10th September 2014
| Mallory Gray
Cricket Wales U17s boys missed out on honours in the England
and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) one-day final.
Having beaten Essex to secure their place in the final, they
faced powerful Lancashire at Kibworth in Leicestershire.
Lancashire reached 200-9, with Keiran Carlson (Cardiff and
Vale) taking 3-32. In reply, Wales were all-out for 176, with opener Joe Voke (Gwent)
top-scorer on 42.
Previously, in the two-day competition, they
lost to Surrey by 8 runs at Pentyrch, reaching 330 all-out, in reply to the
visitors 338.
Jack Thorp-Yon (Gwent) took 3-20 and was also top batsman
with 96. Joe Voke and Connor Brown (Cardiff and Vale) both scored 62, while
bowler Lukas Carey took 3-44.
Wales boys defeated Cheshire at Crewe Vagrants CC, scoring
344-7 in the first innings and 202 all-out in the second. Cheshire reached
238-7 and 123-7 in reply.
Alistair Andrady (North East Wales) scored 125 in the first
innings, including 11 fours and six sixes, while Scott Thomas (West Glamorgan) was
top scorer in the second innings with 43.
Among the bowlers, Keiran Carlson took 3-27 in the first
innings and Steffan Roberts (Mid Glamorgan) 2-30 in the second.
The match against Somerset at Lansdowne was abandoned
because of rain, after Wales had scored 168-8 in their 40 overs. Opener Joe Voke was top scorer with 40 from
81 balls. And the match against Dorset at Stalbridge was called off, again
due to rain, without a ball bowled.
“We can reflect on
some real successes by our various age-group teams this season,” said Cricket
Wales performance manager John Derrick. “The U17s not only reached the one-day
final, but the semi-final of the ECB two-day championship, which is a fantastic
achievement.”
Cyfle coll i Dîm Dan 17 Cymru
Collodd
Tîm Bechgyn Dan 17 Criced Cymru gyfle i gipio’r
teitl yng ngêm undydd derfynol Bwrdd Criced Cymru a Lloegr (ECB).
Ar ôl curo Essex
i sicrhau eu lle yn y rownd derfynol, mi ddaethon nhw wyneb yn wyneb â thîm
grymus Swydd Gaerhirfryn yn Kibworth yn Swydd Gaerlyr.
Cyrhaeddodd Swydd Gaerhirfryn 200-9, gyda Keiran Carlson (Caerdydd
a’r Fro) yn cymryd 3-32.
Mewn ymateb, roedd Cymru i gyd allan am 176, gyda’r
agorwr Joe Voke (Gwent) yn cael y sgôr uchaf, sef 42.
Cyn hynny, yn ystod y gêm ddeuddydd, collon nhw i Surrey o 8 rhediad ym Mhentyrch, gan gyrraedd 330 i gyd
allan, mewn ymateb i 338 yr ymwelwyr.
Cymerodd Jack Thorp-Yon (Gwent) 3 wiced am 20 rhediad ac ef
hefyd oedd y batiwr gorau gyda 96. Sgoriodd Joe Voke a Connor Brown (Caerdydd
a’r Fro) 62 ill dau, a chymerodd Lukas Carey 3 wiced am 44 rhediad.
Trechodd bechgyn Cymru Swydd Gaer yng Nghlwb Criced Vagrants
yn Crewe, gan sgorio 344-7 yn eu batiad cyntaf a 202 i gyd allan yn yr ail
fatiad. Sgoriodd Swydd Gaer 238-7 a 123-7 mewn ymateb.
Sgoriodd Alistair Andrady (Gogledd Ddwyrain Cymru) 125 yn y
batiad cyntaf, gan daro’r ffin 11 tro a tharo’r bêl dros y ffin chwe gwaith. Scott Thomas (Gorllewin Morgannwg) a gafodd y sgôr uchaf yn yr ail fatiad, gyda
43.
O blith y
bowlwyr, cipiodd Keiran Carlson dair wiced am 27 rhediad yn y batiad cyntaf a
Steffan Roberts (Morgannwg Ganol) 2-30 yn yr ail fatiad.
Ond bu’n rhaid rhoi’r gorau i’r chwarae yn yr ornest yn
erbyn Gwlad yr Haf yn Lansdowne oherwydd y glaw, wedi i Gymru sgorio 168-8 yn
eu 40 pelawd. Yr agorwr Joe Voke a
gafodd y sgôr uchaf, gyda 40 oddi ar 81 o beli.
Hefyd bu’n rhaid canslo’r gêm yn erbyn Dorset yn Stalbridge, unwaith eto
oherwydd y glaw, heb fowlio’r un bêl.
“Gallwn edrych yn ôl ar rai llwyddiannau go
iawn gan ein timau oedran gwahanol y tymor hwn,” meddai rheolwr perfformiad
Criced Cymru John Derrick. “Cyrhaeddodd
y Tîm Dan 17 nid yn unig y gêm undydd derfynol, ond rownd gynderfynol
pencampwriaeth deuddydd yr ECB, sy’n gamp wych.”