Johnston (239 for 2) beat Lawrenny (233 for 7) by eight wickets

A HUGELY destructive unbroken partnership of 159 by Steve Mills and Lee Summons made sure that Johnston not only passed Lawrenny’s enormous total of 233 for 7 against Lawrenny but amazingly did it in only 31 of their 45 overs!

They joined forces after Dan Sutton had departed for eight runs and Mikey Jones contributed 17, both removed by Jamie Lewis (2 for 63) – but Mills had already served notice of intent and ended up on a mightily impressive 126 not out that included 19 fours and three sixes.

Summons was also in fine fettle as he belted nine fours and two sixes in his unbeaten 69 against a bemused Lawrenny attack.

Lawrenny’s early run gatherers were Andrew Cole (35) and Steve Campbell (37) before Steve Lewis hit a typically belligerent 73 (11 fours and a six) and another all-rounder in Ian Jenkins supported with 36.

For Johnston, the main wicket-takers were Lee Summons (3 for 27), Steve Mills (2 for 48) and Kevin Roberts (2 for 63), the first two then completing terrific all-round performances with the bat after tea.

Umpires: Denis Chiffi & Allan Hansen.

Scorers: Delyth Summons & Malcolm Thomas.

 

Bradshaw boosts Tish with bat and ball

St Ishmaels (110 for 3) beat Llangwm (109 all out) by 7 wickets

IN an impressive afternoon of cricket by Peter Bradshaw helped St Ishmaels to a comfortable win against visitors Llangwm.

Bradshaw is best known as a wicket-keeper/batsman of top quality but he showed he has another string to his cricketing bow as he handed over the gloves to Steve Hartley and bowled his canny slow stuff, claiming 5 for 27 to help reduce Llangwm to a less than satisfactory 109 all out in 39 overs.

Not content with that little lot, Bradshaw then carried his bat for 45 not out (five fours) in helping his side to 100 for 3 in 37 overs before jetting off for a week in the sun in Spain!

Will Beresford (31), Phil Llewellyn (an excellent 40) and James Venables (14) topped the batting for the visitors as Bradshaw was joined by Andrew Pawlett (4 for 23) and Andrew Williams (1 for 16) as the Tish wicket-takers.

Brennan Devonald (33, including four fours and a six), plus Steve Hartley (13) gave Bradshaw support before Williams (10 not out) helped their side home to victory, despite the Llangwm bowling of Toby Asson (1 for 19), Phil Llewellyn (1 for 29) and Matthew Kiff (1 for 17) as the visitors stay firmly stuck in the bottom two!

Umpires: Robert Ridge & Tony Waldeis.

Scorers: Wendy Bradshaw.

Neyland hold on for a tame draw

Cresselly (240 for 7) drew with Neyland (123 for 8)

THE eagerly-anticipated clash between championship aspirants Cresselly and Neyland petered out into a tame draw as Cresselly batted first to reach a healthy 240 for 7 and the current champions lost early wickets and their way so that they were forced to hold on at the end.

But a feature of the match was the fact that Cresselly’s in-form opening bat Adam Chandler

followed his undefeated century in the Harrison-Allen Bowl less than 24 hours earlier with 107 not out that contained none boundaries and four sixes as he shared in a big second-wicket stand with Phil Williams (seven boundaries in his 51). Nick Davies and Simon Cole chipped in with 14 apiece before Harry Thomas helped Cresselly to fly to such a large total with 21 not out.

Patrick Hannon (1 for 29), Andrew Miller (1 for 41) and Gary Lloyd (2 for 36) were joined by Nick Koomen (2 for 95) as the Neyland wicket-takers.

Neyland skipper Gregg Miller top scored with 38, brother Andrew chipped in with 17 and there was 12 apiece for Nick Koomen and Patrick Bellerby but wickets fell at key times to canny slow bowlers Ryan Lewis (6 for 22) and Mike Shaw (2 for 36).

Umpires: Trefor Evans & Huw Davies.

Scorers: Tegan Cartwright & John Laugharne.

Carew denied by late Whitland resistance

Whitland (138 for 8) drew with Carew (203 for 8)

CAREW batted well at home against Whitland but failed to gain revenge for losing in midweek to the same side in the Harrison-Allen Bowl, although they did claim the bulk of the points as consolation because Whitland failed to chase a challenging target.

Carew made a good start via Ian Sefton (46), Brian Hall (26) and Nick Scourfield (43) before young skipper Rhys Davies stroked six fours and two sixes as his 52 helped take his side past the 200 mark against Wayne Howells (back from holiday with 1-43), Greg Sleep (3 for 26), Leighton O’Connor 1-55) and top wicket-taker Jonathan Thomas (3 for 49).

Kevin Pearce scored 18 and Matthew Davies (29) when Whitland batted but they lost other high order batsmen cheaply to Rhys Davies (2 for 42), Tom Davies (2 for 35), Shaun Whitfield (2 for 24) and particularly Neil Gregory, who started off with seven successive maiden and finished up with another as he claimed 2 for 14 in 12 miserly overs but Leighton O’Connor (53) and Scott Newton (14 not out) made sure that Whitland didn’t get bowled out.

Umpires: Rob Bellerby & Dave Brandon.

Scorers: Janice Webb & Julie Davies.

League leaders slam basement battlers

Haverfordwest (92 for 0) beat Llanrhian (89 all out) by 10 wickets

THE form book was very much in evidence at The Racecourse as league leaders Haverfordwest shot out bottom club Llanrhian for only 89 runs and then took only 16 overs to reach their target without losing a single wicket.

Once again Adam James was the main strike bowler for Haverfordwest with a 4 for 35 haul alongside pace partner Josh Wilment (2 for 25) before ‘spin twins’ Clive Tucker (2 for 16) and Simon Holliday (2 for 12) did the rest of the damage as only Paul Lewis (16), Jack Jones (run out for 13 by a direct hit from keeper Huw Scriven), Dominic Wright (22) and Richard Reed (20 not out) managed double figures.

Ben Field was clearly a man in a hurry as the stylish opener struck nine fours in his 50, made out of a total of 56 in only eight overs, and went on to score 65 not out alongside co-opener Simon Holliday (24 not out) as The Town finished early on 90 without loss.

Umpires: Les Hastings & Arthur Brady.

Scorers: Jayne Cole & Daf Williams/Jason Cole.