by Nick Owens | May 21, 2017 | Announcements
To play or not to play, that was the question. Despite morning showers, gloomy skies and an even gloomier forecast, the 3rds started their match against Tiddington 3rds on time. The first passage of play saw Downs restrict Tiddington to 90-4 from 29 overs, with...
by Nick Owens | May 17, 2017 | Announcements
Having beaten Langford in the previous round, Sunday saw the Oxford Downs taking on stronger opposition in Minster Lovell in the Village Knockout. The Downs lost the toss and Minster Lovell elected to bat on a flat track. Prav Chahal and Nick Rivett (fresh from his 8...
by Nick Owens | May 16, 2017 | Announcements
The 3rds travelled to Banbury on Sat 13th for a match against Cropredy 3rds. Downs were put into bat on a very green wicket where bounce was variable! We scored steadily at a rate of between 4 and 5 runs per over throughout our innings, the highlight of which was a...
by Nick Owens | May 15, 2017 | Announcements
The seconds started their campaign in the league with a heavy loss to Wolverton by 113 runs, however the story of the day belongs to Nick Rivett with figures of 45-8 fairly heroic in the circumstances especially as Wolverton’s no 9 hit him for one of the hugest...
by Nick Owens | May 15, 2017 | Announcements
Skipper Mehmood won the toss and elected to field which proved a good toss to win. Matt Woods and Jonny Law opened the attack and proved more than a handful from word go with wickets falling at regular intervals with some incredibly accurate bowling from both giving...
