Town A stroll to two easy victories

 

 
 
Participating Teams: Haverfordwest A, Lawrenny & Neyland C
Venue: Tenby Leisure Centre:
Umpires: Neil Croucher & Pater Davies
Scorer: Jake Booth (Neyland)
 
Haverfordwest A strolled to two easy wins over inexperienced squads from Lawrenny and Neyland C, who played really well to record their first victory of the campaign in an absorbing clash with Lawrenny.
 

 
Haverfordwest A easily accounted for a much-changed Lawrenny side  as they shot them out for only 38 runs in 8.2 overs and then took just three overs to reach their target in double-quick time without losing a wicket.

The Town were also minus wicketkeeper Huw Scriven but Ben Field took over the gloves and they were able to call on the vast experience of Clive Tucker, who claimed 2 for 6 in his two overs of off-spin.
Nigel Delaney picked up 2 for 9 in his eight deliveries, Simon Holliday grabbed 1 for 9, Kieran O’Connor conceded only five runs from two overs and skipper Danny Potter was also economical.

Then Delaney and O’Connor ran well between the wickets to register undefeated knocks of 16 and 21 respectively so that they took just 18 balls to reach their target to show why they are the current Pembrokeshire indoor champs!
 
Scorecard:
 
Lawrenny Batting:
James Buckle ct & b Nigel Delaney 8
Lance Osborne b Simon Holliday 4
Matthew Kidney run out 2
Joe Kidney ct & b Clive Tucker 1
Hugh Griffiths b Nigel Delaney 14
Chris Osborne b Clive Tucker 0
Extras 9
Total (all out) 38
 
Haverfordwest A Bowling:
Simon Holliday 1-6; Nigel Delaney 1-9; Kieran O’Connor 0-5; Clive Tucker 2-6; Danny Potter 0-5
 
Haverfordwest A Batting:
Nigel Delaney not out 16
Kieran O’Connor not out 21
Extras 3
Total (0 wicket) 40
 
Lawrenny Bowling:
Matthew Kidney 0-13; Hugh Griffiths 0-17; James Buckle 0-10
 

 
Lawrenny produced much better batting performance against Neyland C as they recorded a decent final tally thanks to Joe Kidney (29) and James Buckle (27) alongside a top score of 30 from ‘Mr Extras’ as a result of some wayward Neyland bowling.

The bowling performance of the day still came from Neyland’s under 16 player Jamie Smith, however, as he picked up a splendid 3 for 13 haul alongside a good catch, with Sam Laugharne as the other wicket-taker.

Nathan Sutton (26) and Ben Milsom (22) gave Neyland a good start in response before Sutton had to retire and Milsom was stumped – but Jason Oatley used his experience to good effect with 30 before he was also forced to retire.

Skipper Ian Milsom was run out for 14 but Sam Laugharne saw Neyland through in the final over with an undefeated 11 runs.
 
Scorecard:
 
Lawrenny batting:
Phil Kidney b Jamie Smith 29
Lance Osborne b Jamie Smith 5
Matthew Kidney ct Jamie Smith b Sam Laugharne 0
James Buckle retired 27
Chris Osborne not out 7
Hugh Griffiths b Jamie Smith 10
Extras 30
Total (4 wickets) 108
 
Neyland C Bowling:
Sam Laugharne 1-31; Jamie Smith 3-13; Nathan Sutton 0-29; Ian Milsom 0-23; Jason Oatley 0-7
 
Neyland C Batting:
Nathan Sutton retired 26
Ben Milsom st Phil Kidney b Chris Osborne 22
Jason Oatley retired 30
Ian Milsom run out 14
Sam Laugharne not out 11
Jamie Smith not out 0
Extras 8
Total (2 wickets) 111
 
Lawrenny Bowling:
Matthew Kidney 0-8; Chris Osborne 1-26; Lance Osborne 0-21; Hugh Griffiths 0-25; James Buckle 0-24
 

It was very much one-way traffic again in the final match as Haverfordwest A amassed a huge total and Neyland C were quickly dismissed to give The Town a final winning margin of 135 runs.

Nigel Delaney top scored with 44 not out after earlier retiring on 25 but returning late in the innings after wickets had fallen, with opening partner Simon Holliday reaching 27 before he was unusually run out, whilst Ben Field contributed 31 runs.

Danny Potter (10) was stumped by Ben Milsom off his father Ian’s bowling and Kieran O’Connor again chipped in with 16 runs as Neyland also conceded 31 runs to swell The Town’s tally.

Haverfordwest’s ‘spin twins’ Simon Holliday (2 for 5) and Clive Tucker (1 for 2) caused mayhem when Neyland C batted and no-one could muster double figures as Potter, Delaney and O’Connor also gave nothing away, giving their team a 100% record after four games.

Sadly, Neyland youngster Sam Laugharne injured his hand whilst fielding and was unable to bat – and we wish him a speedy return to action.
 
Scorecard:
 
Haverfordwest A Batting:
Simon Holliday run out 27
Nigel Delaney not out 44
Danny Potter st Ben Milsom b Ian Milsom 10
Ben Field lbw b Jamie Smith 31
Kieran O’Connor ct Jamie Smith b Jason Oatley 16
Clive Tucker run out 4
Extras 31
Total (5 wickets) 163
 
Neyland C Bowling:
Jamie Smith 1-15; Sam Laugharne 0-21; Nathan Sutton 0-37; Ian Milsom 1-13; Jason Oatley 1-9
 
Neyland C Batting:
Nathan Sutton b Simon Holliday 2
Ben Milsom b Simon Holliday 0
Jamie Smith b Danny Potter 9
Ian Milsom b Clive Tucker 1
Jason Oatley b Kieran O’Connor 8
Sam Laugharne did not bat (hand injury)
Extras 8
Total (all out) 28
 
Haverfordwest A Bowling:
Kieran O’Connor 1-6; Simon Holliday 2-5; Nigel Delaney 0-6; Clive Tucker 1-2; Danny Potter 1-8