The future of cricket in Pembrokeshire could very well be orange if a proposal to use orange balls in cup competitions goes ahead.

The news comes following the recent County Cricket Club AGM where executive committee member and current vice-chairman, Tony Scourfield, gauged clubs' opinions at the end of the meeting.

The proposal comes after the County Club were given some samples by a cricket ball manufacturer and they may be trialled for this year's Duggie Morris competition.

While no official vote was taken on the night, clubs seemed in favour of the idea, with esteemed umpire David Brandon saying the balls make a huge difference, especially for evening matches.

In other matters, Whitland stalwart Trefor Evans spoke of his 'pride and honour' at having served as chairman of the club for three seasons before handing over the reins to new chairman, Dave Loosmore.

Another Whitland stalwart, Richard Merriman, will join the senior selection committee alongside Richard Harris, of Cresselly. The other members of the panel are David Morris, Nic Evans and Tony Scourfield.

With a myriad of proposals to go through following a winter of research undertaken by Andrew Miller, of Neyland, many suggestions to league changes went down to the wire with, some having to be decided upon individual counts.

One of these was a controversial idea to have a play-off between the bottom placed side in division one and the best placed first team in division two, should a club's second team finish in the top two of the second division.

After much debate, this went through on a count of 107 to 75, although Trefor Evans did stand to say that with four second teams in division two; there could be a scenario of the team placed fifth in the second division taking part in that play-off.

In 2010, the second division was won by Cresselly seconds, with Carew seconds finishing as runners-up, therefore there was no promotion from division two and no relegation from the tier above.

Draw points will not be awarded unless the team batting second comes to within 50 runs of the opposition. This replaces the existing rules that awarded points for teams coming within 70 runs of the team batting first.

Another close call came with a proposal to limit the number of overs bowlers can bowl in divisions three and below.

The current rule mimics that of division one and two that allows a maximum of 12 overs per bowler. The new change sees bowlers in the third division and under allowed a maximum of nine.

Perhaps the most contentious issue of the evening was a proposal to deduct points from a team that contravenes ECB fast bowling directives.

Any team that defaults on this, even by mistake, will lose all points on offer. The proposal went through by 98 votes to 84, meaning that should a 16-year-old fast bowler bowl more than seven overs in one spell, his club will lose any points accrued during that match.

Should their opponents lose or draw that game, they will now be awarded the highest number of points awarded to any team in the same division on that day.

This is easier to police in divisions one and two where neutral umpires are issued, but in lower leagues, with fewer official scorers to help regulate the number of overs bowled, mistakes can easily be made.

A proposed rule change to see games starting at 1 pm as opposed to the current time of 1.45 pm did not go through and neither did the proposal to have a 30-yard fielding circle in place for league games in divisions one and two.

Meanwhile, a suggestion to discourage clubs from artificially strengthening their second and third teams as the season draws to a close was deemed too difficult to manage, although in principle, few clubs spoke up against the idea as the majority all agree it should be stopped. The problem is no-one has any workable solutions to how this can be done.

Finally, any team that fails to fulfil a fixture will be docked 10 points and may be required to pay the expenses incurred by the non-offending club.