He travelled to England in 1989 to study social studies at the University of Oxford, where he attended St Anne's College. While studying at Oxford, he made six first-class appearances for Oxford University in 1990, as well as playing for the combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team against the touring New Zealanders. He scored 272 runs for Oxford in his six matches and averaged 68.00, making three half centuries in the process. In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Oxford, he also appeared in four List A matches for the Combined Universities cricket team in the 1990 Benson & Hedges Cup.
