Oxfordshire’s youth teams got their new Inter-Counties League campaign off to a winning start with a 9-8 triumph away to Middlesex on Sunday.

The under 18 boys won 6-3 with victories from Matt Clarke, debutant Ben Joines, Stephen Wright, Jake Carter and joint men of the match Mark Burns and Scott Smith (19.65 averages).

The under 21 ladies won 3-0 thanks to Charlotte Adams, Lucy Daniels on her debut, and lady of the match Katie Moore (15.42) A weakened under 21 men’s team lost 5-0 to a Middlesex outfit containing several senior county players.