Banbury seamer Paul Taylor finished the season as the leading wicket-taker in Division 1 of the Home Counties Premier League.

The left-armer (pictured) took 52 wickets, eight more than Chris Sketchley, from High Wycombe.

Oxford duo Jack Brooks and Rupert Evans finished fourth and sixth with 40 and 31 victims respectively.

Banbury's Benji Hector was the division's second top run-scorer with 735 after leading the way in 2007.

Outgoing Oxfordshire all-rounder Jamie Hewitt was first on 880, while Oxford pair Stewart Laudat (426) and Rajiv Sharma (412) were 15th and 18th.

Thame Town's Manoj Parmar's fine season saw him finish as Division 2 West's second-top batsman on 695 runs.

Kidlington all-rounder Dave Taylor was sixth in the batting rankings on 604 and 12th in the bowling with 28 wickets.

Thame spinner Jaydeep Bhatti was the highest placed Oxon bowler with 36 wickets giving him seventh place.

GREAT & Little Tew and Shrivenham will try for a third time to play their OCB Under 17 Club Championship final at Horspath tomorrow (10.30).

Others to pass the 25-wicket mark were Thame's Sam Lachlan (27) and Luke Merry (25), plus Kidlington's Jamil Faruq (25).