NEYLAND won the Harrison Allen Bowl trophy for the tenth time in their history on Saturday (Aug 28) as they beat Carew by nine wickets at Cresselly.

Neyland won the toss and chose to bowl with sunshine beaming down on the Cresselly pitch.

Carew though struggled to put runs on the board as they were bowled out for 109 in their first innings.

Neyland then took control of the game as they replied with the highest score in a Harrison Allen final of 241-2.

That was largely thanks to Patrick Bellerby who finished unbeaten on 134 while Ross Hardy was not out on 49.

It gave Neyland a massive first innings lead of 132 and gave Carew a mountain to climb.

They did reach 154-8 in their second innings but it meant Neyland would only need 23 to win the game.

Neyland lost Scott Jones in their second innings but Ashley Sutton and Ross Hardy got the runs required to seal the bowl.

Carew made a tentative start to the game as Nick Davies hit a four off the last ball of the first over and only two singles were taken in the second for an opening score of 6-0.

Nick and Lewis Hicks continued to build as they reached 31-0 in the sixth over.

Neyland then made the breakthrough as Nick Davies went for a six but saw his shot caught on the boundary by Patrick Bellerby.

Brian Hall joined Lewis in the middle but after being dropped by Nathan Banner, he was caught behind by Sean Hannon in the tenth over.

Looking to add more runs to the total, Lewis went for a run in the eleventh but it left Rhys Davies with too much to do and he was run out by Hannon.

That reduced Carew to 54-3 and it saw Lewis joined by brother Luke Hicks in the middle.

They could only add another ten runs to the score as Luke was caught superbly on the boundary by Nathan Banner off the bowling of Nick Koomen.

With the score on 64-4 captain Shaun Whitfield joined Lewis Hicks in the middle who had made his way to a score of 29.

At the start of the fifteenth Whitfield was caught by Patrick Bellerby off the bowling of Koomen as Carew’s score read 77-5.

James Hinchcliffe and Lewis Hicks took the score on to 90-5 after 17 overs but with just five to go they knew they would need to add to their score.

Hicks had made his way to a score of 48 but in the 19^th over, Ross Hardy took an excellent low catch to deny him his half century.

Carew reached 103-6 after twenty over but were looking for late runs to boost their total.

Nathan Banner was brought back to bowl the penultimate over but a four off his first ball gave Carew an early boost.

However, with the next ball Iori Hicks was stumped by Hannon and after the next ball, Hannon got two more stumpings in two balls to give Banner his third and fourth wickets.

Carew were bowled out for 109 after a good display from the Neyland bowlers.

Neyland started well with four fours in the first three overs as they reached 29-0 off the first four overs.

Nick Koomen hit the first six of the innings and they brought up the fifty partnership in the eighth over.

The ninth over though changed the complexion of the game as Bellerby hit three fours and two sixes as they scored 25 runs.

Nick Koomen was not to be outdone as he hit a six at the start of  the tenth but he was then caught on the boundary by Lewis Hicks off the bowling of Sam Harts.

Ashley Sutton hit a couple of boundaries but he also fell to the bowling of Harts as Neyland slipped to 97-2 in the twelfth over.

That brought Ross Hardy to the crease and what happened next was something quite special.

Bellerby hit a six to reach his half century and Ross Hardy also hit a six to get himself going.

The fours and sixes continued to come as Neyland smashed themselves into a lead.

Bellerby reached his century in the eighteenth over with another four as Neyland reached 170-2, and a lead of 61.

Not to be outdone, Ross Hardy then hit two sixes and a four at the start of the nineteenth. Bellerbuy hit another six as Neyland’s lead neared 100 runs.

Bellerby hit a six at the end of that over and hit the four in the next as Neyland reached 200-2.

Hardy also hit a six as Carew’s bowlers continued to be punished.

Bellerby hit a six off the penultimate ball of the innings as he reached a score of 134 not out, leaving Hardy not out on 49 at the other end.

It had seen Neyland to a total of 241-2, the highest ever score in an innings in the final. Bellerby’s ton was also the highest individual score in a final. Bellerby and Hardy had also shared a third wicket partnership worth 144 runs.

It had also given Neyland a lead of 132 runs and it put Carew in an almost impossible position.

Carew made a steady start to their second innings, scoring just four runs off the first two overs.

Lewis Hicks continued where he had left off in the first innings though hitting two fours at the start of the third and a six off the last ball from Nick Davies pushed the score on to 19-0.

Ross Hardy bowled Nick Davies at the start of the fourth to make the score 20-1 with Carew still needing another 112 runs to make Neyland bat again.

Brian Hall and Lewis Hicks were doing their best to eradicate that lead as both men found the boundaries, taking the score to 40-1 after six overs.

They moved the score on to 68-1 off nine overs with Hall not out on 14 and Hicks unbeaten on 38.

However, with thirteen overs to go their deficit stood at 64 and they knew they needed to push on.

Having missed out on his half century Lewis would have been keen to reach that milestone in the second innings as he made his way to a score of 47.

He then saw Brian Hall depart on a score of 18 after being caught by Scott Jones off the bowling of Henry Durrant.

With the next ball Lewis Hicks was caught off the bowling of Durrant on a score of 47 as he again missed out on a 50.

There was no hat trick but Carew were now 81-3 after 13 overs.

That became 99-5 but a score of 33 from Rhys Davies pushed their score into three figures. When he was caught by Patrick Hannon off the bowling of Geraint Rees, Carew were 126-6, still needing another 6 runs to make Neyland bat again.

Iori Hicks hit a four and a six in his score of 15 before he was bowled by Rees while Sam Harts hit two late sixes to finish unbeaten on 13.

It saw Carew finish on 154-8 but it also meant Neyland would need only 23 runs to win the final.

Harts did trap Scott Jones leg before but Ashley Sutton and Ross Hardy got the winning runs to win the game for Neyland.