Saturday 29th August

Highest ever finish

Keswick CC 1st X1 got back to winning ways and now have a highest ever finish in the Premier Division of the NLL in their sights following their five wicket win at Kirkby.

The home side was restricted to 153/5 from their 50 overs and Stuart Dowson was back to his miserly best with a return of 1/27 from 14 overs while off-spinner David Kearns was equally tight with 1/21 from 10.

On a wicket which tends to favour the bowlers – unless your name is Jason Young who scored 203 here in 2000 to set a new league record for KCC – runs are hard to come by but left-handed opener Richard Webster carried his bat for 47 and John Bryson Jnr (28) the professional Darren Hickey (23) and the captain Glen Weightman (14) also got into double figures as Keswick reached 154/5 in 39.4 overs.

Keswick are now in fifth position in the league only three points away from Millom and Haverigg who are in joint fourth place.

Keswick are at home to Haverigg this Saturday and while the weather forecast in the days leading up to the game is more of the same (convention weather of wind and rain) it is better for the weekend and hopefully the game against Haverigg – the final league game of the season - will go ahead with Ian Brotherton and Andy Clark doing their utmost to prepare the best possible wicket under the circumstances, as they have all this season and during the more difficult months of July and August which, once again, have proved to be wet and windy as opposed to hot and dry.

The 2nd X1’s home game against Wigton was rained-off at the weekend, the Fitz Park ground was waterlogged, and the team, which has not won this season, travels to Appleby for the final game of the season this Saturday. Keswick 3rd X1 also plays their final game this weekend, at home to Baggrow 2nds on Fitz Park this Sunday.

The final game of the season is a Keswick X1 v Spye Park X1 (Bristol) on Saturday, September 12.

Enjoy your cricket. KTR.