Museum of Welsh Cricket Podcast
Oct 23, 2026 · 45 min · 10 segments
Tell us what you think of this episode In this episode we talk to Paul Discombe who, with Ynystawe Cricket Club won the National Village Cup…
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But where, to your recollection, was the team and the club at that time, that season? What, what were things looking like?
Um, and then 2000 we held our own, but in 2001 we were fighting a relegation battle, and the day, the last game of the season, we needed to win that game to stay up.
What that did, it took away the pressure from us because it wasn't like we could go in and just, you know, do what we liked in that game and relax ahead of Lords.
It sort of, it was a competitive game that we needed to win going into Lords.
So I think it give us a strong impetus going into the f- to going into the final, you know?
Uh, and I've listened back to that podcast we did with the, with the, the, the club as well.
And, uh, there was talk about you being a side that was really put a big emphasis on your, your bowling and fielding, and that there was a pattern that season of batting first and then being able to kind of win when, when you had a target, whatever that t- whatever target you set.
We, we did have a strong batting lineup, but the li- the- So as you got towards the latter stages of Village Cup, they were good sides.
So tre- you know, it was a 40-over game and, you know, we, we... whilst we still had good batters, we, we liked to back ourselves with the bowling and fielding 'cause we were stronger at bat.
I think the final was our highest score, 190, within that f- sort of five, six-game period, uh, leading up to the final.
So yeah, that was, that was something we put strong importance on because it was our strength.
But where, to your recollection, was the team and the club at that time, that season? What, what were things looking like?
Um, and then 2000 we held our own, but in 2001 we were fighting a relegation battle, and the day, the last game of the season, we needed to win that game to stay up.
What that did, it took away the pressure from us because it wasn't like we could go in and just, you know, do what we liked in that game and relax ahead of Lords.
It sort of, it was a competitive game that we needed to win going into Lords.
So I think it give us a strong impetus going into the f- to going into the final, you know?
Uh, and I've listened back to that podcast we did with the, with the, the, the club as well.
And, uh, there was talk about you being a side that was really put a big emphasis on your, your bowling and fielding, and that there was a pattern that season of batting first and then being able to kind of win when, when you had a target, whatever that t- whatever target you set.
We, we did have a strong batting lineup, but the li- the- So as you got towards the latter stages of Village Cup, they were good sides.
So tre- you know, it was a 40-over game and, you know, we, we... whilst we still had good batters, we, we liked to back ourselves with the bowling and fielding 'cause we were stronger at bat.
I think the final was our highest score, 190, within that f- sort of five, six-game period, uh, leading up to the final.
So yeah, that was, that was something we put strong importance on because it was our strength.
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