CCS Home Counties League Division 1: The spin of Shami Mendis and the pace of Dave Angove gave Oxford a resounding 60-run victory over early pacesetters Slough at Roman Way on Saturday.

Both Mendis and Angove, fully fit again after various spells out with injury, took four wickets as Oxford moved up to third place in the table.

Put in to bat, Oxford had to work hard against the tight Slough opening attack and lost Adam Cook with the score on 24.

Stewart Laudat (48) began to settle in, although the fall of three wickets the other end left them on 102-4 at lunch.

Shortly afterwards they were in real trouble at 144-7.

But then new boy John Williams (44) and young wicket-keeper Jonno Evans (39) showed real character and skill.

They produced a matchwinning eighth-wicket stand of 76 to push the score to 262-9 off 66 oversand put Oxford in a commanding position.

The Slough response started in a hurry, with left-hander Russell Lane smashing the ball to all parts, and the Oxford total looked in danger.

But some fine spin-bowling from Mendis, ably supported by Rupert Evans, started pegging back the Slough total.

But it was left to Angove, who bowled with genuine pace and hostility in both spells, to clean up and give Oxford a well-deserved 25 points.

OXFORD

A Cook b Khan...8

P Jobson b Lambert...7

S Laudat c Naylor b Sher...48

R Sekhri c & b Sher...4

S Mendis b Khan...19

I Evans b Khan...10

I Crosby b Khan...0

J Williams lbw Khan...44

J Evans b Khan...39

D Angove not out...16

R Evans not out...12

Extras...55

Total (9 wkts, 66 ovs)...262

Fall: 1-24, 2-63, 3-84, 4-97, 5-130, 6-131, 7-144, 8-220, 9-233.

Bowling: Khan 19-3-58-6, Amin 5-1-16-0, Naylor 3-0-21-0, Lambert 12-2-48-1, Sher 21-7-63-2, Fazal 2-0-5-0, Lane 4-0-25-0.

SLOUGH

R Lane b Mendis...63

G Khan lbwAngove...0

S Naylor b Cook...5

M Fazal b Angove...19

B Sher lbw Mendis...38

A Iqbal lbw R Evans...2

A Ward b Mendis...35

A R Khan b Angove...14

T Lambert b Angove...0

A Malik not out...8

N Amin b Mendis...2

Extras...16

Total (all out, 45.3 ovs)...202

Fall: 1-15, 2-44, 3-73, 4-133, 5-142, 6-148, 7-192, 8-192, 9-193.

Bowling: Angove 15-1-74-4, Cook 5-0-32-1, R Evans 12-5-24-1, Mendis 10.3-3-39-4, Sekhri 3-0-21-0.

Oxford 25pts, Slough 7