{"id":17653,"date":"2023-06-24T21:16:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T21:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/?p=17653"},"modified":"2023-06-25T13:59:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T13:59:03","slug":"a-xi-show-us-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/?p=17653","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A\u2019 XI SHOW US HOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eurig Morgan\u2019s \u2018A\u2019 XI pulled off an impressive win by 111 runs against Llandarcy at The Recreation Ground, Pontardawe this afternoon (24th).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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However, it was not all plain sailing on a \u201ctesting\u201d wicket! Batting first, our boys were 123-6 with just seven overs to bat. Then, 58 runs came at the end, resulting in a total of 181 all out at the break. Coming in at No. 6, Stuart Seaton was the architect of this recovery, scoring 72 invaluable runs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the second half, Llandarcy, also in the top three within our division, offered no real challenge to MCC\u2019s bowlers as they were rolled over for 70 inside 20 overs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Craig Barrington (4-7), Lewis Francis (3-20) & Eirig (1-20), plus two runouts, shared the spoils.<\/b><\/p>\n

At Marespool, our table leading 1st XI came second to second placed Usk, in a match sponsored by The Swansea Building Society.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our visitors chose to bat first on another warm afternoon. To move things on, and thanks to efforts of spinners Max Phillips (2-26) and Jack Straw (3-19), they were under pressure at the start of the 28th over..76-5.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, a significant recovery then took place, before the sixth wicket fell..180-6 in the final over. Greg Handley (2-28) claimed another late scalp as Usk finished on 188-7.<\/b><\/p>\n

There was a buzz around the ground at tea, with high expectations of our in-form team. Unfortunately, such optimism was misplaced as Usk\u2019s bowlers took control from the first over..MCC 8-1.<\/b><\/p>\n

This soon became 33-3, by which time the first of four lbw decisions had been given. Just such a shame that club cricketers cannot appeal to a third umpire on occasions!<\/b><\/p>\n

Max (30, 5 fours) & Greg Thomas (also 30, 3 fours) tried their best, putting on 54 before Max was adjudged lbw..93-4.<\/b><\/p>\n

The rest of our line-up could not rescue the situation sadly, as the side were eventually bowled out for 133, with 14 overs left to bat.<\/b><\/p>\n

At Dafen, our 2nd XI notched up a total of 225-5 from their 45 overs.<\/b><\/p>\n

Elliott Oates struck a splendid 100no, with Ben Jones (59) the other main guy today.<\/b><\/p>\n

In reply, Dafen did not display any negative effects of the sun as they recovered in some style from being reduced to 14-1. The board read 153 when the second wicket fell and 208 when the 3rd was taken. <\/b><\/p>\n

It was pretty well plain sailing after that as Dafen eased to their 5 wicket triumph in the penultimate over. Kaps (1-39), Rhys Davies (2-31), Elliott (1-34) and Jaimie Thomas (1-19) shared the wickets that fell.<\/b><\/p>\n

Next Saturday (1st), the 1st XI (still league leaders tonight) travel to Cowbridge, the 2nd XI take on Clydach at home while our \u2018A\u2019 XI welcome Llantwit to Murton.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eurig Morgan\u2019s \u2018A\u2019 XI pulled off an impressive win by 111 runs against Llandarcy at The Recreation Ground, Pontardawe this afternoon (24th). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17653"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17667,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17653\/revisions\/17667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}