The Blues were scheduled to play London County C.C. over two days at the University Ground, Marston on 9th and 10th of June, but recent heavy rain had flooded parts of the playing area leaving the ground unfit for play.
Instead, to give the Blues much needed match practice, three separate games were played at different venues over these days, all of which resulted in confidence building victories for the Blues.
In the first match, the Blues were indebted to Dhruva Bhaskar (45) and Neil Kruger (48) in making a modest 179 all out, which proved sufficient as the opposition failed by 19 runs to reach their target, with Lewis
Dingle taking 4-25 from his 7.2 overs.
| Friendly - at Radley College, 50 over match | |
| Oxford University | 179 all out in 48.4 overs |
| London County CC | 161 all out in 41.2 overs |
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Oxford University won by 18 runs.
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In the first of two matches played in The Parks, the Blues ran up an impressive score in their allotted 15 overs, with Neil Kruger (61 runs off 37 balls) leading the way.
The visitors then collapsed from a challenging 98-2 off 10 overs, losing their last 8 wickets for just 19 runs with Jonty Strachan taking 4-30 from his 3 overs.
| Friendly - The Parks, 15 over match | |
| Oxford University | 136 for 4 in 15.0 overs |
| London County CC | 117 all out in 15.0 overs |
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Oxford University won by 19 runs.
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In the final game played as a Twenty20 match, Neil Kruger was again in the runs with 94no off just 66 balls.
The visitors nearly pulled off a victory, failing by only six runs, with Ollie Sadler being the top Blues wicket taker with 4-28 from his four overs.
| Friendly - at the Parks, 20 over match | |
| Oxford University | 155 for 3 in 20.0 overs |
| London County CC | 150 for 8 in 20.0 overs |
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Oxford University won by 5 runs.
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