Pontardawe 3rds v Ynystawe 3rds

After three rained off games Pontardawe 3rds finally got their season in the Alpha Fasteners West Wales Cricket Association under way on Saturday (May 19th) with an 88-run win at Ynystawe.

Batting first, Ponty were in trouble at 35-5 but plenty of runs from the later batsmen got them out of trouble and took them to a healthy 169-9 from their 45 overs.

Skipper Jonathan Howells led the way with 36, assisted by new recruit Richard Harry (27), Huw Williams (20) and teenager Adam Thornton (19no). Dan Beynon was the best of the Ynys attack with 4-36 from 12 overs.

In reply captain Jonathan Evans (31) held the Ynystawe innings together but no other batsman got into double figures as they fell to 79 all out in the 28th over. Richard Harry took 3-5 off seven overs, aided by Tony Chilcott (2-24) and 12-year-old Iwan Temblett, who took 2-30 in his first game of senior cricket. Also making their senior debuts were junior players Davey Bloomer, who took Ynystawe's final wicket with a caught and bowled, and Cellan Michael, who was unluckily run out on 0.