CAPTAIN Chris Berry has vowed to get Radcliffe’s stuttering campaign back on track following back-to-back league defeats.

The Championship outfit slipped nine points behind leaders Crompton in the Central Lancashire League following a comprehensive 133-run loss to fourth-placed Heyside and also crashed out to Heywood in the Wood Cup.

But Berry believes the third-placed Homer Street men have plenty of time to regroup, starting with lowly Werneth at home on Saturday.

“We need to get back to winning ways after three losses on the spin, so I’m expecting a win,” he said.

“We’ve not lost too much ground at the top and we’ve got time on our side with plenty of games left to play.

“We will be up there come the end of the season.”

Nick Campbell smashed his way to a half century as Heyside swept a depleted Radcliffe team aside in a rain-reduced game at Little Hey Street.

Campbell hit 75 while Ben Holt (48) and professional Shadley Van Schalkwyk (40) chipped in with valuable contributions as the hosts posted 214.

Saif Ur Rehman was the pick of the Radcliffe bowlers taking 6-78.

However, with Martyn Coates unavailable and Rashid Riaz also missing, Radcliffe struggled with the bat.

Van Schalkwyk and Scott Bloor took five wickets apiece to thwart the visiting attack.

Berry top-scored with 22 but only two other batsmen – professional Raheel Majeed (16) and Usman Malik (13) got into double figures as the Radcliffe limped to 81 all out.

“You are always going to miss your regular first teamers and I think the scoreboard pressure got to us,” said Berry.

“Heyside came out of the blocks firing and it was a challenging total to chase.

“We went for the big shots when all we needed to do was find the gaps and be patient.”

Despite a half century from Riaz in the rescheduled Wood Cup game against Heywood on Sunday, Radcliffe fell to a nine-wicket defeat.

Riaz hit 73 at The Racecourse while Majeed (36) and Ur Rehman (31) helped the hosts to 186-6.

But half centuries from Bobby Cross and professional Paul Nichol saw Heywood knock off the total for the loss of one wicket.

Cross, brother of Lancashire star Kate, smashed his way to 90 not out and man-of-the-match Nichol was also unbeaten on 56 as the Radcliffe bowlers had no answer to the Premier sides batting prowess.

But Berry was determined to take the positives from the game.

“The game was tighter than the scoreline suggests,” he said.

“We were 6-2 at one point and for us to come back and post 186 was testament to the lads who came in to bat.

“And If a couple of decisions had gone our way things may have been different.”