EDENFIELD professional Keith Roscoe took nine wickets on the opening day of the Vaux Ribblesdale League so our man Brian Doogan decided to put him in the spotlight for the first of a regular series of "pro-files".

KEITH ROSCOE

Edenfield

AGE: 34

NATIONALITY: English

HEIGHT: 6'2" (when I'm stood up)

BATTING: Left handed

BEST BATTING: One, four, I don't know. It's not too high because I've never got in high enough up the order. Aspirations in this department are quite high but the actual physical statistics aren't that good.

BOWLING: Left handed

BEST BOWLING: Well, last Saturday I got nine for 57. I don't know if it was an aberration or what. It was quite a close game so my mind was on that and I didn't realise how many I'd got.

NICKNAME: "Kes" after the film. I used to be always hovering about the older lads as a kid. They couldn't get shut of me. Every time they'd chase me off I'd run about 200 yards and be back in two minutes.

PREVIOUS CLUBS: Bacup, Rawtenstall, Gloucester Seconds, Somerset Seconds and Sunderland.

REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS: Well, playing for Gloucester Seconds and Somerset Seconds and I also got picked for Durham but declined their offer because it didn't pay. I was a regular on the Lancashire League team throughout the 80s and early 90s. I've been on tour to India, North America and Australia with the Ashbrooke touring side from Sunderland.

MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT (cricket): It was circa 1979 during a match being broadcast on Radio Blackburn against Enfield. I was fielding at deep square leg looking towards the red brick pavilion. Now, I suffer from red-green colour blindness. The commentary van was near to where I was fielding. I could hear it because they pipe it out the window. It went something along the lines of: Rdford's coming in, the batsman's hit it, and he's hooked it round and he's bound to be out - going to deep square leg. Hang on a minute - the ball's going to the right. Roscoe's going to his left. It's four runs! Then you heard in the background all sorts of expletives coming from the crowd so that was kind of embarrassing. MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT (outside cricket): Sumo wrestling in a wine bar in Newcastle in a pair of white boxer shorts, black socks, black shoes and a guy picked me up and slammed me to the floor where I broke my leg. So I was sat there with a broken leg, throwing up everywhere with the shock, waiting for the ambulance to arrive.

MOST FEARED OPPONENT: Mike Tyson. I haven't taken him on but I wouldn't mind the money. And, unlike Bruno, I'd come out moving.

MOST AND LEAST SOCIABLE CRICKETER: The most sociable was Roger Law, the former captain of Bacup who's dead now. He was a tremendous bloke who couldn't half drink. He was an outstanding sportsman who like the game and loved a drink - my hero. And I have never had a least sociable cricketer come in contact with me.

ONE TO WATCH AT YOUR CLUB: One of the young lads, Craig Smithson. We're teaching him the tricks of the trade like how to go out on a Friday night and not be too legless to play on Saturday.

HOBBIES: I do a few quizzes. I like to listen to a hell of a lot of music. I'm in to Oasis and older kind of stuff like the Stone Roses, the Pistols, a bit of the Jam and a bit of the Clash. I enjoy reading a lot of history and I'm quite fond of fine art. Art Deco from the mid to late 20s and early 30s is pleasing and I like the landscape painters like Turner and Constable.

OTHER SPORTS PLAYED: I did play rugby but they seem to have stopped selecting me. Squash, bowls and golf - I have a classic swing but I have trouble making the clubhead connect with the ball.

FAVOURITE AND LEAST FAVOURITE POLITICIAN: Paddy Ashdown seems more honest than most. I can't stand Gillian Shepherd or most Tory politicians for that matter. FAVOURITE AND LEAST FAVOURITE ACTOR: Favourite: Harrison Ford. Least favourite: Randolph Scott.

FAVOURITE AND LEAST FAVOURITE ACTRESS: Madeleine Stowe, favourite, and my least favourite is Pamela Anderson who can't act - but she looks all right.

LAST FILM SEEN: I've been at the theatre more recent than the cinema. I went to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford two weeks ago to see "Twelfth Night".

FAVOURITE AND LEAST FAVOURITE BAND/PERFORMER: Oasis, favourite, and Take That, Boyzone, all those are my least favourite because they can be summed up in one word - which isn't printable in a family newspaper.

BIGGEST GRIPE IN SPORT: Playing when it's cold.

BIGGEST GRIPE OUTSIDE SPORT: The wife's nagging and the phone bill. She's never done talking.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY: I'd probably hide.

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