Charlbury batting first 149-3 Rob Knight 32no, Tom Nash 36no beat Silverstone 92-5 Sam Patel 43no Matt Jenkinson 2-26

Sandford A 76-1 batting second Martin Anson 24no, Will Hutchinson 25no, Max Harris 4-34  beat Marston St. Lawrence 75-6 Liam Upstone 17

Shipston batting first 110-4 Ryan Worthington 22no and 2-18, Max Morris 25no and 2- 31 beat Hinton 87-6 Mo Bakhari 21 and 2-41

Hook Norton Renegades batting second 90-1 Lawrence Grimes 28, Craig Lines 26no, Keiran Scott 25no, Richard Foxon 1-29 beat Cropredy A 89-5 Toby Dunlop 26, Joe Sparkes 16no & 2-18, Joe Coggins 2-29

November 2nd Week 1
6.45 Silverstone v Charlbury
7.35 Marston v Sandford A
8.25 Shipston v Hinton
9.15 Cropredy A v Hooky

November 9th Week 2
6.45 Cropredy A v Sandford A
7.35 Marston v Shipston
8.25 Charlbury v Hooky
9.15 Hinton v Silverstone

November 16th Week 3
6.45 Marston v Hinton
7.35 Silverstone v Sandford A
8.25 Shipston v Hooky
9.15 Cropredy A v Charlbury

November 23rd Week 4
6.45 Charlbury v Sandford A
7.35 Shipston v Silverstone
8.25 Marston v Hooky
9.15 Cropredy A v Hinton

November 30th Week 5
6.45 Hinton v Hooky
7.35 Shipston v Sandford A
8.25 Cropredy A v Silverstone
9.15 Marston v Charlbury

December 7th Week 6
6.45 Silverstone v Hooky
7.35 Marston v Cropredy A
8.25 Shipston v Charlbury
9.15 Hinton v Sandford A

December 14th Week 7
6.45 Cropredy A v Shipston
7.35 Hinton v Charlbury
8.25 Sandford A v Hooky
9.15 Marston v Silverstone

After a lengthy interruption as a result of the pandemic, the Oxford Indoor Cricket League for 19/20 has now been concluded.

The top of the table turned out to be a close affair with Witney Mills finishing first, only losing a single game over the competition.  Congratulations to Witney Mills and their players.

The top four teams who qualify for the Oxford Indoor Cricket League Finals Day finished some way clear of the remaining teams; with three finishing in joint second place each only losing 2 games during the season.

Thank you to all teams and players who took part over the season which saw some fantastic games played in great spirit and with alot of laughs.

We now know the Oxford Cricket League Finals Day line-up for Sunday 7th November:

Semi-Final 1 – Witney Mills v Shipton Under Wychwood

Semi-Final 2 – Kingston Bagpuize v Boddington

Good luck to all teams on the day.

The Winners & Runners-Up then proceed to the Oxfordshire Finals Day on Sunday 14th November playing against Banbury Veterans and Hook Norton respectively, to determine the county’s representative in the ECB Indoor National Championship.

Sunday saw both the long anticipated return of the league and the penultimate set of regular fixtures for the winter 19/20 Oxford Indoor Cricket League at Bartholomew Sports Centre. 

The results were:

Wolvercote conceded to Freeland.

Kingston Bagpuize beat Shipton Under Wychwood.  

Shipton batted first being bowled out for 45 in the 9th over with Simon Launder taking 3 for 17.  In reply, Kingston scored the winning runs in the 7th over for the loss of 2 wickets with JJ Smith 19no.

Witney Mills beat Boddington.

Boddington batted first being bowled out for 86 in the 9th over with Steve Shaw 22 and D Delport taking 2 for 29.  In reply, Witney reached their target in the 6th over with Oliver Burney 25ret and Sam Haselgrove 24no.

With only 2 fixtures to go; we now know the four teams progressing to the Oxford League Finals Day on 7th November with just the final placings to be decided.

The next W&G forum will be held on the 1st November at 7pm over zoom. If you would like to attend please email Ed Wilson at [email protected]

Oxfordshire Cricket is delighted to announce the appointment of Sam Arthurs to the role of Foundation Pathway Manager.

Sam Arthurs has worked for Oxfordshire Cricket for over five years and will be known by many for his role within our Pathway and for his contribution to other performance and participation programmes. Sam will transition from his current role as Pathway Cricket Coach into the position of Foundation Pathway Manager from Monday 18th October 2021.

In the role of Foundation Pathway Manager, Sam will work closely with the Performance Director to deliver a sustainable and high-performing talent development system and play a leading role in the day-to-day management and delivery of our Foundation Pathway for girls and boys between the ages of 8 and 13. 

To support the development journey of players across the foundation age groups, Sam will lead and grow our breadth of supplementary programmes, including the Oxfordshire Bulls, Player Development Workshops and transition programmes and forge an integrated link with the Participation and Growth team, local schools and clubs.

Matthew Barnes, Performance Director said:

“We are delighted to introduce Sam as our newly appointed Foundation Pathway Manager and to welcome him to Oxfordshire Cricket in a full time position.

The creation of the Foundation Pathway Manager role is an exciting progression that will enable us to better support the long-term development of girls and boys aged between 8 and 13, our parents or guardians of those players and the clubs or schools in which they are connected to. The introduction of the role will expand our capability to deliver our talent development programmes across these age groups and, to enable us to pursue the growth of our supplementary programmes that provide a range of players within Oxfordshire access to coaching and additional support. 

Sam has contributed to the success of our pathway over several years and he now has the opportunity to make an even greater impact in the position of Foundation Pathway Manager – I wish him every success in the role and look forward to working with him in the future.”

Chris Parkinson, People Director said;

“We had applications from all over the country for this role. Sam was the standout candidate, not only does he bring cricket expertise, but also an innovative approach to how we can develop our younger players. This is an exciting time to be part of Oxfordshire cricket – and Sam will play a key role”

Sam Arthurs, Foundation Pathway Manager said, 

“Oxfordshire Cricket has supported me from the very start of my coaching journey, for which I’m extremely grateful. The newly created role provides the perfect opportunity to grow my career in cricket, whilst allowing me to foster enjoyment and support the development of hundreds of young cricketers within the county.

I’m delighted to have been offered the Foundation Pathway Manager role, and am looking forward to exciting times ahead for cricket within Oxfordshire.”

The youth section at Stanton Harcourt is relatively new and 2021 has been the first season we entered a youth cricket league.

Following the release of the latest ECB guidelines for indoor activities and confirmation of our booking of the venue we have now scheduled the fixtures to complete both the League and County Finals Day for the outstanding 19/20 season which was so abruptly interrupted by the pandemic.

Therefore, we are now in a position to open up entries for the Oxford Indoor League for Winter 21/22.  As previously, the games will take place on a Sunday afternoon between 12-5pm at Bartholomew Sports Centre, Eynsham.

Given the level of interest in previous seasons, subject to the number of entries we are hoping to expand and run 2 divisions each of 8 teams.  As a result, entries will close once 16 teams have entered, or on 31 October 2021. 

Each division will be a round robin with all teams playing each other once; matches for Division 2 starting on Sunday 21 November through to Sunday 23 January (no fixtures on 19, 26 December & 2 January) and Division 1 starting on Sunday 30 January through to Sunday 20 March – Division 1 is also likely to feature a Finals Day for the top 4 teams with relegation and promotion between the leagues.

With the support of the venue, we have managed to hold the price of entry per club to £250.  Please follow the link below to complete your entry:

Oxford Indoor Cricket League 2021/22 (clubpay.co.uk)

For any question please contact Paul Short – [email protected]