A four-wicket haul from Sanjay Vinjimoor helped Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts denied Oxford 2nd victory in MP Sports Cherwell League Division 1.

With Oxford needing 11 to win in the last over, Nondies bowlers saved the day.

Fine knocks from Tim Rattigan (69), Pablo Mukhe-rjee (63) and Shabaz Alam (60) helped Nondies to 241-5.

Chris Sandbach then struck 82 from 91 balls and Mark Sheehan 61 from 72 to set up a tense finish, but Vinjimoor (4-56) just did enough to restrict Oxford to 237-8.

l Oxford 2nd 10 pts, Oxford & Bletch Nondescripts 15 Division 3 Rain curtailed the Twyford and Bledlow Ridge game when the result was in the balance.

Twyford made 169, led by Zawar Hussain (43) and Stafford Sansome (41).

Martin Middleton hit 49 for Ridge before the heavens opened in the 37th over with their score on 129-8.

l Bledlow Ridge 6, Twford 17 Bicester & North Oxford lost by six wickets at home to Cropredy.

Bicester reached 154-7, with Ian Horner making 50, but their total proved inadequate as Pete Cooling (48) and Joe Fox (40) saw Cropredy to 156-4.

l Bicester & NO 6, Cropredy 25 Division 6 Oxford & Bletchingdon Nondescripts 2nd had an exciting ten-run win against Abingdon Vale 2nd.

Ryan Allen top-scored with 48 as Nondies made 179.

In reply, Abingdon were dismissed for 169.

l Nondies 25, Abingdon Vale 2nd 8

WEEKEND RESULTS Division 1 Oxford & Bletch Nondies 241-5 (S Alam 60, T Rattigan 69, P Mukherjee 63), Oxford 2nd 237-8 (C Sandbach 82, M Sheehan 61, S Vinjimoor 4-56, E Oakley 3-69). Division 3 Bicester & North Oxford 154-7 (I Horner 50, M Simpson 37, W Hazel 4-39), Cropredy 156-4 (P Cooling 48, J Fox 40). Twyford 169 (Z Hussain 43, S Sansome 41, B Afzal 35, D Bird 3-17, M Dakin 3-72), Bledlow Ridge 129-8 (M Middleton 49). Division 6 Oxford & Bletch Nondies 2nd 179 (R Allen 48, T Ahmed 47, J Ahmedzi 35, J Butcher 3-46), Abingdon Vale 2nd 169 (D Naguesker 38, J Butcher 32, T Ahmed 4-26, J Marriot 4-46). Division 7 Bicester & North Oxford 2nd 165-6 (K Hicks 94no, G Savin 46, S Helps 6-85) v Buckingham 3rd – rsp. Twyford 2nd 161-9 (B Elkington 55, N Massey 30, R Shrimpton 3-22, A Jones 3-66) v Cumnor 2nd – rsp. Division 8 Oxford & Bletch Nondies 3rd 138 (T Ahmed 83, A Pervez 3-38, R Newman 3-46), Abingdon Vale 3rd 139-4 (M Edwards 62no, T Ahmed 3-29). Division 9 Abingdon Vale 4th 175-9 (G Darley 65, L Bethel 3-17, M White 3-27), Oxford & Bletch Nondies 4th 114 (J Butler 34, M Butcher 4-4, B Finch 3-16). Division 10 Bicester & North Oxford 3rd 168-4 (M Mears 46, S Jackson 33), Thame 3rd 169-7 (S Sutcliffe 77, N Taluja 3-36). WEEKEND FIXTURES Div 1: Oxford & Bletch N v Bourton Vale. Div 3: Kingston Bagpuize v Bicester & North Oxford, Twyford v Oxford Downs 2nd. Div 6: Bourton Vale 2nd v Nondies 2nd. Div 7: Bicester & North Oxford 2nd v Aston Rowant 3rd, Didcot 2nd v Twyford 2nd. Div 8: Oxford & Bletch N 3rd v Kingston Bagpuize 2nd. Div 9: Stokenchurch 2nd v Nondies 4th. Div 10: Aston Rowant 4th v Bicester & North Oxford 3rd.