Pontardawe 3rds v Penllergaer.

For the second week in a row Pontardawe III held out for a losing draw in division two of the Alpha Fasteners West Wales Cricket Association.

Penllergaer had a strong batting line-up and all of their batsmen contributed runs and proved difficult to get out. Opener Simon Richards top-scored with 44 and was only run out late in the innings thanks to a brilliant throw from the mid-wicket boundary by Carwyn Jenkins, who also took two superb catches in the same position (off the bowling of his dad Ian). Other batsmen made 32, 26, 23, 21 and 17 as the home side rattled up 200-7. Ian Jenkins was again the most successful Ponty bowler with 3-47 off 12 overs. Young Callum Rees, bowling for the first time for the 3rds, impressed with 5-0-15-1.

Pontardawe in reply lost a couple of early wickets but a long partnership by opener Huw Binding (22) and No. 4 John Harry (58no) stabilised the innings and meant Ponty were able to safely see out the match for a losing draw on 114-6. 

Ponty earned 6 points, Penllergaer 18pts. 

SWCA Div. 1 2nd XI Championship View Scorecard back Pontardawe v Gowerton July 28th 2012 Gowerton won the toss and elected to bat. Ciaran Chilcott and Steve Jenkins kept the batsmen quiet for the first 15 overs without a wicket and a breakthrough was not achieved until the 30th over with the introduction of Simon Davies into the attack and the score on 130. Gowerton went on to total 251 for 5 at tea with captain David Roberts top scoring with 89, Graeme Hughes 72 and Josh Matthews, having retired hurt earlier, returning to make an unbeaten 36. Simon Davies took all 5 wickets to fall for 64 runs off 15 overs. Ponty did not really help their cause with some half a dozen spilt catches. Pontardawe totalled 127 all out, Jeff Hapgood the pick of the batting with 36 not out. Again it was the late introduction of a bowler, Dave Clarke, which hastened Ponty's demise as he wrapped up the innings with 5 for 19 from just 5 overs. A convincing win, therefore, for Gowerton by 124 runs. Alan Williams - 29/07/2012 View Scorecard back

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Tata Steel v Pontardawe

Fine at last! Steve Jenkins called correctly and inserted Tata. The first 10 overs yielded only 19 runs as Jeff Hapgood and Steve Jenkins tied openers Paul Donovan and Morgan Jones down but the pair put on 114 runs before Jones was dismissed for 46. Donovan found another good partner in Rohan Herbert and the two shared another 100 partnership before the experienced Donovan was bowled by Bav. Patel for a well crafted 104. Herbert went on to complete a very attractive 56 from 47 balls including 9 fours and a six.
Captain Phil Taylor fired a rapid 32 (4 fours and 1 six as the Ponty bowlers toiled in the sun and a formidable total of 267 for 3 was reached at tea.
For Ponty Bav. Patel took 2 of the wiwickets to fall for 65 runs off 10 overs.
Pontardawe in reply were dissmised for 143 1n 40 overs. Bav. Patel top scored with 25, Nick Morgan 23 and Gareth Pritchard 21. Most successful for Tata were Adam Jardine and Taylor Rees who both returned figures of 3 for 24 from 7 overs. Skipper Phil Taylor bagged 2 for 15. So a convincing 124 run victory for Tata but all finally were able to enjoy a game of cricket in pleasant conditions.

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New pictures posted

New photos of the 1st and 3rd team in action on July 21st are now on the website. 

Look on the Gallery pages.

Sat. July 21st                           
First XI                                                         

Tata Steel (H)

Aamir Ikram(capt.)
Owain Binding
Umer Butt
Rhodri Davies
Oli Furneaux(wctk.)
Sean Harris
Darryl Jeffries
Nik Joshi
Jason Rourke
Sam Sherlock
Imran Zaheer

Second XI


Tata Steel (Away)

Steve Jenkins (capt.)
Ciaran Chilcott
Tom Dew
Richard Felton(wctk.)
Jeff Hapgood
Steve Jones
Nick Morgan
Bav.Patel
Jamie Stearman-Phillips
Huw Williams
A.N.Other

Third XI  


Ynystawe (Home)

Jonathan Howells(capt.)
Zak Beynon
Huw Binding
Davy Bloomer
Josh Collier
Gareth Davies
John Henry
Carwyn Jenkins
Ian Jenkins
Callum Michael
Callum Rees
Iwan Temblett
Adam Thornton
Adam Jago-Williams
S.O.Else
 
 

 SWCA First Div. 2nd XI
Sat. July 14th 2012
Pontardawe v Clydach

Skipper Steve Jenkins called correctly and inserted Clydach on a damp Rec. track with showers forecast.
A few early showers reduced the contest to one of 47 overs per side but with the score at 81 for 6 the players sought cover and a heavy spell of rain meant an early tea at 3.45 p.m. and a contest of 44 overs.
However, on inspecting the conditions after tea it was evident that no further play was possible and the match was abandoned.
For Clydach, Ieuan Davies top scored with 26, Jo Farthing, 15, and Paul Crocker 13 not out tried to get their team to a reasonable total but it was the unchaged attack of Steve Jenkins and Steve Jones which held sway with Steve Jenkins having figures of 15-4-28-3 and Steve Jones 15-1-46-3.
The only winner yet again in a summer which many experienced observers rate the worst ever thus far was the weather.
"O na fyddai'n haf o hyd!"

Under 16s game cancelled

The under 16s game at Clydach on Tuesday July 3rd has been cancelled because of the weather.

Pontardawe 3rds v Dafen        30th June

Pontardawe 3rds were well beaten by a very strong Dafen team at a wind-swept Crown Park in Llanelli on Saturday. Ponty bowled well enough but found it difficult to contain a powerful batting line-up, not helped by four dropped catches. Three home batsmen reached their 30s and one hit 51, despite Tony Chilcott's excellent 8-2-30-4 into the teeth of the gale (and uphill!). Richard Harry took 2-48 as Dafen made 220-8 in their 45 overs.

Such a big target was always going to be too much for Ponty and despite Davey Bloomer (17) giving us a good start, only Richard Harry (19), skipper Jonathan Howells (39no) and Ian Jenkins (11) got into double figures as Ponty were bowled out for 107 for a 113-run defeat. We gained four bowling points and three batting points.

On this evidence it will be very surprising if Dafen don't win division two this season.