MSCC v Wantage & Grove 2025
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Match Date & Time

Date Time League Season
June 22, 2025 2:00 pm Sunday 2025

Match Report

Magic Moments

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A shower before play so there is a delay

Wantage and Grove to bat in a 35 over match

Hamidullah takes a wicket in his first over

Olly Ross’s first delivery is a shocker, it misses the cut pitch.

Wantage and Grove soon in trouble, wickets for Ross and Hamidullah,

Sathya arrives.

George Robinson and Arvind are the first change bowlers.

George gets the ball to bounce to chest height

George gets his first wicket caught by his father at third slip ! Michael is a very proud dad. 

“Can I bowl seam now skip?”   “Not on this wicket George”

Sixth wicket partnership takes the score to 80.

Ali Meier does all the running on one side of the ground and trips up in the boundary netting.

Matt Bazeley gets to show off the strength of his arm.

Arvind very nearly takes three catches as the ball follows him at mid off.

George gets a second wicket neatly caught by Stevyn, but the ball was similar to Olly’s opener. 

Sathya strikes with his first and fourth ball

Matt Bazeley takes his first wicket for the club caught by Olly

Sathya finishes the innings thanks to Mark’s safe hands at slip.

“Its too early for tea” says George, “I am still full of breakfast”

What time was breakfast……. ?”  “12. 45”

89 all out in 26 overs

Ali and Mike Robinson open.

Ali back foot drive for four as W and G’s bowling looks better than their batting.

Ali bowled by a good delivery for 7.

Mike  comes out of his shell with a booming shot over midwicket.

Stevyn starts nicely and clips a short ball through mid wicket all along the ground for four.

Mike is decieved by a very slow slower ball, finds the edge and is caught by slip diving forward. 

W and G and supporters deleriously excited.

Mark Ford Langstaff starts cautiously, bowlers line quite wide.

Stevyn departs for 17 caught at mid wicket

Matt Bazeley joins Mark, both waiting for the boundary ball.

Mark smashes the ball to square leg for four.

Mathangi, an off spinner bowls tidily for W and G

20 runs to win, next man Olly on the boundary, says disappointmen  “Did not bat for me today”

Next ball Mark plays over the top of a delivery from Mathangi and is bowled.

Olly wastes no time, thumping the ball onto the pavilion veranda for six.

Matt hits a boundary back past the bowler

Five needed to win, Olly pulls a fetlock

Olly finishes in style with a straight four then a big six onto the tiles of the surrounding house.

Thanks to WandG cc for hosting at short notice.

Wantage & Grove CC

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Officials

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Past Meetings

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Venue

Middleton Stoney Cricket Club | Middleton Park
Bullmarsh Cl, Middleton Stoney, Bicester OX25 4AQ