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Kyle Marsh hitting a century
Picture by Brian McKehon
Two tons at Kingsmoor
Kilgetty (263 for 9) drew with Johnston (220 for 7)
Umpires: Les Hastings & Mervyn John
Scorers: Hazel Poole & Delyth Summons
There were runs galore at Kingsmoor as Kilgetty had the better of their drawn match with Johnston as Kyle Marsh scored an excellent century for them, whilst Dan Sutton batted throughout the entire Johnston reply to score an unbeaten 121.
Kyle Marsh continued his excellent start to the season with a masterful century before he was eventually caught by Lee Summons off Nathan James’ bowling, with 16 fours and a six en route to top score in their impressive final tally of 105 before he was caught by Lee Summons off Nathan James’ bowling.
Kilgetty skipper Ross Hardy weighed in with a hard-hitting 44 (seven fours and a six) whilst Jon Harries (25) and Jack Tucker (23) also made useful contributions as Nathen James led the Johnston attach with fine figures of 6 for 52, assisted by Richard James (1 for 44), Lee Summons (1 for 47) and Hafiz Hamood Farooq (1 for 40).
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Dan Sutton on his way to magnificent 121 not out for Johnston
Picture by Susan McKehon
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Joe Kidney struck 28 for Lawrenny
Bellerby and Murray destroy Lawrenny
Neyland (228 for 1) beat Lawrenny (227 for 8) by 9 wickets
Umpires: Arthur Brady & Dave BrandonScorers: John Laugharne & Chris Williams
A splendid unbroken stand of 188 between Paul Murray and Patrick Bellerby helped Neyland successfully chase down what appeared to be a challenging Lawrenny total of 227 for 8 with such style and raw power that they won with over 15 overs and nine wickets still in hand!
Lawrenny looked unlikely to build such a big score as they lost early wickets but then Joe Kidney (28) and Ian Jenkins (20) steadied the ship as skipper Brad McDermott-Jenkins and Simon ‘Chief’ launched a counter-offensive where big hitting was very much the order of the day.
Cole belted nine fours and a six in his 55 and skipper McDermott-Jenkins was even quicker as he blitzed five sixes alongside five fours so that 50 of his 57 runs came in boundaries against Nick Koomen (3 for 39), Nathan Banner (2 for 31), Henry Durrant (1-57), Geraint Rees (1 for 33) and Andrew Miller (1 for 58).
Neyland lost Nick Koomen for 22 but then Bellerby joined Miller and showed a wonderful array of strokes in a boundary-laden 118 not out, whilst Murray was content to take on the anchor role but finished the game in typical style as he hit four big sixes on the trot to go with an earlier six and plenty of boundaries as only McDermott-Jenkins took a wicket with a return catch off Koomen.
The game was held up for a short while when Neyland stalwart Gregg Miller dived to save a boundary, and the ball cut his forehead and nose, but he was treated by Peter ‘Jack’ Davies and bravely continued – and we wish this popular sportsman a speedy recovery!
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Patrick Bellerby stroked a marvellous century for Neyland
‘Jamer’ just does it for beleaguered Town
Haverfordwest (138 for 8) beat Whitland (136 all out) by 2 wickets
Umpires: Robert Ridge & David Morris
Scorers: Jayne Cole & Ann-Marie Jenkins
Fiery fast bowler Adam James was the toast of his Haverfordwest colleagues for his batting prowess as they battled back from what seemed like a defeat on The Racecourse to a gritty Whitland side which never gave up trying under stand-in skipper Matthew Davies.
James came to the wicket with The Town in some trouble and when he was joined by opening bowling partner Johnny White their score stood at a precarious 109 for 8 against good bowling from Ben Harvey (4 for 41), Jonathan Thomas (2 for 29) and Matthew Davies (2 for 24). Although White scored just two runs he stayed with James, who belted five fours and two big sixes in his 44 not out.
Whitland had earlier lost Geraint Jones as part of an impressive bowling spell by teenage left-armer White but Will Spreadbury (33) and Paul Davies (25) put the visitors back into contention but only Dylan Blain (20) and Scott Newton (16 not out) stayed long once this pair was split up.
White finished with impressive figures of 4 for 27 alongside another talented young player in Kieran O’Connor (2 for 27), Adam James (1 for 43) and wily old fox Clive Tucker (3 for 25).
Adam Raymond (45) and skipper Danny Potter (21) put on 40 runs but apart from their efforts The Town struggled – until James seized the initiative and gave the current champions a win that certainly had seemed unlikely at one stage!
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Adam James guided The Town to victory with a quick-fire 44 not out
Carew win at a canter
Pembroke (93 all out) lost to Carew (94 for 1) by 9 wickets
Umpires: Denis Chiffi & Richard MerrimanScorer: Julie Davies (Carew)
Carew completely took charge of their game against Pembroke at Treleet as they bowled out the home side for only 93 runs and then lost only one wicket in chasing down their target in 17.3 overs.
Put in to bat, Pembroke had Jonathan Rogers as top scorer with 26 as Andrew Hay finished undefeated on 18, but with no other batsman able to manage double figures.
Carew lost Tom Davies early for 7, caught by Jack Harries off the bowling of Rogers, but then Tim Hicks and Rhys Davies strolled home with Rhys Davies stroking five fours in an unbeaten 35 and Hicks hitting an excellent 47 not out that also included five fours but with the addition of three big sixes!
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Rhys Davies scored an unbeaten 35 for Carew
Cresselly too strong overall for Tish
St Ishmaels (116 all out) lost to Cresselly (120 for 3) by seven wickets
Umpires: Steve Blowes & Simon RichardsScorers: Wendy Bradshaw & Teagan Cartwright
Cresselly’s greater strength in depth saw them to a comfortable win at St Ishmaels after skipper Neilson Cole had won the toss and asked Tish to bat first.
He then received total support in the field so that bowlers Neil Gregory (4 for 19 in 12 accurate overs), Sion Jenkins (1 for 34), Ryan Lewis (1 for 13) and Simon Cole (4 for 17) restricted the Tish batting so that only Andrew Williams (26) ever looked settled in the top order before No 7 Jonathan Pawlett thumped five fours and a six in his late 33.
Tish might have felt they were in with a chance as Cresselly opener Phil Williams departed for a duck, adjudged lbw to Andrew Palmer, and Adam Chandler followed in similar fashion to Andrew Pawlett for 18.
But Iwan Izzard swung the game back in Cresselly’s favour with a hard-hitting 43 (seven boundaries) before Cole (30 not out) and Alex Bailey (two sixes in his unbeaten (19) eased Cresselly to victory in 26.3 overs.