Club Cricket
Since 2005, Cherry has played for Port Talbot Town in the South Wales Cricket Association. To date, he has played 71 matches, scoring 3003 runs at an average of 54.60 including six centuries. He has also taken 25 wickets at an average of 28.60.
During 2006, Cherry made the highest score by a Port Talbot Town player in a 1st team match when he scored 179 not out against Dafen from 167 balls eclipsing the previous record of 150 not out set by Bashir Sharif in 1993. During this innings, he was involved in an unbeaten second wicket partnership of 239 with Dean Cox, an all time record for the club in a 1st team league match.
In 2008, Cherry and former Glamorgan colleague Ian Thomas (122 not out) shared an unbeaten opening partnership of 206 to defeat Briton Ferry Steel by 10 wickets at The New Mansel ground, Cherry contributing 72 not out.
Cherry was appointed club captain for the 2009 season and responded by amassing a club record 704 runs from 14 innings at an average of 64 again surpassing Bashir Sharif who had scored 692 runs during the 1991 campaign. This included six half centuries and 101 at Pontarddulais. Cherry's prolific form was instrumental in Port Talbot securing fifth place in the 1st Division of the South Wales Cricket Association thus gaining qualification to the inaugural South Wales Premier League for the 2010 season.
2010 season
His prolific form continued unabated during the campaign. Leading a side that was tipped by many to be relegation certainties, Port Talbot recovered from a difficult start with their captain once again playing a leading role. His value to his side was never better illustrated than his unbeaten 114 against Usk at The New Mansel out of a score of 209/8. This maiden century on his home ground helped Port Talbot gain their first Premier League victory.
Cherry featured in another piece of history later in the season when against Swansea at The New Mansel, he and Mark Wallace shared an unbroken partnership of 323 for the 3rd wicket, a record stand for any wicket in the club's history. The Glamorgan wicketkeeper made a breathtaking 216 not out from just 145 balls with 16 fours and 13 sixes while Cherry contributed a more sedate unbeaten 115 from 114 balls with 12 fours and two sixes.
Under Cherry's inspired captaincy, Port Talbot climbed steadily up the table during the second half of the season and eventually finished in fourth position with Cherry contributing an impressive haul of 593 runs at an average of 59.30 from 14 matches including four half centuries and two hundreds.
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