UNBEATEN Usk 1st XI were brought down to earth by a 96-run defeat at home to Ammanford in South Wales Premier One on Saturday.

The West Walians hammered the hosts' attack for 314-8 off 50 overs, opener Tom Bevan firing 109 and nearly every other batsman making double figures.

While Usk toiled in the heat, former Qatar skipper Tamoor Zafar and Ollie Rayner each took three wickets, backed by Matthew Marriott with two.

Opener Hugo Caldicott again impressed firing 53 in reply, but despite contributions from Harawal Ahmed Wassam with 48, Glamorgan’s Billy Root 33 and Zafar 26, Usk were always behind on the run rate before being dismissed for 218 in 43 overs.

But the 2nds won a last-ball thriller by one run away to Chepstow 2nds in South East Wales 3.

Jared O'Brien hit 80 off 71 balls, including eights fours and two sixes, backed by 52 from Lloyd Bartlett and 45 from skipper Tuhin Gavand as the hosts set a 262-7 target off 45 overs, Usk’s Chris Archer taking two wickets.

Visiting skipper Sidharth Ramesh then cracked 94, including 10 fours and two sixes, backed by Jamie Jones with 50, Matt Hancock 43 and Julian Sanders 21, with the latter firing eight off the last over including the winning single off the final ball to reach 263-4.

The 3rds had to give second best to Christchurch CC Ferndale by three wickets though, after scoring 168 all out in 33 overs.

Arvind Aswani fired a magnificent 102, including 21 fours, for the visitors, but only skipper Dan Cordell made any other sort of score with 27 as six batters managed just two runs between them.

And the lack of support cost them as the hosts reached 169-7 with 4.2 oves to spare, Ross Price taking four wickets.

Elsewhere, four wickets from Lewys Jones and an unbeaten 81 from skipper Aaron Jones guided Chepstow 1sts to a seven-wicket SEW 1 win at Radyr.

Chasing 182 all out, the visitors reached 185-3 in 40.2 overs, James Kellaway - whose brother Ben notched his maiden century for Glamorgan last week – also firing 50 not out in an unbeaten 90-run stand with Jones, James Bishop also scoring 28.

The 3rds also won by 10 wickets away to Whitchurch Heath 4ths after dismissing their hosts for 119 on the penultimate ball, Luca Goddard and Tom Absalom with three wickets each and Paresh Mhamunkar two.

Goddard with a blistering 69 not out off 31 balls, including six sixes and seven fours, and Alun Jones with 41 not out off 26 balls, including four sixes and four fours, then raced to 122-0 in just 9.3 overs.

But Redbrook & Penallt were beaten by 214 runs away to Highnam Court 2nds after the hosts racked up a mountainous 362-5 off 40 overs, Mihir Patel firing 215 not out off 110 balls, blasting an amazing 14 sixes and 28 fours.

In reply, skipper Guy Adams top-scored with 41 backed by Amal Suku with 24, as they were all out for 148 in 33 overs.

But Llanarth 2nds won by six wickets at home to Blackwood Town 3rds after being set 201-6, Andrew Hilditch taking three wickets and Chris Page two.

Opener Nick White then unluckily missed a ton carrying his bat for 97, backed by Dave Myatt with 33 and Colin Grove 24 not out, as the hosts reached 202-4 with four overs left.