David Smith took 7-120 to send Oxfordshire Development XI to a ten-run defeat in their two-day game against Free Foresters at Radley College.
Playing for the nomadic side, the Oxfordshire all-rounder picked up 5-87 in his first spell of 30 overs, before returning to claim two more victims and seal the Development XI’s fate.
Starting the day needing 339 to win, Oxon were floundering at 161-7, before Ollie Wright (73) and Joe White (61no) put on 128 for the eighth wicket to raise hopes of an unlikely victory.
Last man Faisal Khalid kept up the chase before he became Smith’s seventh victim with seven overs still to play.
Scores: Free Foresters 338 (B Jeffery 161, C Nurse 56), Oxfordshire Development XI 328 (O Wright 73, J White 61no, D Smith 7-120).
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