CRICKET: Marcham canter into semi-finals (From Herald Series)

8:10am Thursday 2nd July 2009

Marcham eased into the semi-finals of the OCA’s Airey Cup with a convincing seven-wicket victory over Freeland on Sunday.

Rob Panting returned a tidy 3-31 as Freeland were restricted to 182-7.

Then a consistent batting display saw Marcham home.

Richard Taylor was Letcombe’s match-winner as they beat Fringford by six wickets in Division 2.

Taylor claimed 6-36 as Fringford were bowled out for 171, before Pat Bryan (67no) and Taylor (47) saw Letcombe home at 172-4.

Alex Kill hit 61 to help Shrivenham to a 62-run victory over Tetsworth in Division 1.

Shrivenham rattled up 224-6, Mark Whale chipping in with 48 and Tetsworth then fell to 162, Imran Khan taking 4-51.

Marcham eased past Great Horwood by seven wickets. Having restricted Horwood to 150-7, Jim McGeown (86no) steered Marcham to 155-3.

In Division 3, Radley went down by 54 runs to Kings Sutton, who collected a second successive victory.

Ian Harris hit 79 not out in Kings Sutton’s 176-7, before Zulfiqar Hussain (3-8) and Dan Smith (3-29) combined to bowl Radley out for 122.

Clifton Hampden succumbed by nine wickets to Stonesfield after being dismissed for 137.

Tim Wyatt (85no) and Ben Redknap (39no) saw Stonesfield to 142-1 In Division 4, Tom Wyatt hit 70 as Uffington beat Charlbury 2nd by 18 runs.

Uffington reached 227-9, Rob Heasman chipping in with 43. Craig Moss then hit 82 in Charlbury’s reply, but they were restricted to 209-8.

Chalgrove posted 195-9 against West Witney in Division 5.

Michael Edwards made 61 not out, but West Witney got home at 196-6.

Division 9 leaders Sunningwell were beaten by Witney Swifts 2nd by 39 runs.

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