Ben battles for Narberth
11:08am Friday 9th May 2008
Narberth (152 for 7) drew with Llangwm (125 for 9).
A good all-round performance by Ben Quartermaine helped Narberth gain the better of the draw against new boys Llangwm, who were still in with a chance until they lost key wickets late on in pursuit of Narberth's tally of 152 for 7.
Quartermaine top-scored with 40 not out (three sixes) and shared a sixth wicket stand of 63 with Ian Hughes (38, including two sixes and four fours) as Narberth recovered well from a poor start, Mike Johns run out for a single and Tom Richards departed for a duck.
New skipper Ritchie Adams, Andrew Williams and Kyle Quartermaine gradually settled things down as Andrew Brock was the pick of the Llangwm bowlers with 2 for 39 and there was some neat glove work by Will Beresford.
Llangwm lost Beresford early on in their response but moved to 38 via Jonathan Twigg and Gary Phillips before lurching to 40 for 5 as Ben Quartermaine, Ian and Ben Hughes bowled well.
But Ian Phillips (35) and especially Darren Brick (25, including five fours) put Llangwm back on track for a while. But then Richard Howell bowled Phillips in a tight spell and Ben Quartermaine shifted Brick so that in the final analysis a draw was perhaps the fairest result.