u18ch83	Oxfordshire Under-18s v Staffordshire Under-18s
	ECB Under-18 County Championship 2023 (Group 4)
Venue	Power Station Ground, Didcot on 25th July 2023 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Staffordshire Under-18s won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Oxfordshire Under-18s 13 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Staffordshire Under-18s 11 (Batting 2, Bowling 4)
Scorer	T Fitzgerald (Oxfordshire Under-18s)

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Staffordshire Under-18s first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OS Shirley	b Armstrong	19	35		3	-
R Vallabhaneni	b Sparkes	18	47		1	-
EE Boardwell	st Townsend b Smethurst	13	31		1	-
*+JJ Abbotts	b Smethurst	76	85		9	3
JWA Hawkins	c Townsend b Armstrong	31	73		4	-
J Sharp	lbw b Smethurst	4	22		1	-
J Batchelor	b Smethurst	24	55		3	-
R Majithia	c MacDonald b Nicholson	1	13		-	-
J Harvey	c Batten b Johnston	29	38		4	1
E Batchelor	st Townsend b Smethurst	0	10		-	-
MR Parigi	not out	2	8		-	-
MA Turner	did not bat
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	18
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Shirley), 2-47 (Vallabhaneni), 3-70 (Boardwell), 4-166 (Abbotts), 5-172 (Hawkins), 6-182 (Sharp), 7-189 (Majithia), 8-223 (J Batchelor), 9-233 (Harvey), 10-235 (E Batchelor, 69.2 ov)

Oxfordshire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Armstrong	15	3	39	2	1	2
Nicholson	16	3	65	1	-	-
Sparkes	5	2	14	1	-	-
Marland	2	0	5	0	2	1
Smethurst	23.2	5	57	5	-	-
Batten	4	0	28	0	-	-
Johnston	4	0	15	1	-	-

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Oxfordshire Under-18s first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ZA Ali	c Sharp b Turner	140	230		17	1
CJ Batten	c Abbotts b Parigi	3	19		-	-
O Brooks	run out (Abbotts)	0	4		-	-
*TO Rossouw	c Harvey b Sharp	29	27		6	-
+JE Townsend	b J Batchelor	89	159		12	1
HOC MacDonald	run out (Parigi)	13	14		2	-
RA Nicholson	b Turner	83	128		8	2
W Marland	b Majithia	1	11		-	-
HJ Johnston	c J Batchelor b Parigi	6	28		-	-
A Smethurst	not out	14	31		2	-
OH Armstrong	b Turner	0	1		-	-
J Sparkes	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	18
Total	(all out, 107.2 overs)	396
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Batten), 2-7 (Brooks), 3-48 (Rossouw), 4-213 (Townsend), 5-238 (MacDonald), 6-322 (Ali), 7-331 (Marland), 8-342 (Johnston), 9-396 (Nicholson), 10-396 (Armstrong, 107.2 ov)

Staffordshire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
E Batchelor	22	3	96	0	-	1
Parigi	13	2	50	2	1	-
Sharp	14	1	61	1	-	6
Majithia	15	5	33	1	-	-
Turner	10.2	2	28	3	-	-
J Batchelor	20	1	81	1	-	-
Harvey	4	1	18	0	-	1
Hawkins	9	2	20	0	-	-

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Staffordshire Under-18s second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
OS Shirley	b Sparkes	9	23		1	-
R Vallabhaneni	c Rossouw b Johnston	80	120		7	2
EE Boardwell	b Sparkes	0	4		-	-
*+JJ Abbotts	c MacDonald b Sparkes	9	15		-	1
JWA Hawkins	c Rossouw b Smethurst	13	23		2	-
J Sharp	c MacDonald b Johnston	10	54		2	-
J Harvey	lbw b Johnston	30	73		4	-
J Batchelor	b Smethurst	57	109		6	1
R Majithia	b Armstrong	29	36		3	2
E Batchelor	lbw b Smethurst	5	10		1	-
MR Parigi	not out	4	15		-	-
MA Turner	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 8 w)	21
Total	(all out, 80 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Shirley), 2-39 (Boardwell), 3-53 (Abbotts), 4-72 (Hawkins), 5-123 (Sharp), 6-138 (Vallabhaneni), 7-195 (Harvey), 8-252 (Majithia), 9-258 (J Batchelor), 10-267 (E Batchelor, 80 ov)

Oxfordshire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Armstrong	15	2	60	1	2	2
Nicholson	9	3	12	0	-	-
Sparkes	11	2	51	3	3	-
Smethurst	30	8	69	3	-	-
Johnston	12	0	56	3	3	-
Batten	3	0	8	0	-	-

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Oxfordshire Under-18s second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ZA Ali	run out (Abbotts)	35	30		3	1
HOC MacDonald	c Abbotts b Parigi	9	6		2	-
O Brooks	c Abbotts b Sharp	9	15		-	-
*TO Rossouw	c Abbotts b Majithia	6	9		-	-
+JE Townsend	c Parigi b Majithia	3	6		-	-
RA Nicholson	c Boardwell b Majithia	21	15		1	1
CJ Batten	not out	10	10		-	-
W Marland	run out (Abbotts)	2	4		-	-
HJ Johnston	not out	4	5		-	-
OH Armstrong	did not bat
A Smethurst	did not bat
J Sparkes	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(7 wickets, 16 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (MacDonald), 2-38 (Brooks), 3-62 (Rossouw), 4-64 (Ali), 5-73 (Townsend), 6-92 (Nicholson), 7-95 (Marland)

Staffordshire Under-18s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
E Batchelor	3	0	26	0	-	1
Parigi	4	0	21	1	-	-
Sharp	2	0	15	1	-	3
Majithia	4	0	21	3	-	-
J Batchelor	3	0	20	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in one.

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