Today we take our look at the statistics for the best bowling in Division One of the Pembroke County Cricket League and would again like to pay tribute to the husband and wife team of Paul and Janice Webb for letting us have access to them – and it is nice to report that Paul pays tribute to his much better half for all the real graft behind sorting them out! Cheers Jan!



 

Hardy and Morton share top spot but Ross has the better average per wicket!

 
Ross Hardy (Neyland) shares top spot in the 2021 bowling stats with Ryan Morton (Lawrenny) but it is Ross who takes the honours by dint of the fact that he was the more economical bowler by over four runs for each of their 35 wickets.
 
The Neyland bowler has been renowned as someone who bowls wicket to wicket at a decent pace and he has also done well for his county on a regular basis and the only cricketing surprise for us is the fact that he hasn’t featured in the batting top 20, perhaps because he bats a little lower in their strong batting line-up than he might do in less strong teams.
 
Morton could lay claim to being the most improved cricketer in the county because as well as his pacy bowling he has become a batsman who has the ability to score runs very quickly and should be a great servant for Lawrenny for many years with bat and ball, once he adds a little more consistency to his undoubted all-round skills.

Dunfee has pace to burn, whilst Hurle and Franklin feature well for The Seasiders

 
In third place is David Dunfee, who has served Llechryd so well in the 2021 campaign alongside John Curran as their best batsman – but sadly this talented duo weren’t able to keep them in the first division.
 
Dunfee is arguably the quickest bowler in the section this year and easily has the best figures with his magnificent 8 for 16 haul against St Ishmaels as they shot out Tish for 76 by still lost!
 
Then the next two in the chart are the Saundersfoot duo of Tudor Hurle and Sam Franklin, with respective hauls of 29 and 28 wickets, with the former pace bowler having improved out of all recognition since joining The Seasiders, whilst Franklin has been the most consisted Saundersfoot player for several seasons with his bat as well as the ball. Joining them in making The Seasiders one of the clubs to feature more than most others is Nick Cope (10^th).
 

Lawrenny lay claim to most successful bowlers

 
Division One runners-up Lawrenny can lay claim to having the most bowlers in the list as Morton is joined by Rob Williams in 8^th place, surely still one of the most respected players in the county, plus Harry Thomas (15^th) as well as Jamie Lewis and Kurtis Marsh in joint 20^th position.
 
Another club joining Saundersfoot with three representatives were Haverfordwest, despite a disappointing season for The Town, with big-hearted trier Ashley James (14^th), Clive Tucker and Johnny White (two more in joint 20^th spot!)

Narberth also had three bnowlers in the top 20, led by wily campaigner Matthew Johns, with 23 wickets in nine place as proof of another good season, followed by skipper Ben Hughes (16th) and Ben Quartermaine as another to make it into joint 20th
 
Again, as in the batting stats, every club in the top echelon features but perhaps the most interesting feature is that Cresselly, who had five batsmen in the top 20, have just a single bowler involved with veteran slow bowler Ryan Lewis coming 13^th.
 

Fewer all-rounders than in most years

 
And finally, this campaign has seen only three cricketers able to claim all-rounder status when there are normally a few more who appear in a prominent position in both tables.
Kurtis Marsh certainly led the way in the batting but only managed to be placed as one of six bowlers who shared the 20^th spot from his slow bowling.

Nathan Banner featured in 12^th for his bowling and 17^th with his batting and Jonathan Thomas perhaps did the best overall as he ended up 6^th with his batting and was 11^th in bowling so I’d make him top all-rounder – but I know there will be howls of protest from other punditry camps!

 

Name	Club	Overs	Maidens	B/Figures	Runs	Wkts	Average
Ross Hardy	Neyland	114.2	28	5 for 28	318	35	9.08
Ryan Morton	Lawrenny	125.2	19	5 for 33	467	35	13.34
David Dunfee	Llechryd	95.5	21	8 for 16	339	33	10.27
Tudor Hurle	Saundersfoot	110.4	15	4 for 15	454	29	15.65
Sam Franklin	Saundersfoot	116	26	6 for 22	412	28	14.71
Scott Newton	Whitland	93	8	4 for 36	427	24	17.79
Andrew Pawlett	St Iashmaels	127.2	27	4 for 24	411	24	17.12
Rob Williams	Lawrenny	119.2	33	3 for 5	307	24	12.79
Matthew Johns	Narberth	107.5	11	5 for 27	469	23	20.89
Nick Cope	Saundersfoot	108.3	14	4 for 25	505	23	21.95
Jonathan Thomas	Whitland	93	6	6 for 23	410	23	17.32
Ceri Brace	Carew	96.5	8	4 for 23	412	20	20.6
Ryan Lewis	Cresselly	112.1	17	3 for 37	428	20	21.4
Ashley James	Haverfordwest	96.4	15	3 for 23	390	20	19.5
Harry Thomas	Lawrenny	89.3	4	4 for 17	376	20	18.8
Ben Hughes	Narberth	92	9	3 for 25	452	20	22.6
Nathan Banner	Neyland	109	19	3 for 11	349	19	18.36
Iori Hicks	Carew	92.2	9	5 for 15	399	19	21.01
Andrew Miller	Neyland	104	8	3 for 17	391	18	21.72
Kurtis Marsh	Lawrenny	97.2	15	3 for 14	402	18	22.33
Jamie Lewis	Lawrenny	82	12	4 for 26	291	18	16.16
Clive Tucker	Haverfordwest	131	18	3 for 15	484	18	26.88
Johnny White	Haverfordwest	118	16	3 for 36	453	18	25.16
Ben Quartermaine	Narberth	116.5	17	2 for 13	455	18	25.27