MP Sports Cherwell league - Division 5

Josh Garrett claimed 5-50 and Piers Myatt 3-24 as Great & Little Tew 2nd outclassed Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts 2nd.

Put in to bat, Nondies could muster only 130 before they were bowled out, Andrew Brown top-scoring with 47.

Curtly Slatter (73no) and Robbie Catling (41no) both scored quickly as Tew reached 131-1 in the 17th over.

Nondies 2nd 2pts, Tew 2nd 25

Didcot dished out a hiding to Thame Town 2nd, rolling over their visitors for just 68 before knocking off the required runs in 15.2 overs.

Richard Cook was the leading wicket taker for the home side, taking 5-22, while Matt Jones grabbed 3-23.

Only David Brooks (31) gave Thame's score the thinnest veneer of respectability.

Didcot 25, Thame Town 2nd 2

Neil Smith (4-50) helped Tiddington 2nd bowl out Challow & Childrey 2nd for 135.

Clive Robson’s 43 was the only highlight for Challow, who slumped to a six-wicket defeat as Nick Edmondson hit 51 and James Mackie 39 in the hosts’ 136-4.

Tiddington 2nd 25, Challow 2nd 6

Julian Briggs (72), Jaime Coles (50) and Ian Adams (47) were the key contributors to Banbury 3rd’s 207-8 at home to Shipton-under-Wychwood 2nd.

Shaun Cross (46) gave Shipton every chance of winning, but both sides had to settle for a draw on 200-7.

Banbury 3rd 14, Shipton 2nd 10

In another match that both sides came close to winning, Mike Lowe hit 86 and Eric Carpenter 83 in Brackley’s 224-4 at Bledlow Ridge 2nd.

Ridge’s reply was dominated by Phillip Brooks (73) and Richard Dryden (42), but the home side finished on 210-8.

Bledlow Ridge 2nd 7, Brackley 15