On Saturday they travelled to Shireshead, and picked up just three points in what was a losing draw at Clifton Park. The game was reduced to 26 overs a side due to the weather, and Shireshead batted first. The hosts posted a total of 114-6 from their allotted overs. Zak Buchanan (4-39) was the pick of the Westgate bowlers as per usual. In response Westgate scored just 96-8 in what was a tense finish. Alex Briggs (32) was the top scorer. Congratulations also to Alex Parrott who made his first team debut. The scorecard for this game is available here.

Today Westgate faced hosts Warton in the first game of the Divison 1 T20 Semi Finals day. The visitors batted first and posted a total of 100-7 from their innings with captain Andy Hill top scoring with 30 runs. Warton reached the target within 19 overs and Dylan Conroy (3-21) was the pick of the Westgate bowlers. The scorecard is available here.

Unfortunately Westgate A's fixture against Shireshead A was postponed due to the weather.

Juniors

Westgate's U13 side played away at Heysham on Wednesday and unfortunately they lost by five wickets. The visitors batted first on a lovely evening, and posted 94-3 from their 20 overs. Opener Joel Frith (27*) was the pick of the Westgate batsmen, retiring not out. Rory Briggs (14), Dan Legg (13) and Joe McDermott (14) also reached double figures in a good looking innings. Heysham batted just as well however, if not better, and reached the target in 18 overs. Dan Legg (3-20) bowled really well for the visitors, whilst Joel Frith (1-18) and H.Mills (1-14) also took wickets.

The U11s recorded their fifth successive victory with a convincing performance on Sunday away to Torrisholme Blue. Westgate scored a mammoth 368 with all pairs contributing at least 20. Matthew & Joe Bradshaw 30 and Sam Hayward & Jack Liptrot a massive 65.
Torrisholme made 188. Yusuf Dalal took 4 wkts, Harry Miller 3, Matthew Bradshaw 3, Sam Hayward 2, Marcus Palamountain, Jim Craig and debutant Ronnie Backhouse all took 1 wicket. Nathan Allen led the catchers with 3 victims. Next match is the cup game away to Heysham on Friday evening followed by the final league match next Sunday - away to Holme.

Next week

Westgate's first team have just the one game next week, and this is at home to Carnforth in the league on Saturday. They will be looking to put an end to their poor run of form, looking to regain top spot. The second team are away to Kirkby Lonsdale on Saturday in the league before facing Ingleton in the Division 2 T20 Semi Final on Sunday at Ambleside CC (2:30pm start).

The U13s are in action on Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday they face Shireshead at home in the cup, before facing Morecambe at home the following day in the league. The U11s also have two games next week. They face Heysham away from home in the cup on Friday before facing Holme away on Sunday in their final league match of the season.

Bonus Ball

This week's Bonus Ball winner is Ced Dyson (23).