SHADWELL CC captain Joe Eddison has backed his in-form outfit to go to Great Preston and pick up yet another victory to prolong their superb run of results in Division One.
Shad’ have popped up from nowhere to sit joint third in the league just se
ven points behind leaders Scarcroft who slipped to defeat last weekend.
Eddison knows Preston will not lie down without a fight but with his men currently in a purple patch he believes they have what it takes to win the contest.
“We’re at full strength and I’m confident the way we’re playing that we can go there and get a win,” he said.
“I think they’re slightly better than their position in the table suggests. They were the first team to beat Scarcroft this season so they’ll be difficult.
“But we’re on a good run at the moment. We’ve won our last seven in league and cup and I’ve been really pleased with that.
“It’s just a bit annoying that we lost some silly games earlier on in the season. But it’s a tight league this year, everyone seems to be beating each other.
“We’ve just got to keep this run going and hope the other teams around us keep losing too.”
On Saturday Shaddy waltzed to a comfortable nine-wicket win over bottom side Church Fenton with Eddison’s men bowling out their opponents for just 53.
The star of the show was once again West Indian starlet Ryan Hercules who bagged five wickets including a hat-trick to set Shad’ on their way.
“He got the first three wickets of their innings,” continued Eddison.
“The first one was caught at slip and the other two were both bowled. He was quite quiet when he got the last one but he asked if he could have the match ball as a memento.
“He’s been doing well but the whole team have this year. We shared the wickets around a bit at the weekend with Ryan getting a few then Joe Burke getting a few at the end.
“It was a good win but we’ve just got to keep it going and see what happens.”
CHURCH FENTON will be hoping for some respite in the league tomorrow when they travel to SCARCROFT. Damian Aston’s men are still licking their wounds after their defeat to Old Mods last weekend.
KIRK DEIGHTON captain Richard Ward doesn’t see any reason why his side can’t go out and beat defending champions SPOFFORTH tomorrow when the two cross swords at School Lane.
Simon Taylor’s men returned to winning ways on Saturday but only just, beating Barwick by two wickets in an exciting end to their clash.
Ward feels there are chinks in Spofforth’s armour this season and he’s looking to attack them early.
“They’ve lost a couple this season and we’re going into it on a high after the victory last week,” said Ward.
“We’re at full strength too which is really pleasing. There’s no reason why we can’t go there and get a win.
