by Nick Owens | Aug 13, 2016 | Announcements, Uncategorized
The skipper lost the toss – again!. If anything can be predicted in this game, as sure as night follows day, the skipper will always lose the toss! We were put in to bat and a good all round batting performance saw us to 182 with a great debut 50 for Freddie...
by Nick Owens | Aug 1, 2016 | Announcements
Another hot day and the capt was thankful that on losing the toss we were still able to have a bat, unfortunately we were soon in deep trouble as we were 20-3 but Bartlett first then Soppett and Ben Ling with a very mature 39 gave us a decent position and with some...
by Nick Owens | Aug 1, 2016 | Announcements
It was great to see a young side travel to Shipton and when we arrived we noticed that they had two first team players playing, so after we had bowled them out for 172 we felt we may have been in with a chance, a dropped catch at a critical stage of the game meant we...
by Nick Owens | Aug 1, 2016 | Announcements
Sandford won the toss and elected to bat on what was a very unpredictable wicket. Oxford Downs managed to bowl out Sandford for 145 in 41 overs. Pick of the Downs bowlers was Tom Costley who bowled a superb spell returning figures of 7-53. Also worth mentioning that...
by Nick Owens | Jul 31, 2016 | Announcements
With a slow outfield, this match looked set to be a low-scoring game from the outset. Didcot batted first and good spells from Dave Spilsbury (11-4-31-2) and Rob Owen (10-1-28-2) meant Didcot were 62-4 at the halfway point. Apart from one 50-partnership in the middle...
by Nick Owens | Jul 26, 2016 | Announcements
The sun shinning over the beautiful setting that is Oxford Downs Cricket Club started off cricket week with the promise of some fabulous cricket. George Sandbach won the toss and decided that we’d have a bat and what a decision it was as we sat back and watched...
