JUST a week after their excellent win over Carmarthen Wanderers Llanelli suffered a disappointing 216-run defeat at the hands of Clydach in Division 2 of the South Wales Premier League.
On Saturday (Jul 7), Clydach won the toss and elected to bat and that proved to be a good decision as they posted a challenging total of 263-5 from their 50 overs.
Jonathan Hubschmid hit five fours and a six as he scored 57 while McKenzie Squires scored 25.
Sam Davies hit ten fours in a knock of 88 but he was then run out by Marcus Leaf as the home side did their best to keep the score down.
However, James Garland smashed three fours and a six in a score of 28 from 14 balls as Clydach piled on the runs late on.
Jack Todd then hit three fours and two sixes in a knock of 38 not out from 20 balls.
Llanelli struggled in their reply as only one of their batsmen, Marcus Leaf with 17, made it into double figures.
Jamie Lewis was in fine form for Clydach taking seven wickets as he had Leaf caught by Liam Garland, Iwan Rees trapped leg before and Steven Devonald caught by Christopher Donne.
Lewis took further wickets of Matthew Roberts, Ryan Nicholas, David Richards and Morgan Jones as Llanelli limped to a disappointing total of 47 all out.
Llanelli will look to put this defeat behind them when they take on Newport Fugitives away on Saturday (Jul 14).
Wanderers bounce back
CARMARTHEN Wanderers had better luck on Saturday (Jul 7) as they beat Panteg by three wickets in a high scoring game.
Panteg won the toss and elected to bat and they posted an excellent total of 236-8 from their 50 overs.
Will Bragg was the star of the innings for Panteg as he hit nine fours in a score of 103 before he fell to the bowling of Gareth Thomas.
Akhtar Balouch made 29 before being out to the bowling of Owain Binding and Daniel Wilkinson added 46 runs to the total.
In reply a score of 75 from Thomas got the Wanderers off to a good start and they also had captain Leighton Walters and Owain Davies make scores of 35.
Liam Rogers then finished not out on 43 to see the Wanderers over the line.
On Saturday (Jul 14), the Wanderers will be looking for another win when they take on third placed Penarth at Trinity Fields.
Ammanford up to third
AMMANFORD moved up to third place in Division 1 after they beat Ynysygerwn by 45 runs.
They made a solid start to their innings with Rhodri-Huw Davies making 56 and Elis Richards scored 17.
Daniel Roberts was the mainstay of the innings as he hit seventeen fours and a six in a score of 120 from just 95 balls.
He was run out by Josh Griffiths but that scored helped Ammanford post an excellent total of 272-7 from their 50 overs.
Alex McCormack scored 40 as the visitors made a steady start to their reply and Darren Thomas scored 77 and although Josh Griffiths finished not out on 20 Ynysygerwn fell short of their target on 227-9.
Matthew Fisher bowled well as he took four wickets and Sean Coaker also took two.
On Saturday (Jul 14), Ammanford are at home again as they take on fourth placed St Fagans.
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