Cricket

Relentless Spalding Town 2nd continued their unbeaten run in South Lincs and Border League Division One this season with a comfortable 173-run victory over Billingborough 2nd on Saturday. Town’s second side are now a healthy 39 points clear at the top of the standings having registered their ninth win from 12 games, with the other three being abandoned. Having been ...

Jack Barnett cracked his third century of the South Lincs and Border League Division One season on Saturday to inspire an emphatic Moulton Harrox win. Opener Barnett took his run total for the season to 665 (average of 166.25) with an unbeaten 121 as Harrox crushed Timberlands by 102 runs at Broad Lane. Having been put into bat, Harrox lost ...

Spalding Town stormed back to the top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division with a nine-wicket victory at rivals Market Deeping 2nd on Saturday. Forced to bowl first, Town limited their hosts to 145-9 at Outgang Road, but were left frustrated by their inability to bowl Deeping out. That target proved no trouble for Spalding and their ...

Rob Ambrose admits that Spalding Town must take maximum points from their top-of-the-table clash at Market Deeping 2nd on Saturday (1.30pm). Through no fault of their own, Town slipped a point behind the defending South Lincs and Border League Premier Division champions – having played a game more than them – on Saturday after the weather went against them. While ...

Hafiz Majeed cracked an explosive 75 and Jon Manton took five wickets to inspire Spalding Town to victory over Ufford Park 2nd in Rutland League Division Six on Sunday. Town were bowled out for 179 batting first at the Memorial Field, but ended up winners by 26 runs after they wrapped up the Ufford reply for 153 in less than ...

Another rain-hit weekend of cricket saw just one South Holland side play across the divisions. In the South Lincs and Border League it was a total washout for Spalding Town, Long Sutton, Moulton Harrox and Pinchbeck as none of their respective teams completed a match. The biggest losers in that scenario were Spalding 1st, who saw Premier Division title rivals ...

Bat dominated ball as Lincolnshire CCC picked up a draw in their latest Unicorns Eastern Division Championship fixture at Hertfordshire CCC. Due to unavailability and injuries, Steve Crossley (Grimsby Town) and Joe Peck (Grantham) made their Championship debuts and Harry Warwick (Cleethorpes) returned to the side. In the absence of the injured David Lucas, the side were captained by Carl ...

Rob Ambrose reckons that Spalding Town are entering a massive week in their quest for South Lincs and Border League Premier Division glory. Town sat out last weekend’s action and saw their lead at the top cut to 22 points – while defending champions Market Deeping 2nd are now 31 points behind them with two games in hand. Spalding play ...

A super century from Tim Norris fired Spalding Town 2nd 39 points clear at the top of South Lincs and Border League Division One on Saturday as they dispatched Baston by 57 runs. Opener Norris made 107 in Town’s 230-6 at the Memorial Field, with Hafiz Majeed adding 45 and Matt Gill also chipping in with 34. Liam Davies (55) ...

Fine bowling performances from Jake Burton and Rob Simpson proved to be in vain for Long Sutton as they collapsed to a 98-run defeat against Bourne 2nd on Saturday. All looked to be going well for Sutton in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division clash at Paradise Field after Simpson (4-37) and Burton (4-35) dismissed the visitors for ...

Two top individual performances couldn’t stop Pinchbeck from suffering a South Lincs and Border League Division Two defeat against Belton Park 2nd on Saturday. A cracking 93 from skipper Danny Jackson helped Pinchbeck post 134 batting first, before Nick Crook took 5-20 in the home side’s reply. However, Belton managed to make 135-7 from 44.3 overs to get over the ...

A century from Tim Norris fired Spalding Town 2nd 39 points clear at the top of South Lincs and Border League Division One on Saturday as they dispatched Baston by 57 runs. Opener Norris made 107 in Town’s 230-6 at the Memorial Field, with Hafiz Majeed adding 45 and Matt Gill also chipping in with 34. Liam Davies (55) and ...

Spalding Town Cricket Club’s under-11s are hoping to emulate the table-topping senior side after earning a fine win against Peterborough Town under-11s on Friday night. Playing at home, Spalding’s young guns were put into bat by their visitors having lost the toss. On a damp wicket with no real bounce, Town lost two wickets from the first two deliveries. However, ...

Pinchbeck were the only South Holland side to complete a fixture in the South Lincs and Border League on Saturday – but they probably wish the rain had come to their rescue. With the county-wide downpour washing almost all of the cricket out across three divisions, Pinchbeck’s eight-wicket defeat against table-topping Claypole was one of only four games that reached ...

Rain ravaged Saturday’s cricket schedule with almost all of the matches across the South Lincs and Border League’s three divisions abandoned. That included Spalding Town’s Premier Division date with Bourne 2nd, which sees their seven-game winning streak come to a premature end. They did at least pick up 11 points from the game, having taken six Bourne wickets in 22.3 ...

Rain ravaged Saturday’s cricket schedule with almost all of the matches across the South Lincs and Border League’s three divisions abandoned. That included Spalding Town’s Premier Division date with Bourne 2nd, which sees their seven-game winning streak come to a premature end. Of the matches that did conclude, Pinchbeck suffered a whirlwind Division Two defeat against Claypole. Chris Wharmby was the ...

Happy captain Rob Ambrose can’t remember Spalding Town enjoying a better run of form during his four-year spell in the role. Town made it seven wins on the spin last Saturday by beating Stamford Town to move 28 points clear at the top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division. Next in the firing line are Bourne 2nd ...

A brilliant unbeaten 93 from Pakistani all-rounder Hafiz Majeed failed to inspire Spalding Town to a Rutland League Division Six victory over Newborough 2nd on Sunday. Coming in at number seven at St Martin’s Road, Majeed smashed six sixes and six fours to propel Spalding to 154 batting first. Hosts Newborough knocked the runs off in 41.3 overs with three ...

Spalding Town’s ladies enjoyed one win from three exciting Twenty20 fixtures at Grantham Cricket Club on Sunday. Town’s girls were up against Market Rasen, Hartsholme and Grantham – with their best result coming against the home side. An impressive bowling performance saw Spalding bowl out Grantham for 46 in 13.5 overs, with Amelia Gardner taking incredible figures of 3-5. Charlotte ...

Relentless Spalding Town made it seven wins on the spin on Saturday as they saw off Stamford Town by 92 runs to go 28 points clear at the top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division. On a rain-hit day, Town were inserted into bat by their hosts – and didn’t quite manage to replicate their recent explosive ...