Keswick Cricket Club
Encyclopedia
Keswick Cricket Club is an English Cricket
club based in the Lake District
. Founded in the 1880s, its home games are played at Fitz Park
, which in 2001 was voted 'The Loveliest Cricket Ground in England' by Wisden Cricket Monthly
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Cricket Club have junior U11, U13, U15 teams and also a women's Cricket team.
, Ata-ur-Rehman
, Dinuka Hettiarachchi
, Darren Hickey and Paul Hindmarsh
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
club based in the Lake District
Lake District
The Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth...
. Founded in the 1880s, its home games are played at Fitz Park
Fitz Park
Fitz Park is a cricket ground in Keswick, Cumberland. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1955, when Cumberland played the Lancashire Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship...
, which in 2001 was voted 'The Loveliest Cricket Ground in England' by Wisden Cricket Monthly
Wisden Cricket Monthly
Wisden Cricket Monthly was a cricket magazine that ran from June 1979 to September 2003.The driving force behind the creation of WCM was its first editor, David Frith, formerly an editor of its rival, The Cricketer. At first, it operated under the Wisden name using license from John Wisden & Co;...
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Teams
The 1st team play in the North Lancashire and Cumbria Cricket League, Premier Division. The 2nd team play in the Eden Valley Cricket League, 3rd Division. KeswickKeswick, Cumbria
Keswick is a market town and civil parish within the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England. It had a population of 4,984, according to the 2001 census, and is situated just north of Derwent Water, and a short distance from Bassenthwaite Lake, both in the Lake District National Park...
Cricket Club have junior U11, U13, U15 teams and also a women's Cricket team.
Professional Players
Keswick employed their first professional cricketer, Jason Young, in 2000. Since then the following professionals have played for the club: Madjid Jahangir, Mansoor AhmedMansoor Ahmed
Mansoor Ahmed is a hockey player from Pakistan.A Goalkeeper, Mansoor Ahmed played between 1986 and 1997, he was capped 238 times. He won Bronze in the 1976 Olympics and Gold at the 1984 Olympics. Ahmed was a runner-up at the 1990 World Cup, but won 1984 World Cup.In 1996, at the Olympics in...
, Ata-ur-Rehman
Ata-ur-Rehman
Not to be confused with Prof. Atta ur RahmanAta-ur-Rehman is a Pakistani cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 30 ODIs from 1992 to 1996. He is tall and well built, bowling right-arm fast medium with a good control of line and length and the ability to move the old ball...
, Dinuka Hettiarachchi
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
Dinuka Hettiarachchi is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler.Hettiarachchi began playing cricket in 1995 for Tamil Union. He represented clubs at every level from under-13s to under-19s and beyond to senior level...
, Darren Hickey and Paul Hindmarsh