Cricket

Lincolnshire CCC picked up their first win of the season in the Unicorns Eastern Division Championship with a 116 run win over Cambridgeshire at Cleethorpes. Lincolnshire won the toss and elected to bat. Openers Joe Kendall and Chris Jones (32) put on 81 for the first wicket which was followed by the outstanding partnership of the match as Kendall and ...

Spalding Town remain in command at the top of the South Lincs and Border League’s Premier Division after a four-wicket win at Bourne 2nd on Saturday. Town limited their hosts to 183-7 on the notoriously excellent Abbey Lawn track, before reaching 185-6 in the 35th over to tie up an 18-point haul. Joe Broomfield (3-23), Jon Miles (2-36) and Roy ...

Chris Booth blasted a super century to steer Long Sutton to a whopping 155-run win over Welby on Saturday. The opener scored 112 in Sutton’s impressive 301-6 batting first at Paradise Field, with number five Barry Stanway adding 92 to ensure the hosts racked up a daunting total. Will Naylor then took figures of 5-30 to help dismiss Welby for ...

Unbeaten South Lincs and Border League Division Two leaders Pinchbeck picked up another 20-point haul on Saturday as they saw off mid-table hosts Sleaford 3rd. Stand-in Pinchbeck captain Nick Crook won the toss and unsurprisingly chose to bat first on a listless, sweltering afternoon. Some loose early bowling from the Sleaford attack allowed openers Crook and Matt Kidd to bring ...

Spalding Town 2nd took the derby spoils as they beat depleted Moulton Harrox by 52 runs at the Memorial Field on Saturday. Ten-man Moulton impressed with the ball and bowled out Town for 183 with John Barnett taking five wickets – but a superb 85 from skipper Matt Gill gave the hosts a fighting chance of victory. That knock proved ...

A maiden century in senior cricket for 16-year-old Jared Hackney of Grantham 3rd was the highlight of a South Lincolnshire and Border League weekend that brought two more tons and saw Spalding Town consolidate their lead at the top. Spalding claimed a four wicket win over Bourne 2nd after Jonathan Miles had hit 67 and Josh Newton 53 but for ...

Spalding Town extended their lead at the top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division with an emphatic win over Boston 2nd. In a game that started at 11am in a bid for the players to be able to watch the football, Spalding only took just over 47 overs to seal an eight wicket win. On their visit ...

A double victory weekend for Moulton Harrox ended with their Sunday side topping the Rutland Division Four East by the narrowest of margins. Moulton managed to topple previous leaders Orton Park by just one run after defending their 168-8. Key contributions in the Moulton innings came from Louis Greetham (39), Alin Carter (37) and Henry Lavery (39), the latter of ...

Just before 9pm on Saturday night Long Sutton pulled off a superb win over Grantham 2nd. With Grantham unable to start any earlier than the scheduled 1pm it led to a long day for Phil Barnes’s side interrupted by a football inspired lunch break. It was Sutton who brought the result home in the twilight thanks to an excellent knock ...

Spalding 2nd captain Matt Gill hit a fine 66 and Jamie Juckes took five wickets in what proved to be a comfortable if low scoring win over Heckington. A second consecutive win for the 2nds was once again sealed by the bowlers restricting the opposition to a two figure score, Heckington being bowled out for 65 following the dismissal of ...

Spalding Sunday XI lost a low scoring game to Alconbury by four wickets in Rutland Cricket League Division Three East. A difficult batting track at the Spalding Grammar School provided plenty for the batsmen to think about right from the off when Spalding opener Jordan Butcher was caught off the second ball without scoring. William Barnes (17) and Jon Manton ...

A brilliant batting display from Huntingdon and District blew Long Sutton’s Sunday side off the top of the Rutland League Division Three East table on Sunday. Their stay at the top of the division was ended by a batting blitz that saw Huntingdon amass a huge 312 for 7 from their 45 overs. A depleted Sutton who batted with just ...

Cricketing legends including Gordon Greenidge, Devon Malcolm and Chris Lewis are set to descend on Moulton Seas End for a charity match in August. The Lashings World XI, whose numbers include a host of famous cricketers, will take on a Batten Disease Family Association (BDFA) XI skippered by Spalding Town Cricket Club’s Mat Gil at Seas End Hall on August ...

Table toppers Long Sutton kept up their winning run as they won at home to Whittlesey CC in Rutland Cricket League Division Three East on Sunday. Five wickets for Callum John and a fluent 55 from Rajan Sangha saw Sutton to a fine victory that keeps them in pole position in the table ahead of rivals Werrington. After putting the ...

Werrington gained revenge on Spalding’s Sunday side as they avenged the previous week’s one wicket defeat in the Rutland League Division Three East. Spalding had knocked their opponents off the top of the division the previous week, but they were unable to repeat the feat on a tack that proved difficult for the batsman. After being put in, they soon ...

Spalding earned local bragging rights with a dominant victory over Long Sutton that kept them at the top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division. Five wickets from Roy Tilley and unbeaten half centuries from Joe Manton and Josh Newton ensured the home side romped to a comfortable nine wicket win to remain in pole position for an ...

Another battling performance saw Pinchbeck come out on top in both the match and the South Lincs Border League Division Two in the meeting between its two unbeaten sides. Despite only having eight players, Boston 3rd proved a tough nut to crack for captain Danny Jackson’s Pinchbeck promotion pushers. But crack it they did, winning by 42 runs in a ...

Four run outs helped Spalding 2nd to return to winning ways with an emphatic win over Skegness 2nd. Matt Gill’s side put some daylight between themselves and the bottom of the table home side with a thrashing that emulated Spalding 1st XI’s win on the same ground the previous week. This win was set up by a brilliant bowling and ...

Moulton Harrox lost ground on the South Lincs and Border Division One championship title race after being beaten by Belton Park on Saturday. The difference between the teams was Belton batsman Harry Adams’s fine 110 not out which helped secure an eight wicket win that sent his side to the top of the league. It came after Moulton had posted ...

Spalding 3rd were defeated by Sleaford in South Lincs and Border League Division Two. Playing at Ancaster CC, the home side enjoyed the first use of the track and racked up 203-3 with opener Tom Brooke carrying his bat for a fine 93 not out that included six fours and a six. Fellow opener Jake Henderson scored 42 until Neo ...