Skipper puts his shirt on Sketchley

High Wycombe captain Jason Harrison aims to lead his team into the quarter-finals of club cricket's premier knockout tournament by taking the opposition to the cleaners.

Victory over Old Emanuel on Sunday will book the booming Buckinghamshire club a place in the last eight of the Evening Standard Challenge Trophy, the prestigious 50-over event they won in impressive style at The Oval two years ago.

Wycombe, who are already through to the quarter-finals of the Cockspur Cup national knockout after crushing Hainault & Clayhall by eight wickets last Sunday, have been making short work of their opponents in both major cups, with credit going to their newest recruit, off-spinning all-rounder Chris Sketchley.

The 29-year-old former Hampshire Second XI player, who made friends with Wycombe paceman Adam Cole when they were both on the MCC ground staff, returned figures of five wickets for 10 runs in the demolition of Cheam in the previous round of the Challenge Trophy and has taken 32 wickets in all competitions.

Captain Harrison said: "I'm not getting giddy because we've won nothing yet, but things are going very well at the moment. We had a stumble last year when we were out of both cups by the end of May but the players showed a lot of character by coming back to win our league.

"The cups are very important and we're looking strong in all departments now. Chris has given balance to our attack. He knows how to bowl at the death and he can bat in the middle order or open the innings. He has become our utility man."