Indoor Cricket 5th March 2017
Indoor Cricket 5th March 2017
Crusaders in top form as youngsters shine
Participating Teams: Cleddau Crusaders, Neyland C & Pembrokeshire Association of Cricket Coaches
Venue: Tenby Leisure Centre
Umpires: Neil Croucher & Peter Davies
The emphasis was very much on youth as the teams participating this week were, a few old fogies apart, talented teenagers gaining valuable experience of the indoor game, with the Cleddau Crusaders comfortably winning both of their games, whilst The Pembrokeshire Association of Cricket Coaches squad won the other match by beating Neyland C.
Game One: Cleddau Crusaders (137 for 3) beat Neyland C (93 for 4)
The Crusaders batted well against Neyland C, with their final total enhanced by a huge to total of 35 extras as the opposing side took time to find their line and length.
Noah Davies (15) and Phil Llewellyn (16) gave the Crusaders a steady start before Jacob Lay batted really to score 26 before retiring, with other support coming from Aled Phelps (22) and Iwan Griffiths (19 not out).
Jason Oatley gave Neyland C a good start with 25 before having to retire, whilst Callum Power (2) and Nathan Sutton (12) also looked confident but departed as they risked quick runs to increase the tempo and fell to some sharp Crusaders’ fielding.
Jamie Smith also chipped in with an unbeaten 19 but Neyland C ran out of overs, still 45 runs short of victory.
SCORECARD:
Cleddau Crusaders Batting:
Noah Davies b Nathan Sutton 15
Phil Llewellyn run out 16
Jacob Lay retired 26
Aled Phelps ct Ben Mathias-Milsom b Ian Milsom 22
Iwan Griffiths not out 19
Tom Carrington not out 4
Extras 35
Total (3 wickets) 137
Neyland C Bowling:
Jamie Smith 0-26; Callum Power 0-23; Nathan Sutton 1-26; Ian Milsom 1-19; Jason Oatley 0-24
Neyland C Batting:
Jason Oatley retired 25
Ben Mathias-Milsom b Phil Llewellyn 8
Callum Power run out 20
Nathan Sutton run out 12
Jamie Smith not out 19
Ian Milsom ct & b Noah Davies 7
Extras 13
Total (4 wickets) 93
Cleddau Crusaders Bowling:
Noah Davies 1-13; Phil Llewellyn 1-16; Jacob Lay 0-15; Aled Phelps 0-26; Iwan Griffiths 0-28
Game Two: Cleddau Crusaders (147 all out) beat Pembrokeshire Association of Cricket Coaches (104 for 4)
Cleddau Crusaders beat PACC by 43 runs after again batting first and finding ‘Mr Extras’ as their top scorer with a massive 40 runs from wides and no balls.
Noah Davies (39) and Phil Llewellyn (41) looked in control during their two visits to the crease before Davies was bowled by Lewys Gibby and Llewellyn fell to one of the best return catches seen in a long time in the indoor game as Jordan Howell threw himself backwards to pouch the chance.
Of the other Crusaders’ batsmen only Aled Phelps (18) ever stayed long as Lewis Hough was the pick of the PACC bowling with a 2 for 16 spell.
When PACC batted, skipper Jordan Howell maintained his record of not having been dismissed as he top scored with 35 not out after returning to action late on after initially retiring with 25, whilst Jack Nicholas retired on 26 and Gibby ended up with 20 not out.
But they had fallen behind the clock against tight bowling from Llewellyn, Davies and Phelps so were unable to score at the necessary rate to deny the Crusaders a deserved second success of the session.
SCORECARD:
Cleddau Crusaders Batting:
Noah Davies b Lewys Gibby 39
Phil Llewellyn ct & b Jordan Howell 41
Jacob Lay run out 4
Aled Phelps ct & b Lewis Hough 18
Iwan Griffiths b Lewis Hough 0
Tom Carrington st Harry Nicholas b Jordan Howell 5
Extras 40
Total (all out) 147
PACC Bowling:
Lewys Gibby 1-18; Jordan Howell 2-20; Jamie Smith 0-28; Lewis Hough 2-16; Harry Nicholas 0-18
PACC Batting:
Jordan Howell not out 35
Jack Nicholas retired 26
Lewis Hough run out 12
Lewys Gibby not out 20
Harry Nicholas b Noah Davies 6
George Smith b Noah Davies 0
Extras 5
Total (4 wickets) 104
Cleddau Crusaders Bowling:
Noah Davies 2-15; Phil Llewellyn 0-14; Aled Phelps 0-17; Iwan Griffiths 0-29; Jacob Lay 0-29
Game Three: Neyland C (58 all out) lost to PACC (58 for 1)
PACC strolled to victory over Neyland C, who batted first but could only muster 58 runs whilst losing all their wickets, whilst PACC chased down such a modest total for the loss of Jack Nicholas for a duck.
Jason Oatley and Callum Power managed double figures for Neyland but again Hough (2 for 16), Ian McDonald (1 for 20) and George Smith (2 for 5) put a clamp on too many attacking shots, assisted by excellent PACC fielding.
Oatley did shift Jack Nicholas for a duck but then suffered a batting assault by Hough, who blitzed four sixes off his bowling: Jordan Howell (15) was again undefeated and Harry Nicholas chipped in with a few runs at the end to give PACC a rapid victory in only 4-4 overs.
SCORECARD:
Neyland C Batting:
Jason Oatley b Lewis Hough 10
Ben Mathias-Milsom b George Smith 7
Callum Power ct Harry Nicholas b Lewis Hough 16
Nathan Sutton st Jack Nicholas b Ian McDonald 2
Jamie Smith run out 9
Ian Milsom b George Smith 0
Extras 14
Total (all out) 58
PACC Bowling:
Harry Nicholas 0-13; Lewis Hough 2-16; Ian McDonald 1-20; George Smith 2-5; Jordan Howell 0-4
PACC Batting:
Jordan Howell not out 15
Jack Nicholas ct Callum Power b Jason Oatley 0
Lewis Hough retired 27
Harry Nicholas not out 9
Extras 8
Total (1 wicket) 59
Neyland C Bowling:
Jason Oatley 1-37; Jamie Smith 0-10; Callum Power 0-11
PHOTOS:
Jacob Lay - played well for Crusaders in game one
Phil Llewellyn - led Crusaders to success in game two
Jordan Howell - still undefeated for PACC after 6 innings and another good performance here