Thomas Carrol South Wales Cricket Association  Div. 1                   Alpha Fasteners West Wales Cricket                                                                                                                    Association Division 2
 Sat. June 2nd
                                                                                                                      
First XI                                              Second XI                                      Third XI
Maesteg Celtic (A)                           Maesteg Celtic (H)                       Swansea (H)

                                                            From:

Aamir Ikram (capt.)                         Steve Jenkins (capt.)
Abbas Ashraf                                    Richard Felton                                                 
Owain Binding                                  Jeff Hapgood
Umar Butt                                         Ryan Herbert                                       

Oli Furneaux (wicketkeeper)          Neil Jones
Sean Harris                                       Steve Jones
Bav Patel                                           Darryl Jeffries
Jason Rourke                                    Nik Joshi
Tamoor Sajjad                                   Adam Lewis                                
Sam Sherlock                                    Jamie Stearman-Phillips
Imran Zaheer                                     Arwel Rees
                                                            Adam Thornton
                                                            Lloyd Tubb

SWCA Div. 1  2nd XI  Gowerton v Pontardawe   Sat. May 26th 2012


On a warm, sunny day at Victoria Road, Gowerton called correctly and decided to bat in ideal conditions. A total of 283 for 3 was reached before captain David Roberts called a halt after 41 overs having scored an unbeaten 107 (17 x 4, 3 x 6. He was given admirable support from James Gardiner,64 not out (10 x 4,1 x 6) as an unbroken 4th wicket partnership of 170 was attained in an attacking fashion. Further notable contributions came from Graeme Hughes, 46 and Will Jenkins ,38 these two making an opening partnership of 101.
While Ponty's bowlers toiled in the sun, captain Steve Jenkins returned the creditable figures of 3 for 35 off 8 overs.
As Ponty set about their daunting task, an opening partnership  of 49 was compiled between Ryan Herbert and Bav Patel, the latter scoring 28 (6 x 4).
Arwel Rees making a rare but welcome return to the ranks then hit an attractive quick 50 in 46 minutes (9 x 4, 1 x 6)and whilst he was batting with Neil Jones, 25, the unlikely looked fleetingly possible. Jeff Hapgood with 23 (5 x 4)batted soundly until being the last man out as Pontardawe got maximum batting points totalling 203 in a display showing some character.
For Gowerton, Andrew Jones, 3 for 38, Oliver Moyes, 2 for 20 and Will Gambold, 2 for 21 bowled well as a victory by 80 runs was achieved.

Saturday May 26th
First XI v Gowerton (H)                       
                                                                

Aamir Ikram (Captain)                    
Abbas Ashraf
Akhtar Balouch
Owain Binding
Rhodri Davies
Oli Furneaux (wicketkeeper)
Sean Harris
Jason Rourke
Tamoor Sajjad
Sam Sherlock
Imran Zaheer

Second XI v Gowerton (A)


Steve Jenkins (Captain)
Declan Bale
Richard Felton
Jeff Hapgood
Ryan Herbert
Darryl Jeffries
Neil Jones
Steve Jones
Bav Patel
Jamie Stearman-Phillips
Lloyd Tubb

SWCA 2nd XI   Clydach v Pontardawe  Sat. 12th May 2012
On a fine day at Waverley Park, Jonathan Donne called correctly and decided to take first knock for Clydach. Clydach scored 151 all out in 38.3 overs.
Nicky Fisher top scored with 62 and Jonathan Donne scored 20. Clydach were 130 for 5 after 30 overs and a total of 200 looked likely, but 4 wickets fell with the score on 138 and an eventual total of 151 off 38.3 overs  had to be settled for at tea.
For Ponty  Jeff Hapgood with 3 for 18 off 12 overs, Steve Jones 3 for 23 and captain Steve Jenkins 2 for 44 were the most successful bowlers.
In reply, Ponty made sedate progress  and were only 31 for 2 after 20 overs.
However, a stand of 70 between Simon Davies and Steve Jones accelerated the scoring rate and Steve Jones departed for 41 (6 x 4, 1 x 6) whilst Simon went on to score a sound, chanceless 50 before being run out attempting to score the winning run. The target was reached in the 52nd over with 10 overs left in the bank. Pick of the Clydach attack was Adam Farthing who took 4 for 17 off 10 overs. An encouraging win for Ponty after last Saturday's pasting at Dafen. Good Comeback!

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.

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FIRST XI V TATA STEEL (AWAY) SAT. MAY 19

Aamir Ikram (captain)
Abbas Ashraf
Akhtar Balouch
Owain Binding
Rhodri Davies
Oli Furneaux (wicketkeeper)
Sean Harris
Nik Joshi
Jason Rourke
Tamoor Sajjad
Sam Sherlock

New Pictures !

New pictures of the 1st and 2nd teams in action are now on the Gallery pages of the website.

Update of web site

Photographs of the 1st team's game against Dafen are now on the Gallery page.

THIRD TEAM GAME OFF AGAIN

Pontardawe 3rds' home game against Swansea Civil Service at the Rec on Saturday, May 5th, 2012 has been cancelled because of this week's heavy rain. We'll be hoping it is third time lucky next Saturday (May 12th) when we are again at home, this time to Morriston. Meet at the Rec at 12.45pm as usual.