
Squad List 2018
Sam Evans (Ponthir), Harry Friend (Chepstow), Joe
Harris (Monmouth), Ben
Hope-Bell (Newport), Will Jones (Abergavenny),
Ben Kellaway (Chepstow), Jake
Preston (Machen), Lewis Probert (Newport),
Oliver
Robson (Rogerstone), Meirion
Thomas (Newport Fugitives), Thomas Welford (Usk),
Joe Westwood (Newbridge)
Match Report Summary 2018
Denotes a gold star performance of scoring 100 or
more runs or taking five or more
wickets.
OPPONENTS
NAME & SCORE |
GWENT
SCORE |
RESULT |
COMMENTS |
Wiltshire 198 for 3 |
181 for 8 |
Wiltshire won by
17 runs |
Wiltshire won the toss and
decided to bat. Considering the pitch was a
batting paradise Gwent bowled and fielded
extremely well, with only Williams (96)
getting notable runs. Despite only taking 3
wickets it was creditable performance to keep the opposition to under
200 runs. Tom Welford picked up two of the wickets to fall Sam Chorley
the other.
However, the Gwent innings got
off to a bad start losing a wicket off the tenth ball
of the game. Harry Friend scored a
brilliant 118 but no-one else scored
was able to stay with him for any length of time and
the team fell agonisingly short when the overs ran out.
Best Performances:
Harry Friend
118 |
Dorset 230 all out |
233 for 4 |
Gwent
won by
6 wkts |
Gwent traveled to Radyr CC to Kilmington and Stourton
CC to play Dorset. It was a lovely day and the
wicket looked very good to bat on but Gwent
lost the toss and were made to field first.
They then proceeded to bowl and field
extremely well. With Sam Chorley, on debut,
taking 4 wickets and Tom Welford
3, Gwent bowled their opponents out
with 6 of their allotted 50 overs
remaining.
Gwent made very short work
of the total chasing it down in 33 overs.
Ben Kellaway led the way with a
brilliant not out, with good support from Joe
Harris with 42. Gwent finished on 234-4. A
well played and professional performance.
Best Performances: Ben Kellaway 87no,
Sam Chorley 4-32,
Joe Harris 42,Tom
Welford 3-17 |
North East Wales
154 for 3 |
151 for 8 |
North East Wales
won by
7 wkts |
Gwent Welcomed North East Wales to Abergavenny CC. The
game may not have gone ahead due to all the rain around in the previous
days. However, the match day
turned into a glorious oneand a special
mention must go to the ground staff
for making the game possible.
With the game reduced to 40 overs,
North East Wales won the toss and bowled on a damp track.
They bowled and fielded extremely well.
Joe Harris' fine
74 the only score of note.
Their total was never going
to be enough, especially with the pitch drying
out fast. While it proved to be much easier to bat in
the second innings, Gwent didn't bowl
well at all. They gave away 24 extras with
15 boundary balls compared to
six in their
innings. For North East Wales,
Lewis Cole (70) and Allan (34) broke the back of the innings as they put
on 115 for the first wicket and their team achieved
their target comfortably in the 33rd over.
Best Performance: Joe Harris
74 |
Gloucestershire
Development
122 all out |
138 all out |
Gwent
won by
16 runs |
Gloucester won the toss and chose to bowl on what was
a green but very flat batting surface. After
losing an early wicket, Joe Harris and Ben Hope-Bell
then took the Gwent score
on to 52 for1 off 11
overs. The scoring rate was going along nicely when
the second wicket was lost on 82. However, a middle-order
collapse then followed resulting in 7 wickets
falling for just 50 runs.
As disappointing as the low score was the 14 overs they had left.
Gwent took to the field knowing they had to bowl very
well. They took two early wickets and
were looking good,
until partnership of 56 put Gloucestershire
in the driving seat. However, their opponents
produced a collapse of their own with 70 for
2 in the 25th over turning
into 100 for 8
just eight overs later. Sam Chorley and Tom
Welford bowled an excellent spell,
taking three wickets each, and Gloucestershire were
bowled out in the 38th over. This was a fine
Gwent bowling and fielding display.
Best Performances: Sam Chorley
3 for 9,Tom Welford 3 for
16 |
Pembroke |
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Match cancelled by the opposition |
Cardiff & Vale 277 for 7 |
237 for 9 |
Cardiff & Vale won by
40 runs |
On an extremely hot day
both teams agreed on a reduction of
overs to 40 overs each.
Cardiff @ Vale won
the toss and, not surprisingly, batted first.
Gwent had Cardiff in a bit of trouble at 80 for 3
after 20 overs but they went on to score at the rate of ten runs an over
for the rest of the innings. Gwent
didn't help matters with several dropped catches
and misfields. Jake Preston and Tom Welford
took three wickets apiece.
Gwent had it all to do in their innings
especially after losing two early wickets.
However, at 93 for 3 in the 20th
over they were ahead of the their opponents at the
same stage. Gwent then also upped their run-rate with
another brilliant hundred
from Harry Friend ably supported by Joe Harris
with 42. However, once they departed the
remaining batsmen were unable to reach the target.
Best Performances:
Harry Friend
118,
Joe Harris 42,
Tom Welford 3-14, Jake Preston 3-29, |
Worcestershire Development
300 for 7 |
181 all out |
Worcestershire won by
119 runs |
Gwent took on a Worcester Development
side at Abergavenny CC on a beautiful day; the
wicket and outfield looked absolutely stunning. Worcester won
the toss and batted first
and compiled a huge score in their 50 overs. Max
Lee (84) and Mitchell Hove (54) hit the ball
to all parts. Gwent found it tough to bowl apart from
14 year-old leg spinner Dan Moseley who bowled
really well in taking 4 wickets.
Gwent never looked like chasing down the
Worcestershire total. With James
Browning (4-36) and Ollie Tulloch (2-30) bowling superb spells.
Gwent finished well short in 42 overs.
Matthew Hall (28) was
the only player who looked in any sort
of form, and he was playing up two ages
groups,.
Best Performances:
Dan Moseley 4 for 50, Matthew Hall 28 |
Pembroke |
|
|
Match cancelled due to the weather |
Cardiff & Vale 277 for 9 |
159 all out |
Cardiff & Vale won by
118 runs
|
Cardiff won the toss and elected to bat first at
Monmouth CC making excellent use of the wicket to total
a sizeable total in their 50 overs; Osian
Evans and Archie Clegg combining for a partnership of 185 as both
batters scored 84. For Gwent , Harry Friend
had a great day in the field taking 5 for 39
in his 10 overs and also claiming 2 run outs.
In reply, Gwent fell
to a low total with nearly 13 overs left.
Once again, Harry Friend led the way
with 54 and with Will Jones
(26) were the only batters to show any
real resistance to the Cardiff bowling. For
Cardiff I. Merry bowled an excellent spell to claim 6
for 13Best Performance:
Harry
Friend 5 for
39, 54 & 2 run-outs |
North East Wales |
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Match cancelled by Gwent due to the unavailability of
players. |
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