Indoor Cricket – Week One:

 
Game One:

 
Haverfordwest A got their indoor season off to a flying start as they easily accounted for a Neyland B team which had only five men but battled hard, nonetheless.
 
Haverfordwest opened their bowling attack with canny left arm spinners AJ Revu and Simon Holliday and Revu excelled in his indoor debut as he picked up the wicket of John Tennick for 19 (one six), caught by keeper Ben Field, whilst conceding only four runs from his two overs.
 
Nigel Delaney bowled a rare maiden over and there were tight overs from skipper Danny Potter and Nitin mathias, who claimed 2 for 15, including the scalp of top Neyland scorer Jason Oatley, who had support from Rod Murphy (15) before he was out from the final ball of the allotted ten overs, having struck two sixes in his 34 runs.
 
Revu smote a six from his first delivery but was out soon afterwards, well caught off the side by Murphy off John Tennick, but skipper Potter and keeper Field shared a half century stand before both had to retire, with Potter having four fours in his 25 and Field stroking three fours and five threes in his 28.
 
Simon Holliday finished the game with 11 runs from three balls he faced and The Town reached 85 for 1 with five overs still in hand.
 
Scorecard:
 
Neyland B Batting:
Phil Keen run out 1
John Tennick ct Ben Field b AJ Revu 19
Nathan Sutton run out 3
Jason Oatley st Ben Field b Nitin Mathias 34
Rod Murphy ct AJ Revu b Nitin Mathias 12
Extras 15
Total (all out) 84
 
Haverfordwest A Bowling: AJ Revu 2-0-4-1; Simon Holiday 2-0-24-0; Nigel Delaney 2-1-14-0; Danny Potter 2-0-20-0; Nitin Mathias 2-0-15-2
 
Haverfordwest A Batting:
AJ Revu ct Rod Murphy b John Tennick 7
Ben Field retired 28
Danny Potter retired 25
Simon Holliday not out 11
Nitin Mathias not out 0
Extras 14
Total (1 wicket) 85
 
Neyland B Bowling:
John Tennick 1-0-18-1; Rod Murphy 1-0-7-0; Phil Keen 1-0-19-0; Nathan Sutton 1-0-30-0; Jason Oatley 1-0-14.0
 
Game Two:
 
Haverfordwest A inflicted the first defeat on Neyland A in about six years as The Town were asked to bat first and scored 109 for 3 before limiting the current champions to 108 for 5 in an exciting finale where Nathan banner needed four runs to win off the final ball but could only muster a two.
Danny Potter was again the lynch pin of Haverfordwest’s innings before he retired with 26 to his name, abetted by Nitin Mathias (20), Ben Field (10) and Nigel Delaney (11), plus an astonishing total of 30 extras which boosted The Town’s tally.
Neyland made a better start but kept losing wickets at key times as batsmen were run out, leaving Nathan banner to take them close with his classy 37 not out.
Messrs Koomen (12), Hannon (11) and Durrant 20) all suffered this form of dismissal, as did Bowles and Pritchard to leave Banner facing that vital last ball where The Town sensibly placed all their fielders near the back wall and Banner couldn’t pierce the cordon, giving Haverfordwest the narrowest of wins.
 
Haverfordwest A Batting:
Simon Holliday ct Nick Koomen b Nathan Banner 6
Ben Field run out 10
Danny Potter retired 26
Nitin Mathias ct Kick Koomen b Nathan Banner 20
Nigel Delaney not out 11
AJ Revu not out 6
Extras 30
Total (3 wickets) 109
 
Neyland A Bowling:
Nick Koomen 2-0-27-0; Nathan Banner 2-0-11-0; Sean Hannon 2-0-10-0; Henry Durrant 2-0-26-0; Tom Pritchard 2-0-32-0
 
Neyland A Batting:
Nick Koomen run out 12
Sean Hannon run out 11
Nathan Banner not out 37
Henry Durrant run out 30
Aaron Bowles run out 2
Tom Pritchard run out 3
Extras 13
Total (5 wickets) 108
 
Haverfordwest A Bowling:
AJ Revu 2-0-17-0; Nigel Delaney 2-0-20-0; Simon Holliday 2-0-18-0; Nitin Mathias 2-0-30-0; Danny Potter 2-0-20-0
 
Game Three:
 
There was an air of anti-climax in the final game as Neyland A smashed their B team by a massive 101 runs.
Henry Durrant belted 55 not out and found support from Sean Hannon and  Nathan Banner before they retired on 25 apiece, and Koomen helped finish things off with a speedy 19 not out.
The Neyland B team were unable to cope with their senior side’s bowling and were shot out for 35 as only Jason Oatley could manage double figures.
 
Neyland A Batting:
Henry Durrant not out 55
Tom Pritchard ct John Tennick b Nathan Sutton 4
Aaron Bowles b Phil Keen 0
Sean Hannon retired 25
Nathan Banner retired 25
Nick Koomen not out 19
Extras 8
Total (2 wickets) 136
 
Neyland B Bowling:
Nathan Sutton 2-0-21-1; John Tennick 2-0-21-0; Phil Keen 2-0-40-1; Jason Oatley 2-0-22-0; Rod Murphy 2-0-27-0
 
Neyland B Batting:
John Tennick ct Nick Koomen b Tom Pritchard 6
Nathan Sutton b Nathan Banner 2
Jason Oatley lbw b Nick Koomen 13
Phil Keen b Tom Pritchard 4
Rod Murphy ct & b Henry Durrant 6
Extras 4
Total (all out) 35
 
Neyland A Bowling:
Tom Pritchard 2-0-18-2; Henry Durrant 1-0-5-1; Nick Koomen 1-0-2-1; Nathan Banner 1-0-1-1; Sean Hannon 1-0-8-0