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Shipton Under Wychwood CC are crowned T20 Wilf Bennett Trophy Champions

23/09/2022 by Nick Pinhol

Saturday saw Shipton Under Wychwood’s first team win their first trophy for 11 years beating Brackley CC by 7 wickets at the magnificent Wormsley Cricket Ground.

Brackley won the toss and elected to bat.

Brackley struggled to get going losing wickets regularly finishing 89 all out in 19.2 overs with captain Mikey Lowe 23 and Henry Whitehouse 19.

An excellent all round bowling and fielding display by Shipton with Dee Jarvis 3-1 off 1.2 overs; Calum Taylor 3-9 off 4 overs including a maiden and Shaun Miller 1-12 off 4 overs.

In reply, Brackley weren’t able to take the early wickets required and Shipton reached their target for the loss of 3 wickets in the 18th over; Arun White 27no; Tim Senior 21 and Freddie Norridge 20no. Mikey Lowe the pick of Brackley’s bowlers with 2-18 off his 4 overs.

The trophy was presented to Shipton’s captain Rob Panting by Chris Clements, and thanks given to James Bartrip and Ray Manning for officiating and the club scorers Sue Hayes and Alex Blithe.

Thank you to all clubs who competed this season.

Banbury CC Retain Hartwell Cup

23/09/2022 by Nick Pinhol

BANBURY were crowned Oxfordshire’s T20 kings for the seventh time in eight years with a commanding 94-run victory over Horspath in the Hartwell Senior Cup final at Wormsley. The north Oxfordshire club’s run of success in the competition formerly known as the Bernard Tollett Oxfordshire Cup has only been broken since 2015 by Horspath, who triumphed against Oxford Downs in a thrilling decider four years ago.

And Banbury, who reached the last four in the national Vitality Club T20 Cup this season before losing to eventual champions Hornchurch, were in no mood to see their domination interrupted again as they outclassed their opponents.

The holders rattled up a formidable 179-5 after electing to bat at the picturesque Sir Paul Getty’s Ground before sending Horspath crashing to 85 all out.

As the peace and tranquility of the Chiltern Hills was disturbed by flamethrowers and music to accompany boundaries and wickets, Joe White and Richard Simpson got Banbury off to a flying start. With a crowd of more than 300 looking on, they smashed 56 off the first five overs before Max Smith was introduced to the attack and briefly stopped the run spree with a maiden. While Horspath dropped chances, the Banbury openers took the score to 72 before Simpson skied a return catch to leg-spinner Josh Richardson after making 28 from 24 balls.

White was then run out for 43 off 30 deliveries by the quick thinking of Amin Rafiq. From the bowler’s end, he relayed Smith’s throw from the boundary to wicketkeeper Will Hawtin who broke the stumps with the Banbury batsman out of his ground as he went for two, making it 76-2.

Olly Clarke and Ali Short ensured there was no let-up for the Horspath bowlers, though, with a punishing stand of 76 for the third wicket off 7.1 overs. Short was the busier of the pair employing a full range of strokes, including a six over long on and a reverse sweep for four, before he was caught at mid-wicket by acting skipper Lloyd Belcher off Smith for 45 from 28 balls to leave Banbury 152-3.

Clarke had made a stylish 39 off 34 deliveries when he was bowled by Smith, who finished with fine figures of 2-17 from his four overs, while Belcher’s superb throw from the mid-wicket boundary saw Charlie Hill run out off the penultimate ball of the innings.

Captain Lloyd Sabin, the top scorer in the Home Counties Premier League this season with 788 runs, even had the luxury of batting himself at No 7 and coming to the crease at the non-striker’s end for the final delivery.

Banbury’s total was two runs more than they posted 12 months ago in their 37-run victory over Aston Rowant and was always going to present a stiff challenge.

With Ollie Wright picking up a couple of wickets after Dave Eaton made the breakthrough, Horspath were soon in trouble at 24-3. Hawtin and Smith provided some respite, taking the score to 58 before the former was caught by Clarke on the boundary off Hill for a run-a-ball 24.

It sparked an almighty collapse with five wickets going down for eight runs to leave Horspath in disarray at 66-8. Teenager Charlie Haselgrove was the chief destroyer with 4-14 off three overs, including accepting an excellent low caught and bowled opportunity, with his haul seeing him named Man of the Match. Eaton finished with 2-7 and Wright 2-14 as Horspath were all out off 17 overs to leave Banbury deserved winners.

The game was preceded by the teams lining up for a minute’s silence in memory of Her Majesty The Queen before the national anthem was played.

The trophy was presented to Lloyd Sabin by Chris Clements and thanks given to Aviral Gupta and Ian Royle for officiating and the club scorers Simon Goves and Steven Claridge.

Scores: Banbury 179-5 (20ovs, A Short 45, J White 43, O Clarke 39), Horspath 85 (17ovs, C Haselgrove 4-14).

Oxford CC are crowned U13 Gauntlet Goblet Champions

16/09/2022 by Nick Pinhol

Saturday saw Oxford CC U13s Pairs team beat Sunningwell CC in the Gauntlet Goblet Final by 40 runs.

Sunningwell won the toss and elected to field.

Oxford scored a net total of 307 (132 for 5) off their 16 overs with Sunningwell then reaching a net total of 267 (122 for 11) from their overs.

Oxford’s team has been predominantly U13 girls for the whole competition, supplemented with U11 boys highlighting the strength in depth of girl’s cricket at OCC.

Chris Parkinson from Oxfordshire Cricket presented the trophy to Oxford CC, thanking players, coaches and officials.

Thanks again to all the teams who entered this competition.

Cumnor CC retain their Oxfordshire U19s Crown

16/09/2022 by Nick Pinhol

CUMNOR produced a terrific fightback to retain the Honey-‘B’ Trophy with a 13-run win over hosts Horspath in a repeat of last year’s decider at the Oxfordshire Under 19 Cup Finals Day.

The holders were in all sorts of trouble at 32-5 after being put in to bat as they seeked to lift the trophy named in memory of the late Horspath player Morris Honey for a second successive year.

Horspath looked to be on course to avenge their three-run reversal of 12 months ago as Charlie Turner took 3-6 in a brilliant four-over opening burst, after Subhan Javaid triggered the collapse.

But Rory Nicholson (42) and Julian Laird (41no) revived Cumnor with an excellent sixth-wicket stand of 71 to take their side to 123-6 off 20 overs.
Horspath crashed to 20-3 in reply with paceman Abhir Joshi taking two wickets after Tom Lydford Brace made the breakthrough.

Josh Richardson and Christopher Hofen lifted the hosts’ hopes with a partnership of 56 for the fourth wicket before Laird bagged a brace of wickets in the space of three balls in the 14th over.
Hofen had made 21 when Rayaan Dogar, playing against his old teammates, ran in from long off to take a superb low catch, before Laird struck again to make it 78-5.

Horspath were still in with a chance while Richardson was at the crease, but three wickets in as many balls in a chaotic 19th over spelled the end for the hosts.
Two runs outs were capped by Richardson holing out to Alexander Laird at long on off Joshi for a fine 49 from 51 balls to make it 102-9 and leave Cumnor on the brink of victory.
Horspath’s last pair required 21 to win off the final over which proved out of reach as they closed on 110-9. Joshi finished with 3-23, while Laird completed an impressive all-round display with 2-20 to be named man of the match.

Cumnor skipper Sam Down received the trophy with the presentations made by Morris Honey’s daughter, Claire, and grandson David.

Chris Clements from Oxfordshire Cricket thanked the coaches, parents, players, Horspath CC for hosting, the scorers and finally Duncan Fendom, Leigh Hatton, Mark Jenkins and Colin Muttitt for officiating the day.

In the semi-finals, which were reduced to 15 overs earlier in the day due to fog and a heavy dew, Cumnor beat Banbury by 48 runs, while Horspath cruised to a nine-wicket win over Minster Lovell.

Down starred in Cumnor’s win with 46, setting his side on the way to 151-7 after they had been put in to bat. Will Price then took 3-20 as Banbury were held to 103-6 despite 31 from Ali Short.
Horspath, meanwhile, restricted Minster Lovell to 86-8 after inserting them with Richardson (2-8) and Charlie Turner (2-13) the pick of the attack, before Alfie Turner (29no) led the hosts to victory at 87-1 off just 8.3 overs.

Minster Lovell took the honours in the third/fourth place play-off with an eight-wicket win over Banbury.

Opener Ben Miller made 45 as Banbury posted 115-5 off 15 overs after electing to bat with Felix Jones taking 3-16.

James Mattinson (44) and Charlie Driver (40) then shared an opening stand of 86 to steer Minster to victory at 116-2 with 3.1 overs to spare.

SCORES
Semi-Finals
Minster Lovell 86-8 (15ovs), Horspath 87-1 (8.3ovs).
Cumnor 151-7 (15ovs, S Down 46), Banbury 103-6 (15ovs, A Short 31, W Price 3-20).

Final
Cumnor 123-6 (20ovs, R Nicholson 42, J Laird 41no), C Turner 3-6), Horspath 110-9 (20ovs, J Richardson 49, A Joshi 3-23).

Third/fourth Place Play-off
Banbury 115-5 (15ovs, B Miller 45, F Jones 3-16), Minster Lovell 116-2 (11.5ovs, J Mattinson 44, C Driver 40).

Thank you again to all clubs who competed in the competition this season.

Queen Elizabeth II Passes Away

09/09/2022 by Nick Pinhol

The thoughts and prayers of all of us at Oxfordshire Cricket are with the Royal Family during this difficult time. We offer our deepest condolences to King Charles III and the Royal Family.

Throughout her reign, Her Majesty the Queen was a guiding example of what can be accomplished through a life dedicated to service and duty.

Her dedication to her country will never be forgotten.

Thank You, Your Majesty, Rest in Peace

Oxford CC are crowned our inaugural U11 Hundred Champions

09/09/2022 by Nick Pinhol

Cropredy CC kindly hosted the inaugural county U11 Hundred Finals Day on Sunday 4 September.

In a thrilling first Semi-Final Kingston Bagpuize beat Witney Mills in a Super Over.

Kingston Bagpuize won the toss and elected to bat.

Kingston scored 110-2 off their 100 balls with T Antoniou 28ret and R Boon 17no. Mills gave each of their fielders 10 balls each with T Hicks picking up a wicket and very economical spells from E Vine; V Ogale and C Woodley.

In reply, Mills also reached 110-5 off their 100 balls with E Vine & R George both scoring 11. A wicket apiece for S Spivey & J Antoniou and 2 wickets for T Antoniou.

Kingston edged home in a nail biting Super Over.

In the second Semi-Final Oxford beat Goring on Thames by 5 wickets.

Oxford won the toss and elected to field.

Batting first Goring scored 95-4 off their 100 balls with Charlie Goss 23 and Max Burch 16. A wicket apiece for Fabian Hurt; Hugo La Thangue; Dara Bannerman and Krish Nair.

In reply, Oxford reached their target for the loss of 5 wickets off 81 balls with Dara Bannerman 16no; Dylan Parkinson 13 and Cole Parekh 13.

In the Third / Fourth Place Play Off Goring on Thames beat Witney Mills.

In the Final, Oxford beat Kingston Bagpuize by 54 runs to be crowned U11 Hundred County Champions.

Kingston Bagpuize won the toss and elected to field.

Oxford scored 136-7 off their 100 balls with Dylan Parkinson 27ret and Shaun Malik 16no. 2 wickets apiece for R Boon, T Antoniou and J Antoniou for Kingston.

In reply, Kingston batted well but struggled to keep up with the required rate finishing on 85-5 with J Antoniou 20 and T Antoniou 17no. Excellent all round bowling by the Oxford attack with Shaun Malik picking up 2-6 and a wicket apiece for Prithvi Chandrasakar; Fabian Hurt and Dara Bannerman.

Chris Parkinson from Oxfordshire Cricket thanked the coaches, parents and players for their enthusiasm in running the inaugural Hundred Competition, Cropredy CC for hosting, the scorers and finally Andrew Loutit, Mike Sinfield and Nick Wilks for officiating the day.

Finally, Chris handed out the medals to both teams and the U11 Hundred County Cup to Oxford CC captain Dylan Parkinson.

Thank you again to all clubs who competed in this first year of the Competition.

U13 Hundred Competition Finals Day

09/09/2022 by Nick Pinhol

The inaugural U13 Hundred Competition has reached the Semi-Final stage with:

Sandford St Martin CC v Wolvercote CC

Cumnor CC v Goring on Thames CC

Unfortunately as a result of the recent inclement weather and ground availability we have been unable to schedule the Semi-Finals.

Therefore, in discussion with the clubs we have taken the difficult decision to roll-over a Finals Day to early season 2023 with the same players remaining eligible to play and a ‘curtain-raiser’ for the U13 season.

Full details of venue and date to follow.

Thank you to all clubs who participated in the first season of this competition; feedback has been extremely positive from the competing teams so we hope more teams will join the competition next year.

Oxfordshire Youth Cricket League (OYCL) U13 Final – Cumnor CC are 2022 Champions

09/09/2022 by Nick Pinhol

On Sunday 4th September, Cumnor CC kindly hosted the OYCL U13 35 over Final against Kidmore End CC.

The toss was won by Cumnor who elected to bat scoring 174 for 4 off their 35 overs with H Davies 55; J Scott 39 and C Spicer 22no. Aryan V the pick of the bowlers for Kidmore End taking 1-23 off his 7 overs.

In reply, Kidmore End after reaching 40-1 in the 11th over, wickets started to fall regularly until all out for 84 in the 21st over. 17 for Arnan and 12 each for Archie & Sharia. The pick of Cumnor’s bowlers being L Nicholson 4-10 and H Davies 4-13.

Oxfordshire Cricket’s representatives Chris Mitty and Nick Pinhol thanked Cumnor CC for hosting the final, coaches, parents, players and the officials for their support of the competition.

Medals were handed to both teams and Cumnor’s captain then accepting the OYCL U13 2022 Trophy.

Thank you to all clubs who participated in the second season of this competition.

The feedback has been extremely positive from the competing teams so we hope more teams will join the competition next year.

Abingdon School U15s Crowned National Champions

09/09/2022 by Nick Pinhol

Congratulations to Abingdon School, whose U15 cricketers were crowned the National T20 champions last weekend. Following a great win in the last 16 against King Edwards Southampton on the last day of the summer term, it has been an incredibly busy few days that have seen the squad beat Millfield School in the quarter-final stages, before an incredible finals day on Sunday. A magnificent semi-final display against current 40-over champions, The Forest School, resulted in a match-up against Cheadle Hulme School in the final. Restricting their opponents to 126 in 20 overs, Abingdon won the contest for the loss of just two wickets to win the competition – a very special achievement for all of the players involved throughout the campaign.

2022 Grassroot Awards Nominees Announced

02/09/2022 by Nick Pinhol

Oxfordshire Cricket is delighted to announce this year’s nominees for the 2022 Grassroots Awards

This year we have seen a record number of nominations with over 100 people nominated from across Oxfordshire. You can see the full list of nominees and their award categories below. All nominees have now been contacted to invite them to attend the presentation.

At this year’s Grassroots Awards we will be recognising all nominees for their tremendous work and will seek to reward and recognise volunteers across Oxfordshire who has made a difference to their club or community group.

We would like to invite those that were nominated to attend our Awards and T20 Finals Day which will take place on Saturday 17th of September at the magnificent Wormsley Estate. The presentation for the awards will take place from – (see below for timings)

An outline of the day at this point:

Gates Open at 9am
10.30am – 13.15pm Wilf Bennett Final -Shipton Unde Wychwood v Brackley
1.30-2.30 All Stars Demonstration & Guard of Honour
2.00-3.00 Grassroots Awards Presentation in the Marque (Boundary Room)
2.30pm – 17:15 Hartwell Cup Final – Horspath v Banbury
From 6/6.30pm Youth Pathway Presentation Evening (for parents and pathway players)

Order of Awards Presentation from 2:00 PM

Connecting Communities – A Club or community organisation that has gone above and beyond the call of cricket to support communities/groups coming back to the game we love.

Inspired to play – An Individual or group within your club or community organisation going above and beyond to open the game up to new audiences.

Rising Star Award – Young volunteer making a difference – 11 – 16-year-olds

Game changer – Young volunteer 17 – 25-year-olds making a difference in the game.

Unsung hero – Those heroes who impact our game and help us make cricket happen. This could be ground staff, coaches, officials, umpires, or other volunteers.

Growing the game – A league volunteer, committee member, or administrator going above and beyond to support clubs and help increase the number of games played.

Lifetime achiever – That one individual who has given many years of service to your club or community group you could not do without.

Cricket innovators – Someone who has brought new ideas and/or implemented new systems to improve your club or community group.

Safe Hands – Those key volunteers helping clubs get Safe Hands Management Accreditation. –An individual that has gone above and beyond to create a positive environment for young people to enjoy the game.

Inclusivity champion award – Reward and recognise clubs that create an inclusive environment and go well beyond the norm to make cricket a game for all

Tackling Climate Change – A Club or community organisation that is addressing the

threat climate change poses to cricket, by making sustainable changes to operations, adapting their facilities and/or engaging their local community.

At this point please could you let us know if you will be attending the awards on Saturday 17th of September by clicking here so that we can finalise planning and numbers.

2022 Grassroot Awards Nominees

Name	Category
Chetan Walia	Connecting Communities
Kashif Hafeez	Connecting Communities
Ali Shah	Connecting Communities
Martyn Johnson	Cricket Innovators
Cally Evans	Cricket Innovators
Ryan Wastie	Game Changer
Georgia Haworth	Game Changer
Lottie Oxton	Game Changer
Benedict McGuinness	Game Changer
Miles Bratby	Game Changer
Tom Norton	Game Changer
Callum Dingle	Game Changer
Owen Lewis	Growing the game
Neil Pickup	Growing the game
Tim Hamp	Growing the game
Richard Barnett	Growing the game
Simon Watts	Growing the game
Edwin Apps	Growing the game
Andy Chapman	Growing the game
Dave Hill	Growing the game
Nick Hebbes	Growing the game
Adam Wood	Growing the game
Chris Groves	Growing the game
Tom Allen	Growing the game
Richard Borrill	Growing the game
Brian Standish	Growing the game
Witney Mills Cricket Club	Inclusivity Club Champion
Bethany Bidwell	Inspired to Play
Georgia Adams	Inspired to Play
Kate Ricks	Inspired to play
Ed Stapley	Inspired to play
Mark Nethercleft	Inspired to play
Jon Woods	Inspired to Play
Tony Winsor	Lifetime achiever
Robert Graham	Lifetime achiever
Neil Megson	Lifetime achiever
David Webb	Lifetime Achiever
Lesley Pykett	Lifetime Achiever
Russell Hayes	Lifetime Achiever
Mike Dove	Lifetime Achiever
Chloe Westbury	Rising Star
William Howat	Rising Star
Abbie Simpson	Rising Star
Louis Stanfield	Rising Star
Elliott Richardson	Rising Star
Martha Stapley	Rising Star
Alice Stapley	Rising Star
Bethan Lewis	Rising Star
Ciaran Lewis	Rising Star
Henry Saunders	Rising Star
James Mackay	Rising Star
Otis Gibbons	Rising Star
Jeremy Newman	Rising Star
Will Turner	Rising Star
Raffy Gibbons	Rising Star
Tom Bratby	Rising Star
Ishan Kale	Rising Star
Rishi Kotnis	Rising Star
Freddie Banks	Rising Star
Ollie Hill	Rising Star
Rory McGill	Rising Star
Joe Miller	Rising Star
Archie Holmes	Rising Star
Freddie Crook	Rising Star
Katie Cross	Rising Star
Tony Windsor	Safe Hands
Laura Tym	Safe Hands
Andy Chapman	Safe Hands
Mike Eeley	Safe Hands
Helen Covacic-Field	Safe Hands
Duncan Francis	Safe Hands
Margaret Stevens	Safe Hands
Anthony Collett	Safe Hands
Simon Brown	Safe Hands
David Freeman	Safe Hands
Richard McNeill	Safe Hands
James Bayley	Safe Hands
Alex Haworth-Lewis	Safe Hands
Paul Taylor	Safe Hands
Edwin Apps	Safe Hands
Lauren Murrey	Safe Hands
Joe Bennett	Safe Hands
Ruth Barnett	Safe Hands
Chris Ward	Safe Hands
Nicolas Pinhol	Safe Hands
Michael Reeve	Safe Hands
Simon Oldfield	Safe Hands
Russell Ewings	Safe Hands
Andrew Hemming	Safe Hands
Mike Dove	Unsung Hero
Nigel Hessey	Unsung Hero
Karen Cross	Unsung Hero
Chris Ward	Unsung Hero
Cat Miller	Unsung Hero
Tommy Combes	Unsung Hero
Jenny Lyon	Unsung Hero
Pete Whinfrey	Unsung Hero
Chetan Walia	Unsung Hero
Kashif Hafeez	Unsung Hero
Margaret Moore	Unsung hero
Jess Mackay	Unsung hero
Michelle Richardson	Unsung hero
Rob Holt	Unsung hero
Andy Ankerson	Unsung hero
Dave Heritage	Unsung hero
Sally Patey	Unsung hero
Graham Savin	Unsung hero
James Morgan	Unsung hero
Anthony Prior-Wandesforde	Unsung hero
John Little	Unsung hero
Martin Phillips	Unsung hero
Sue Summer	Unsung Hero