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
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
1st XI Away at Wooton and Boar’s Hill the 1’s were asked to bat first and posted 223 for 7 thanks to 53 for Sahil Jamnadas, 38* for Mark Child and 30 for Richie. This proved too far for the… Read More »Match Reports: 3 September 2022
2nd XI Match Report In a tense, top of the table clash, Babbs won the toss and elected to bat (top tip, tails never fails). The Kidlington openers were on their mettle and the emerald-green pitch kept uncharacteristically low. Muaz… Read More »Match Reports: 27 August 2022
1st XI The 1’s hosted Horspath 4’s at Cutteslowe, where the visitors were asked to bat first and were bowled out in 30 overs for 119, mainly thanks to 5 for 25 for Man of the Match Toby Shelley and… Read More »Match Reports: 23 July 2022
First XI The 1’s hosted Wooton and Boars Hill and batting first got off to a very steady start with openers Mo (28) and Mark (58) denying firebrand Cam King a wicket in his 13 overs. After rain reduced the… Read More »Match Reports: 2 July 2022
