Keswick Cricket Club is an English
Cricket
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club based in the
Lake District
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. 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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The original version ran from June 1979 to September 2003. The magazine was revived in November 2017, launching with an Ashes Special whi ...
.
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.
Keswick 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 Ahmed
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Career
Ahmed played as a goalkeeper and Captain for the Pakistan national hockey team from 1986 to 2000. He played 338 International matches and participated in three O ...
,
Ata-ur-Rehman,
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
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, Darren Hickey and
Paul Hindmarch , current professional is Geeth Kumara,
Current 1XI Squad
# Glen Weightman*†
# Dan Gaskell
# Ben Sharp
# Sam Sharp
# Simon Grisdale
# Geeth Kumara
# James Benson
# Arran Davies
# Jonathan Hodgson
# Stephen Hindmarch
# Andy Clark
# Andrew Rigg
# James Mcgown
Trophies
Keswick Cricket Club won the Burton Cup in 1996, their first trophy. This success was followed by winning the Cumbria Cricket League in 1997. The club won the Higson Cup for the first time in 2006, the trophy then returned to the Fitz Park club in 2012. Most recently, Keswick lifted the county cup for the first time in 2013, defeating Furness in a tense final.
References
External links
BBC Sport report on Loveliest Cricket Ground{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030804202111/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/1589196.stm , date=4 August 2003
North Lancashire and Cumbria Cricket League Premier Division table
Club cricket teams in England
Keswick, Cumbria
Cricket in Cumbria