The cricket season kicked off in the county on the weekend, with plenty of action in all six divisions of the Thomas Carroll Pembroke County Cricket League.

In Division 1, Cresselly [17 pt] 245-5 beat Burton [7 pt] 239-4 by 5 wkts; Lawrenny [20 pt] 222-9 beat Herbrandston [5 pt] 58-AO by 164 runs; Carew [6 pt] 102-AO lost to Llangwm [19 pt] 196-8 by 94 runs;mNarberth [7 pt] 201-6 lost to Saundersfoot [18 pt] 205-5 by 4 runs; and Neyland [18 pt] 139-AO beat St Ishmaels [7 pt] 111-AO by 28 runs.

Top performances from the division were as follows: Cresselly;  Simon Cole 1-49 & 62, Ryan Lewis 2-55 & 21no, Charlie Arthur 55, Nicky Cope 56no. Burton; Toby Hayman 158no, James Venables 26, Luke Hayman 1-36, Morgan Scale 2-63, Robert Webb 1-47.  Neyland; Paul Murray 44, Nic Koomen 32, Andrew Miller 4-23, Jack John 2-30, Patrick Hannon 2-19.  St Ishmaels;  Andrew Pawlett 45, Brennan Devonald 4-21, Chris Fitzpatrick 3-31. Lawrenny;  Kyle Marsh 118, Joe Kidney 41no, Robert Williams 21 & 3-17, Steven Lewis 19, Jamie Lewis 1-20, Ryan Morton 6-11.  Herbrandston;  Dean John 4-18, Harry Nicholas 2-23, Jack Nicholas 19, Ryan Davies 7.  Carew; Rhys Davies 2-21, Yori Hicks 2-42, Brian Hall 24, Shaun Whitfield 31.  Llangwm;  Noah Davies 65 & 3-23, Luke Brock 45, Mike Griffiths 32no, Ollie Davies 2-20.  Narberth;  Loui Davies 63 & 1-11, Richie Adams 50, Jordan Howell 39, Kyle Quartermaine 30. Saundersfoot;  Tom Mansbridge 86, Sam Franklin 51 & 3-48, Jack Franklin 32.

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Joe Kidney who scored 41 runs not out for Lawrenny against Herbrandston (Pic. Susan McKehon)

In Division 2, Haverfordwest [19 pt] 49-3 beat Carew II [2 pt] 48-AO by 7 wkts; Whitland [18 pt] 136-7 beat Cresselly II [6 pt] 132-AO by 3 wkts; Llechryd [7 pt] 96-AO lost to Hook [18 pt] 156-AO by 60 runs; Kilgetty [0 pt] match aband'd Johnston [0 pt]; Pembroke Dock [7 pt] 251-4 lost to Llanrhian [17 pt] 252-4 by 6 wkts.

Division 3 results were as follows: Burton II [19 pt] 120-4 beat Haverfordwest II [5 pt] 119-AO by 6 wkts; Hook II [18 pt] 117-0 beat Llechryd II [3 pt] 115-AO by 10 wkts; Laugharne [0 pt] match aband'd Narberth II [0 pt]; St Ishmaels II [0 pt] match aband'd Pembroke [0 pt]; Lamphey [20 pt] 222-3 beat Stackpole [4 pt] 101-AO by 121 runs.

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Loui Davies starts the season in fine bowling form for Narberth as he takes the wicket of Saundersfoot's Simon Stanford (Pic. Susan McKehon)

Division 4, Saundersfoot II [20 pt] 204-2 beat Crymych [6 pt] 187-AO by 17 runs; Carew III [0 pt] match aband'd Fishguard [0 pt]; Llangwm II [0 pt] match aband'd Haverfordwest III [0 pt]; Hundleton [20 pt] 186-6 beat Lawrenny II [5 pt] 61-AO by 125 runs; Llanrhian II [4 pt] 97-8 lost to Neyland II [19 pt] 270-2 by 173 runs.

Division 5 saw Haverfordwest IV’s match abandoned against Whitland II; Herbrandston II 151-9 [20 pts] beat Kilgetty II 48-AO [5 pts] by 103 runs; Pembroke II 150-8 [17 pts] beat Pembroke Dock II 149-5 [9 pts] by 2 wkts.

Finally, in Division 6, Llechryd III 78-AO [4 pts] lost to Laugharne II 79-2 [18 pts] by 8 wkts; Stackpole II 84-AO [8 pts] lost to Hundleton II 130-AO [20 pts] by 46 runs; Whitland III match was abandoned against Cresselly III; whilst Neyland III had a bye.