Carew confirmed as County Cricket League kings

Pembroke County Cricket League review

CAREW were confirmed as champions of the Pembroke County Cricket League yesterday as the rain took its toll on games throughout the six-division competition.

The top-of-the-table showdown between Carew and  Neyland was rained off and with both teams taking five points it means that the long-time leaders hold an unassailable advantage going into next weekend’s final round of fixtures.

And looking at the table it’s abundantly clear that Carew are by some way the best team in the league having only tasted defeat once this term and won five more matches than their closest rivals.

The wet weather played havoc with a number of games at the weekend though two survived in the top flight as Cresselly beat Lawrenny by 94 runs and St Ishmaels saw off Haverfordwest by eight wickets.

Danny Potter (64) was the only Haverfordwest batsman to trouble the St Ishmaels attack as Andrew Pawlett took 5-39 to limit the side batting first to 112-8.

There were few problems in the St Ishmaels reply with Peter Bradshaw hitting 44 and Karl Rhead finishing with an unbeaten 45 in what was a comfortable victory for the hosts.

Simon Cole (64), Ryan Lewis (43) and Andrew Harries (47) were in the runs for Cresselly as they amassed a total of 203 at home to Lawrenny. Will Morris (5-22) was the standout bowler for the visitors.

The best any Lawrenny batsman could do was 25 and they were bowled out for 109 thanks in part to Sam Harts’s 4-47. Just 12 points separate four teams at the bottom of the table so any one of a number of permutations is possible when the sides bring the season to a close on Saturday.

Llanrhian are the champions of division two following a routine seven-wicket triumph at home to Pembroke. Batting first, Pembroke made 107, leaving Llanrhian a relatively straight-forward run chase and Jack Jones saw then home with an undefeated 46.