2011

The U17’s retained the  county cup with a  well earned 23 run victory against Great Tew at Horspath yesterday.After losing the toss we were asked to bat on a wet wicket but Lloyd Sabin and Jamie Coles got us off to a solid start and when Coles was out for 19 we had 50 on […]

The U17’s reached their second successive county final with a 30 run win against Didcot on Sunday.Batting first we were soon in trouble at 24 for 3 and when Jamie Coles was out for 29  we had tumbled to 57 for 5.It was  Kieran Scott 11 and Josh Megson 39n/o [two big straight six’s and 4

The thirds season ended with an agonising defeat off the last ball against Didcot on Saturday.That’s two thrillers against them this season and sadly we have come up short in both games.Batting first we got off to a brilliant start and after 22 overs we were 94 for no wicket.But with Mark Rorich 46 and

Despite the fantastic weekend of cricket for the club (two promotions, the U17’s reaching their County Final, and nearly topped off by the 1st team only just losing the County Cup) the most eagerly awaited fixture of the season, the battle of the Girls/Women’s team v their Parents was held at Whitepost Road yesterday.   The girls

Banbury travelled to Long Crendon to take on Dinton 3rd’s, knowing that 13 points from the game would secure them the Division 8 title. With early rumours of Dinton fielding a very under strength team, combined with a motley looking pitch, Banbury won the toss and had no hesitation in asking Dinton to bat.  This

Banbury Cricket Club had a very successful last Saturday of the season. 3 wins, 1 league title and a further promotion were celebrated in fine style over another delicious selection of curries provided by Tony Manley. Victorious skippers Steve Beck, who led his 2nd XI to promotion to Division 1 of the Cherwell League, and

Despite a spirited performance in the field, led by Lance Shaw, Luke Ryan and Ash Blanchard with the ball Banbury could not defend the modest target of 100 they had set Shipton-Under-Wychwood at Great Tew yesterday. Former Banbury player Simon Hole led his team to a 24 four hour treble of Cherwell League Division 1,

Banbury took on Kimble 2nd’s at Horton View in the 2nd last round of the season chasing their 10th win of the season. With the heavy rain of Friday, the wicket was a bit damp and looked like scoring could be hard.  A further shower before the start of play reduced the match to 40

Banbury moved to the top of Cherwell Division 2 after a comfortable victory at Wolverton. On a used wicket, Wolverton won the toss and elected to bat, with the potential for rain interuptions during the game. Banbury had the worst possible start, when Ed Smith pulled up lame after the first two balls with a

Following on from recent tons from Charlie Hill and Adam Wiith ,two more of our talented young batsman got in on the act on saturday.Batting first we managed a good score of 217 in an innings reduced to 48 overs due to a heavy downpoor.Justin Lambden and Will Briggs produced another 100 plus partnership as