Ammanford beat Swansea by 11 runs

11:00am Wednesday 14th May 2008

AMMANFORD marched on to their second victory in two games when they beat Swansea at St Helen's on Saturday.

The victory was all the sweeter considering that six changes had been forced from the previous week's win over Neath.

Reverting to form, Craig Maloney lost the toss and Ammanford were put in.

A couple of mini-collapses saws them at 39 for3, then 64 for 6, before Simon Davies (17) and 18-year-old Rhys Davies (17) shared a much needed stand of 27 to take Ammanford to three figures.

Up until that point, the mainstay had been Alun Evans who was adjudged to have been run out for 25.

Ammanford were all out for 116 in the 45th over.

Swansea's best bowler was the consistent Simon James, whose 15 overs returned 3 for 24. He was well supported by Dan Hardman with 3 for 29.

Ammanford opening bowler Tom Maynard engineered an early breakthrough for the visitors when he scooped Swansea's first wicket in the second over, Huw Jenkins taking an excellent catch at second slip.

Swansea recovered to 37 when Matthew Fisher and Alun Evans took a wicket each.

A further recovery was again halted by Fisher.

With Swansea on 73-5, middle order batsman Phil Scott (32) was threatening to take the game to the visitors, but was stopped by Mark Jones in his second spell.

Fisher chipped in with a further two wickets in his last over, reducing Swansea to 103 for 9.

Two runs later, Tom Maynard achieved a neat sense of congruence by finishing the job he had started, dismissing last man Simon James in the 47th over.

Swansea were all out for 105 and Ammanford had won by 11 runs.

This week, Ammanford will seek a third win in a row away to Gowerton.

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