Pembroke County Cricket Club Division One: Haverfordwest (277-6) beat Burton (69 all out)

Adam James was in destructive form with bat and ball as Haverfordwest hammered Burton at The Racecourse.

The all rounder smashed 58 off just 26 balls as the home side piled on 277-5 in their 45 overs, and then returned figures of 6-15 in nine overs as The Town went 21 points clear at the top of Division One.

Given the weather, it was inevitable home skipper Danny Potter would bat after winning the toss, and James entered the fray at No 5 after the platform had been set.

Ben Field (7) was skittled early by Luke Hayman, and Sanjay Gurung (10) also fell cheaply to Dan Llewellyn - but the form of Simon Holliday continued as he sahred a stand of 113 with Lee Summons.

Opener Holliday would eventually fall for 83 after cracking eight fours and three sixes, caught by Jack Davies off Jonny Scale - and the very next ball the same bowler had Summons caught behind by Martin James for 45 (four fours and a six).

That briefly shifted the momentum but then with the score 153-4 - James and Dai Davies took over as The Town out on a massive 124 more runs in the 11 remaining overs that followed.

James went ballistic with six maximums and two fours as the pair added 105, and by the time he was caught by Richard Jones off Hayman in the 44th over, the damage was done.

Davies wasn't far behind as he hit 52 not out in 37 balls, including four fours and a six, and was joined at the death by Nitin Mathias as Haverfordwest posted their biggest total of the season.

Any hopes Burton had of a good start to their reply were blown away in the first over as Johnny White bowled Jack Davies (4), and then James removed Jones and Luke Hayman for ducks to leave the visitors 5-3.

No 4 James did offer brief resistance with three fours in his 15, and Matthew Davies later hit four boundaries before falling LBW to Gurung for 23 - but that was as good as it got as The Town wrapped things up in just 18.4 overs.

Haverfordwest innings: 
Simon Holliday ct James Davies b John Scale 83
Ben Field b Luke Hayman 7
Sanjay Gurung ct Martin James b Dan Llewellyn 10
Lee Summons ct Martin James b John Scale 45
Adam James ct Richard Jones b Luke Hayman 58
Dai Davies not out 52
Nikhil Mathias not out 8
Extras: 14.    
Total: 277 for 5.    
Bowling: James Davies 10-0-2-44; Luke Hayman 9-1-2-43; John Scale 10-0-2-76; Dan Llewellyn 4-0-1-14; Jack Davies; 2-0-0-12; Richard Jones 3-0-0-31; Mathew Davies 7-1-0-47.

Burton innings:
Jack Davies b Johnny White 4
Richard Jones b Adam James 0
Luke Hayman c Simon Holliday b Adam James 0
Martin James b Adam James 15
James Davies b Johnny White 2
Matthew Davies lbw b Sanjay Gurung 23
William Ridge b Adam James 4
Richard Hayman c Ben Field b Adam James 0
Dan Llewellyn b Adam James 0
Owain Evans not out 1
Johnny Scale b Kieran O'Connor 5

Extras: 15.

Total: 69 all out.
Bowling: Johnny White 7-4-2-22; Adam James 9-4-6-15; Sanjay Gurung 4-0-1-14; Kieran O'Connor 1.3-0-0-5.
Umpires: Tony Waldeis and Les Hastings.
Scorer: Jayne Cole.