Oxfordshire’s Ollie Price is currently making his first-class debut for Gloucestershire today in their LV= Insurance County Championship match against Middlesex at Cheltenham. He is playing alongside other Oxfordshire players in Miles Hammond, Jack Taylor, Matt Taylor, and Tom Price.

The all-rounder, who is a right arm off spin bowler and right-handed bat, went to Magdalen College School in Oxford, where he captained the first team and was coached by Alan Duncan. Ollie joined the Gloucestershire Cricket Academy in December 2016. In January 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Gloucestershire which would see him play for them during the summer, while still attending university at Durham.

As a young cricketer, Ollie played and captained in all the Oxfordshire age groups and made his debut at the age of 17 for the Minor Counties first team. In 2011 in the Oxfordshire U10s he made 200 runs at an average of 33.33, which included an 144* partnership with Toby Parker v Shropshire with Ollie making 74* and Toby 69*. It was an innings of second places in the record books, with the year before 220/4 against Staffordshire, with a 154-run stand between Ollie’s older brother Tom (75*) and Harrison Ward at Wiltshire holding the record. In 2015, he guided Oxfordshire U14s to a 170 win after hitting 118. In the same year he took 5-14 to help Oxfordshire to a 161 run win after Ben Charlesworth hit 135 not out.

Since joining the Gloucestershire Academy, he has been an integral player in the U17’s, U19’s and Second-team since he joined. His highlight of 2019 came with a half-century against Sussex seconds with Jofra Archer in the attack.

Ollie, younger brother of Tom Price, played home counties cricket for Great & Little Tew CC, the same team that both Jack and Matt Taylor (who currently play for Gloucestershire) played for, where he played as a junior and senior but in 2019 moved to play at Oxford CC where he opened the batting (with a top score of 91*) in the Home Counties Premier League and helped the club to gain promotion.

Price goes into the match having recently hit 100 not out for Gloucestershire 2s against Northamptonshire 2s. He also recently played for Oxfordshire alongside his brother Tom in a narrow defeat to Wales NC.

On behalf of everyone at Oxfordshire Cricket, we would like to congratulate Ollie on making his debut. We look forward to hopefully seeing more of him in professional cricket.

Oxfordshire’s Harrison Ward made his Sussex debut last night in their 63-run defeat to Middlesex at Lord’s. Ward has signed a rookie contract with Sussex until the end of the Vitality Blast group stage. The batsman will also be available for LV= Insurance County Championship fixtures during this period.

Ward, is a former St Edward’s School student, has also progressed from the Oxfordshire and Sussex Academy onto the Sussex Academy and then the England Under-19s. He is currently a regular in the Oxfordshire team and has played Second XI cricket for Sussex alongside James Coles and former Oxfordshire batsman Delray Rawlins. In 2015, Ward became the youngest batsman to hit a century for Oxfordshire. He made an unbeaten 109 on his debut in their Unicorns Counties Championship victory over Herefordshire, aged just 15 years and 269 days.

In the match itself, Ward made a promising 22, in Sussex’s innings as they fell 63 runs short of Middlesex’s 166-7. Click here to view the full scorecard of the match.

On behalf of everyone at Oxfordshire Cricket, we would like to congratulate Harrison on making his debut, and signing a contract with Sussex. We look forward to hopefully seeing more of him in a Sussex shirt. 

Oxfordshire Cricket is pleased to announce the 12 man county men squad selected to play against Bedfordshire on Sunday 4th of July in an NCCA 50 over match at Aston Rowant CC.

Here is the squad selected to play Bedfordshire on Sunday at Aston Rowant CC (OX39 4ST)

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It’s Women’s Big Cricket Month!

During June, we will be celebrating and shining a light on women’s cricket in Oxfordshire.

With that in mind, we hear from Southern Vipers Cricketers Paige Scholfield and Tara Norris. Have a listen. 

It’s Women’s Big Cricket Month!

During June, we will be celebrating and shining a light on women’s cricket in Oxfordshire.

With that in mind, we hear from Southern Vipers Cricketer Ella Chandler. Have a listen.