by Nick Owens | Aug 21, 2016 | Announcements
This Saturday the 1st team were away at Bletchingdon. A very strong side was selected for this away fixture with only Tom Costley unavailable. The toss was lost and we were told to take to the field. With Harry Sutton returning we had our two highly regarded opening...
by Nick Owens | Aug 16, 2016 | Announcements
This was a rematch against a Shipton side we tied 212 with, after being 24-4 earlier in the season. Due to Cokethorpe being unavailable we had initially booked the Ducklington pitch but this fell through midweek. Thankfully with Paddy Daniels help we located a few...
by Nick Owens | Aug 16, 2016 | Announcements
Downs won the toss and elected to bowl Downs got off to a cracking start with Tom Costley getting a run out first ball of the innings with a direct hit from covers. However this didn’t slow Buckingham down as they were scoring at least one boundary an over not...
by Nick Owens | Aug 14, 2016 | Announcements
Abingdon Vales’ second ground had been turned into a caravan park for August, so our fixture was played at Warborough and Shillingford. The ground is set on a lovely village green, with no covers it always make for interesting battle between bat and ball. Abingdon...
by Nick Owens | Aug 14, 2016 | Announcements
No one was more shocked that the skipper Woods when he won the toss (the team still don’t believe he did) and elected to field first. With Banbury starting reasonably well against the ferocious pace of Spilsbury and the evergreen Steve Roberts landing it on a...
by Nick Owens | Aug 13, 2016 | Announcements
Another classic Downs thriller. It wouldn’t be a Saturday if we didn’t have a collapse somewhere and this was one of the highest magnitude. Without our leader (Waz), opening bowler (Harry) or our Senior Pro (Cricket Chris) the team was a much different look compared...
