The 51st season of the Senior Cup in 2022 saw the competition Finals Day take place at the iconic Wormsley Cricket Ground on a beautiful September day with Banbury CC retaining the Hartwell Cup and Shipton Under Wychwood winning the Wilf Bennett Trophy.

Entries for this season’s Competition are now open by completing the details here https://www.clubpay.co.uk/forms/view.php?id=846239

The closing date for entries is 8th January 2022

Our plans to continue a separate two-tier competition structure just like the 2022 summer:

• The Hartwell Senior Cup will be determined by previous years’ positions
• The Wilf Bennett Trophy is intended for the smaller clubs and offers them a unique opportunity to play at Wormsley
• The exact structure will be determined by the entries received 

Please note in order to enter Oxfordshire Cricket’s Club Competitions your club must;

• Be affiliated to Oxfordshire Cricket
• Be safe hands compliant, where applicable i.e club mark, junior section or national programmes
• Adopt the County Board EDI plan
• Adhere to forthcoming ground standards 
• Adhere to Officials standards by having an umpire who is Level 1 trained and a OACO member

A reminder that there is just one week to go until the 2023 National Programmes Virtual Roadshow taking place on Monday 12th December, 6.30pm – 8pm. You can join by clicking this link, and we will email it to you again on Friday so that you don’t miss it. Please find the agenda below.

AGENDA

– Introduction from Nick Pryde, Director of Participation and Growth
– A reminder of All Stars Cricket and Dynamos Cricket

– England International: Georgia Elwiss

– Holiday Camps
– National Marketing and All Stars Brand Review
– Activator Training, Delivery and Recruitment
– Kit and Equipment
– Money Can’t Buy Experiences
– Q&A

We are delighted to let you know about the Player Development Workshops that we are running during the December holidays, on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of December.

We have scheduled a varied programme or workshops that targets a blend of specific discipline, a game theme and the opportunity for indoor match-play. Every session is available for both Boys and Girls. Please see below a timetable of the programmed events, along with a booking link for each workshop. We ask that you please book carefully, making sure you choose the correct session for your child’s age. The Age Group eligibility table will help you to select the correct session for your child.

Workshop Programme

Below is the programme of events, including booking links for each session. For further information on each session, please see a description of each below the programme of events.

The Batters – a batting only workshop, which will cover various themes within batting including; playing swing bowling, scoring off the back foot and facing spin.

T20 Skills Camp – a varied session exploring the batting, bowling and fielding skills associated with shorter format cricket.

The 100 Ball Competition – this session will utilise the indoor space to run two hundred ball games (per session). Players who sign on will be split into two teams, who will compete against each other across the 3 hour session. Rules will be adapted throughout to maximise the player experience.

All of the workshops are specifically designed for Representative, Club or School players who have or currently play hard ball cricket. Sessions will be led by the Performance team, alongside other coaches who work across our Pathway or Emerging Player Programmes.

These Workshops will use a hard ball and all players will need the appropriate playing equipment. Each session will be delivered using a 1:4 Coach to Player ratio, or 1:6 Coach to Player ratio, to provide greater player development opportunities.

Age Group Eligibility

Players MUST be born within the age group category.

Booking Information

Please note that spaces will be limited at all workshops and will be booked on a first come first served basis.  Once all the places are booked the session will no longer be available to make a booking.

Player Requirements

Players need to wear appropriate clothing and footwear for indoor cricket coaching environments. Players MUST bring their own HARD BALL playing equipment. No playing equipment will be available to borrow or share. Players should also bring a water bottle, meals or snacks and medical equipment as appropriate.

If you have any specific questions regarding these please do not hesitate to contact Foundation Pathway Manager, Sam Arthurs on [email protected] or Performance Coordinator, Alex Westbury on [email protected].

*Updated with AGM Pack 

Annual General Meeting 2022 

Venue:- Leonardo’s Hotel (Jurys Inn), 

Godstow Road, Oxford, OX2 8AL

@7.30pm

The meeting will be followed by members meeting #1 of 2023.

In keeping with our Articles of Association, we are giving appropriate notice of the Annual General Meeting of Oxfordshire Cricket Board Ltd which will be held on Monday, December 12th at Leonardo’s Hotel (Jurys Inn Oxford), in the Keble Suite Meeting Room. If you wish to attend please confirm your attendance by clicking here.

Full details are attached in the AGM Notice

AGM Agenda Notice 2022

AGM Pack 2022

Oxfordshire Cricket is pleased to announce that this February Half-Term we are running softball cricket sessions at a variety of locations across the county. 

These sessions aim not only to get those who have played before to continue their game into the winter but also to encourage new players to have a go and develop their skills. 

The sessions are being held on Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th of February, between 10 am and midday for 5 to 7-year-olds and 1 pm to 3 pm for 8 to 11-year-olds. 

On Tuesday the location is St Helen and St Katharine School, Wednesday is The Oxford Academy and Thursday at Wood Green School. 

The cost is £12 per session and the signup links are below

5-7 year olds – Book Here

8-11 year olds – Book Here

If you have any questions please contact Joe at [email protected]

Week 4 results on 22 November:

Sandford A 118-5 with J Smith 42no & 1-25; M Thompson 27no and Martin Anson 20 beat Radway 114-2 with Sam Douthwaite 36no & 1-39.

Silverstone 99 pts v Middleton Cheney 6 pts due to health delay Middleton agreed to concede.

Hooky Renegades 108-4 with Keiron Scott 34no; Dickie Knight 26 & 2-41; Ash Clarke 2-17 and James Mc Phee 1-18 beat Marston St Lawrence 107-6 with Josh Easterbrooke 28 and Jim Dobson 28.

Cropredy A 96-3 with James Barker 19; Sam Coggins 18 & 2-15; Josh Tustian 17no; Fergus lynch 19no and Joe Coggins 3-22 beat Hinton 62-6 with Robbie Turvey 18 & 2-28. 

After 4 weeks, both Hooky Renegades and Silverstone remain unbeaten.

Silverstone 150-4 with Sash Patel 42no and A Key 19no & 2-37 (72 pts) beat Sandford A 113-3 with Martin Anson 26no; M Thomson 26no and P Wright 2-32 (33pts)

Hinton 100-5 with R Wills 28no; M Bokari 23no and Shaun Gardiner 2-26 (53 pts) beat Marston St. Lawrence 99-4 with S Upstone 30no and J Easterbrooke 2- 20 (11pts)

Hooky Renegades 109-2 with Kieron Scott 29no; Craig Lynes 25no and James Mc Phee 1-23 (74 pts) beat Middleton Cheney 107-2 with Neil Wright 28no; Sam Hanson 28no and Harry Mitchell 1-25 (30 pts)

Cropredy A  96-3 Josh Tustian 31no; C Covasic 28no and Joe Coggins 19no & 2-32 (53 pts) beat Radway 95-5 with Sam Douthwaite 31no & 1-22 and A Raisbeck 27 (11 pts)

Both Hooky Renegades and Silverstone remain unbeaten.

Every Year the popular cricket magazine “The Cricketer” announces its annual School Guide, in the last couple of days it has seen them release their School Guide for 2023. This year’s guide features the top 100 senior, top 50 prep/junior and top 20 all-girls schools for cricket in the country.

The Cricketer goes through a long and exhaustive process which sees hundreds of schools submit applications to be considered. Each school entry is said to be judged against extensive selection criteria, which includes the quality of facilities, commitment to cricket in their curriculum, and the breadth of fixtures in their programme.

Oxfordshire Cricket is delighted to learn that the following schools in Oxfordshire have been named:

Top 20 All-Girls Schools

• Didcot Girls School
• Headington Oxford
• St Helen and St Katharine

Top 50 Prep Schools

• Abingdon Prep
• Dragon School
• Cothill House
• Summer Fields

Top 100 Secondary Schools

• Magdalen College School
• Radley College
• St Edwards School

Oxfordshire Cricket would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the schools named above, it is a fantastic achievement to be named in the top schools in the country in such a prestigious magazine. All the schools in Oxfordshire play a crucial role in Oxfordshire Cricket growing the game and having a good player pathway, which therefore enables us to produce talented cricketers as long as we continue to deliver a great programme alongside them.

Division 2 of the Banbury Indoor League commenced at Spiceball Leisure Centre on 1st November.

The results for week 1 were:

Silverstone scored 140-5 with Sam Patel 58no and Dave Williams 2-62  beat Radway 96-4 with Sam Douthwaite 40no and Craig Walker 3-22.

Sandford A 89-2 with Mat Thompson 26no and Jordan Smith 4-24 beat Marston St. Lawrence 88-6 with Ryan O’Sullivan 13.

Hinton 52-2 with Will Peel-Yates 13; Josh Withers 14no and Paul White 2-17 beat Middleton Cheney 49-6 with Steve Twynham 25 and Sam Hanson 2-17.

Hook Norton Renegades 101-4 with Dickie Knight 28no & 2-32 and Dave Victor 19 beat Cropredy A with Josh Tustian 22; Joe Sparks 19 & 2-24 and James Barker 18.

Week 2 results on 8th November:

Cropredy 96-0 with Sam Coggins 26no; Dom Ainley 25no and J Sparks 3-35 beat Sandford A 94-5 with Lois Anson 23 and Martin Anson 20.

Middleton Cheney 110-4 with Steve Twynham 26no and Craig Merry 1-13 beat Marston St. Lawrence 107-6 with Matt Riddle 39 and R O’Sullivan 31.

Hooky Renegades 103-4 with Kieran Scott 35no and James McPhee 38no beat Radway 101-1 with Archie Raisbeck 28no; Christian Squire 26no and Sam Douthwaite 26no.

Silverstone 115-4 with Sach Patel 34no; Ryan Knight 4-31 and Dave Williams 1-30 beat Hinton 99-5 with Ric Wills 21 and Sean Gardiner 1-24.

After 2 weeks, the league table is starting to take shape with both Hooky Renegades and Silverstone remaining unbeaten.