Thursday 30 July 2009

2nd Team - Team Selection vs. Garforth PC

The team selection for the home game against Garforth PC on the 1st August is as follows.

1. Andrew Hirst (Capt.)
2. Mohammed Ashfaq
3. Neil Chapman
4. Steven March
5. Andy Barber
6. Steve Skerrett (Wkt.)
7. Kavish Ansar
8. Zaheer Ahmed
9. Imran Hussain
10. John Barber
11. Fraaz Ahemd

Please be at the ground for 12.30pm - 12.45pm

Monday 27 July 2009

Week 15 - Results

Week 15 again saw both East Keswick teams victorious. The first team scored and impressive 237/7 away at Whixley before restricting Whixley to 165/5 in reply.

The second team were put into bat against Whixley A and scored 206/8 thanks to a second wicket 95 run partnership between Adnam Taj (63), and Andrew Hirst (35). Good batting from Imran Hussain (28) and Neil Chapman (36) saw Keswick to over 200.

In reply Whixley were dismissed for 116 with Andman Taj (4-24) taking four wickets for the second week running, Andy Barber (2-39) and James Cosgrove with (2-16).

The win keeps the second team six points behind Garforth PC with next weeks game against Garforth looking like a very important fixture.

Friday 24 July 2009

2nd Team - Team Selection vs. Whixley 'A'

The team to face Whixley 'A' at home on Saturday, 25th July is as follows:

1. Andrew Hirst (Capt.)
2. Mohammed Ashfaq
3. Neil Chapman
4. Adnan Taj
5. Steve Skerrett (Wkt.)
6. Andy Barber
7. Steven March
8. James Cosgrove
9. Imran Hussain
10. Alan Abram
11. John Barber

Start time 1.30pm.

Wednesday 22 July 2009

Whixley Evening League, Team Selection - Week 12

The team for the away game against North Leeds on Thursday 23rd July is as follows:

1. Neil Chapman (Capt.)
2. Andrew Hirst
3. Adrian Hirst
4. Mark Abram (Wkt.)
5. Adnan Taj
6. Andy Barber
7. Mohammed Ashfaq
8. Gareth Meredith
9. Steven Marsh
10. Amir
11. Suja

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Directions:

The Homestead, Old Park Road, Leeds 8. Come up Roundhay Road and turn left just past Safeways and just before the Oakwood Clock. Follow the road up the slight hill and to the right at the top. The ground is on the right.

Result - Senior Evening Cup

On Tuesday evening the first team played Shadwell in the Senior Evening Cup. Batting first East Keswick scored 111 all out and were unable to restrict Shadwell who made 112/5 in a close finish.

Sunday 19 July 2009

Week 14 - Statistics

Some random statistics....

East Keswick A have...
  • bowled 88 maidens this season, or 16% of all overs bowled.
  • scored an average of 4.46 runs per over this season.
  • scored 50.80% of all their 2,622 runs this season in boundaries.
  • caught 44 out of 80 catches (55%) this season.
  • had 12 batsmen hit at least one 6 this season.
  • have hit fifty 6's this season.

Week 14 - Results

Both East Keswick teams won again this week with the first team making 130/7 from their 45 overs against Oulton and then bowling them impressively out for just 82, giving Keswick a 47 run victory. The win leaves them 13 points clear at the top of division 2.

The second team travelled to Hillam & Monk Fryston where they won the toss and put the home side into bat. Some fine bowling from Adnan Taj (4-26), Andy Barber (3-44) and Ashley Richardson (2-17) reduced the home side to 110 all out, with Faird Hussain taking three catches.

In reply Keswick once again made hard work of reaching the total after losing the top order cheaply. However Ashley Richardson (42), and then Neil Chapman (31*) led Keswick home for the loss of seven wickets. The win leaves Keswick just 6 points behind third place Garforth PC and nine points behind second placed Saxton, with both of these teams to play before the end of the season.

Division 2 table

Division 6 table

Thursday 16 July 2009

2nd Team - Team Selection vs. Hillam & Monk Fryston

The team to play away at Hillam & Monk Fryston on Saturday, 18th July is as follows:

1. Andrew Hirst
2. Ashley Richardson
3. Zaheer Ahmed
4. Neil Chapman
5. Imran Hussain
6. Farid Hussain
7. Andy Barber
8. Steven Marsh
9. Steve Skerrett
10. Adnan Taj
11. Anis Hussain (TBC)

Batting order to be confirmed

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Directions - Stocking Lane, Hillam

The ground is situated 400 metres south of the A63 Leeds – Selby road near the village of Monk Fryston. Find Monk Fryston on the A63, 1 mile east of Selby Fork on the A1 - six miles west of Selby. At the Old Garage in Monk Fryston, take the Beal-Birkin road and travel 400 metres to the ‘T’ junction, take the right turn.

Travel 50 metres, then take the first left into Stocking Lane, the entrance to the ground is on the right.

Wednesday 15 July 2009

Week 13 - East Keswick vs. Sherburn Eversley 'A' Report

Despite subsequent events East Keswick A put in an excellent performance last Saturday against top of the table Sherburn Eversley to earn an exciting draw.

Winning the toss and putting Sherburn into bat East Keswick ripped through the top order thanks to some excellent bowling from Mohammed Ashfaq (4-53) reduced Sherburn to 30 for 4 wickets. Thereafter some excellent batting propelled Sherburn to 218-9 after their 45 overs with Ashley Richardson taking 2-35.

East Keswick's response got off to a poor start as Sherburn's bowling reduced them to 92-5 until a dashing 96 from Ashley Richardson and a well controlled 41* from Neil Chapman (including 27 singles!) kept them in the game. In a tense final over with East Keswick requiring six runs to win Steven March (11*) hit two scrambled runs off the final ball to earn a draw.

Sunday 12 July 2009

Week 13 - Results

Unfortunately for the 2nd team yesterday's great effort in getting a draw (Congratuations to Ashley for his excellent 96 and Neil Chapman who made 41*) against Sherburn was cancelled out as had I failed to register Anis before the 10pm deadline. For anyone interested in the explanation....

Farid had texted me Anis's details on Friday evening, but despite checking my phone regularly for new text messages I didn't see it until I checked my 'Received Messages folder' at 10pm. I can only presume i'd sat on my phone at some point during the afternoon and read the message by accident, meaning I was unaware I had received it.

I e-mailed Kevin Hutchinson (who in charge of player registration) Anis's details, and said I hoped the few minutes delay would not affect his registration (the e-mail I sent arrived at 10:07pm), but that if it did could he please reply and let me know. I checked my e-mail Saturday morning, and again before I left at 12pm, but I had not received a reply from him.

Kevin Hutchinson replied to me at 8.50pm on Saturday evening telling me that he doesn't check his e-mails after 10pm on Friday evenings, and presumably not on Saturday mornings either. Therefore Anis was not registered to play. This means Sherburn receive all 6 points and East Keswick receive a £25 fine.

Ironically I wanted another player to make sure we had 11 players for the entire game as Andy Barber would have had to have left at 5.30pm - but as it turned out Andy could have played the full game as we fielded first and he would have not been needed to bat.

So I'd like to apologise to all concerned for costing us some important points. I've throw myself down the stairs several times as punishment.

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Week 13 saw East Keswick first team demolish Kirk Hammeton for just 41 runs and knock them off for the loss of one wicket in reply. The result leaves them 13 points clear at the top of Division 2.

Thursday 9 July 2009

Whixley Evening League - Week 10

Thursday evening see's East Keswick take on Bolton Percy at home. 6.30pm start.

Wednesday 8 July 2009

2nd Team - Bowling Averages

Top bowlers by wickets taken:

  1. Ashley Richardson | 20 wickets | 13.90 average
  2. Andy Barber | 16 wickets | 23.31 average
  3. James Cosgrove | 15 wickets | 18.67 average
  4. Mohammed Ashfaq | 14 wickets | 11.50 average
  5. Matt Couchman | 6 wickets | 31.00 average
  6. Farid Hussain | 5 wickets | 16.40 average
  7. Sohail Mohammed | 5 wickets | 16.60 average

2nd Team - Team Selection vs. Sherburn Eversley 'A'

The team to play away at Sherburn Eversley A on Saturday is as follows:

1. Andrew Hirst (Capt.)
2. Ashley Richardson
3. Farid Hussain
4. Mohammed Ashfaq
5. Imran Hussain
6. Steve Skerrett (Wkt.)
7. Neil Chapman
8. Steven Marsh
9. Matt Bishop
10. Zaheer Ahmed
11. TBC

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Postcode: LS25 3ER

Directions - (Eversley Park):

From the traffic lights in Sherburn, head towards South Milford for 500 yards, turn right between Oddfellows Arms and Cliffe Motors up “Cricketers Way”. The ground is at the top of the driveway.

Monday 6 July 2009

Results - Week 12

Week 12 once again saw both East Keswick teams victorious.

The first team travelled to Thorner Mexborough, and batting first the East Keswick bowling proved too strong for the hosts as they were bowled out for just 115. A low total however proved quite tricky as Keswick lost 7 wickets before reaching their target. The victory puts the first team some 12 points clear at the top of Division 2.

East Keswick A played Green Hammerton A at home. Green Hammerton won the toss and chose to bat first and despite some good bowling from both Andy Barber and Mohammed Ashfaq, they managed to avoid being bowled out whilst reaching a total of 140-8. In reply Keswick reached 22-0 before the loss of several quick wickets saw them tottering at 54-5. However an excellent sixth wicket partnership between Mohammed Ashfaq (57*) and Steve Skerrett (31) saw the target reached for the loss of six wickets and with plenty of overs to spare.

The victory leaves East Keswick just 3 points off the 3rd place promotion place and 5 points off 2nd place with an important game against top of the table Sherburn Eversley to come next week.

Friday 3 July 2009

Result - Whixley Evening League

On Thursday Evening East Keswick defeated an eight man Sicklinghall side. Batting first Keswick scored 174-6 and then bowled the opopsition out for 128, despite some good upper order batting from the visiting team.

Thursday 2 July 2009

Whixley Evening League – Week 9

Tonight see’s East Keswick take on Sicklinghall in the Whixley Evening League. The game starts at 6.30pm.

Wednesday 1 July 2009

2nd Team - Team Selection vs. Green Hammerton 'A'

The 2nd team selection for the home game against Green Hammerton 'A' on Saturday 4th July 2009 is as follows:

1. Andrew Hirst (Capt.)
2. Farid Hussain
3. Mohammed Ashfaq
4. Imran Hussain
5. Neil Chapman
6. Gareth Meredith
7. Matt Bishop
8. Steven Marsh
9. Andy Barber
10. Steve Skerrett (Wkt.)
11. Tony Goodwin

Batting order to be confirmed. 1.30pm start time.