Pembrokeshire Ladies Indoor League – Round Four:

 

Llanrhian join Hook and Cresselly at the top

(Compiled by Sam Rossiter and written by Bill Carne)
 
Venue: Neyland Community Hub
 
Umpires: Billy Clarke, Robert Davies, Sam Rossiter
Scorers: Ginny Davies, Simon Cole, Christian Phillips


 

Match One: Llanrhian (81 for 2) beat Haverfordwest (41 for 5) by 40 runs

 

Llanrhian continued where they left off the previous week as they comfortably beat Haverfordwest as they benefitted from a strong start by opening pair Carrie Slack and skipper Katy Jenkins before Abby Ladd also chipped in with later runs to help her side to a steady score, despite accurate bowling by sisters Millie and Carys Pullin, who claimed a wicket apiece.

 
But The Town’s relatively inexperienced youngsters found it hard to maintain a high scoring rate as Llanrhian really fielded well and had good bowling figures for Katy, Amanda and Abb as Carrie Slack also bowled a miserly over.

 
As a result, only Nia Williams managed double figures as the extras column provided the bulk of their total, as Llanrhian fielded really well throughout.


Llanrhian Batting: Carrie Slack 25*, Amanda John 26* Gillian Robinson 12
Haverfordwest Bowling: Carys Pullin 1-10, Milly Pullin 1-21
Haverfordwest Batting: Nia Williams 13, Extras 22
Llanrhian Bowling:  Katy Jenkins 1-8, Amanda John 1-8, Abby Ladd 1-9, Carrie Slack 0-3




 

Match Two: Cresselly (86 for 2) beat Haverfordwest (30 all out) by 56 runs

 

Cresselly maintained their unbeaten start to the campaign with a convincing win over Haverfordwest as Lucy Johnson put her experience to good effect and sisters Sophia and Mari Cole also featured well, the latter making her indoor debut and scoring runs as starting her bowling with a maiden over as Lauren Arthur also bowled really well.
 
Lucy struck three sixes and a four as she sped to the retirement score, which gave time for Sophia and Mari to settle in with their excellent innings, aided and abetted by 20 extras as they only lost one wicket when the Pullin sisters, both bowled well for The Town, as there was also a run out.
 
Both Haverfordwest openers fell for ducks to Lauren Arthur, bowling as straight as ever as she only had one over, and again it was Nia Williams as the only batter who managed double figures as Phoenix Phillips and Lucy Johnson were the other wicket-takers, with Lucy from the only ball she bowled.
 
It was hard-going for Haverfordwest but The Town’s players who are just starting out can take consolation in defeat from their performances here because they clearly have talent and will get stronger as their season progresses.
 
Cresselly Batting: Lucy Johnson 26*, Mari Cole 12*, Sophia Cole 19, Extras 20
Haverfordwest Bowling: Millie Pullin 0-14, Carys Pullin 2-7
Haverfordwest Batting:  Nia Williams 17
Cresselly Bowling: Lauren Arthur 2-3, Phoenix Phillips 1-6, Mari Cole 0-1 (a maiden), Lucy Johnson 1-0 (one ball)


 

Match Three: Llanrhian (95 for 2) beat Pembroke (46 for 2) by 49 runs

 

Llanrhian joined Hook on four wins from as many matches as they again proved far too strong for a battling Pembroke team which is another club another improving steadily.
 
Carrie Slack, Katy Jenkins and Amanda John, once again Llanrhian’s ‘Big Guns’, all came and retired quickly – and with double figures from extras it was enough to take them to the highest score of the evening and almost three figures, with Bobby Neale as the only successful bowler with two wickets
 
Chloe Jones again topped the Pembroke bowling, assisted by Mari Wilson, but with all the Llanrhian bowlers maintaining their straight-line stuff Pembroke did well to lost only two wickets – but could never keep up with the required run rate.
 
Llanrhian Batting: Carrie Slack 26, Katy Jenkins 22, Amanda John 25*, Extras 11
Pembroke Bowling: Bobbie Neale 2-22
Pembroke Batting: Chloe Jones 20, Mari Wilson 10
Llanrhian Bowling: Katy Jenkins 0-13, Amanda John 0-14, Carrie Slack (one maiden)

 
 

Match Four:  Cresselly (68 for 1) beat Pembroke (43 for 4) by 25 runs

 

Cresselly became the third team to achieve four wins from four starts as they comfortably accounted for Pembroke, who again played well in the field but were unable to score quickly enough to chase down Cresselly’s reasonable, but not huge tally.
 
Chrissie Toy and Sophia Cole started well for Cresselly and Mari joined them again to round off a good family evening, with dad Simon scoring on the balcony.
 
Chloe Jones was again the main Pembroke bowler and she was followed by Karen Barnes as top scorer as Mari grabbed two wickets and was joined by Sophia and Phoenix as wicket-takers, with Lauren Arthur bowling as accurately as ever to concede only five runs in two miserly overs!
 
Cresselly Batting: Chrissie Toy 14, Sophia Cole 25*, Phoenix Phillips 15*, Lucy Johnson 11*
Pembroke Bowling: Chloe Jones 1-13
Pembroke Batting: Karen Barnes 16, Extras 10
Cresselly Bowling:  Sophia Cole 1-10, Mari Cole 2-8, Phoenix Phillips 1-8, Lauren Arthur 0-5.







 
Current League Table (After four rounds)              P          W        L         Pts
Llanrhian                                                                     4          4         0          58
Hook                                                                           4          4         0          58
Cresselly                                                                     4          4         0          56
Pembroke Dock                                                          4          2         2          31
Burton                                                                         4          1         3          20
Llangwm                                                                     2          1         1          17       
Pembroke                                                                   4          0         4           6
St Ishmaels                                                                 2          0         2           4
Haverfordwest                                                            4          0         4            4