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CRICKET: Oxford have best of draw
10:20pm Sunday 3rd August 2008
OXFORD overcame the disadvantage of losing the toss to get the better of Welwyn Garden City in the rain-shortened draw at Roman Way and are now only two points behind the Division 1 leaders.
With the start delayed until 2pm, the match was reduced to a 43-35 over split, and Oxford were put in.
But thanks to a well-made 45 by Pat Jobson, Oxford survived the early overs, before Raj Sharma and Graham Charlesworth made hay later on to take Oxford to a useful 211-6 off 43 overs.
Sharma made 57 off 54 balls, while Charlesworth's 26 came off just 19 deliveries.
Welwyn openers Jamie Hewitt and Simon White added 79 for the first wicket in only 14 overs before White was stumped of the bowling of Rupert Evans Hewitt was then joined by Aaron Laraman and they took the total to 123 from 24.4 overs before the latter was bowled by Evans Hewitt was fifth out, having made 64 from 74 balls. Welwyn still went for the runs but when they further wickets to the spinners and settled from a draw on 185-7
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