{"id":9081,"date":"2016-08-28T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T10:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/?p=9081"},"modified":"2016-08-29T21:31:05","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T21:31:05","slug":"a-xi-are-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/?p=9081","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A&#8217; XI ARE UP!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a final Saturday of the season!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Protheroe led his &#8216;A&#8217; XI to promotion by thrashing Neath at Murton, thereby clinching second spot in Division 7 in only their<\/strong> <strong>first season in the SWCA!<\/strong> Batting first, Neath were bowled out for just 54 in the 27th over&#8230;Alex&#8217;s Lads strolled to victory in the 11th over to win by 9 wickets!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>REALLY WELL DONE, FELLAS!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/A-XI-Promotion-2016.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9110\" alt=\"'A' XI Promotion 2016\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/A-XI-Promotion-2016-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/A-XI-Promotion-2016-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/A-XI-Promotion-2016-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mumblescricket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/A-XI-Promotion-2016.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Captain Protheroe and his Men at Murton!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At Marespool, Stuart Seaton&#8217;s 2nd XI finished runners-up in their Premier League Division behind Port Talbot who deservedly took the title. Seats&#8217; Boys had a winning draw against Ammanford &#8211; MCC 307-8 (Nick Blyth 7no), Ammanford 263-9 at the close. A great season for Seats himself, and for his squad. It hasn&#8217;t been easy, what with for example some &#8220;erratic&#8221; availability around the patch etc, but there have been many fine performances from the promising young and the\u00a0not-so-young alike!<\/p>\n<p>Aneurin Norman&#8217;s 1st XI travelled to Ammanford without some regular guys, including influential all-rounders Rhodri Evans, on paternity leave following Savannah Evs&#8217; safe\u00a0arrival ten days ago (many congrats to Evs &amp; Amanda!), Dan Lewis-Williams &amp; Gavin Williams, injured\/ill respectively. This was a chance then to blood some younger lads, including Harri Turner &amp; Adam Frangakis-Williams. The team were beaten but it was a great game &amp; performance! MCC rallied to post 233-7 which Ammanford passed on the penultimate ball of the game&#8230;7 wickets down! Despite that, Noddy&#8217;s Men finished in a creditable mid-table position, a distinct improvement on last year!<\/p>\n<p>For all these scorecards, end of season stats etc, please go to www,.mumbles.play-cricket.com.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>All that&#8217;s left (!), is The Welsh Cup Final v Penarth at Neath\u00a0tomorrow <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(Bank Holiday Monday, 1pm start).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>GOOD LUCK ONE &amp; ALL!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a final Saturday of the season! 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