A mostly hungover team took on the President’s select XI last weekend and a friendly battle between two strong teams ensued. Having used underhand tactics the previous evening by stealing one of our ringers to play for them, the President’s XI opened the batting in a 35 over game. 28 overs later and [...]
With England on the verge of winning the Ashes, we had a match against Swindon Civil Service. Remarkably, both sides managed to get a full team out and took to the field with the sun shining on a hard and dry wicket.
Swindon had won the toss and had decided to bat. And bat [...]
Sorry, no report, but here’s the figures:
A. Mercer 39
O. Haine 0
S. Bramley 4
L. Faulkner 0
R. Martin 4
T. Lane 50
D. Henson 0
J. Mabbett 34
G. Summersbee 14 not out
C. Mercer 0
C. Mackinnon 2 not out
Wantage 155 for 9
J. Mabbett 7-3-18-4
R. Martin 5-1-21-0
T. Lane 5-3-10-2
C. Mercer 5-2-16-2
D. Henson 2-0-3-0
C. MacKinnon 0.2-0-0-1
Cold Ash 73 all out.
So, after a brief summer, the Twenty20 world cup has brought us miserable weather and on the day that England managed to survive and stay in the world cup by beating Pakistan, Wantage faced a tough challenge against Eynsham. Wantage being one player down made the challenge more testing. Wantage won the toss [...]
It’s always good to play a cricket match in sunny weather. It can be hot and frustrating in the field when you’re chasing the ball to every boundary and looking under hedges and in the long grass in the neighbouring field for balls that have been dispatched for 6 by the opposing team. [...]
Feeling guiltily lazy after Steve managed to get 2 match reports written in the time it has taken me to write this one. In my defence, I’m umm lazy!
Saturday’s game at home vs Chipping Norton was the first round of the Steve Dixon Cup, those who followed the Saturday side last year will remember them [...]
Wantage won the toss and decided to put Steventon in to bat.
Opening the bowling were Duncan “Long Dog” Wooloff and Ryan “Pippin” Martin, some early wickets for Pippin dismissed the top order, including a cracking gully catch by the older, gingerer, Zimbo Barry. Catches not quite sticking cost Long Dog a couple of wickets but [...]
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