Spectacular batting by Alexei Kervezee inspired Bucks Men to two exciting victories over Oxfordshire in their National Counties T20 double-header at Didcot CC on Sunday.

Two sublime half-centuries by the Bucks captain put his team second in Group 3 and in a strong position to qualify for the Super 12s stage of the competition.

Bucks won the toss in the first match and rattled up a formidable 219/5 from their 20 overs. This was founded on a superb third-wicket stand of 164 in just 12 overs by Kervezee and Ryan Friend, who made his maiden half century with 69 off 46 balls with 4 sixes and five fours.

Kervezee went on to score 92 from just 40 balls with eight sixes and six fours -- Four of his sixes came from reverse hits over the shorter boundary.

Oxfordshire were always behind the required rate despite an aggressive 86 off 44 balls from Hayden Roussouw.

A final flourish which brought them 69 runs from the last 34 balls brought their reply to 205/3, leaving Bucks winners by 14 runs.

Oxfordshire chose to bat first in the second game and at one stage slumped to 119/7, young High Wycombe seamer Archie Dodds at one stage taking two wickets in two balls.

But Bucks bowlers lost their discipline as Oxfordshire scored 46 runs from their last 17 balls to reach a defendable 165-8 from their 20 overs.

Great Brickhill's Aum Raykar, who had earlier taken a spectacular catch in the deep, gave Bucks a flying start to their reply with 40 off 21 balls -- And with Kervezee again playing fluently, Bucks seemed to be cruising to victory at 117-2 after 12.4 overs.

But there followed an alarming collapse, which saw Bucks lose six wickets for 38 runs in 6.4 overs -- Oxfordshire looked favourites as the visitors needed 11 runs from four balls for victory.

But crucially Kervezee, who had been dropped behind the wicket in the penultimate over, was still there and he hit the next two balls from his opposite number George Tait for six to clinch Bucks a dramatic two-wicket victory with two balls to spare.

Kervezee finished on 68 not out from 31 balls with four sixes and five fours to make it a memorable day for the Bucks skipper.

Bucks's next outing in this competition is against group leaders Berkshire at Chesham on Sunday June 29th.