O60s 2nd XI
Cornwall Captain 2024: Martin Orpe
Cornwall Team Manager 2024: Brian Martin
O60s 2nd XI competition 2024
30 counties are taking part in 2024, playing in 5 groups
The top 2 counties in each group go forward into the Championship phase two competition which will be split into 2 groups of 5 based on geography.
Each team plays the other 4 teams either home or away
The semi finals will be the Winner of Group A v Runner up of Group B and Winner of Group B v Runner Up of Group A
Teams finishing 3rd and 4th in Phase one will go into an identical competition known as the Vase
Teams finishing 5th and 6th in Phase one will go into an identical competition known as the Bowl
One player aged 59 is allowed per team in 2024.
Fixtures 2024 - all on Tuesdays
| Date | Opponent | Venue |
| May 7th | Gloucestershire | Yanley Lane |
| May 14th | Wiltshire | H |
| May 21st | Somerset | H |
| May 28th | Devon | A |
| June 4th | Wales | H |
| June 11th | Gloucestershire | H |
| June 18th | Wiltshire | A |
| June 25th | Somerset | Taunton CC |
| July 2nd | Devon | H |
| July 9th | Wales | A |
| July 23rd | KO Leagues | |
| July 30th | KO Leagues | |
| Aug 6th | KO Leagues | |
| Aug 13th | KO Leagues | |
| Aug 20th | KO Leagues | |
| Aug 27th | KO Leagues |
2023 Summary:
This was the second season for this team and without doubt they are getting closer to that elusive first win. 2nd XI's prosper when 1st XI's get stronger thus gaining players with 1st XI experience. This didn't happen in 2023 with the 1st XI having no regular new players and largely fielding the same team from 2021 whilst dropping from first to last in the South West group. This impacted the 2nd XI. Nevertheless there were some close matches: losing to Gloucestershire by just 9 runs chasing 263 then in the next game losing to Devon by just one run with skipper Martin Orpe run out on the last ball. Given the turbulent weather in May and July it was remarkable that the team played every single one of their 12 group matches.
The season finished with a 21 run defeat to Middlesex at Wembley CC in the knockout stages.
24 players played at least one match with Martin Orpe playing all 13, Mark Everett and Brian Martin 11, Mike Jelbert, Mike Smith, Jamie Mead, Sid Lawrence 10 each.
Leading run scorers 2023:
- Jamie Mead 276
- Mike Jelbert 228 - including 104 v Gloucestershire
- Martin Orpe 221
Leading wicket takers 2023:
- Martin Orpe 13
- Sid Lawrence 8
- John Pollard 5
2023 Results:
Aug 2nd Middlesex A
July 25th - Somerset H
July 18th - Gloucestershire H
July 11th v Devon A
July 4th - Wales A
June 27th Oxfordshire H
June 13th Worcestershire A
June 6th Devon H
May 30th - Gloucestershire A
May 23rd - Somerset A
May 16th Worcestershire H
May 2nd Oxfordshire A
Apr 25th Wales H
O60s 2nd XI Results 2022:
Aug 3rd - Bedfordshire A - Bowl QF
June 28th - Match Cancelled due to weather
Kevin Gibbard leaving the field after becoming the first player to score a century for the O60s 2nd XI - in the same game he became the first player to take 3 wickets in an innings for the 2nd XI.
The O60s 2nd XI squad pictured at their practice match at Pencarrow CC on April 19th 2022