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Iwan Izzard struck 67 not out for Cresselly
Picture by Brian McKehon
 

Cresselly maintain pressure on leaders

Cresselly (186 for 3) beat Johnston (183 all out) by 7 wickets

Umpires: Simon Richards & Dai Morris
Scorers: Teagan Cartwright & Steve Mills

Cresselly maintained the pressure on current leaders Carew with this relatively easy win over a Johnson side which was pleased to reach 183 but had no answer to the home side’s 186 for 3 in only 33.3 overs.

That Johnston were able to set Cresselly any sort of challenge owed a great deal to their regular main sources of runs in Dan Sutton and Lee Summons, with Sutton belting 70 (six fours and five sixes) before he was caught by Alex Bailey off Mike Shaw (2 for 17), and Summons chipping in with 33 (five fours and a six) alongside a late 25 not out from Gary James.

Joining Shaw as Cresselly wicket-takers were Dan James (1 for 32), Ryan Lewis (1 for 34) and especially Dan Cherry (5 for 40).

Cresselly got off to a solid start in response via Phil Williams (32), Adam Chandler (30) and Alex Bailey (14) before Iwan Izzard smashed 11 fours and a six in his 67 not out, made at exactly a run a ball, as did Dan Cherry with 41 not out (six boundaries) in an unbroken stand of 93.

Of note for Johnston was the fact that the Summons’ family fielded dad John and children Lee and Emma, whilst brothers Richard and Steve James also had their children Gary, Liam and Nathan to comprise eight of the Glebelands’ Gang’s players from just those two families!

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Dan Sutton top scored for Johnston with 70
Picture by Brian McKehon

 

Carew take another big step towards the title

Carew (91 for 3) beat Kilgetty (88 all out) by 7 wickets

Umpires: Allan Hansen & John Williams
Scorers: Julie Davies & Hazel Poole

Carew took another decisive step closer to the championship silverware as they easily accounted for a Kilgetty side which batted first, never looked really settled and could only set a less than challenging target which the home team chased down with some ease.

Toby Poole had five fours in his top score of 33 for Kilgetty but only had any real support from Kyle Marsh (15) and skipper Ross Hardy (22) against Tom Davies (2 for 17) and Shaun Whitfield (4 for 15), plus old-timers Rob Scourfield (2 for 12) and Aled Davies (1 for 4).

Carew lost a couple of early wickets but Tom Scourfield hit a quick-fire 20 before he departed and left it to Brian Hall (21 not out) and Ian Sefton (31 not out) to knock off the winning runs and earn their side a 12th win from 14 completed matches, whilst for Kilgetty it was a sixth defeat on the trot.

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Shaun Whitfield - four-wicket haul in Carew victory

 

Town win with ease as Pembroke plunge to relegation

Haverfordwest (51 for 2) beat Pembroke (50 all out) by 8 wickets

Umpires: Denis Chiffi & Richard Merriman
Scorers: Jayne Cole & Jemma Phillips

Pembroke’s relegation fate was well and truly confirmed on The Racecourse as they played with only nine men against Haverfordwest before collapsing to 50 all out – and then could do little to prevent The Town strolling to the easiest of successes.

One couldn’t criticize Paul White and his beleaguered team because they had turned up to play in disconcerting circumstances after being let down by colleagues – and their despair was palpable as they had only Jack Harries looking settled as his 23 helped them to 37 for 1 before there was a collapse against Archie Thomas (1 for 12), Adam James (2 for 7), Simon Holliday (4 for 6) and Chris Phillips (1 for 5).

Phillips departed early as he opened the batting for the homesters but partner Nikhil Mathias (14) and Karl Rhead (16 not out) made sure the win was achieved quickly as Haverfordwest did what they had to do fairly quickly and without fuss, despite the bowling efforts of Harries (1 for 15) and Jonathan Rogers (1 for 14).

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Phil Hay is bowled by Archie Thomas at The Racecourse





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Will Spreadbury bowled by Rob Williams
Picture by Brian McKehon

 

Lawrenny win high-scoring clash

Lawrenny (233 for 5) beat Whitland (230 for 5) by 5 wickets

Umpires: Dave Brandon & Richard Scriven
Scorers: Malcolm Thomas & Ann-Marie Jenkins

There were runs galore at Lawrenny as Whitland blasted their way to a huge score yet the home side were able to comfortably chase down a target of 231, thanks to some superb batting by Simon Cole, to win with five wickets and over 14 overs to spare!

Jonathan Thomas led the Whitland batting with an excellent 90 that included 10 fours and three sixes, supported by skipper Iestyn Scourfield (six fours and three sixes in his 60 not out), Wayne Howells (29) and Matthew Davies (26) as the home wicket-takers were Ian Jenkins (2 for 38), Rob Williams (2 for 37) and Brad McDermott-Jenkins (1-22).

It seemed a mammoth total to chase but with assistance from Jack Slade (26), Joe Kidney (27) and Ryan Morton (49, including five sixes) it was Cole, known to his team-mates as ‘Chief’, who blitzed 16 fours and a six) as he shared in a stand of 92 with Morton, who saw Lawrenny home just three runs short of what would have been a deserved undefeated hundred.
 


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Jonathan Thomas  scored 90 for Whitland
Picture by Brian McKehon
 

Tish struggle as Neyland take control

St Ishmaels (91 all out) lost to Neyland (92 for 3) by 7 wickets

Umpires: Steve Blowes & Les Hastings
Scorers: Wendy Bradshaw & John Laugharne

Neyland won comfortably at St Ishmaels as the home side’s inconsistency was again glaringly obvious against a side which bowled and fielded well to put pressure on the Tish run-makers – and then won with plenty in hand despite giving a chance to several relatively inexperienced players.

Indeed, only Andrew Williams ever looked really settled for the homesters until he was last out for 36 (seven boundaries), assisted somewhat by Phil Cockburn (14) and Andrew Pawlett (12).

Bowling well for Neyland were Patrick Hannon (4 for 33), Nick Koomen (3 for 4), Geraint Rees (1 for 31) and Jamie Smith (2 for 6) until the talented young left armer took a stinging return drive on the wrist from Pawlett and had to be taken to hospital for precautionary x-rays.

Paul Murray (39, including six fours and a six), Patrick Bellerby (13) and Gavin Rowlands (12) provided the launch-pad for the Neyland reply and then Henry Durrant (12 not out) and Jake Booth (10 not out) saw them home in only 26.3 overs.

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Patrick Hannon - bowled well in Neyland win at Tish