Youth Cricket Shield


YOUTH
CRICKET SHIELD
2008 REPORTS & RESULTS
Finals Day Report
Despite a wet start and poor light and showers through
most of the day, the Finals Day was successfully completed at Ebbw Vale on
Sunday 31st August. This was mainly thanks to the unceasing efforts of
Ebbw Vale members led by Lindsey and Nick Pepper who worked tirelessly
throughout the day. The conditions were not ideal for batting but the
highlight of the day was the high standard of fielding. Of the 41 wickets
to fall during the day, no less than 16 were due to catches and 9 to run-outs!
The last match even ended in a tie, in controversial circumstances, and was
settled for the first-time in ten years by a bowl-out. To add to this,
there was another first with one player winning man of the match in two Finals!
Under 11 Division - Batting first, Newport got off to a steady
start with 24 runs scored off the first four overs aided by some wayward
Llanarth bowling as they struggled to come to terms with the damp conditions.
Leg spinner George Lewis then came on and immediately took two wickets before
Amir Mian and Luke Harris steadied the ship. However, Richard Roberts'
four overs cost just eight runs and George's seven, which meant that Newport had
to up the run-rate. In the race for runs, there were three run-outs,
including Amir for 17, but Luke carried his bat for 21 as Newport finished on 89
for 5 in their 20 overs. After an opening partnership of 28 between Gareth
Ansell (7) and Jamie Norman (19), Richard Roberts joined Jamie in a 51-run
second-wicket stand. He hit three fours and one six in his innings of 26
and Matt Doyle scored 10 in three shots to ensure a fairly comfortable victory
by 7 wickets with five overs remaining. Darnell Taylor-Wood took two
wickets and Matthew Jones one. For his all-round performance with bat and ball,
Richard Roberts was chosen as Player of the Match.
Under 13 Division - Put into bat, Ponthir made a
cautious start against Ebbw Vale losing two wickets for 13 runs. Angus
O'Brien and Haydn Smith then put on 51 for the third wicket to finish on 89 for
3 with Jamie Lewis and Will Birch taking one wicket apiece. Angus made a
fine 42 and Haydn finished on 23 not out. In reply, Ebbw Vale lost wickets
at regular intervals with only Robson Blake reaching double figures. Aled
Burkitt was the pick of the bowlers with 3 for 10, with Haydn Smith taking two
and Jarrod Bluck, Angus O'Brien, and Tom Sparshott one each. Angus O'Brien
was chosen as Player of the Match for his match-winning innings and all-round
work in the field.
Under 15 Division - Ponthir lost wickets steadily to
some very good bowling and fielding by Chepstow. Only Angus O'Brien, who
had just played in the U13 Final, got into double figures scoring 20, as they
were bowled out for 66. Aaron Jones took 3 for 13, Mitchell Harris 2 for 9
and Luke Watson, Ben Jones and Jack Harvey took a wicket apiece. After
some early alarms, Chepstow were seemingly on course for victory led by opener
Ben Jones when Angus O'Brien took a remarkable four wickets in one over
including Ben's. This led to Chepstow needing two runs to tie the scores,
off the last ball, and win the game as they had lost one less wicket than
Ponthir. In an extraordinary turn of events, they succeeded in getting the
runs but also losing a wicket (see below). This meant that both teams
were all out for 66 and a bowl-out took place between all the players except the
wicket-keepers which Chepstow won to take the title. Ben Jones scored 31
and Sam Fisher 14 while Angus O'Brien took 4 for 4, Gareth Burkitt 2 for 14,
Jarrod Bluck 2-15 and Jack Norman 1 for 4. After his heroics with the bat and
ball, Angus O'Brien was awarded the Player of the Match title for the second
successive game.
(The last ball in the U15 Final deserves a detailed
description as it certainly caused controversy at the time. Needing two to
win, assuming they didn't get out, the Chepstow batters only scrambled one run before the ball
was returned and the fielders started to celebrate the 'win'. Realising the ball
was not dead, as the umpire had not called over or time, the batters ran to level
the scores and take them to 'victory'. However, the one batter then ran
down the pitch to celebrate with his partner when a Ponthir player, realising
the ball was still not dead, had the presence of mind to run him out. All
this happened in a matter of seconds. No blame should be attached to the
players as everything was done in the heat of the moment at a very tense time.
Similar situations have arisen at international level, notably to South Africa
in the World Cup. Also, a test player was given run-out having left his
ground to congratulate a colleague who had scored a century before the ball was
considered 'dead'. As parents and coaches, however, it brings it home to us the
importance of an in-depth knowledge of the Laws, in this case Law 23,
sub-sections 1 (a) (x) and 1 (b)! The
Laws of Cricket can be purchased from the Lord's website for just £3 and I'm
sure clubs could get a discount for a quantity.)
U11 DIVISION |
PRELIM ROUND |
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FIRST ROUND |
QUARTER-FINALS |
SEMI-FINALS |
FINAL |
To be Played by
11th May |
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To be Played by
25th May |
To be played by 15th
June |
To be played by
6th July |
31st August Ebbw Vale |
ABERGAVENNY |
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CRUMLIN |
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CRUMLIN
Walk-over |
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MALPAS
45-10 |
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MALPAS
Walk-over |
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LLANARTH
74-2 |
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NEWBRIDGE
36-10 |
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LLANARTH
200-2 |
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LLANARTH
38-1 |
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ROGERSTONE Walk-over |
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LLANARTH
90-3 |
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ROGERSTONE |
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MONKSWOOD |
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PANTEG
37-10
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CROESYCEILIOG
71-4 |
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CROESYCEILIOG |
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CROESYCEILIOG
86-10 |
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LLANARTH |
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EBBW VALE
1-6 |
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(Champions) |
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CHEPSTOW
115-4 |
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CHEPSTOW
129-6 |
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CHEPSTOW
59-9 |
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N'PORT FUGITIVES
41-10 |
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LISVANE
93-8 |
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LISVANE
42-0 |
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SUDBROOK
Walk-over |
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NEWPORT
89-5 |
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SUDBROOK
56-10 |
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USK |
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PONTHIR
18-6 |
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NEWPORT
113-2 |
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NEWPORT
57-0 |
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NEWPORT
19-3 |
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First named - Away |
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First named - Home |
First named - Away |
First named - Home |
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U13 DIVISION |
PRELIM ROUND |
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FIRST ROUND |
QUARTER-FINALS |
SEMI-FINALS |
FINAL |
To be Played by
11th May |
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To be Played by
25th May |
To be played by 15th
June |
To be played
by
6th July |
31st August Ebbw Vale |
USK |
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LLANARTH
143 -2 |
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LLANARTH
Walk-over |
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LLANARTH
58-8 |
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PANTEG
66-7 |
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ABERTILLERY
81-6 |
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PONTHIR
57-6 |
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PANTEG
69-8 |
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BRYNMAWR
53-4 |
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PONTHIR
60-1 |
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PONTHIR
73-1 |
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LISVANE
101-5 |
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PONTHIR
89-3 |
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CROESYCEILIOG 115-9 |
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CROESYCEILIOG 146-4 |
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CHEPSTOW
48-1 |
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CHEPSTOW
56-8 |
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CHEPSTOW
116-2 |
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NEWBRIDGE
47-10 |
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PONTHIR |
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MONKSWOOD
100-1 |
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(Champions) |
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MONKSWOOD 108-5 |
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CRUMLIN
99-5 |
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BLACKWOOD 66-6 |
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ROGERSTONE
88-8 |
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BLACKWOOD 122-5 |
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BLACKWOOD
98-3 |
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NEWPORT
47-1 |
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EBBW VALE 55 all out |
SUDBROOK
129 - 6 |
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NEWPORT
87-9 |
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SUDBROOK 43-7 |
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ABERGAVENNY 89 - 6 |
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MACHEN
75-10 |
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EBBW VALE
68-3 |
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FUGITIVES 34-10 |
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EBBW VALE
98-4 |
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EBBW VALE
76-6 |
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EBBW VALE
35-0 |
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First named - Away |
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First named - Home |
First named - Away |
First named - Home |
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U15 DIVISION |
PRELIM ROUND |
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FIRST ROUND |
QUARTER-FINALS |
SEMI-FINALS |
FINAL |
To be Played by
11th May |
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To be Played by
25th May |
To be played by 15th
June |
To be played by
6th July |
31st August Ebbw Vale |
PENTWYN
81-5 |
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PENTWYN |
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NEWBRIDGE
57-7 |
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(Toss of Coin - see Rule 5) |
TREDEGAR |
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ABERGAVENNY
39-8 |
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TREDEGAR
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(Toss of Coin - see Rule 5) |
PONTHIR
103-6 |
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PANTEG
41-9 |
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PANTEG
40-2 |
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PONTHIR
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PONTHIR
42-6 |
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LISVANE
70-1 |
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PONTHIR 66 all out |
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LISVANE
110-5 |
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MALPAS
66-5 |
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BLACKWOOD
80-3 |
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LISVANE
86-5 |
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BLACKWOOD
108-8 |
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MONKSWOOD
79-5 |
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CHEPSTOW |
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CRUMLIN |
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(Champions) |
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CRUMLIN
90-2 |
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(After a bowl-out) |
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SUDBROOK |
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CRUMLIN
106-6 |
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LLANARTH
128 - 2 |
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LLANARTH
89-6 |
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CROESYCEILIOG
90 - 5 |
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NEWPORT
169-3 |
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CHEPSTOW 66 all out |
USK
67-10 |
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NEWPORT
86-9 |
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PONTNEWYNYDD 69-6 |
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PONTNEWYNYDD
121-4 |
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ROGERSTONE |
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CHEPSTOW
154-6 |
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EBBW VALE
120-4 |
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CHEPSTOW
87-2 |
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CHEPSTOW |
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CHEPSTOW
128-8 |
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First named - Away |
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First named - Home |
First named - Away |
First named - Home |
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Semi-Finals Report
Under 11 Division - Batting first, Croesyceiliog found
runs hard to come by and posted the fairly modest total of 71, despite only
losing 4 wickets, with Barney Townsend making 23. Llanarth passed this
score for the loss of 2 wickets thanks mainly to Gareth Ansell with 20 and Matt
Doyle who made 20 not out. Matthew Jones made a fine 56 out of Newport's
total of 113 for 2 against Chepstow who were then restricted to 59 for 9.
Under 13 Division - In a low-scoring game, Chepstow
totalled 55 for 6 against Ponthir, for whom Jarrod Bluck took 3 for 5.
Ponthir reached this total for the loss of 3 wickets. In a similar match,
where the standard of bowling and fielding was very high, Blackwood made 66 for
6 and opponents Ebbw Vale also won by 7 wickets. Corey Wallace made 23 not
out and Tom Williams 22 not out.
Under 15 Division - Chepstow posted a challenging 154
for 6 thanks to Phil Eaton (38), Dan Tindall (32) and Aaron Jones (30). J
Dunn made an unbeaten 47 but Crumlin found the total too much and finished on
106 for 6. Lisvane did well to restrict Ponthir to 103 for 6 with Gareth
Burkitt making an unbeaten 39 and Jack Norman 26. In reply, Alex Burkhard
with 37 not out and Taron Ikram with 21 batted well but the team came up 17 runs
short on 86 for 5.
Quarter-Finals Report
Under 11 Division - Llanarth scored a remarkable 200-2
in their quarter-final with Jamie Norman and Henry Breeze both scoring fifties
and Matt Doyle and George Lewis both making 28 not out, before all were
‘retired’. In reply, Malpas managed 45 with George Lewis taking 3 for 8. They
meet Croesyceiliog, who had a walk-over, in the semi-final. Chepstow posted 115
for 2 thanks to Tom Bevington (51) and Ollie Thornhill (35). Lisvane put up a
good fight but finished 22 runs short on 93 for 8. Chepstow go on to meet
Newport who had a ten-wicket win over Sudbrook with Amir Mian taking three
wickets and Matthew Jones (25no) and Sai Shesak Raju (25no) sharing the unbeaten
opening stand.
Under 13 Division - Ponthir restricted Llanarth to 58
for 8 with Angus O’Brien taking 4 for 6, including a hat-trick, and Haydn Smith
3 for 8. In reply, Aled Burkitt (36no) and Angus O’Brien put on 58 for the first
wicket to see Ponthir home by nine wickets. Croesyceiliog posted 115 for 9
thanks to Lewis Pheasant (32) and Callum Reid (29) with Ross Barnett taking 4-16
including a hat-trick. Tom Smith (54) led Chepstow to victory by eight wickets
and a semi-final with Ponthir. The other semi-final will be between Blackwood
and Ebbw Vale. Blackwood totalled 122 for 5 with Elliott Keep (39) top-scoring
and then managed to restrict Monkswood to 108 for 5 with M Jones making 45.
Newport reached 87 for the loss of 9 wickets with Corey Wallace and Matthew Nash
taking three wickets apiece. Ebbw Vale, led by Robson Blake (33no) passed this
score losing four wickets.
Under 15 Division - Lisvane passed Blackwood’s 108 for
5 for the loss of 5 wickets with Rob Williams making 40 and then taking a
hat-trick. They go on to play Ponthir in the first semi-final. Tom O’Neill
scored 32no and William Davies took 3 for 19 in Llanarth’s 89 for 6. Crumlin
comfortably reached this total losing just two wickets with Simon Veall
finishing on 50 not out. They go on to play Chepstow who reached Newport’s 86
for 9, also for the loss of just two wickets, thanks mainly to Mitchell Harris
with 3 for 4 and Phillip Eaton on 47 not out.
First Round Report
Under 11 Division - Llanarth
had a comfortable nine-wicket win over Newbridge after bowling the opposition
out for 36 with Callum Philpott taking 5 wickets for 12 runs. They meet Malpas,
who had a walk-over, in the Quarter-Final. Meanwhile, Croesyceiliog’s 86 was too
much for Panteg who finished on 37. They go on to play Rogerstone, who also had
a walk-over. Chepstow totalled an impressive 129 for 6, with Ollie Thornhill
scoring 35 not out, and then restricted Ebbw Vale to 51 for 6 with Matthew Baker
taking 3 for 15. They will play Lisvane who had a comfortable ten-wicket win
over Newport Fugitives after reaching the target of 42 runs. In a very
low-scoring game, Newport overcame Ponthir, with Nathan Hariharan taking 4 for
3, and go on to play Sudbrook who defeated Usk.
Under 13 Division - Llanarth
were too strong for Abertillery with Peter Downing batting through the twenty
overs for 59 not out and, along with Hamish Matthews (23) and Jake Groves (26),
reaching a total of 143 for 2. This was too much for a relatively inexperienced
Abertillery side but Joshua Edwards made an impressive 42 not out in his team’s
total of 143 for 2. They now meet Ponthir who beat Panteg by nine wickets. Set
to score 70 to win, Jarrod Bluck (32 not out) and Angus O’Brien (31 not out) saw
them to victory. Croesyceiliog set an imposing 146 for 4 thanks to Alex
Kemp-Taylor (40) and Josh Harris (32) against Lisvane, who made a fight of it
lead by T Ikram (49 not out), but eventually finished well short on 101 for 5.
Their Quarter-Final opponents will be Chepstow who bowled out Newbridge for 47
and passed this total for the loss of one wicket with Joe Bird making an
unbeaten 25. Crumlin who totalled 99 for 5, with Ieuan Veall scoring 46, lost to
Monkswood by nine wickets thanks to Mike Jones with 50 not out and Rhys
Hancock’s 36. The winners now meet Blackwood who restricted Rogerstone to 88 for
8 thanks to the bowling of Ryan Hughes with 4 for 12 and Elliott Keep with 3 for
16. Elliott Keep then led the Blackwood reply with 47 not out as they won by 7
wickets. Ebbw Vale had a closer win over Machen. After bowling them out for 75,
with Robson Blake taking 4 for 16, they lost six wickets in reaching the target,
with Ben Clifford taking 3 for 20. This means the final Quarter-Final is between
Ebbw Vale and Newport , who restricted Sudbrook to 43 for 7 and lost just one
wicket in reply.
Under 15 Division - Panteg
lost to Ponthir in a low-scoring match which saw the winners passing their
opponent’s total of 41 for 9 after losing 6 wickets. They now play Tredegar in
the next round. Malpas scored 66 for 5 but Lisvane won by nine wickets thanks to
Rob Williams, with 25 not out, and Joe Williams, with 21 not out. They meet
Blackwood, for whom Brynmor Proudlove-Wilkes, with 35 not out, led the way to
reaching Monkswood’s 79 for 5, for the loss of three wickets. In the other half
of the draw, Llanarth’s 128 for 2, with Mungo Matthews making a fine 77 not out,
was too much for Croesyceiliog, who finished on 90 for 5 with Will Glenn taking
4 wickets for 4 runs. Their next opponents are Crumlin, who totalled 91 for 4
against Sudbrook with Simon Veall making 32 not out. In reply, Sudbrook finished
just four runs short on 87 for 6 with Ieuan Veall taking 3 for 12. The
performance of the Round was surely Rhydian Knox’s excellent 106 not out in
Newport’s total of 169-3 to set up a 100-run victory over Pontnewynydd. Newport
now meet Chepstow in the fourth quarter-final.
Preliminary Round Report
Under 11 Division - Crumlin had a walk-over
Abergavenny.
Under 13 Division - Luke Loder (30) and Sam
Dawkins took part in a 43-run partnership but Panteg were limited to a total of
66 for 7 in their twenty overs thanks to Richard Miles who took 4 for 5 for
Brynmawr. In reply, however, they came up 13 runs short on 53 for 4. Sudbrook’s
129 for 6, with James Matthews scoring 63, was too much for Abergavenny who
finished on 89 for 6 while Ebbw Vale had a comfortable nine-wicket win over
Newport Fugitives who managed just 34 all out.
Under 15 Division - Pentwyn’s 81 for 5 was too much for Newbridge who
finished on 57 for 7 thanks to Ashley Paine’s 4 for 15. Meanwhile, Bryan Gumm of
Panteg took 4 for 4 in Abergavenny’s innings of 39 for 8. Panteg passed this
total for the loss of two wickets. Alex Barry scored 65 in Pontnewynydd’s 121
for 4 and team-mate Tom Haynes Took 5 wickets for just 8 runs as Usk were bowled
out for 67. The match of the round was at Ebbw Vale where Chepstow scored 128
for 8 with Rhys Cresswell top-scoring on 44 and Nathan Lapping taking 3 for 22.
In reply, Ebbw Vale fell just 8 runs short for the loss of 4 wickets with Lewis
Britton finishing on 47 not out and Jakob Whitby making 32.
  
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