28

Total (4 wickets) 58
 
Haverfordwest B Bowling:
Archie Thomas 2-0-12-0; Kieran O'Connor 2-0-7-0; Jake Merry 2-0-12-3; Nikhil Mathias 2-0-11-0; Nitin Mathias 2-0-11-1.
 

Game Three - Haverfordwest A (141 all out) beat Pembroke Dock (73 for 4)

  Pembroke Dock made a much better job of bowling against current Pembrokeshire champions Haverfordwest as they conceded only 14 extras and at one stage had The Town on 36 for 3 as Declan Scourfield bowled Simon Holliday (16) and Luke Murray shifted captain Danny Potter for only six runs.

But then Ben Field and Nigel Delaney retired before returning at the finish to get themselves run out in pursuit of runs and although Sean Williams failed to trouble the scorers a vital late 35 from last man Huw Scriven (including two sixes) saw The Town end up with a very challenging 141 all out.

Craig Butland batted well for The Dock as he retired on 25 and returned later to end up with a creditable 37 not out but only Connor Beynon (12 not out) managed double figures alongside him as Holliday, Field and Potter were the Haverfordwest wicket-takers and The Dock had to settle for 73 for 4 in a far more positive performance.

 
Haverfordwest A Batting:
Simon Holliday b Declan Scourfield 16
Ben Field run out 28
Danny Potter ct Luke Murray b Craig Butland 6
Nigel Delaney run out 42
Sean Williams b Connor Bowen 0
Huw Scriven run out 35
Extras 14
Total (all out) 141
 
Pembroke Dock Bowling:
Connor Beynon 2-0-28-1; Declan Scourfield 2-0-28-1; Craig Butland 2-0-31-1; Geraint Blair 2-0-26-0; Luke Murray 2-0-25-0
 
Pembroke Dock Batting:
Craig Butland not out 37
Luke Murray b Danny Potter 9
Connor Beynon not out 12
Declan Scourfield b Ben Field 1
Phil Scott run out 1
Geraint Blair b Simon Holliday 2
Extras 11
Total (4 wickets) 73
 
Haverfordwest A Bowling:
Simon Holliday 2-0-14-1; Nigel Delaney 2-0-5-0; Sean Williams 2-0-26-0; Danny Potter 2-0-16-1; Ben Field 2-0-11-1.
 
**Teams taking part next Sunday (17^th January) at The Meads (from 1-4pm) are Cresselly, Neyland A and Haverfordwest A **