Gresford (251-9) beat Pwllheli (106) by 145 runs

PWLLHELI travelled to an overcast Gresford for their mid-table North Wales League Premier Division clash and slipped to a disappointing defeat by 145 runs.

Electing to bowl first, Pwllheli removed opener Daniel Williams for 5 and Ross Willetts for 10, but came up against two in-form home batsmen as captain Danny Williams with 76 runs and Chris Ellwood with 62 added 109 runs for the third wicket.

Gareth Bell weighed in with a further 31 runs, Chris Mullock made 13 and David Baker 24 as the home side finished on an impressive total of 251 for 9 from 50 overs.

Morgan Murray-Williams returned figures of 3 wickets for 54 from his 12 overs, including three of the top four batsmen, whilst Sharaiz Kazi grabbed 3 for 33 from 6 overs, and Syed Kaleem Aslam claimed 2 for 43 from 9.

Tristan Coetzee also took a wicket and held a catch, and wicket-keeper Guto Roberts caught both openers behind.

Pwllheli’s reply saw the loss of early wickets, as openers Lawrence Barraclough and Iain Metcalfe both departed, and despite a hard-hitting 46 off just 34 balls from South-African Tristan Coetzee, the innings finished well short.

Neil Williams with an undefeated 20 was the only other Pen Llyn batsman to reach double figures, whilst spinner Simon Perry was the pick of the home bowlers, bagging 3 for 16 from 7 overs.

Ross Willets took 2 for 2 from 4 overs, and there were also wickets for Chris Ellwood, Cam Evans, Daniel Williams and Ryan Williams as Pwllheli were all out for a total of 106 runs in 27.1 overs.

Next weekend, Pwllheli Firsts entertain Llandudno at Parc Bodedgroes in the Premier Division, whilst Pwllheli Seconds have no fixture.

Pwllheli 2nds (197-9) lost to St Asaph 2nds (199-5)

PWLLHELI Seconds totalled a respectable 197 from their 45 overs at Parc Bodegroes, but visiting St Asaph Seconds reached their winning total for the loss of 5 wickets.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, Pwllheli lost opener Nishanth Chinthangal, but Muhammed Yousaf Ali hit 21, and Ben Cowper 31 to get the hosts on track.

The top three batsmen were all dismissed lbw, before a catch, a stumping and a run out put the visitors in charge.

Kalim Al Baloshi, however, came in at number seven and he made an excellent unbeaten 82 to steer Pwllheli to a solid total of 197 for 9 after 45 overs, with wickets falling to David North, 2 for 31 from 10 overs,and John Lloyd-Williams 3 for 44 from 6 overs.

In reply, Logan Rhys Morgan bowled opener Joe Lunn for 5, but Ben Murphy and Andy Mearns took the score on from 21 for 1 to 93 for 2.

Mearns, batting at three, made 31, including 5 fours, before he was bowled by Nishanth Chinthangal, who also had opener Murphy caught by Ben Cowper for a top score of 69, with 13 fours.

From 135 for 3, St Asaph looked well placed to strike for the victory and Andrew Pierce and David North kept the home scorers occupied.

A further 44 runs were added for the fourth wicket, when Pierce was caught by Logan Pierce Morgan from the bowling of Carter Arthur Bentley for 26, with 3 fours.

Just two runs from victory, David North was finally caught by Jayakanth Zupudi from the bowling of Kalim Al Baloshi for 30, with 3 fours.

It was left to Richard Aram, 7 not out, to score the winning runs as the visitors claimed victory by five wickets in the 44th over. Chinthangal finished with the figures of 2 for 29 from his 10 overs.