MP Sports Cherwell League - Division 4
Ali Damirchi and Rob Sessions added 161 for the fourth wicket and propelled Wallingford to an impressive victory at home to Buckingham Town 2nd.
Town had racked up 245-4 from their 53 overs, with Nick Cadman (66), Andy Thatcher (58), Mike Taylor (50) and Ryan Spragg (50) all shining.
Damirchi (96) and Sessions (74) both fell before the end, but their side reached 249-5.
Wall’ford 25pts, Buckingham 2nd 10
Banbury Twenty 2nd’s sixth straight defeat came by five wickets at home to Bicester & North Oxford.
Richard Simpson’s 3-32 helped dismiss Twenty for 109, then Rob Humphreys (36) and Iain Horner (33no) took Bicester to 110-5.
Banbury XX 2nd 6, Bic & N Oxford 25
Chearsley’s decision to bowl first backfired in spectacular fashion when Cropredy amassed 264-7 dec from 50 overs. James Coleman top scored with 70.
Despite Marcus Hignell’s 35, the visitors crumbled to 121 all out, Ed Somerton bagging 3-24. Cropredy went top, while Chearsley dropped from first to sixth.
Cropredy 25, Chearsley 4
An outstanding all-round performance by Paul Maddock saw Stokenchurch to victory at Cumnor 2nd.
First he produced figures of 4-68, while Stefan Read took 5-44, in Cumnor’s 122.
Then Maddock hit 65 as the visitors cruised to a six-wicket win.
Cumnor 2nd 5, Stokenchurch 25
Leighton Buzzard Town 2nd won for the first time this season after they restricted Kimble to 183 all out.
Kirk Brazier took 5-46 for Town, Ben Mooney (66) and Jon Stackhouse (43) scoring most of the hosts’ runs.
Brazier then hit 37 in Leighton’s 186-6.
Kimble 9, L Buzzard Tn 2nd 25
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