Crowe was part of Berkshire's title-winning team in 2008

Berkshire player-coach Carl Crowe says they aim to win all their remaining Minor Counties Championship matches.

Berkshire are top of the Western Division, having won both of their last two games and now play Cheshire on Sunday at Finchampstead Cricket Club.

Crowe told BBC Berkshire: "There is talk about trying to draw this game against Cheshire.

"There is absolutely no chance we don't want to win the game. We picked a side that is going to win the game."

He added: "I never go into a game not expecting to win - I want to win them all."

The 34-year-old says his side aim to maintain their winning mentality from the successive wins against Herefordshire and Wales.

"It's about momentum and winning or losing being a habit," he added. "At the moment we seem to have the winning habit.

"The last game was close but in the end we were able to continue that momentum and have that self-belief to go on and win the game."

Berkshire are looking to emulate their success of 2008, when they won the Minor Counties Championship for the first time in 55 years.

"You can relate to how we were doing then," he said. "It does get spoken about, it's not seen as relied upon, we're here and now. We're two years on.

"And hopefully, two years on we're better players but other teams have moved forward as well so we have to make sure that we move forward as well to stay on top."

Berkshire versus Cheshire starts at 1100 BST on Sunday 18 July at Finchampstead Cricket Club.

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