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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 form. ...

Out-of-sorts Long Sutton 1st slipped to their third successive South Lincs and Border League Premier Division defeat on Saturday. It was basement boys Belton Park who did the damage this week, sentencing Sutton to a 70-run beating. Sutton skipper Phil Barnes won the toss and his decision to bowl first was quickly rewarded with Dan Oldfield striking twice in just ...

A virtuoso all-round display from Hafiz Majeed helped Spalding Town extend their lead at the top of South Lincs and Border League Premier Division to 20 points on Saturday. Town (100-4) collected a maximum 20-point after beating Sleaford 2nd (98) by six wickets at the Memorial Field, with Pakistan ace Majeed taking 5-25 with the ball and making an unbeaten ...

Losing the toss proved pivotal for Long Sutton on Saturday as they were edged out by Market Deeping 2nd in a close South Lincs and Border League Premier Division clash at Paradise Field. Being asked to bat first on a damp, sticky track was always going to be hard work for Sutton – and so it proved. Early wickets fell ...

Long Sutton 1st were second best on Saturday as Stamford handed them only their second defeat of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division season. Sutton skipper Phil Barnes won the toss and asked the hosts to bat first on what was a good, hard track. Stamford made a good start and saw off both opening bowlers without looking ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...