Carew cruise as Hook stutter (From Western Telegraph)

Carew cruise as Hook stutter

9:43am Wednesday 1st July 2009

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Hook (124 all out) lost to Carew (127 for 2)

Carew showed why they have been at the top of Pembrokeshire cricket for so long as they effectively dampened the enthusiasm of a Hook outfit seeking a third league win on the toss, to ease home by eight wickets and with overs aplenty to spare.

Yet Hook started like trains as in-form openers Ben Field and Jamie Phelps sped to 63 without loss, before Rob Scourfield came on as the fourth Carew bowler and the skipper secured the first wicket when Phelps was adjudged lbw for 17, and removed another key Hook run-gatherer in Ross Martin for only four runs soon afterwards.

Field showed his rich vein of form as he stroked nine fours and two sixes in his top score of 62 before he was leg before to talented young leg-spinner Ceri Brace, who bowled well in his 3 for 38 spell. Of the other Hook batsmen, only Tom Blaxland and Matthew Holder reached double figures as Scourfield ended up with a deserved 6 for 22 haul and Simon Wood grabbed the wicket of Andrew Thomas to limit Hook to 124 all out in 40.3 overs.

Ian Sefton and Nick Scourfield were the other successful opening partnership as they gave Carew a good start in reply, before Sefton was adjudged lbw to Jamie Phelps for 21, including three fours and a six.

Brian Hall joined Nick Scourfield, who looked certain to reach 50 but fell leg before to Andrew Thomas, having struck seven boundaries in his 49 runs. It fell to Hall (five fours in his 30 not out) and Simon Wood (12 not out from three fours) to give Carew 29 points and second place in the table behind new leaders Cresselly.

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