After the good win at Chester in the opening game of the season, the lads travelled to Upton on a beautiful sunny morning to see if they could build on their good start.
Upton won the toss and put Oxton into bat. Tom G and Jack B formed the new opening pair and got off to a solid start, running their singles and byes very effectively to get the scoreboard ticking over, despite some good accurate bowling from the Upton lads. A good foundation was set for the bigger hitters in the shape of captain Jack C, Sam P and Harry D to take the score past the 100 mark, before Upton tightened things up with a good last few overs, Oxton finishing on 125-7.
Given the low bounce and slowish outfield, this felt like a defendable total, but the lads were going to have to bowl and field well to ensure victory.
And how well they did so! An opening maiden over from Dhruv set the mood of the innings, and by the time he and Ed T had completed their opening spell of 3 overs each, they had picked up 3 wickets, with only 14 runs on the board. It was then great to see Jacob and Luke C given a chance with the ball and both lads absolutely rose to the occasion, with good, tight, accurate bowling starving the Upton batsmen of runs. Ollie P and Jack B kept up the pressure, backed up well in the field. Special praise for Chris F who kept wicket fantastically, yielding one solitary bye from the entire innnigs. Well done Chris! Late overs from Harry D, Tom G, Jack C and Sam P swept away the remaining wickets, bringing the Upton reply to an end on 75-9, with injured Matty at #11 deciding not to bat.
All in all, a clinical performance in which each and every one of the Oxton lads made a significant contribution to a resounding victory. Keep it up!
Result
Oxton win by 50 runsScorecard
Oxton 125 for 7 (25 overs)
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | S/R | 6s | 4s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack B | Run out | 9 | 16 | 56 | 1 | |
| Tom G | b Ally H | 6 | 25 | 24 | ||
| Jack C | b Will C | 28 | 22 | 127 | 2 | 2 |
| Chris F | Run out | 6 | 16 | 38 | 1 | |
| Sam P | b Ally H | 24 | 29 | 83 | 4 | |
| Harry D | b Zac H | 19 | 24 | 79 | 3 | |
| Ed T | not out | 3 | 14 | 21 | ||
| Luke C | Run out | 1 | 3 | 33 | ||
| Dhruv | not out | 0 | 1 | |||
| Extras | 11w 17b 1lb | 29 | ||||
| Total | for 7 | 125 | (25 overs) | |||
| Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Fall of Wicket | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ally H | 4.0 | 10 | 2 | 2.5 | 22 | Jack B | |
| Callum M | 4.0 | 16 | 0 | 4.0 | 30 | Tom G | |
| Liam M | 2.0 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | 55 | Jack C | |
| Luca D | 4.0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | 78 | Chris F | |
| Matty B | 0.2 | 4 | 0 | 12.0 | 114 | Harry D | |
| Sol T | 4.0 | 7 | 0 | 1.75 | 123 | Sam P | |
| Will C | 3.0 | 28 | 1 | 9.33 | 124 | Luke C | |
| Zac H | 3.4 | 28 | 2 | 3.5 | |||
| Will M | 2.0 | 11 | 1 | 7.64 |
Upton 75 for 9 (23 overs)
| Batsmen | Runs | Balls | S/R | 6s | 4s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callum M | b Dhruv | 0 | 7 | |||
| Will C | Run out | 14 | 41 | 34 | 1 | |
| Zac H | b Ed T | 4 | 6 | 67 | ||
| Chris G | c Jack B b Ed T | 4 | 6 | 46 | 1 | |
| Luca D | b Jacob | 1 | 11 | 9 | ||
| Ally H | b Ollie P | 8 | 18 | 44 | 1 | |
| Sol T | b Jack B | 11 | 7 | 157 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan F | not out | 20 | 26 | 77 | 2 | |
| Liam M | b Tom G | 4 | 5 | 80 | 1 | |
| Will H | b Tom G | 1 | 11 | 9 | ||
| Matty B | Did not bat | |||||
| Extras | 4nb 3w 1b | 8 | ||||
| Total | for 9 | 75 | (23.0 overs) | |||
| Bowler | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Fall of Wicket | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhruv | 3.0 | 5 | 1 | 1.67 | 3 | Callum M | |
| Ed T | 3.0 | 9 | 2 | 3.0 | 8 | Zac H | |
| Harry D | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 14 | Chris G | |
| Jack B | 3.0 | 6 | 1 | 2.0 | 16 | Luca D | |
| Jack C | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 34 | Ally H | |
| Jacob | 3.0 | 5 | 1 | 1.67 | 46 | Sol T | |
| Luke C | 3.0 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | 61 | Will C | |
| Ollie P | 3.0 | 21 | 1 | 7.0 | 65 | Liam M | |
| Sam P | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 75 | Will H | |
| Tom G | 2.0 | 11 | 2 | 5.5 |
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| Worm graph for the match |
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