DAVE Taylor says he and his teammates remain committed to turning Kidlington's season around, writes ED MEZZETTI.

The club lie bottom of Division 2 West in the Home Counties Premier League and are 53 points adrift of safety as three teams will be relegated.

Kidlington's plight had left some suggesting Taylor, who is the club's director of cricket and captained the team last year, might seek to leave.

He said: "I've not finished below third in nine years of Premier League cricket, so it's a bit of a shock.

"But I believe we can get out of this position.

"To get out of where we are now would probably be a bigger achievement than winning the league.

"We can't keep losing and expect to stay up.

"We are not as strong as last year in terms of depth, but I don't think that's the reason.

"We are being very unlucky with the ball and with the bat.

"I had a couple of chances dropped on Saturday and I think I have taken six wickets on no balls.

"I've played in a lot of sides that have won the league, and when it comes down to the last ball or a crucial toss, luck can turn out differently."

Taylor is realistic about Kidlington's prospects, but stresses they are good enough to survive.

"We said before the game on Saturday that if we won our remaining 12 games, we could win the league," he said.

"It may sound strange, but that's the way we've got to look at it.

"We've got to win games, draws aren't good enough for us.

"We've got to win the next two games. If we don't, I think that's it.

"We've still got some great players and we can turn things round."

Kidlington have a smaller squad than last year, and Taylor admitted that is partly his fault.

He said: "Recruiting players is difficult. As captain last year, I probably wasn't doing enough of that.

"But after the season we had, I felt we had a side that wouldn't go down, and if we performed, would do well."