Pembroke County Cricket Club Under 13s Junior League Final

 

Kilgetty 133-6  beat  St Ishmaels  88 all out   

 
Sponsor - Colin John – Llewelyn Davies & Co Chartered Accountants.
Umpires - Allan Hansen &  Chris Stapleton.
Scorers - Becky Badham &  Wendy Bradshaw.
Coaches -  Jonny Lewis ( Holidays) Rachael McGuire & Ashley Britton / Trevor Badham &  Colin Williams.
Venue - Cresselly  CC.
 
This years' final was between the top two sides  of each group with both teams undefeated with Kilgetty beating Cresselly in the semi-final and St Ishmaels  beating Llechryd, writes Martin Jones.
 
Captain of  Kilgetty  Olly Badham   won the toss against his counterpart  Morgan Britton  of St  Ishmaels  and  chose to bat. The game was a superb advert for Pembrokeshire Under 13's cricket and certainly lived  up to its expectation with  an excellent  and a high standard of cricket in all three departments by both teams
 
 Morgan Britton  (1-9) removed the dangerous Taylor Lewis without scoring but then Ollie Cook 26 retired (3x4) and Olly Badham 19(2x4) built slowly with some excellent shots all around the ground with some very good timing of the ball. Charlie Welsh struck back for St Ishmaels 2-20 with Jenson Griffiths 1-10 and Caydyn McGuire 2-17. 
 
Morgan Broomhall 12 and a hard hitting 25 retired by Adam Kettle (5x4) certainly increased the tempo. All of the St Ishmaels bowlers uncharacteristically  struggled in the very strong wind and Mr Extras reached 38 with the Kilgetty innings finishing on 133-6.
 
You could imagine Trefor Badhams half time briefing keep the bowling tight lads and reduce those extras. St Ishmaels needed a good start and that's what they had with Charlie  Welsh 26  (5x4) retired   but the introduction of Olly Badham into the attack in the 8^th Over removed the Dangerous Caydyn  McGuire  13 with Olly finishing with figures of 3-12 and a run out.
 
 The rest of the St Ishmaels batters tried to keep up the tempo but with tight bowling by  Cody Glanville 1-11 Teddy Griffiths 3 -12 and Jack Cole 2-10 no one else could quite reach double figures. With Mr Extras 10 a telling factor the St Ishmaels innings finished on 88 all out with Kilgetty deserved winners on the night
 
 
It was great to see a  supportive crowd at the game who enjoyed an excellent evening of entertaining cricket.
 
In the presentation after the match Martin Jones ( Junior Organiser)  congratulated both sides on reaching the   the final. Both sides should be proud of their Junior sections. He thanked  Cresselly  for hosting the final  including  Richard Arthur and  Glyn Cole  the grounds staff. 
 
Afterwards the Club on  refreshments  for the players, which was well received.  Thanks to Steffan Jenkins for his organisation.
 
He thanked umpires Chris Stapleton and  Allan Hansen, scorers  Becky Badham and Wendy Bradshaw who all contributed to the evening’s entertainment.
 
Last and by no means least he thanked  sponsors Colin John of Llewelyn Davies & Co Chartered Accountants for his continued and valuable support of junior cricket in the county.  
 
With the Final rearranged on a number of occasions unfortunately Colin had a prior engagement but it was Great to see the County President Trefor  Evans present who presented the medals and trophies on behalf of Colin.
 
 The player of the match award sponsored by the Williams family in memory of the late John Williams, who had umpired this final for countless years  and whom was a distinguished umpire, highly respected by all in Pembrokeshire cricket and further afield was presented by Hilary Williams, widow with her sons Mark and Phil present.   
 
Umpire Chris Stapleton gave a special  mention to  Charlie Welsh for his performance but this year’s man of the match award quite rightly went to Olly Badham (Kilgetty)  for his all-round performance with the bat, ball and in the field.
 
 
 Kilgetty: Olly Badham(C), Jack Cole (WK), Ollie Cook, Dan Broomhall, Adam Kettle, Sam Broomhall, Taylor Lewis, Theo Scourfield, Dainton Jones, Evan Jones, Cody Glanville, Jenson Cornelius, Teddy Griffiths.
 
St Ishmaels: Morgan Britton (C), Caydyn McGuire (WK), Jenson Griffiths, Max Bevan , Oscar Bevan, Fletcher Turner, Taio Hein , Ethan Roberts, Rossi Ninnis, Charlie Welch, Harry Wilson, Dillion Lewis, Maddox Bradshaw.