Keswick record their biggest league win
Last updated 09:35, Friday, 04 July 2008
Keswick had every reason to celebrate their home win over Haverigg in the Premier Division of the North Lancs Cumbria League.
The victory by 190 runs was their biggest league win in the club’s history as they completed a demolition job on their visitors.
For Keswick’s Sri Lankan professional Dinuk Hettiarachchi it was a triple celebration. Not only had he taken a hat-trick to help Keswick towards their record success, but his wife had given birth to a baby daughter back in Sri Lanka.
He finished with 4-11 from his eight overs of leg-break bowling which eventually saw Haverigg dismissed for 52.
The early damage had been done by 20-year-old seamer Stuart Dowson who took for 6-23.
Earlier Keswick had reached 242-7 .
The second wicket partnership between Imran Khan (92) and Darren Collin (59) was worth 85. Haverigg professional Sridharan Sriram took 5-72 and he also top-scored for them with 21.
Keswick’s former professional Majid Jahangir was in good form for Furness as he scored an unbeaten 104 at Carlisle which helped the south Cumbrians to a nine-wicket win.
He dominated the winning reply of 160-1 after Carlisle had been restricted to 157-8.
Opener Marc Brown had played a similar role for the home side with 71 but lacked any support until a late surge by the ninth wicket pair of Simon Plevin (24no) and Mike Trickett (20no).
Premier Division leaders Workington won an exciting game at Millom by two wickets to stay out in front.
They invited Millom to bat first and they seemed to be in trouble when opening bowler Matthew Gorley had to be pulled-out of the attack after seven overs with a leg injury.
Elsroy Powell (43) and Richard Arnold (46) figured in the best stand of the innings as they put on 60. Arnold was actually dropped before he had scored.
They closed on 207-7 with Simon James (3-36) the leading Workington bowler.
Workington didn’t start well and after 12 overs were 42-4 before a fifth wicket stand of 107 put them back in the contest.
James (34) went and was followed quickly by Simon Beare (72) and at 154-67 the game was back in the melting pot.
But Gorley came out to bat with a runner and figured in a match-winning stand of 50 with his skipper Steven Benson to push Workington to the edge of victory.
, Gorley (25no) and Kyle Galea (4no) saw Workington home with two overs and two wickets to spare.
Cockermouth suffered a set-back at Sandair where they were beaten by Penrith, going under by seven wickets. Gareth White top-scored with 46 for Cockermouth when they could only manage 124. The wickets were shared around with John Iniff the best on 3-32.
Professional Upul Fernando (41) and opener Nick Burns (30) saw to it that Penrith reached 125-3 without too many concerns.
Wigton won a tight game at Lanercost in Division One by three wickets after bowling out the home side for 157.
Bobby Sherlock scored 72 not out in a winning total of 158-7. David Ferguson (37) and Scott Simpson (33) had top-scored for Lanercost with Glen Liddle taking 3-39.
Rivals Kirkby had a comfortable win after bowling-out Keswick seconds for 63.
