On Tuesday 28th of June, Oxfordshire Cricket in partnership with the Oxfordshire Schools Cricket Association (OSCA) welcomed Burford School and The Warriner School to the magnificent Wormsley Estate for the U13 OSCA Cup Final. The event took place at the magnificent Wormsley Estate as part of Oxfordshire Cricket’s strategy to widen access to cricket.
After winning the toss and electing to field, Warriner got off to a good start with the ball with Shiva Senthilkumar taking 2-7 off his four overs. Will Rorich then took 3-8 to leave Burford 33-6, before Rufus Jones hit a steady 16 off 40 balls to help guide Burford to 66-8 off their 20 overs.
In response, Warriner last an early wicket with Freddie Webb bowling Rorich. Ben Miller then hit an unbeaten 36 off 26 balls to help guide Warriner to a 9 wicket win.
The presentation ceremony was then conducted by the Oxfordshire High Sheriff, Mark Beard who presented both teams with their medals, and the Shield to Warriner School. Peter Tubb was then presented with a lifetime achievement award by the High Sheriff for his years of voluntary service and dedication to managing and organising the Oxfordshire Schools Cricket Association.
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Oxfordshire Cricket has a proven track record of growth across a wide range of programmes. In 2021 we delivered cricket to 8171 children in primary schools in Oxfordshire. We would like to embrace the opportunity of providing more cricket within state schools, widen our talent pool and level-up opportunities. At this point in time, we do not have any funding for secondary school activities or programmes for the next academic year. The ECB and Chance to Shine do not fund mixed secondary school delivery. Our ambition is to raise enough funding that will enable us to deliver a secondary school programme in every school in Oxfordshire.
We would also like to make opportunities such as playing some of the school’s finals days at places such as the wonderful Wormsley estate which hosted this year’s finals in partnership with the Oxfordshire Schools Cricket Association a sustainable annual event. If you would like to find out more or to support Oxfordshire Cricket please email Nick Pinhol at [email protected]