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Winchester K.S. Cricket Club - Formed 1994
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Winchester K.S. CC Review 2001
Winchester KS were fortunate that after their demotion - the River Park club fell foul of the SPL's youth cricket criteria - most of the players remained loyal. The side was strengthened with the return of Chris Knight and later by Rhys Oxley, the promising Hampshire YCs off-spinner from nearby Fair Oak.The fixture list meant that we had to play all the teams that finished 2000 in the lower half of the final table first and it was not until the latter part of the campaign that the more testing fixtures arrived. What looked like a testing run in proved to be in the end very comfortable with the only reverse coming in a rain affected match against Rowledge.
Winchester's all round strength proved too much for many of the sides and even the loss of pace bowler Dave Greetham (shoulder injury) did not check the side's progress. No one person stood out as four of the batsmen scored over 300 runs - Raj Naik (520), Paul Marks (472) Jim Taylor (337) and Dave Parsons (311).
The wickets were shared between Stu Marks (24), Martin Taylor (20), Raj Naik (18) and Jim Taylor (15). The irrepressible Nigel Bungay claimed 20 victims behind the sticks.
Plans for a new pavilion at River Park are now well advanced and a new Colts set up is now in place as WKS renew their SPL2 rivalries this summer.