KEEPER Danny McDonnell is renowned for his reliability between the posts for Worcester City.

The 34-year-old custodian has spent nearly seven years at St George's Lane and passed 300 appearances for the club last season.

But, while many footballers are off sunning themselves on Europe's beaches, McDonnell has switched his attention to another sport and is turning out for Pedmore Cricket Club.

Given his recent scores, he is equally at home with a cricket bat as he is with a football.

The left-hand opening batsman has scored 401 runs in his last three matches and a century against Old Halesonians in Worcestershire League Division Three tomorrow would be his third in a row.

After missing the opening game because it clashed with City's last-day match at Harrogate Town, McDonnell began his summer campaign with 91 in Pedmore's winning draw against Harborne.

He then smashed a career-best total - an unbeaten 209 - in his side's 263-run demolition of Kidderminster Victoria and followed that with 101 in a winning draw against Martley last weekend.

McDonnell said: "I have done alright the last couple of weeks. It's nice to get runs.

"I'll do my best to get a third century. It would be nice but I think some of the other lads want to have a bat! I don't think there will be that many clapping if I get another 100!"

He added: "I have never got a double hundred before. I reached 130 once when I was at Stourbridge about 12 or 15 years ago. It's great to get a double hundred.

"I got it on the day Kidderminster Harriers played at Wembley and a few of the Kidderminster Victoria team were missing so they weren't as strong as they could be."

The City stopper, who can only play for Pedmore until he starts pre-season training with Worcester in July, has always had a passion for cricket but only plays for the love of the game now.

He said: "I have played on and off at Pedmore since I was about 10. I had five or six years at Stourbridge in the early 1990s when they were in the Birmingham League when I was taking cricket more seriously than football.

"When I signed for Halesowen Town and started getting paid good money for football I put the cricket on the back-burner and went back to Pedmore and played for them.

"A lot of my mates play there so it's an enjoyment thing. It's a break from football and keeps you doing some sort of exercise.

"I will only play cricket up until the end of June. It's over in the blink of an eye, which is a shame because I really enjoy cricket."