8:59am Wednesday 9th July 2008
Hall and Wood are Carew stars.
Carew (159 for 5) beat Saundersfoot (120 all out).
Excellent batting by Brian Hall and Simon Wood helped Carew build an unbeatable total against Saundersfoot.
Opening bat Hall and No. 4 Wood are very experienced players in the limited overs game and after Carew had lost Nick Scourfield and Wayne Cannon cheaply to the wily bowling of Dickie Parsell they shared a productive stand of 106 for the third wicket.
Veteran bowler Chris Parker intervened and had them both out for respective scores of 56 and 59, each striking four boundaries but with Wood adding a big six.
Parker finished up with three for 42 as son Yannick took a good catch to remove Phil Jones while Parsell was the top bowler for the Seasiders with two for 26 in his six overs.
Saundersfoot needed a good start to challenge Carew's target but lost Simon Stanford for just two runs, bowled by Tim Hicks, before Jason Llama (15) and Paul Mansbridge (12) settled things down a little but were both beaten for pace by Rhys Davies.
James Caine took the reins as he belted two sixes and three fours in his 44 but was trapped lbw by Darren Thomas.
The other Saundersfoot batsmen found it hard going against Thomas (3 for 24) and skipper Rob Scourfield (3 for 36).
Ian Poole was their only other batsman who could manage double figures and they were dismissed with 11 balls remaining to give Carew a semi-final tie against old rivals Lawrenny.
Umpires: Trefor Evans and John Williams.
Scorers: Gethin Evans and Hazel Poole.
Dropped catches cost Neyland dear.
Narberth (113 for 7) beat Neyland (112 for 6).
Marc Hughes launched Narberth into the semi-finals with a gritty win over Neyland.
It proved to be the top match of the quarter finals as Hughes scored a fine undefeated half century.
Neyland will reflect on five dropped catches which might have seen them win had they taken them. This included three chances from Hughes as he showed what a classy batsman he is by staying at the crease when wickets were falling around him, stroking three fours and a six to finish with 52 not out.
Neyland elected to bat first but found it hard going against some accurate bowling by Ben and Ian Hughes so that their score stood at only 64 runs after 16 overs and they had lost four wickets in the process.
Scott John (15) and Paul Murray (18) both belted a six each but fell to the accurate bowling of Richard Howell, with Greg Miller and Sean Hannon departing quickly so that skipper Andrew Miller had to stay there at all costs.
He ended up with 35 not out that included two fours and a six and Leigh Summons blasted two sixes in a late 15, but a final score of 113 for seven was less than Neyland might have hoped for at the outset.
Narberth were sent to a flying start as Tom Richards and Marc Hughes advanced their total to 50 in the ninth over but then Richards (26) was caught by Andrew Miller off Garry Lloyd's spin bowling.
It was at this stage that Narberth caught a dose of the jitters as Nick Kooman bowled Kyle Quartermaine and Greg Miller trapped Ritchie Adams lbw before having Davy Johns caught by Andrew Miller at mid wicket for a first ball duck.
Ian Hughes was run out without scoring by a sharp throw from keeper Sean Hannon and Greg Miller completed an excellent four for 22 spell by dismissing Aaron Keane and Ben Quartermaine.
But Marc Hughes was accumulating runs at the other end throughout this nervy Narberth time.
He was joined by cousin Ben Hughes at the finish to see a delighted Narberth into the last four against St Ishmaels, leaving Neyland to reflect on what might have been.
Umpires: Les Hastings and Dai Morris.
Scorers: Peter Hughes and Andrew Jones.
Bowl holders win with ease.
St Ishmaels (137 for 5) beat Hundleton (61 for 8).
Harrison Allen Bowl holders St Ishmaels made their expected entry into the last four as they beat a Hundleton side which never gave up trying but couldn't match Tish in the batting stakes.
All the Tish batsmen made useful contributions as Andrew Pawlett again opened and top scored with 35 (2 fours and two sixes), with Jonathan Pawlett (16), Peter Bradshaw (20), Stewart Kimpton (19) and Andrew Williams (15) taking the score into three figures, while Andrew Palmer's late 26 not out took them to a healthy 137 for five.
Nigel Arthur led the Hundleton bowling with a cameo which recalled his days at Cresselly when accuracy was his keynote, taking one for 26 in six overs. Ian Williams was more expensive with one for 52 from six overs while Richard Allen (1 for 35) and Riaan Strydom (2 for 23) bowled five overs apiece.
Tish were without front line bowlers James and Andrew Salter but soon got among the Hundleton batsmen. Stewart Kimpton grabbed three for 15 in six overs and Andrew Williams took one for 14 as main line batsmen Jonathan Williams, Strydom and Niall Smith all departed for ducks.
Only Scott Richards managed to stay long and was top scorer with 20 runs. He was neatly stumped by skipper Bradshaw off Andrew Pawlett, who grabbed three wickets for only two runs to round off a man of the match performance, with Paul Palmer also getting a wicket from a rare bowling stint.
Umpires: Arthur Brady and Alan Hansen.
Scorers: Wendy Bradshaw and Pay Williams (both St Ishmaels).
Lawrenny v Llechryd.
Lawrenny were given a walk-over because Llechryd were unable to field a team.
For the first time for as long as most pundits could remember, Lawrenny moved into the semi-finals on a walk-over because Llechryd were unable to field a team.
This was a great shame because Lawrenny would far rather have performed on the field to take their place against Carew.
Harrison-Allen Bowl semi-final draw.
Narberth v St Ishmaels at Haverfordwest (July 15th).
Carew v Lawrenny at Whitland (July 17th).
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