Bank Holiday Weekend - Results

On Saturday East Keswick went to Bilton requiring a win to keep their hopes of avoiding relegation alive. Unfortunately it wasn't to be and the 1st XI went down by 7 wickets after a good platform gave them the chance of making 180+ but the tumbling of wickets meant they fell short. Bharath top scored in Keswick's total of 156 making a fine 46 and despite some tight middle order bowling the opposition reached the target with overs to spare.


Bank Holiday Monday saw the Eagles travel to Bardsey and take on the Super 8's in the LMS semi-final. Bowling first Keswick made a good start but a few expensive overs saw the Super 8's reach 186 (or so!) in their 20 overs.

In reply some explosive hitting from Rahul and some run-a-ball support from Andrew got Keswick off to a fine start as Rahul regularly smashed the ball to and over the boundary as he retired after making 50*. Bobby came to the wicket, blasted a few more fours and a six in making 19 before a fine catch in the deep removed him. Andrew reached 27 before being dismissed in a similar fashion, by the same fielder. Bharath and Venu tried to keep the runs flowing, but a debatable run out led to Venu's dismissal and Kamran fell first ball, Utchay was run out and Ravi hit six before being bowled the following ball.

This left Rahul to try and do the impossible and smash 11 an over off the remaining 3 overs. Smashing some massive blows he took Keswick within the last ball and a six off the last ball to win (which in LMS rules counts as 12!) but the excellent final over was capped by an excellent last ball and Keswick fell 10 or so runs short of victory and Rahul a mighty 75* from just 39 balls.

Well played to everyone involved, an excellent if disappointing end to the clubs first LMS season. (I'll post a link to the game's scorecard when it appears.

Squad for LMS Final Day

Kamran has selected the 10 man squad for the LMS game against the Super 8's on Monday at 11am.

LMS - Finals Day

On Bank Holiday Monday East Keswick will play in the Last Man Stands finals day at Bardsey CC. At 11am we will play the Super 8's and victory in that match would see us play in the final against the winners of Bardsey vs. Hall Park Lions at 4pm.

LMS - Team Selection vs. Chad Power

The team for the game against Chad Power on Friday evening has been made and can be seen here.

Some sad news....

On Saturday evening long time East Keswick stalwart Freda Greenwood died following continued ill health. Freda had for many years been an integral part of the club until a couple of year ago when old age meant she moved out of the village and into a nursing home. She carried out many roles at the club, from scorer and tea maker to club treasurer and will be missed by all who knew her (and ate her chocolate cakes!).

Her funeral will take place on Friday at 11am at East Keswick Parish Church.

LMS Result - Eagles vs. Sledgers

East Keswick Eagles came within one win of a trip to Bardsey and the Last Man Stands Finals day with a comfortable 38 run win against Symington's Sledgers.

Despite losing Bobby (1) and Bharath (3) early on in a double play, Keswick came back into the game thanks to 59 from Venu, 44 from Andrew and 24 from Cherry. Some tight bowling put the opposition well behind the run rate and the Eagles ran out easy winners.

A win on Friday against Chad Power would see Keswick take part in the four team cup final at Bardsey CC on Monday the 29th August at 11am. All support would be welcome!

LMS - Team Selection

The team selection for the game against Symington's Sledgers at St. Chads on Monday evening has been made and can be found here.

Week 19 - Results

Week 19 saw the 1st XI suffer a heavy loss at the hands of Sicklinghall. Batting first the 1st XI scored 95 all out with Rahul top scoring. In reply the home side knocked the runs off for the loss of just two wickets. With other results going against them this leaves Keswick staring at relegation into the division three unless they can muster three wins from their last three games and hope other results go their way.

The 2nd XI beat Great Preston in the home friendly match after bowling the away team out for just 65, with Sekhar taking 3 wickets and Sundeep 2 wickets. The 2nd XI knocked the runs off for the loss of just two wickets.

Week 19 - Team Selection

The teams for Saturday are on the Facebook page, they will appear on the website later today.

LMS - Team Selection vs. Hall Park CC

The team selection vs. Hall Park CC has been made and can be seen here

Week 18 - Match Reports

The week 18 match reports for the games against South Milford and Hillam can now be found by clicking the links here.

Week 18 - Team Selection

The teams for the games against South Milford and Hillam are now up on the website.

Match Report - Week 17

The match reports for last Saturday's games against Thorner and South Milford A are now up on the webiste.

Last Man Stands - Week 2

The team for the game against Hall Park Lions on the 9th August has been made and is available to see here

Apologies to people not picked this week. There are less games than were initially expected to be played, but we will try to give everyone who has expressed an interest a game.

Important: £5 is the minimum match fee but would appreciate anyone who can pay extra to decrease the deficit.

Week 17 - Results

Week 17 saw the 1st XI outplay 4th place Thorner on a tricky away wicket. Put in to bat they scored a defendable, but below par score of 149, thanks to a patient knock of 18 from the skipper, 29 from fellow opener Bharath, 26 from Rahul and 23 from Bobby. In reply Thorner had little in the way of an answer as Muthiah took 4-21, Ravi 3-40, Kamran 2-7 and Andy 1-9 as the hosts were skittled for 80 runs.

The 2nd XI lost narrowly by 2 wickets at home against South Milford as they posted 191 after being 135-8.

All reports to follow later.

Team Selections - Week 17

The team selections for Week 17 have now been made and can be seen here.