OUCC Men’s and Women’s Blues have just played their T20 Varsity Matches against Cambridge at Lord’s. The Women’s Blues played in the first of the T20 double-header, electing to bowl first. Despite 4 wickets from Hannah Sutton, Cambridge were able to get to a formidable total of 163, courtesy of strong batting performances by Routledge & Boaden. In reply, the Women’s Blues unfortunately fell short by 36 runs, despite contributions from Hannah Davis, Ellie Micklewright and Annys Thirkell-Jones at the top of the order.
In the second T20 of the day, OUCC won the toss again, with Ben Swanson electing to bowl first. Cambridge got off to a quick start in the Powerplay, with Houillon scoring 49 before being run out by a super piece of fielding from fresher Dhruv Talati. Wickets were shared amongst the bowlers, with spinners Ben Swanson, Chris Mingard and Vignesh Venkateswaran slowing Cambridge down in the middle overs. Cambridge reached a respectable 156-7 off their 20 overs. OUCC opening batter George Roberts set about chasing this total with a superb innings of 79, ably supported by cameos from Justin Clarke and Max Kirkby through the middle. With 1 run to win, it was left to Josh Royan, in his final year at Oxford, to win the game by carving one away to the offside boundary – bringing back memories of Ben Stokes at Headingley in 2019.
OUCC would like to thank the MCC for once again hosting a fabulous event at Lord’s. Our next Blues Varsity matches will be the 50 over games against Cambridge in Arundel on 22nd and 23rd June. More details to follow
