Abingdon Vale wicket-keeper Dan King will play for Oxford University in Saturday’s One-Day Varsity Match against Cambridge at Lord’s.

King is named in a team that also includes Oxford all-rounder Raj Sharma.

Dark Blues captain Alex Ball will hope for revenge after Cambridge won last year’s match by 47 runs.

Brendan McKerchar (pictured), scrum half in the last two rugby union Varsity Matches, is expected to open the batting.

Oxford’s team for the four-day match at Fenner’s next week will be named after their three-dayer against the MCC, which ends on Friday.

Oxford University one-day team: McKerchar, King, Sharma, Kruger, Ball (capt), Hill, Pascoe, Klopper, Bryan, Higham, Strachan. 12th man: Stafford.

l LAW firm Charles Russell LLP has confirmed it will sponsor the Twenty20 Varsity Match for a third year.