The Beamer

Graham Jenkins with wife Rose who is as good a scorer as he is a cricketer. There was big news emanating from a cricket match in Prague last week. A team was bowled out for 54 with 9 players being dismissed for a duck.  A performance of that ineptitude cannot be dismissed however we do have something to rival it in Pembrokeshire although it did happen 26 years ago. Following a week of heavy rain leading up to the match it was a surprise the game between Kilgetty and Cresselly managed to go ahead at all given the propensity of the Kingsmoor pitch to flood. The rain relented for long enough to allow the sun to dry it out a little and Wallace Poole did just enough to get the wicket playable even though it was a bit of sticky pudding. Cresselly had a good attack at the time, led by the Davies brothers Aled and Ceri, before they caused shock waves throughout the county by moving to Carew. They were joined in the team by third brother, Gary who took his place behind the sticks.

Adam James in full flight Pic: Susan McKehon Bouncebackability was a word conjured up by former Crystal Palace Boss Iain Dowie in reference to his team coming back against some opponents that had obviously beaten them prior in the season. It’s a silly term but one that has somehow found its way into the lexicon of modern day life, much to the chagrin of traditionalists who feel the English language has no place for evolution. As silly as it is, there is no doubting what the phrase means; to quote a Ronseal advert, ‘it says exactly what it says on the tin’ and if you bounce back from a disappointment then you have every right to use it. Adam James could do so if he wanted after bouncing back from a difficult day against Cresselly in last week’s Harrison-Allen in which his fourth and final over went for 20 runs with Iwan Izzard hitting him for three consecutive sixes. Without blaming him entirely for the defeat (the Town’s batsmen faltered somewhat after a great star