TEAM | Played | Won | Bonus Points | Total | |
Bat | Bowl | ||||
Hook Norton | 5 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 126 |
Sandford St. Martin | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 103 |
Ruscote | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 101 |
Banbury | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 60 |
Cropredy | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 60 |
Banbury Veterans | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 56 |
Shipston-on-Stour | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 37 |
Charlbury | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Oxfordshire Cricket are hosting open trials for the County Women and Men’s teams through February and March 2023 and are now welcoming expressions of interest from adult players who have the ambition to represent the county.
The introduction of open trials in 2023 will assist the identification, development and recruitment of adult players and help to capture talent that may have emerged at a later developmental stage. We remain committed to ensuring that adult players’ continue to strive for representative selection and the open trials will provide an accessible opportunity for these individuals to demonstrate their capability to represent Oxfordshire.
Our aim is for our adult teams to deliver competitive performances and repeated, long-term performance achievements via identifiable teams populated by players developed via our pathway, adult players from Clubs, Schools and Universities within Oxfordshire and other eligible adult players who may play the game outside the county. The open trials are being hosted for adult players (18 years of age or above who are not within a County pathway programme) and we are now welcoming expressions of interest from eligible individuals who fulfil one or more of the talent identification criteria below;
Open Trials for the County Women and Men’s will take place independently and are taking place on the following dates through February and March 2023.
Adult players who would like to attend the upcoming open trials should complete the expression of interest form HERE. Applicants will then be contacted directly with further information and joining instructions ahead of the open trials.
More detailed information about our County Women and County Men’s team can be found on our website HERE.
will be running an ECB ACO Club Scorer course on the following dates:
At Oxford Downs CC OX29 7QH
Cost is £30 per course and includes all course materials tea and coffee but you will need to bring your own lunch on each day.
This course is for anyone wanting scoring on a regular basis and is the only one to teach you how to score comprehensively. This course is suitable for complete beginners and existing scorers who want to improve their skills,
we will also touch on electronic scoring during the course.
The course does not teach the Laws of Cricket and all potential participants are advised to use the MCC on-Line Laws Resource to ensure they have a knowledge of The Laws applicable to scorers.
See: https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws-of-cricket/elearning/
For more information please email:
Helen Meardon – mailto:[email protected]
To book onto the course and for additional information go to:
SCS/000157 – https://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/hlqdzv
These courses are for all those who have a specialist role in cricket including Coaches, Activators, Officials, Committee Members, Captains and Club Safeguarding Officers
If you perform a specialist role in cricket we ask you to complete the ‘Safeguarding for Specialist Roles’ first and then proceed to complete the appropriate top up module below:
The Safeguarding for Specialist Roles training should take around 1 hour to complete and the top up modules around 20 minutes. The courses are valid for 3 years.
Week 4 results:
Ruscote 72-3 with Riasat Ali 23no and Naveed 2-14 beat Banbury Veterans 71-6 with Paul Cutler 34 and James Risbridger 2-32.
Sandford 127-5 with George Welch 46; Tom Goffe 47no and Richard Murray 2-43 beat Shipston 99-6 with Marcus Ireland 22; Max Morris 21 and Jonty Harvey 2-37.
Banbury 110-2 with Ben Cross 25no & 1-30 and Liam Manley 25no beat Cropredy 109-5 with Will French 53no and Tariq 1-22.
Hook Norton 105-1 with Dan White 27no; Adam Bennett 25no; Andy Stanley 23 and Adam Webb 2-22 beat Charlbury 105- 5 with Rob Knight 36.
TEAM | Played | Won | Bonus Points | Total | |
Bat | Bowl | ||||
Hook Norton | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 101 |
Sandford St. Martin | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 79 |
Ruscote | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 77 |
Banbury | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 57 |
Cropredy | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 55 |
Shipston-on-Stour | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
Banbury Veterans | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 32 |
Charlbury | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
It is with regret that Oxfordshire Cricket belatedly announces that Stuart Murphy resigned from his role as part-time County Safeguarding Officer in December. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks for the huge amount of work that Stuart did firstly in a volunteer capacity and latterly as a paid employee to prepare Oxfordshire Cricket to meet the Safeguarding criteria of the ECB. Stuart was relentless in his desire to ensure we have appropriately trained staff and volunteers as well as the correct processes and systems in place to provide the best service possible to keep everyone involved in Oxfordshire Cricket safe. We will greatly miss Stuart’s expertise and experience which will now be devoted to his full-time role as the ECB Disabilities Personal Development & Welfare Officer.
Stuart’s departure leaves a vacancy to work alongside Lesley Pykett. The role includes but is not limited to –
Anyone interested in the role should contact Margaret Stevens at [email protected] for further information.
If you have any safeguarding concerns please contact [email protected]
We are delighted to share an update on our State School Support programmes, the Oxfordshire Bulls and Oxfordshire Falcons.
Oxfordshire Bulls and Falcons – History
The Oxfordshire Bulls and Falcons programme forms part of Oxfordshire Cricket’s strategy to provide targeted support for state school players who may not receive the same level of opportunity to develop their talent as their peers within the independent sector. Via these programmes, we provide coaching and match play opportunities for state school pathway players in order to help bridge the opportunity gap between independent and state sectors and to assist us in developing a deeper, richer talent pool within the county.
In 2021-2022 we broadened the Oxfordshire Bulls programme to support even more state school children than in previous years and we were extremely proud to introduce the Oxfordshire Falcons programme that offered targeted support for state school girls within our pathway. 49 hours of coaching support across the winter months were supplemented by a total of 24 fixtures, including a Bulls Under 11 v Ace Programme fixture which Oxfordshire Cricket hosted at Wormsley Estate, that followed through the season for a range of girls and boys age groups.
You can find out more about the programmes and their history on our website HERE.
Oxfordshire Bulls & Falcons – 2022/23
In 2022-2023 it is our ambition to sustain the levelling up opportunities afforded by the Oxfordshire Bulls and Falcons programmes and to enhance the offering, removing cost as a barrier for participation by making the programme free-to-access for all state-educated children.
In addition to this, the Oxfordshire Bulls and Falcons’ programmes have expanded to offer greater access to additional support across the Winter months. From November through to April, over 100 hours of coaching support has been offered to state school players within our pathway, who attend School Years 7, 8, 9 & 10.
The summer months will see 24 fixtures across a broader range of age groups. Fixtures are arranged against numerous independent schools within Oxfordshire, as well as other cricketing organisations such as Lords Youth and The Ace Programme.
We are thankful to St Helen & St Katharine School, St Edward’s School and Abingdon School, who host our activity during the winter months, and to all Schools and Organisations who host us for fixtures across the Summer.
Oxfordshire Cricket is delighted to announce the appointment of Oliver Clarke as the new red ball captain ahead of the 2023 NCCA Championship season.
Clarke succeeds Jonny Cater as captain in championship cricket following his six years at the helm, with Oxfordshire moving towards a split captaincy approach. Cater will remain as captain in both T20 and 50 over cricket and will be supported by Clarke in his appointment as vice captain in white ball cricket. Clarke has been a key member of the red ball team in recent years and he will be aiming to build upon the success of the Championship side that finished second in the NCCA Western Division 1 in 2022 and who won the NCCA Championship in 2021.
Oxfordshire Cricket would like to congratulate Oliver Clarke on his appointment and wish him every success in his new role as captain of the championship side.
Reacting to his appointment Oliver Clarke said:
“It is a great privilege to be appointed as Oxfordshire captain for the NCCA Championship XI. It is an exciting time for cricket in Oxfordshire with club sides at the top of the HCPCL and so many talented young players coming through our pathway into both NCCA and first-class cricket.
I am very fortunate to be taking over from Jonny Cater. The transformation in the side since he took over as captain is remarkable and largely down to the work that he has put in on and off the pitch. It is disappointing that he will not be playing for us next season, but I respect his decision to spend more time with his young family.
I am particularly excited to work more closely with Rupert Evans. He has had such an enormous influence on my cricket since I joined the Oxfordshire pathway. The ethos that he has created as coach is fantastic and people genuinely love playing cricket for him. I hope that this is something we are able to carry forward through my tenure as captain.
Since joining the county as part of the pathway, I have always loved playing cricket for Oxfordshire and look forward to the new challenge ahead, looking to lead a side to recreate the success that Jonny has been able to achieve over the past few seasons.”
Head Coach, Rupert Evans said:
“Congratulations to Oliver Clarke on his appointment as 3-day Championship Captain.
Ollie is a product of the Oxfordshire Pathway and Emerging Players programme. He made his County Championship debut against Cheshire at Banbury CC in 2016 while still playing in the County Under 17 side. Since his debut, Ollie has developed into a three-dimensional player who has produced many match-winning performances for the county.
He has gained captaincy experience over the past few seasons as captain of the County 2nd X1. He also captained the first team in the showcase game against Sussex at Hove in 2021 and against Wiltshire in the Championship game at South Wilts CC in 2021.
Ollie is well respected by his teammates and opponents. I am pleased he has been appointed to succeed Jonny Cater and I’m looking forward to supporting him in his new role.”