Sandford St Martin made an inauspicious start to the defence of their Banbury Indoor League Division 1 title when they lost by two wickets to Hook Norton.

Martin Anson (35) and Chris Thompson (33) took Sandford to113 all out, despite a fine spell of 3-25 from Adam Bennett.

Hooky passed this with three balls to spare thanks to Dan White’s unbeaten 30.

DIVISION 1 RESULTS

Cropredy 87-5 (10 ovs, T Vickers 26), Great Tew 89-5 (6.5 ovs, A Harris 39no, J Walters 3-43).

Banbury 140-5 (10 ovs, I Mohammed 54no, M Pallett 30, O Murrey 3-33), Broughton & NN 100-5 (10 ovs, D Patterson 24 no).

Sandford 113 (9 ovs, M Anson 35, C Thompson 33, A Bennett 3-25), Hook Norton 116-4 (9.3 ovs, D White 30 no).

Ruscote 107 (9.5 ovs, B Ali 21, N Hibbert 4-39), Shipston 109-5 (9.5 ovs, J Murphy 34no, H Dube 23).