12:10pm Friday 30th July 2010
ALAN Jones blasted a big century to lead Garnons to a comfortable 142-run win over visiting Crickhowell and close the gap on Builth Wells at the top of Division 1 of the GB Liners Marches League.
Garnons were struggling at 25-2, but then a 147-run partnership between Jon Andrews (80) and Jones turned the course of the game.
Jones was eventually out for a swashbuckling 153 (18 fours and seven sixes) and Garnons went on to make 344-8. Scott Harris took three wickets when Crickhowell batted but half-centuries from Mungo Ryan and Matt Biggs ensured the Welshmen finished on 202-7.
Builth Wells went down by 55 runs at Goodrich. Roger Lord (45), Sam Griffiths (31), Andrew Brown (54) and an unbeaten 43 from Nigel Maddocks helped Goodrich to 207-6 before tea. Winston Williams (79) fought a lone battle as Builth struggled to 152-9 in their 45 overs.
Andrew Evans took four wickets and Mark Bradford bowled a miserly spell of 3-18 off 12 overs for the winners, who consolidate third place.
When Bartestree & Lugwardine reached 38 without loss at home to Kington after six overs, they must have expected to post a big total.
Opposing skipper Duncan Morgan whipped himself and Simon Turner out of the attack and the decision worked like a charm - the game was over inside a further 40 overs.
Wayne Morgan (6-24) and Ben George (4-37) had Bartestree back in the shed for 99, 20 overs later. The same pair then teamed up with the bat to score 40 not out and 36 respectively, to set Kington on the way to an eight-wicket win in 17.3 overs.
Bosbury eased themselves to a two-wicket win against travelling Luctonians after restricting the Mortimer Park men to 216-8.
Luctonians made a steady start after losing the toss, but a mid-innings collapse saw them slump from 85-2 to 130-7 before Ben Apperley (76 no) repaired the damage.
Darren Cooke (65) led the Bosbury run-chase and steady batting down the order saw them home.
Weobley all-rounder Paul Williams took five wickets to help bowl Woolhope out for 169 at Berryfield.
He had little rest - the first two Weobley batsmen made ducks - but came in at number four to score a century and lead his side to a four-wicket win.
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