Unfortunately, the weather got the better of some of the scheduled fixtures for the second week of the junior club season with the U15s being most affected, however, plenty of matches were played including the remaining Round 1 fixtures in the U13 Ron Maudsley Cup.

A summary of the results registered on PlayCricket below:

U11 League
– Banbury beat Horley by 40 runs with C Foster and T Brock both retiring on 26 & 25 respectively and Z Ahmed & I Finlay grabbing 2 wickets apiece
– Chalbury beat Witney Mills in a tightly contested game by 3 runs with George Eaton 32no and Samuel Clews 2 wickets
– Cumnor beat Wolvercote by 37 runs
– Horspath beat Bicester & North Oxford by 7 wickets. Gus Floyd 25 for Bicester. Fredrik Ekelund 23 and 3 for 2, Lewis Cavers-Bull 2 for 10, Max Whiting 1 for 3, Joe Garrow 1 for 18 and Pavlos Pavlides 24 retired for Horspath.
– Goring on Thames beat Henley by 6 wickets with Jackson Galbraith retiring on 27
– Peppard Stoke Row beat Warborough & Shillingford by 47 runs with Albie Tomlinson retiring on 24 and Dominic Ellis 3 for 5
– Didcot beat Challow & Childrey by 5 runs. George Mercer scored 20 and Thomas Ward 2 for 3 for Didcot. Alfie Roche 25, Tom Harborrow and Thomas Orders 2 wickets each for Challow.
– Abingdon Vale beat Faringdon & District by 52 runs with Srivats Goyal and Riley Cunningham both retiring and Samarth Goyal with 19no and bowling figures of 2-2-0-2

U11 Super 8 Hardball
– Cropredy beat Chipping Norton
– Challow & Childrey beat East & West Hendred by 25 runs
– Freeland beat Bampton in the Bush by 28 runs. Bampton batted first and were pegged back by Freeland’s bowlers, with Ethan top scoring with a good 10. In reply, Freeland were also contained by the Bampton bowling but the final pair of Eddie and Harry scored 36, with Eddie finishing on 17no
– Kingston Bagpuize beat Abingdon Vale by 87 runs with Vihaan Chakraverty 1-0; Theo Antoniou 1-4; Tom Ricks 16 and Josh Antoniou 17 for Kingston, and Felix with 1-8 for Abingdon
– Sunningwell beat Oxford Blue by 12 runs

U11 Super 8 Softball
– Cholsey beat Faringdon & District
– Wootton & Boars Hill beat Stanton Harcourt by 26 runs

U13 League
– Oxford Downs B beat Freeland by 9 wickets with S Hunt 24no
– Challow & Childrey beat East & West Hendred by 44 runs with Murray Gray 33, William Walters 27 and Oliver Beard & Tom Saunders 3 wickets each
– Abingdon Vale beat Steventon by 75 runs with Karthik Ramsundhar 53* for Abingdon and Rowan Powell with figures of 4-1-14-3 for Steventon
– Horspath beat Bicester & North Oxford by 86 runs with Ben Wise 25 and Rabiya Dogar 2 for 7
– Wolvercote beat Kidlington by 181 runs

U13 Ron Maudsley Cup
– Oxford Downs beat Purley on Thames by 28 runs
– Banbury beat Kidlington by 93 runs with Evan Armstrong, Will Rorich and Lucas Ansley all retiring and Archie Holmes 3 for 13
– Shipton Under Wychwood beat Sandford St Martin by 18 runs with Jack W & Arthur H both retiring

U13 Gauntlet Goblet
– Charlbury beat Freeland by 71 runs with Sandy Motsley scoring 21
– Purley on Thames beat Abingdon Vale by 19 runs
– Kingston Bagpuize beat Challow & Childrey by 5 runs. For Kingston, Theo Antoniou 1-7; Alice Kollakowski 1-8; Archie Ricks 11*; Clement Kelly 13* and Challow William Chester 12*; Luke Glazer 22; Robert Gardiner 13*; Toby Price 1-8 off 3; Hamish Ogilvy 1-7 off 3
– Sunningwell beat Oxford by 12 runs with Rhys Whinfrey scoring 22 and Henry Oxford 3 for 12

Oxfordshire Cricket is pleased to announce the 12 man squad selected to play against Berkshire on Sunday 9th of May in a 50 over match. Hospitality will be available at Challow and Childrey CC for the match.

Here is the 12-man squad to play Berkshire on Sunday

Jonny Cater (Capt./WK)
Joe Butcher
Olly Clarke
Tom Cosford
Tom Haynes
Jordan Garrett
Max Mannering
Harry Smith
Olliver Southon
George Tait
Joe Thomas
Harrison Ward

Oliver Southon makes his debut for Oxfordshire. He is a seamer at Oxford Brookes University and has signed for Oxford CC. He has played 2nd XI cricket for both Hampshire and Kent

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Oxfordshire Cricket is pleased to announce the 12 women squad selected to play against Dorset on Sunday 9th of May in two t20 matches. Due to Government and ECB guidelines NO SPECTATORS are allowed to attend the match.

Here is the 12-women squad to play Doreset on Sunday

Sam Bennett (c)
Emilia Bartram
Abi Currie (w/k)
Emily Day
Georgia Haworth
Ellie Ingram
Lucy Johnson
Abi Norgrove
Lottie Oxton
Amelie Trivedi
Chloe Westbury
Carla Wood

Emily Day and Amelie Trivedi are making their senior debuts.

With the easing of lockdown restrictions we resumed our Pathway programme at the beginning of April, with the opening phase of activity providing a progressive reintroduction to training for approximately 650 players. Within Phase 4 of the programme we delivered over 180 individual sessions, in just 16 days at six sites across the county for the Girls Under 11, 13, 15 and 18 and Boys Under 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 18 Age Groups. We would like to give a special and deserved thanks to the Clubs and Schools who enabled us to deliver this phase of activity, namely;

Kingham Hill School
Banbury Cricket Club
Cumnor Cricket Club
Moreton Cricket Club
Aston Rowant Cricket Club
Oxford Downs Cricket Club

Our Pathway programme now progresses from the training environments delivered within Phase 4 into Phase 5, where players selected to transition through to the Phase will be provided further development opportunities via localised, peer to peer match play environments.

The Internal block of activity within Phase 5 will run from the 2nd May through until the 6th June 2021 and will consist of Internal Practise Fixtures and either; Internal Festival Days or Internal Fixtures depending upon the age and stage of development. All players within each age group are split into balanced Talent Pools so that we can facilitate the Internal Practise Fixtures and will then be selected in teams to compete in the Internal Fixtures or Internal Festival days.

Approximately 560 players have been selected for Phase 5 of the Pathway programme, which itself will comprise 58 scheduled days of activity across the eleven Age Groups. Securing access to the quantity of facilities required has been a significant challenge and we are incredibly appreciative once again to all the Clubs and Schools who have kindly offered to host activity during this block of activity.

The Phase of internal match play activity supports the coaching teams in confirming their talent selection decisions for the final squads, by ensuring that decisions have been informed over a longitudinal period of time, including observations and assessment within multiple environments (indoors, outdoors, training and match play). Selection involves the identification or retention of players with the greatest potential for long-term success, with the decision making process itself involving an assessment of current performance, a prediction of future potential and the consideration of a breadth of other factors, such as skill discipline depths.

Performance Cricket Manager, Matthew Barnes

The Junior Club Season has now started as well as the Youth Competitions!!

The first games were played on Sunday in the U11 competitions with both the U13s and U15s also now underway. A summary of the results registered so far on PlayCricket is below – if you require any support entering results from contact Paul Short.

U11 League
– Banbury beat Cropredy by 23 runs
– Charlbury beat Oxford Downs by 8 wickets
– Tiddington beat Aston Rowant by 10 wickets with excellent contributions from both opening batsmen Sam Allen and Henry Saunders
– Oxford beat Bicester & North Oxford by 31 runs with Charlie Esiri retiring on 25 and two wickets apiece for Joe Joyce and Arthur Stewart
– Horspath beat Wolvercote by 7 wickets with Sophia Pavlidies 3 for 2, Rabiya Dogar 2 for 0 and Zach Rayner 2 for 0 and 20 retired
– Goring on Thames beat Warborough & Shillingford by 76 runs with both George Logan and Jack Walsh retiring on 28 and 25 respectively
– Abingdon Vale beat Cumnor by 20 runs
– Didcot beat Faringdon & District by 61 runs with both George Mercer and Jack Townsend retiring and Abhiram Bhogathi with figures of 2-1-2-1

U11 Super 8 Hardball
– Kingston Bagpuize beat Sunningwell by 32 runs
– Oxford Blue beat Abingdon Vale by 107 runs
– Thame Town beat Tiddington by 27 runs

U11 Super 8 Softball
– Freeland beat Banbury by 12 runs. A great game played by two very young teams, a nerve racking last two overs which were bowled brilliantly by Thomas and Freddie for Banbury, but stoutly defended by Maia and Kiera to steer Freeland to victory
– Witney Mills beat Kidlington by 25 runs

U13 League
– Abingdon Vale beat Didcot by 9 wickets with Karthik Ramsundhar retiring on 31 and 3 wickets for Josh Butler
– Challow & Childrey beat Brightwell cum Sotwell by 8 wickets with Murray Gray scoring 29 and 2 wickets each for Amelia Richardson and Tom Saunders
– East & West Hendred beat Steventon by 3 wickets with Barney Bosley scoring 28no and 3 wickets supported by Isaac Kershaw and Faith Merry with a further 3 and 2 wicket hauls respectively. Iestyn Keymer retired on 31 for Steventon
– Tiddington beat Aston Rowant by 11 runs with Wilf Edwards retiring on 31 for Tiddington and Finley Little also retiring on 31 for Rowant
– Wolvercote beat Horspath by 28 runs with Ben Harkness and Danny Robinson retiring for Wolvercote

U13 Ron Maudsley Cup
– Kidmore End beat Cumnor by 8 wickets

U13 Gauntlet Goblet
– Purley on Thames beat Kingston Bagpuize by 12 runs with Rahul Thomas 17 & 1-16; Max Wood 1-9 and for Kingston Archie Ricks 16 & 1-18; Josh Antoniou 6 & 1-6
– Oxford beat Tiddington by 9 runs with Luke Young scoring 18 and 4 wickets for William Clarke

U15 League
– Abingdon Vale beat Cumnor by 85 runs
– Didcot beat Steventon by 185 runs with Jacob Townsend, Freddie Deans and George Coombs all retiring and Alex Knight with figures of 4-2-7-3
– Kingston Bagpuize beat Steventon by 6 wickets with Angus Barclay-Watt 33no, Jasper Furniss 2-10-3, Felicity R-Welsh 2-14-2 for Kingston, and Isaac 26, Samanyu 24 for Oxford

Good luck to all Junior Clubs this season!

Due to the increased demand, The Oxfordshire Cricket Coaches Association has organised an additional First Aid Course that will take place at Oxford Downs CC on the 17th of May from 6.30-9.30PM. The course is £35 per person and is limited to 14 individuals in order to maintain social distancing.

Due to COVID restrictions, only 14 attendees will be able to book a place. All attendees will be required to keep 2 metres apart for the duration of the course and whilst they are practising the CPR.

The cost of the course is £35 per person.

To book on to a course please contact [email protected]

Oxfordshire Cricket is pleased to announce the 13 man squad selected to play against Hertfordshire on Sunday 18th of April in two t20 matches. Due to Government and ECB guidelines NO SPECTATORS are allowed to attend the match.

Here is the 13-man squad to play Hertfordshire on Sunday 18th of April 2021

Jonny Cater (capt./wk)
Shabaaz Alam
Joe Butcher
Olly Clarke
James Coles
Tom Cosford
Tom Haynes
Harvey Jupp
Robbie Shurmer
George Tait
Joe Thomas
Harrison Ward
Matt Warner
Russell White

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