Ramsey Crookall Finch Hill and CTH Insurance Ramsey moved the pair’s Premiership game from last weekend to this Saturday, meaning both still remain without a win.

The reason for the postponement was because of an Association Football game being played in Russia on the Saturday afternoon, I believe.

’It wouldn’t have happened in my day!’, are the thunderous words of one chairman perhaps.

Newfield Castletown take on Shimmin Wilson Peel and St John’s on the parched playing fields of King William’s College.

PSJ will be full of confidence after their big score against the Development XI on Sunday, but Town will have been buoyed after their important Blincoe Cup win against a PSJ side that contained a fair number of the Saints’ Saturday side.

However, Castletown will need to up their game to match PSJ’s present mood.

Valkyres and Hannan Law Crosby rearranged their Tinker Cup tie to this weekend to avoid a ’double header’ of games the following weekend.

Valkyres may now be under pressure because some regular players are unavailable because of work and family commitments.

The game will allow those players who have not had an opportunity to shine so far this season to demonstrate their credentials.

The Callin Wild Development team take on Baker Tilly Isle of Man Cronkbourne at KWC on Sunday.

The Development side have some of the best players in the island at present, but they will all need to show good concentration to take on this strong Cronkbourne team.

If Cronkbourne bat first, one hopes that they will give their bowlers a sufficient, but challenging target to defend.

l The junior island cricketers welcomed another set of visiting players to the island last week.

Cheadle Hulme independent school played two days of cricket down at KWC.

Honours were even with two wins for both sides but notable performances included 81 for Israel Dunn as Jacob Butler took four wickets for 13 runs.

l The hot dry weather has created some excellent conditions for the young batsmen in the junior leagues.

Tom Ward scored 140 not out for Ramsey in the Under-11 League.

It was not enough to win the match though as Cronkbourne’s batsmen replied with Jared Shepherd hitting 139 not out and Ian Larson making 46 not out to take them past the Ramsey score of 216.

Jared scored a six off the last ball to win the match.

Crosby continue to hold a firm grip of the Under-13 League as their two teams hold the top spots.

Joe Humphrey top scored with an outstanding 130 in their victory over Finch Hill Hawks.

Crosby B bowler Ziv Rosenthal took three wickets for 19 as his team bowled Finch Hill Falcons out for 70 runs and eased to victory with only three wickets down.

Andy Coulson