Cricket

Spalding Town opened up a 14-point lead at the top of the South Lincolnshire and Border League Premier Division following an eight-wicket win over fellow high-fliers Boston 2nd on Saturday. Ben Troops made 55 in Boston’s 158-7 at Spalding Grammar School, but Josh Newton’s unbeaten 81 saw Town to victory. Sleaford notched up the division’s highest total with 232-5, Luke Hollingworth ...

Skipper Rob Ambrose is very satisfied at the start Spalding Town 1st have made to the season – but has warned them to keep their foot on the gas. Last Saturday (May 21) Town moved top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division for the first time this season with a ten-wicket win at Grantham 2nd. Ambrose knows ...

Long Sutton 1st (89-1) beat Woodhall Spa 2nd (88) by nine wickets: Long Sutton continued their impressive start to the season with an emphatic nine-wicket victory over Woodhall Spa in South Lincs and Border League Premier Division. Winning the toss in warm, overcast conditions, Sutton skipper Phil Barnes had no hesitation in asking the opposition to bat first. It looked a ...

Deadly opening duo Warren Nel and Josh Newton set a new Spalding Town club record as they inspired another impressive victory on Saturday. The pair put on a 219 partnership for the first wicket as Town cruised to a 122-run victory over Belton Park at Spalding Grammar School to take 20 South Lincs and Border League Premier Division points. Their ...

It’s now three South Lincs and Border League Division One wins on the spin for Spalding 2nd after they picked up 20 points a Timberland on Saturday. Ansar Hussain’s unbeaten 60 helped Town 2nd (83-2) clinch an eight-wicket victory after bowling their hosts out for 80 – a result that sees them go to the top of the early table. ...

A stunning 121 not out from Jack Barnett steered Moulton Harrox to an impressive eight-wicket win over Heckington on Saturday. The Harrox opener ensured that chasing down Heckington’s 204-5 was a walk in the park as his side moved into the top four of South Lincs and Border League Division One. Having won the toss and chosen to bat, visitors ...

Long Sutton bounced back from last week’s derby defeat against Spalding Town to pull off an unlikely victory away at title-chasing Billingborough in South Lincs and Border League Premier Division. Having been put into bat by their hosts, the in-form Dan Oldfield continued his good run with a well-made 24, but wickets continued to fall at the other end with ...

Warren Nel and Jack Barnett both scored unbeaten centuries in South Lincs and Border League on what was a fine Saturday for South Holland sides. Spalding Town ace Nel made it back-to-back tons with 100 not out as his side cruised to a 122-run victory over Belton Park at the Memorial Field. Nel shared a club record opening partnership of  219 ...

Chris Green recorded amazing bowling figures of 8-9 in Spalding Town’s 48-run win over Ufford Park 2nd in Rutland League Division Six on Sunday. Green’s figures are believed to be amongst the best-ever recorded in the Rutland League and are certainly the best posted by any Spalding player. The 22-year-old needed just 6.2 overs to rip through the Ufford batting ...

Spalding Town 2nd continued their stellar start to the South Lincs and Border League Division season with an emphatic seven-wicket victory over rivals Moulton Harrox on Saturday. Hosts Town won the toss at the Memorial Field and opted to field first – a decision that paid immediate dividends for skipper Mike Kearns. Steve Norris (1-8) and Nohman Ahmad (3-15) ripped ...

Nick Crook and Danny Jackson both scored sensational centuries as Pinchbeck registered their first win of the South Lincs and Border League Division Two season in real style on Saturday. A six-wicket haul from Haydn Roberts also helped set up what was a crushing 206-run victory over Grantham 4th on what was a top all-round performance from the hosts. With ...

An unbeaten 170 partnership between Warren Nel and Josh Newton fired Spalding Town to a crushing ten-wicket win over rivals Long Sutton on Saturday. Nel was at his irrepressible best as he plundered 103 not out at Paradise Field, while Newton made a cool unbeaten 60 in Town’s 170-0. Hosts Sutton had earlier posted 169-5 in the South Lincs and ...

An incredible 134 from Joe Broomfield steered Moulton Harrox to a 77-run triumph over Hampton 2nd in Rutland League Division Six on Sunday. With skipper Alex Sowerby winning the toss and opting to bat, Harrox raced to an impressive 285-4 from their 45 overs. The majority of the runs came from centurion Broomfield and opener Lance Bettinson (71). Broomfield helped ...

Captain Rob Ambrose admitted that he was a little disappointed to see Spalding Town slip to a three-run defeat against defending South Lincs and Border League Premier Division champions Market Deeping 2nd on Saturday. Having restricted Deeping to 150 batting first at Spalding Grammar School, Town looked set to make it back-to-back victories before being bowled out for 147 in ...

Moulton Harrox made a winning start to their South Lincs and Border League Division One season by beating Welby Cavaliers by five wickets on Saturday. Hosts Welby won the toss and elected to bat, racking up 179-9 from their 45 overs. Fardin Satari (57), Tom Wilkin (30) and Vidit Matta (29) all scored well for the hosts – but a ...

Spalding Town 2nd got their South Lincs and Border League Division One campaign off to a flying start with a hard-fought four-wicket win at newly promoted Grantham 3rd. On a bitterly cold and rain interrupted day, Spalding won the toss and put Grantham in to bat. Simon Juckes quickly had Grantham danger man Max Everett, caught behind for a duck. ...

Jordan Butcher cracked an impressive 41 not out to steer Spalding Town 3rd to a ten-wicket win over Grantham 4th in South Lincs and Border League Division Two on Saturday. Having won the toss, Town chose to bowl first at the Memorial Field – and made light work of their opponents. Brandon Andrews (2-13), Amelia Gardner (2-13) and Chris Green ...

Skipper Rob Ambrose smashed his best score in recent years as Spalding Town raced to an impressive eight-wicket win over Woodhall Spa 2nd on Saturday. The wicket-keeper batsman top scored with 79 as Town chased down Spa’s 191-7 at Jubilee Park in South Lincs and Border League Premier Division to secure their maiden win of the campaign. Jimmy Hook had ...

Moulton Harrox 1st took the derby bragging rights with a seven-wicket win over Long Sutton 2nd in Rutland League Division Six on Sunday. Opener Tommy Sayer (25) top scored as Sutton 2nd made 142-8 batting first at Harrox Field, with Dan Grant (2-12) the pick of the home bowlers. That total never looked enough, though, as Lance Bettinson (46no) and ...

Long Sutton 1st pulled off an amazing comeback to beat last season’s South Lincs and Border League Premier Division runners-up Sleaford 2nd by one wicket. Chasing 129 to win, Sutton looked set for a crushing defeat when they were reduced to 59-8. But amazing knocks from number nine Jake Burton (27 not out) and number ten Rob Simpson (35) took ...