CRICKET: Oxford crash to Varsity defeat

Oxford University fell to a resounding ten-wicket defeat against Cambridge University at Fenners.

Resuming on 124-4 on the final day, Oxford’s Neil Kruger and Dan Pascoe continued to score runs, but once Pascoe fell to Christopher Grammer, the writing was on the wall.

Kruger fell two runs short of a century as Oxford were bowled out for 226.

This left Cambridge a target of just 43 to win, which they reached without loss just after lunch.

• BATSMEN Jamie Perkin (Oxford) and Ned Murray (Horspath) have been called up for Oxfordshire Development XI’s final Tom Orford Trophy match against Bucks at Queen’s College Sports Ground, Oxford, starting on Monday.

Oxon go into the game with a record of one win and two defeats.

Oxon Development XI: R West (capt, Oxford Downs), J Perkin, Zia Hamid, D Smith, Wasim Mehmood, Jehan Mohammed (all Oxford), N Murray (Horspath), Shahbaz Alam, Umair Ghazali (both Cumnor), C Watling (Aston Rowant), E Phillips (Banbury), T Geeson-Brown (Great & Little Tew).

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