13 year olds help Hook win local derby tussle

 

Hook (150 for 6) beat Llangwm (130 all out) by 20 runs

Umpires: Arthur Brady & Glyn Cole
Scorers: Chris Holder & Joe Phillips
 
Local derbies between neighbouring villages Hook and Llangwm are traditionally hard-fought and this latest tussle was no exception before Hook won by 20 runs as 13 year olds Oscar Willington and Rhys Phelps took centre stage.
 
George James led the Hook batting after they had been asked to bat first, scoring 41, whilst Daf Bowen maintained his recent rum of excellent form with 36 alongside talented 13 year old Oscar Willington, who showed his real potential with 29 against the bowling of Toby Asson (3 for 33), Callum Jenkins (2 for 57) and Mike Williams (1 for 27) in what looked a challenging Hook tally.
 
James Venables (36) gave the Llangwm reply early impetus and found support from Sean Waller (27), Ewan Griffiths (14) and Jack Phillips (13) but 13 year olds Rhys Phelps and Oscar Willington returned respective remarkable figures of 5 for 31 and 2 for 23 to break the back of the Llangwm response – and there were three run outs as Hook also fielded well.
 
 

Neyland Seconds gain underdog win over The Town

 

Neyland (127 for 3) beat Haverfordwest (121 all out) by 7 wickets

 
Umpires: Trefor Evans & Steve Blowes
Scorers: Jen Seaton & Natalie Thomas
 
Neyland Seconds play their league cricket below their counterparts from Haverfordwest but were far too strong for The Town Seconds as they comfortably, with seven wickets, and five overs, still in hand.
 
Haverfordwest lost Chris Phillips early but then their experienced quartet of Dan Field (37, including 4 fours and a big six), James Marchant (24) and Ashley James (28) built a solid platform at 80 for 2.
 
Neyland hadn’t helped their cause with three dropped catches but the game changed dramatically as Tom Pritchard steamed in for a fantastic 7 for 30 haul in his five overs, four of them caught – and George Evans claimed a late 1 for 6 as no other Town batsman managed double figures.
 
Then Patrick Hannon used all his first-team experience with 42 (five fours) and Will Hughes rapped five boundaries in his unbeaten 40 alongside Steve Murray, who belted a four and two mighty sixes in his 20, and ‘Mr Extras’ (17).
 
Danny Dewstowe (1 for 34), Nigel Morgan (1 for 24) and Ashley James (1 for 35) were The Town wicket-takers in a disappointing defeat.
 
 

Bevan plays key role in Borderers big win

 

St Ishmaels (141 for 6) lost to Whitland (143 for 2) by 8 wickets

 
Umpires: Steve Williams & Allan Hansen
Scorers: Jane Richards & Ann-Marie Jenkins
IT Consultant: Wendy Bradshaw
 
Hywel Bevan was the toast of his Whitland Seconds’ colleagues as he featured well with ball and bat in their eight-wicket victory at St Ishmaels, claiming two wickets and then striking an unbeaten half century as they won with 13 balls still in hand.
 
Tish lost ace run-gatherer Karl Rhead early on and it was left to Phil Cockburn (8 fours in his top score of 48), Jonathan Pawlett (39) and Josh Beer (14 not out) to help take Tish to their decent total of 141 for 6 against Bevan (2 for 30), Rob Owen (2 for 32), his son Jacob (1 for 25) and Gethin Bateman (1 for 28) as the successful wicket takers.
 
Bevan then wielded his bat well for his 58 not out (5 fours) as Nathan Evans (38), Wayne Jones (14) and Jacob Owen (16 not out) scored the bulk of their impressive score of 143 for 2 in only 17.5 overs as only Lenny Rees (1 for 33) and Beer (1 for 25) took wickets for Tish
 
 

Nicholls’ father and son duo inspire Herbie

 

Herbrandston (101 for 2) beat Llechryd (100 for 9) by 8 wickets

 
Umpires: Arthur Brady & Chris Stapleton
Scorer: Clarissa Lewis (Herbrandston)
 
The father and son duo of Paul and Harry Nicolas played key roles for Herbrandston against Llechryd as dad grabbed a four-wicket haul and Jack, who has made a welcome return to the fold from St Ishmaels with twin brother Harry, claimed a wicket and played a vital part with the bat when Herbie easily chased down their opponents’ modest score of 100 for 9.
 
James Betterley (25), Matthew Reynolds (24) and 22 runs in the ‘extras’ column allowed Llechryd to reach three figures as  Nicholas Snr led the bowling with 4 for 17, assisted by Kristan Bennett (3 for 31) and Nicholas Jnr (1 for 6)  as the other bowlers on target.
 
Then Jack Nicolas scored 36 not out after Callum Britton and Dean John had departed for 12 apiece, with Kristan Bennett still there at the end with 20 as Herbie finished in style having just used up 14.5 overs and with eight wickets still left.
 





 

Cresselly big-hitters lead them to big win

 

Cresselly (183 for 6) beat Pembroke Dock (116 for 7) by 67 runs

 
Umpires: Dave Bonner & Tony Walsh
 
Cresselly eased to a comfortable home win as they elected to bat first and built up a huge score before restricting Pembroke Dock to 116 for 7 wickets.
 
The homesters had experience aplenty available and their runs came from that quarter in Arthur (26), Mike Venables (32), Simon Cole (10 boundaries in his 67 before he was run out), and Damian Arthur (43).
 
The Dock never gave up trying with the bat as Archie Hillier-Wood top scored with 30 alongside Adam Phillips (18) and Anton John (11), plus 24 from ‘Mr Extras’ as Morgan Lewis (2 for 16) and Corey Lewis (2 for 20) joined dad Matthew (1 for 26) and cousin Josh (1 for 21) were joined by Simon Cole (1 for 6) in making sure that the visitors fell well short of reaching their target.
 

 

Seasiders stroll to success at Stackpole

 

Stackpole (85 for 7) lost to Saundersfoot (86 for 0) by 10 wickets

 
Umpires: Rob Mathias & Neil Thomas
Scorers: Phil Tallett & Roger Stanford
 
Saundersfoot ‘Golden Oldies’ Steve Cook and James Caine enjoyed some useful batting practice as their team gained an easy win at Stackpole by limiting their opponents to 85 for 7 and then strolling home without losing a wicket in double-quick time.
 
Put in to bat by Seasiders’ skipper Paul Morris the main contributors for Stackpole were Josh Davies (35) and Ben Davies (20), with another 21 runs in the extras column, 15 of them from wides as another old hand in Kevin Sykes (1 for 10), Nav Kawale (2 for 22), Jake Franklyn (2 for 11) and Rhys Richards (1 for 36) were the visitors’ wicket-takers.
 
Then Caine hit a big six and four fours in his 32 not out but was outshone by Cook, who stroked five boundaries in his unbeaten 36 to see The Seasiders into the quarter-finals.


 

Kyle’s mighty hitting helps Narberth to speedy success

 

Narberth (124 for 1) beat Pembroke (123 for 7) by 9 wickets

 
Umpires: Gareth Brace and Glyn Cole
Scorers: Emma Richards & George Davies
 
IT Consultants: Rhian Howell & Gwyneth Johns
 
There was a speedy end to Narberth’s victory over Pembroke as some mighty hitting by Kyle Williams saw them chase down Pembroke’s 123 for 7 in only 10.3 overs.
 
Kyle Williams smashed no fewer than 12 fours and 5 sixes in his 94 out of an opening stand of  123 with Andrew Williams (11 not out) but went for another maximum to seal victory in style and ensure a deserved century – but was caught on the boundary by Josh Davies off the bowling of Max Hayward!
 
Pembroke’s main scorers were Will Davies (33), Jack Davies (18), Jamie Kaijaks (28) not out) and the boost of 27 extras as Davey Johns claimed 3 for 26, including two scalps from his final two deliveries, supported by Richard Prout (1 for 25), Mike Reekie (1 for 32) and Richard Howell (1 for 10).
 
But any hopes Pembroke had of defending a relatively decent score quickly evaporated as Kyle Williams went on the attack, and had supporters scurrying for cover on a few occasions!
 
 

James jolts Kilgetty as Burton bag an easy win

 

Burton (183 for 4) beat Kilgetty (121 all out) by 62 runs

 
Umpires: Chris Stapleton and Allan Hansen
Scorers: Phil Griffiths & Becky Badham
 
A powerful innings by Martin James, ably assisted by Jack Davies, saw Burton into the next round at Oatfield Park.
 
Batting first, James belted 11 fours and four sixes in his 84 before he was caught on the boundary to help give Brian Cullen a deserved 3 for 37 haul alongside Matthew Lewis (1 for 31 – and he was supported by Jack Davies (back to form with 58 not out) and Jonathan Venables (18).
 
Josh Bevan batted well for Kilgetty with 5 fours and 3 sixes before he fell just one run short of what would have been a deserved half century, with Matthew Lewis also providing 30 runs.
 
But Ioan Roberts (3 for 26), Aled Thomas (4 for 21), Johnnie Scale (1 for 26) and Dan Griffiths (1 for 0) made sure that Kilgetty were always behind the required run-rate so that Burton eased into the last eight of the competition.