CRICKET: Morris stars against former side (From Oxford Mail)

CRICKET: Morris stars against former side

11:00am Wednesday 10th August 2011 in Sport By Ed Mezzetti

FORMER Oxfordshire player Fi Morris returned to haunt her old side as Gloucestershire hammered them by 209 runs in ECB Women’s County Championship 5 South & West at Charlbury.

Morris smashed 127 in Gloucestershire’s 269 all out, then took 3-12 in ten overs of spin to help dismiss the hosts for 60.

After winning the toss and electing to field, Oxfordshire struck a couple of early blows, but the damage was done in a fourth-wicket stand of 144 between Morris and Alex McDonald.

Oxon plugged away and took the last six visiting wickets for just five runs, off-spinner Bridget Rhodes-Moore claiming 5-28 and 16-year-old seamer Caitie Burton finishing with 3-37.

Openers, Rhian Todd and Gemma Muttitt, got going in Oxon’s reply, but no one else could deal with seamer McDonald (4-13) and Morris as the hosts were all out in 27 overs.

The result leaves Oxon bottom of the table with two matches to play.