Meet the People
Who Shape the Experience.
OCO brings together people from cricket, academia, design, performance science, leadership and other disciplines.
They don’t all teach the same thing.
That’s the point.
Different perspectives give students different ways to understand the same moment.
One game.
Many ways of seeing it.
A player makes a difficult decision.
A philosopher might ask what made it a good decision.
A performance specialist might look at what happened to the body under pressure.
A leader might ask how the team responded.
A designer might ask whether there was another way to approach the problem.
One moment. Different questions. A deeper understanding.
Leadership
Strategic direction, Oxford knowledge, institutional
partnerships and the standards that shape the Odyssey.
Junaid Aziz
CEO | Design Thinking & Brand Strategy
Ashwani Arora
Executive Leadership & Cricket
Bharat Ramanathan
Co-founder | Oxford Cricket & Strategic Partnerships
Different Minds. One shared purpose
There is no single way to understand performance. OCO brings different disciplines together so students can question more carefully, think more clearly and recognise what experience can teach them.
Dr. Stephen Wright
Philosophy, Decision Making & Cricket
Dr. Richard Rowley
Design Thinking, Creativity & Communication
Dr. Aisha Ahmad
Debate, Law & Critical Thinking
Dr. Richard Pye
Oxford, Education & Facilitation
Abhishek Batra
Cricket & Leadership
Rupert Rowley
Profile Pending
The Learning Doesn’t
Stop When the
Match Begins.
The learning at OCO is woven through the residency. An idea introduced in a tutorial may return during a difficult decision in a match. A conversation about design may change how a student approaches an unfamiliar problem. Performance science may suddenly make sense when the body is tired and pressure begins to rise. Afterwards, those moments become part of the conversation. What happened? Why did you respond that way? What might you notice next time? The purpose is not to make cricket feel academic. It is to help students notice more within it.
Oxford Scholar Athlete Residency
See the programme they help shape.
Different people bring different perspectives. Oxford gives them space to come together. Cricket puts those ideas into practice. Explore the 2027 Oxford Cricket Odyssey or speak to the team about a pathway for your school, academy or student cohort.
