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Haverfordwest 2nds - who beat St Ishmaels
St Ishmaels - making their first indoor appearance of the season

Indoor Cricket Week Three:

 
Venue: The Meads Leisure Centre
Umpires: Neil Croucher & Huw Scriven
Scorer: Wendy Bradshaw
 
Haverfordwest Seconds beat St Ishmaels with just two balls in hand after Kieran O’Connor had hit Kevin Bowen for three runs to take the spoils.
 
The match was played in a smashing spirit and the teams enjoyed a second ‘friendly knockabout’ after Cresselly phoned up to say they were sadly unable to field a team, where Tish did far better in a high-scoring tussle which doesn’t count in the league set-up but at least they made sure the rest of the afternoon wasn’t wasted!
 

Tish take too much time to build an innings

 
Tish had regular outdoor openers Peter Bradshaw and Dan Howells starting their innings but Howells was well caught by young Town keeper Jack Scriven off the bowling of another teenager in Archie Thomas, who also held on to a rasping catch to help Kieran O’Connor shift Bradshaw for 12.
 
Andrew Palmer belted a four and a six in his 17 runs before Scriven again joined forces with Simon Williams – and a good return catch by O’Connor helped remove James Hall for five runs.
 
But Kevin Bowen played with a vigour that belied his age to retire on 2 (including two threes, two fours and a six). Andy Pawlett belted a quick 8 not out and with only seven extras bowled by Haverfordwest the final Tish tally of 77 for 4 was perhaps less than they might have hoped for.
 

Town B come back from a poor start

 
Haverfordwest suffered a very early set-back when Archie Thomas was run out without facing a ball but Kieran O’Brien batted well until he retired on 25, forming a useful alliance with Kern Cunningham, who struck 22 before he was bowled by James Hall, who added a second scalp when he had Jack Scriven caught by Andrew Pawlett.
 
As the pressure built up, Simon Williams was also shifted cheaply by Kevin Bowen but Tish conceded ten more extras than their opponents, so that O’Connor had to rejoin Warren Evans, who didn’t have to face a single ball, as O’Connor tickled three runs to edge The Town Seconds home!
 
St Ishmaels Batting:
Peter Bradshaw ct Archie Thomas b Kieran Cunningham 12
Danny Howells ct Jack Scriven b Archie Thomas 2
Andy Palmer ct Jack Scriven b Simon Williams 17
Kevin Bowen not out 26
James Hall ct & b Kieran O'Connor 5
Andy Pawlett not out 8
Extras 7
Total (4 wickets) 77
 
Haverfordwest Bowling:
Kieran O'Connor 2-0-17-1; Archie Thomas 2-0-14-1; Kern Cunningham 2-0-13-1; Warren Evans 2-0-16-0; Simon Williams 2-0-11-1
 
Haverfordwest Batting:
Kieran O'Connor not out 28
Archie Thomas run out 0
Kern Cunningham b James Hall 22
Jack Scriven ct Andrew Pawlett b James Hall 4
Simon Williams b Kevin Bowen 6
Warren Evans not out 0
Extras 18
Total (4 wickets) 78
 
St Ishmael's Bowling:
Kevin Bowen 2-0-7-1; Andy Palmer 2-0-6-0; Andy Pawlett 2-0-8-0; Dan Howells 2-0-26-0; James Hall 2-0-18-2