The 69 he scored as part of a 282 total wasn't however the top score for the ex Altrincham Grammar School boy with fast improving all rounder Ben Clark pipping him to that accolade with 70.

Ben said "It was my top score of the season so that was pleasing - and I enjoyed piling on the runs with Ports "

Meanwhile the rollercoaster season continues for the Timperley 1st XI who surprisingly went down to a 30 run defeat in the key relegation tussle at Grappenhall. Despite some excellent bowing from Chris Page and Groom to be Nathan Brown the visitors crumbled to 142 chasing a mediocre 173.

Disappointed skipper Ed said: “It’s a game we should have definitely won, it was an opportunity lost but thankfully the other results for teams at the bottom went our way. We need to carry on and pick up at least 2 more wins to ensure our safety.”

More doom and gloom for the 2nd team who are struggling for form - and went down again also to Grappenhall. The seconds posted a disappointing 146 wish just like the first team the middle order collapsing and which the visitors overtook our score with 9 wickets down.

In slightly cheerier news, Thisumi Jayawarna - a UK ranked chess player, underlined her potential as a star of the future when she posted 53 not out for Cheshire U15s against Lancashire.

Meanwhile the first team scorer who is also a renowned cricketer for Cheshire, Emily Page, is off globe trotting this week. Emily, the sister of first team firebrand bowler Chris, is going to South Africa as part of an international charity that helps underprivileged children achieve their potential in sport.

The experience of a lifetime for kind hearted Emily is followed a month later by a 6 month working trip to Australia where she will coach young people down under at a club near Melbourne. She already has a job as a waitress and helping with the grounds to supplement her earnings at the club.

Emily said: “I can’t wait to fly off to the Southern Hemisphere. It’s not that I am fed up with people at Timperley…! I am not entirely convinced that we can teach the Aussies that much about cricket but we will see.”

As always, everyone at TCC wishes Emily all the best for her travels and here's hoping her brother won't be banned by the time she returns....