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A sublime 111 from Phil Barnes couldn’t stop Long Sutton Sunday 2nd from slipping to a four-wicket loss at Hampton on Sunday. The experienced opener was the mainstay of Sutton’s innings in Rutland League Division Seven, as they made 192-9 in 45 overs. But hosts Hampton reached their target in the 42nd over to leave a youthful Sutton deflated. After ...

Long Sutton’s top side finally got back to winning ways with an eventually comfortable victory against fellow strugglers Stamford at Paradise Field on Saturday. Paul Edgeller (2-39), Jimmy Wright (2-33), Jake Burton (2-46) and Dan Oldfield (2-11) shared the wickets as Sutton limited their visitors to 162-8 batting first in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division clash. All-rounder ...

Josh Newton reckons Spalding Town 1st’s big win over Billingborough at the weekend was the perfect preparation for an anticipated bigger task this Saturday. Town’s current number three batsmen says morale is good in the camp ahead of the trip to Lincs ECB Premier Division leaders Bourne (noon). He said: “They beat us pretty convincingly at our place early in ...

Jamie Juckes took a five-wicket haul to propel Spalding Town 2nd to the top of South Lincs and Border League Division One on Saturday. The pace ace’s figures of 5-10 helped blow host Friskney away for just 38 in 16.3 overs, with Sanj Tott (2-27) also chipping in with a pair of wickets. Tott’s victims included skipper Rob Grant, who ...

Spalding Town were soundly beaten by hosts Lincoln Lindum on Saturday in a quite remarkable Lincs ECB Premier League match. Will Wright smashed 108 and Karanjit Bansal  added 96 in Lidum’s imposing 266-6, but Warren Nel (4-57) did take a hat-trick with three wickets off the final three balls of the innings. In reply, Thivanka Rajaratne (36 off 27 balls) top scored as ...

Spalding Town Cricket Club’s under-13s beat rivals Long Sutton under-13s on Friday to complete a fifth successive league win – and go top of the table. Town’s talented teens now top the Border County East League by 15 points after the seven-wicket success, although title rivals Bourne do have games in hand. After losing the toss Spalding were made to ...

Long Sutton (104) lost to Boston (107-7) by 3 wickekts An intriguing encounter at Paradise Field on Saturday saw Sutton nearly pull off a remarkable victory against a strong Boston side. Sutton started the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division game promisingly as Phil Barnes and Chris Booth looked comfortable against the ineffective Boston seamers. This paved the way ...

Battling Spalding Town held on for a losing draw against title hopefuls Market Deeping on Saturday – despite suffering a shocking collapse. The derby started badly for Town, with Chris Jones cracking an impressive 117 as Deeping clocked up the day’s highest total of 271-7 at Outgang Road. Spalding’s reply started well enough as Thivanka Rajaratne hit 89 to steer them to 150-1 – ...

Long Sutton 1st (191) lost to Woodhall Spa 2nd (225-5) by 34 runs Paul Edgeller hit a stunning 107 for Long Sutton on Saturday – but it wasn’t enough to help his side complete a thrilling run chase in the South Lincs and Border League’s Premier Division. The knock was Edgeller’s first century in Saturday cricket, having helped himself to ...

U-13 County Cup – Spalding Town 225-2 beat Long Sutton 134-9 Spalding Under-13s’ big win set up a trip to Woodhall Spa tonight for the next round. Town openers Paddy Harrington and Jon Manton put on a stand of 168, with Harrington going on to make 108 including eight sixes. Manton was 88 not out at the end. Ed Lanning ...

Rampant Spalding Town under-13s achieved their first win of the season by demolishing South Holland neighbours Long Sutton. Batting first, Spalding captain Paddy Harrington and Jon Manton started carefully but were able to score more freely when the bowlers overpitched. Manton (13) was caught lofting a drive on the off side but Harrington proceeded to the retirement score, hitting 32 ...

None of South Holland’s cricket teams managed to even bowl a ball in the Lincs ECB Premier League or South Lincs and Border League on Saturday. Heavy rain on Saturday ensured that all games involving Spalding Town, Long Sutton, Moulton Harrox and Pinchbeck were cancelled. The weather was so bad that only one game was possible across the two leagues. ...

Long Sutton Sunday 1st (215-6) beat Werrington 1st (148) by 67 runs Long Sutton Sunday’s solid start to the Rutland League Division Three season continued with a comprehensive 67-run victory over Werrington. After choosing to bat first amid scorching conditions at Paradise Field, Sutton racked up a fine 215-6. Captain Matt Bull (84) was the star turn, passing 50 for ...

Long Sutton 1st (89-5) beat Belton Park 1st (88) by 5 wickets Brilliant Barry Stanway took 7-32 as Long Sutton continued their South Lincs and Border League Premier Division winning streak with another 20-point success at Paradise Field on Saturday. It was a display of individual brilliance from paceman, who obliterated the Belton Park line-up almost single-handedly to leave them ...

A seven-wicket haul from Long Sutton’s Barry Stanway and a sensational century from Pinchbeck’s Danny Jackson were the highlights on a top weekend of South Lincs and Border League action. In the Premier Division, Stanway’s 7-32 skittled out Belton Park for 88 before an unbeaten 25 from Phil Barnes and 35 from Adam Wright eased Sutton to 89-5. There was ...

Long Sutton 1st (29-0) beat Stamford Town 1st (28) by 10 wickets A stunning bowling display from Barry Stanway and Paul Edgeller helped Long Sutton smash Stamford in style on Saturday. Pace aces Edgeller (5-16) and Stanway (5-9) took all ten wickets to skittle host Stamford out for just 28 in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division clash. ...

Paul Edgeller and Barry Stanway both took five wickets to guide Long Sutton 1st to a resounding ten-wicket win over Stamford in South Lincs and Border League Premier Division on Saturday. Sutton aces Edgeller (5-16) and Stanway (5-9) took all ten wickets to skittle Stamford out for just 28, before knocking the runs off comfortably. Rain washed out most of ...

Long Sutton 1st (115-7) beat Moulton Harrox 1st (114) by 3 wickets Long Sutton picked up their first South Lincs and Border League Premier Division win of the season after edging out local rivals Moulton Harrox in a thrilling encounter at Paradise Field on Saturday. Hosts Sutton were nearly at full strength, with only Chris Booth missing through illness and the returning Ian ...

Thivanka Rajatne put in a man-of-the-match performance for Spalding Town on Saturday – hitting 82 runs and taking five wickets in a winning draw at Billingborough. Spalding were dismissed for 212, with veteran Roy Tilley taking five for the home side while captain Steve Scott ensured his side took 11 points from the game with an unbeaten 57 which saw ...

Long Sutton Sunday (229-8) beat Uffington (177-5) by 52 runs An excellent batting display from Long Sutton’s Sunday side saw them start their Rutland League campaign with a victory at Paradise Field on Sunday. Winning the toss and batting first is a rarity for any Sutton side – but it looked as though they might regret it when Steve Skoulding ...