Kieran Laird leads the players off the field after his 87-ball hundred climaxed a thrilling Parley 279-run chase against Southern Premier Division 3 rivals Paultons at Whitemoor Lane.
Laird, who travels back from Cardiff University each weekend to play for Parley, cracked six maximums and seven boundaries, and shared an unbroken century partnership with Marcus Bragginton (35*) as Paultons' 275-8 was overtaken with an over to spare.
He made exactly 100 not out after Tom Jacques and Alex Nippard each made fifties.
Rob Pike (70) and Tony Richman (49) top scored for Paultons, with Owen Morris taking 3-31.
Parley's innings contained nine sixes and 29 fours, compared with four sixes (all by Richman) and 25 fours by Paultons.
Parley, who finished third in Division 3 last term, fielded an entire team of 'home grown' players, all of whom had emerged from the club's excellent junior development programme.
Laird, who travels back from Cardiff University each weekend to play for Parley, cracked six maximums and seven boundaries, and shared an unbroken century partnership with Marcus Bragginton (35*) as Paultons' 275-8 was overtaken with an over to spare.
He made exactly 100 not out after Tom Jacques and Alex Nippard each made fifties.
Rob Pike (70) and Tony Richman (49) top scored for Paultons, with Owen Morris taking 3-31.
Parley's innings contained nine sixes and 29 fours, compared with four sixes (all by Richman) and 25 fours by Paultons.
Parley, who finished third in Division 3 last term, fielded an entire team of 'home grown' players, all of whom had emerged from the club's excellent junior development programme.
Kieran Laird's unbeaten century earned the teenager the round 4 Player of the Week award.
