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Yesterday’s match at the Oxford University Parks. Picture: Ed Nix
IT’S a sure sign that summer is on the way at last. The new cricket season got under way at Oxford University Parks yesterday as an MCC Universities inter-squad match took place ahead of the first official fixture – a one-day friendly against Leicestershire next Tuesday.
The chilly Oxford conditions facing the players contrasted sharply with those in Sri Lanka, where the full Blues side made it three wins out of three on their pre-season tour by beating University of Peradeniya.
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