First XI When the rain abated and pitch was uncovered, we lost the toss and were surprised to be asked to bowl first on an overcast day. We had an early breakthrough as Kidlington opener Sahil Kalyan drilled a full… Read More »Match Reports: 8 July 2023
First XI Wolvercote Win Slow-Brewed Small Beer Thriller vs Hook Norton A white board in the pavilion bearing the phrase “Wolvercote will win” proved prophetic as the 1s welcomed Hook Norton to Cutteslowe Park on an overcast afternoon. On winning… Read More »Match Reports: 1 July 2023
First XI Faringdon’s Fielders Clutch Catches & Match After a long hot drive circumnavigating the A34 closure the 1’s converged on Faringdon where we won the toss and decided it wasn’t quite hot enough to buck the requirements of the… Read More »Match Reports: 24 June 2023
First XI Every hour wounds and the last one kills. Well, it had to end sometime and this week marked the first defeat of the season for the 1’s. As our bowling has been so effective this season, our batting… Read More »Match Reports: 17 June 2023
First XI: The afternoon broke the promises the morning had just made. After a glorious morning during which optimistic Wolves gathered at Challow and Childrey and Babbs had won the toss and elected to field first, the afternoon turned sultry… Read More »Match Reports: 10 June 2023
Wolvercote’s U13s were crowned winners of Oxfordshire Cricket’s first Hundred competition, after a final delayed from last season. Read more about it from Oxfordshire Cricket’s website. From the semi-final: The first semi-final saw Wolvercote beat Sandford St Martin by 83… Read More »Wolvercote U13s crowned Hundred Champions!
First XI This week the First XI travelled to Stonesfield on a glorious late-spring day with enough blue in the sky to make a sailor a pair of trousers. Stonesfield won the toss and elected to bat and the Wolves… Read More »Match Reports: 3 Jun 2023
First XI On a peerlessly beautiful day for batting, Babbs lost the toss at Cutteslowe and the stand-in Stanton skipper unsurprisingly asked us to bowl first. With everyone present and correct, there was time for the bowlers to warm up… Read More »Match Reports: 27 May 2023
First XI Away to Hanborough Babbs won the toss and elected to bowl, despite the delayed arrival of regular opening bowler Barkat, to make the most of any moisture left in the pitch from Friday’s rain. Samir and Yatish took… Read More »Match Reports: 20 May 2023
Yesterday we were 2 from 3 as the 1’s and 2’s won emphatically and the 3’s were undone by the accuracy of Didcot’s bowling attack. After only one match played, this makes the league tables pretty binary with teams falling… Read More »Match Reports: 13 May 2023
