Sutton stars with superb double century

 

Cresselly (314 for 2) beat Llechryd (159 for 6) by 155 runs

 
Umpires: Phil Griffiths & Rob Bellerby
Scorer: Cerys Griffiths (Cresselly)
 
Dan Sutton has been scoring consistently well for some time but has had his leg pulled by his team-mates for failing to turn knocks of 60 to 80 into three figures – but he silenced those teasers with a superb innings of 201 not out against a Llechryd side which he really put to the sword!
 
Sutton’s massive undefeated double century inevitably formed the backbone of the Cresselly innings as he stroked 24 fours and 10 sixes to have 146 runs in boundaries as the Llechryd bowlers toiled in vain in the heat.
 
Matthew Morgan shared an opening stand of 185 before he finally departed for 68, including 13 well-struck boundaries, before he was bowled by Daf Davies in his 1-47 spell – but hopes that Llechryd might have entertained of a quick break-through were ruined by teenager Charlie Arthur as he contributed 35 (four fours and a six) before he was caught by Tomos Davies off Andrew Fletcher (1 for 60).
 
Cresselly skipper Iwan Izzard came in to score 2 not out as Sutton reached his magnificent 201 not out – and left Llechryd with an Everest to climb rather than a Snowdon!
 
Llechryd deserve every credit for not throwing in the towel as they grafted their way to a respectable 159 for 6 thanks to Tomos Lewis (seven fours in his 34) and Matthew Reynolds (25) before Ollie Roberts (41 not out) and Ifan Dow (27 not out) shared an unbroken half century stand to round off the game in a positive way.
 
For Cresselly the pick of the bowling came from Tom Arthur (1 for 33), Ryan Lewis (1 for 24), Tom Murphy (2 for 35) and Charlie Arthur (2 for 13) but it was Sutton’s day as he created such a memorable innings for those lucky enough to witness it!





 
 
 

Marsh still in his rich vein of batting form

 

Lawrenny (211 for 0) beat Narberth (209 for 9) by 10 wickets

 
Umpires: Trefor Evans & Chris Stapleton
Scorers: Malcolm Thomas & Gwyneth Johns
 
Kurtis Marsh continued his amazing run of batting form as he was joined by Harry Thomas in a key support role as they chased down Narberth’s decent tally of 209 for 9 in only the 33^rd over to keep their side very much in contention after victory by ten wickets.
 
Narberth showed their ability to fight back well after a poor start saw them in trouble at 45 for 4 and then 80 for 7 before skipper Ben Hughes came in at No 9 and belted 59 not out (five fours and four sixes in only 34 balls, with excellent late support by Shay Norcross (25) and Lewis Hough (21).
 
Dan Hughes (11), Loui Davies (46, including five fours) and Kyle Quartermaine (12) were the other Narberth batsmen in double figures as Rob Williams (1 for 17), Jamie Lewis (1 for 40), Ryan Morton (3 for 33), Thomas (1 for 57) and Marsh (2 for 44) were the successful home bowlers.
 
Then Marsh and Thomas made Llechryd pay for not taking a couple of difficult early half-chances as they sped away on the attack, with Thomas playing the perfect anchor role in his unbeaten 66, which contained ten fours and a six.
 
But Marsh stroked a scintillating 21 boundaries and was still there at the end of the game, as he has been so often this campaign despite some useful bowling by Shay Norcross (only 16 runs in seven overs), Matthew Johns (22 runs in six overs) and Loui Davies (15 runs in three overs, one of them a maiden).
 





 

Neyland maintain that winning habit

 

Carew (171 for 9) lost to Neyland (174 for 3) by 7 wickets

 
Umpires: Dave Brandon & Richard Merriman
 
Scorers: Julie Davies & John Laugharne
 
Neyland comfortably maintained their undefeated run with this tenth victory and now share top spot in the table with Lawrenny on what is proving to be a real battle for supremacy after this win at Carew.
 
The Rooks were without several key players but after being invited to bat first managed a solid 171 for 9 as they had useful contributions from six players but no-one managed a half-century as Neyland looked strong in the field and used their varied bowling attack to good effect.
 
Haydn Shapcott topped the Carew chart with 46 (seven fours) and was supported by Brian Hall (31), Shaun Whitfield (10), Luke Hicks (16), James Hinchliffe (32 not out) and Sam Harts (12 not out).
 
But Neyland never allowed The Rooks to take total control as Patrick Hannon (1 for 23) and Nathan Banner (1 for 20) kept things tight at the start before Ross Hardy and Andrew Miller returned identical figures of 2 for 24, with Jack John (1 for 20) joining them as the wicket-takers.
 
Then the Neyland batting machine swung into action as Nick Koomen (54, including six fours) and Ashley Sutton (20) helped take them to 122 for 3 as Nathan Banner looked in ominous form and was joined by Ross Hardy in an unbroken stand of 52 that saw them home in the 39^th over.
 
Hardy had six boundaries in his 37 not out whilst Banner again confirmed his all-rounder status with six fours in his excellent 57 not out.
 
 

Field fires Town to victory at Tish

 

St Ishmaels (171 all out) lost to Haverfordwest (198 all out) by 27 runs

 
Umpires: Glyn Cole & Allan Hansen
 
Scorers: Wendy Bradshaw & Jayne Cole
 
A classy knock of 78 by Ben Field helped give Haverfordwest a welcome win at St Ishmaels and gave his side breathing space over the bottom three teams in the section, including the hosts as they fell back into the bottom two.
 
Field  struck seven fours and three sixes en route to his top score of the season and found support from keeper Jack Scriven (36), Dai Davies (20), Nikhil Mathias (12) and Jake Merry (11).
 
For Tish, there were wickets for Jordan Milich (1 for 51), Andrew Pawlett (1 for 18), Andrew Palmer (2 for 21), Jon Pawlett (1 for 28), Andrew Williams (2 for 44) and Lewis Rhead (3 for 24) as keeper Peter Bradshaw also pouched three catches.
 
Danny Richards top-scored for Tish with 57 after retiring hurt but bravely returning to action and helping Ieuan Hawkins (31), Phil Cockburn (26) and Andrew Pawlett (16) stay in contention but the three-pronged Town pace attack of Ashley James (3 for 31), Johnny White (3 for 36) and Archie Thomas (4 for 30) finally saw Haverfordwest home – and skipper Dai Davies distinguished himself with four good catches, alongside two for keeper Scriven.
 
 

Borderers win in a tense finale

 

Whitland (196 all out) beat Saundersfoot (188 all out) by 8 runs

 
Umpires: Tony Walsh & Gareth Brace
Scorers: Ann-Marie Jenkins & Adge John
 
There was a tense finale to the match at Whitland as Saundersfoot needed ten runs off the final over with their last pair at the crease but Connor Bowen kept his nerve and bowled three dot balls before grabbing the vital wicket that saw them home by eight runs.
 
Whitland’s total owed much to the powerhouse hitting of Geraint Jones after they had lurched to 18 for 3 before their big hitter shared a stand of 86 with skipper Jonathan Thomas (26).

Scott Newton 31) and Jacob Owen (11) were the only others in double figures but spare a thought for Jones because he looked odd-on to claim a century as he smote 14 fours and launched another three shots cleanly over the boundary – but then drove a ball straight back to bowler Tudor Hurle and had to walk back to the pavilion with 99 to his name!
 
Sam Franklin was again the pick pf the Saundersfoot bowling with a cracking 5 for 18 haul alongside brother Jack (1 for 7) and Hurle (2 for 30) before taking a catch behind the wicket so keeper Tom Mansbridge could bowl and pick up 1 for 0 to round off the innings with 4.5 overs unused.
 
Sam Franklin showed why he is a very consistent performer for The Seasiders as he followed up his five wickets with top score of 53 and found support from brother Jack (17), Simon Stanford (32) and Tudor Hurle (16 not out) but Whitland kept plugging away via Geraint Jones (2 for 35), Wayne Howells (2 for 16), Scott Newton (2 for 34), Jonathan Thomas (2 for 26) and Kevin Pearce (1 for 24) before Connor Bowen’s final success gave his side victory whilst giving them a little breathing space over the bottom two teams in the table.