Llandysul (104) lost to Cowbridge (164-9) by 60 runs

A half-century from Llewelyn Hughes was not enough to prevent Llandysul from slipping to a 60-run defeat at home to South Wales Cricket Association division one leaders Cowbridge on Saturday.

Hughes, batting at number five, hit 3 fours and 3 sixes in his knock of 51, but Llandysul were all out for 104, in reply to the visitors' total of 164 for 9.

The hosts had elected to field, but Cowbridge’s opening duo Thomas Merilaht and Ben Wright made a positive start.

Wright hit 9 boundaries in a knock of 44, before he was trapped lbw by Arfon Jones, before Chris Willey was stumped by Andrew Barnett from Joseph Swift for 2.

The score advanced to 83, when Steffan Evans held a catch to dismiss Brad Evans from the bowling of Rhydian Harris for 6, before opener Merilaht was trapped lbw for a steady 30 off 73 balls by bowler Arfon Jones (2 for 17 from 10 overs, 3 maidens).

Tom Williams took the scoring on to 137 with a knock of 31, with 3 fours, but was caught behind by Barnett off bowler Ieuan Paske.

Yodhin Punja chipped in with 14 runs, before he was run out by Harris, and Samuel Russell made 10, before he was dismissed lbw by Paske, who finished with figures of 4 for 38 off his 10 overs.

Llandysul were also indebted to some tight bowling from Swift, with 1 for 26 off 10 overs, with 2 maidens.

Needing 165 to win, the Llandysul reply stuttered as opener Harris was dismissed lbw by bowler Brad Evans for nought, and Gary Williams was trapped lbw for 7 from bowler Yodhin Punja.

Ben Edkins was caught by Alistair Lawson for 12 from bowler Nicholas Wood, who also bowled Bleddyn Morgan for 3 to make it 23 for 4.

Hughes came in and hit 50 off 46 balls to revive Llandysul’s hopes, but Brad Evans took a couple of wickets before Hughes was stumped for 51 by Ben Wright to leave the home team on 94 for 7.

Number eight Ieuan Paske made 10, but he was the only other batsman to make double figures, before they were all out for 104 in 37.2 overs.

Brad Evans finished with 3 for 9 from 7 economical overs, with 3 maidens, and Yodhin Punja took 1 for 9 off 6 overs, claiming 4 maidens.

Further wickets fell to Nicholas Wood, who returned 2 for 41, and Thomas Merilaht, with 3 for 6 off 5.2 overs, to ensure the league leaders won by 60 runs.

• Llandysul Seconds’ title hopes had received a blow in division five as they went down by six wickets to their Cowbridge counterparts in the Vale of Glamorgan.

The Teifisiders were bowled out for 92 in 33.5 overs, with opener Huw Jones making 22, Daniel Thomas 13 and Dafydd Hatley 15, whilst Umar Rafique claimed 3 wickets for 14.

The homesters got the runs for the loss of four wickets, with opener Jonathan Webb top scoring with 28 runs. Aled Jones took 2 for 37 for Llandysul, but the home batsmen reached their winning target inside 32 overs.