Holders Neyland make a winning start

 

Ian Jenkins - top score for new club NeylandLlechryd (81 for 7) lost to Neyland (86 for 3) by 7 wickets

 
Ken Morris Cup holders Neyland got their new season off to a winning start in Llechryd as they restricted the home club to 83 for 7 in difficult conditions and then reached their target with wickets and overs in hand.
 
Rob Marchant (16 not out) was the mainstay of the Llechryd batting as they were unable to build partnerships, with James Griffiths (2 for 25) as the main Neyland bowler.
 
The Neyland response was led by Ian ‘Bish’ Jenkins, for so long a mainstay with Lawrenny but now showing he can still handle a bat with a top score of 34 runs, supported by Rhys Power (15 not out) and Callum Power (10) as Aidie Rees (2 for 25) bowled well for the homesters.
 


 

Nomads go down to local derby defeat

 

Jamie Bohata - former Narberth rugby star turns back to cricketThe Nomads (117 for 7) lost to Narberth (119 for 7) by 3 wickets

 
Narberth started their new Ken Morris campaign with a win over The Nomads at The Lewis Lloyd Ground in a game where both teams were in the ascendancy at different times before the host club edged home by three wickets.
 
Andrew Joseph (39), old-timer Ollie Cook (17) and Manu (13) took them to 117 for 7 as Llew Jones (2 for 19), former Otters’ rugby player Jamie Bohata (3 for 30) and Mark Reed (2 for 30) were the pick of the Narberth bowlers.
 
Shay Norcross led the Narberth batting with 28 alongside Aaron Keane (22) and Aled Davies (21) and although Keiffer Thompson (2 for 28) and Manu (3 for 22) bowled well for The Nomads it was Narberth who picked up their first three points of this new campaign.






Simon Wood - runs galore for Carew
 
 

Carew’s big guns fire strongly

 

Carew (161 for 7) beat Hundleton (138 all out) by 23 runs

 
Carew’s big guns certainly fired against Hundleton as Barry Wood and Steve Cole scored big runs and Kerry Waters bowled really well.
 
Wood (69) and Cole (31) were joined by Jac Scourfield (39) in taking them to a massive 161 for 7 as Ben Adams (2 for 16) and Iori Humphreys (2 for 53) claimed wickets for Hundleton.
 
Hundleton batting was led, as so often over many years, by Jonathan ‘Taffy’ Williams and he contributed 60 runs but only Ben Adams (18) stayed lone with him against  another Carew ‘Golden Oldie’ in Kerry Waters (3 for 13) and Ashley Lewis (3 for 44) as Carew pouched a maximum haul of five points.
 


Neal Williams - headed big total for Cresselly
 

Cresselly experience too much for The Dock youngsters

 

Cresselly (161 for 7) beat Pembroke Dock (93 for 7) by 68 runs

 
Cresselly proved far too strong against a relatively inexperienced Pembroke Dock team and ran out victors by 75 runs as players of the calibre of Richard Harris and Lyn Richards joined their other old hands like Neal Williams (68), skipper Stefan Williams (41) and Christian Phillips (33), recently transferred from Kilgetty, who were their main scorers as teenager Alfie Brown and their old-timer Steve Alford claimed a wicket apiece for The Dock.
 
For The Dock, the top run-gatherers were Johnny Hay (29), Alfie Brown (12) and Kodi Bratcher (19 not out) but Stefan Jenkins (2 for 18) and Phillips (3 for 28) claimed the wickets that saw Cresselly to victory by a massive 75 runs.