Cricket

Dominant display secures back-to-back Eastern Division titles for Lincolnshire

All-conquering Lincolnshire County Cricket Club are celebrating back-to-back Eastern Division Championship titles after a comprehensive victory over Hertfordshire at Cleethorpes. They went into the clash knowing that seven points would clinch them the title for the second successive year, but the team left nothing to chance and took the maximum 24 points on offer. Lincs made one change from the ...

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Spalding Town win is bitter-sweet after points deduction for fielding ineligible Majeed

Spalding Town picked up their first Lincs ECB Premier League win in five weeks on Saturday – but an untimely points penalty saw them fall further behind in the race for survival. The basement boys should have been toasting a 17-point haul after seeing off Alford by 73 runs at Spalding Grammar School. Instead, they were hit with a 24-point ...

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SLBL cricket: Pinchbeck go second with derby victory over Spalding Town 3rd

Pinchbeck’s promotion bid gathered pace on Saturday as they cruised past rivals Spalding 3rd to go second in South Lincs and Border League Division Two. Lee Smith scored a half-century as Pinchbeck managed a solid 173 batting first in the Memorial Field clash. Town were all out for 76 in reply, giving Pinchbeck a hefty 97-run win and 18 match ...

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Big-hitting leaders Bracebridge Heath hand Spalding Town a heavy loss

The Lincs ECB Premier League table stayed true to itself on Saturday as leaders Bracebridge Heath put rock-bottom Spalding Town to the sword by a whopping 170 runs. Having won the toss at Cross-O-Cliffe Court, Town skipper Rob Ambrose opted to field first on a day when heavy rain was expected – but could only watch on as Bracebridge cracked ...

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SLBL cricket round-up: Long Sutton still well clear, Frost takes 7-29 for Pinchbeck

Long Sutton remain in command at the top of South Lincs and Border League Division One after a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Skegness 2nd on Saturday. Sutton took all 20 points from the away fixture, having bowled their hosts out for just 61. Skipper Phil Barnes won the toss and elected to field, which proved to be a wise decision ...

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Wright takes hat-trick to down Spalding Town despite five-wicket haul from Miles

Spalding Town’s plight at the bottom of Lincs ECB Premier League became even more perilous on Saturday after a disappointing 46-run defeat against Lindum on Saturday. Rock-bottom Town looked to be on-course for a welcome win when Jonathan Miles took 5-36 to help limit the visitors to 145-8 at Spalding Grammar School. However, a hat-trick from the on-song Will Wright ...

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Rare win for struggling Spalding Town 2nd in a low scoring clash with Grantham

Spalding 2nd picked up only their third win of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division season on Saturday in what was a low-scoring thriller. Jamie Juckes’ charges collected maximum points after bowling visitors Grantham 2nd out for 45 in 26 overs, then edging to a nervy 46-7 in reply. Town’s bowlers shared the wickets well, with Matt Sharpe ...

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Stanway’s super five-wicket haul steers Long Sutton into SLBL Cup final

A brilliant bowling spell from Barry Stanway helped propel Long Sutton into the final of the SLBL Cup. Pace ace Stanway took fine figures of 5-9 to help dismiss hosts Claypole for a meagre 76 in 31.1 overs on Saturday. Sutton then knocked off the runs in just 16 overs, losing only one wicket in the process. With Sutton skipper ...

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Another defeat for struggling Spalding Town as Wright hat-trick inspires Lindum

Spalding Town are beginning to look a little isolated at the bottom of the Lincs ECB Premier League after suffering a 46-run defeat against Lindum on Saturday. In a game played at Spalding Grammar School, Jonathan Miles took five wickets to restrict Lindum to 145-8 batting first, of which Will Wright hit 56.  Town had 23 on the board when ...

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Spalding Town youngsters roar to brilliant Bash victory at Stamford

Spalding Town’s under-9 ‘A’ team romped to victory in the BGL Stamford Big Bash tournament. Spalding entered two teams into the sixess tournament, which featured 16 teams from local clubs and was organised by former England cricketer Dean Headley. The ‘B’ team won one of their three pool matches, but sadly missed out on any further progression. However, the Spalding ...

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Caught Short! Tom’s tremendous show for Sleaford leaves Spalding Town reeling

Spalding Town slumped to their heaviest defeat of the Lincs ECB Premier League season so far on Saturday as Sleaford handed them a ten-wicket reverse. On a day when rain caused a host of games in the division to be abandoned, Spalding were skittled out for just 93 at London Road – before the dominant hosts knocked off the required ...

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SLBL cricket round-up: Broomfield’s brilliant ton in vain for Moulton Harrox

The rain denied Moulton Harrox a landslide victory on Saturday as a sensational 112 from Joe Broomfield set the tone for a brilliant all-round performance. Harrox cracked 265-6 from their 45 overs at Billingborough 2nd in South Lincs and Border League Division One, before reducing their hosts to 16-7 in reply. However the rain came and saved the day for ...

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SLBL cricket round-up: Long Sutton see off Moulton Harrox in double-header

Table-topping Long Sutton beat South Holland rivals Moulton Harrox by six wickets to stay clear at the top – and also progress to the last four of the SLBL Cup. With more than just South Lincs and Border League Division One points up for grabs, Sutton won the toss at Harrox Field and inserted the hosts into bat. It was ...

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Seven out for ducks as Spalding Town have a Spa day to forget against Woodhall

Joe Irving shone with bat and ball to sentence Spalding Town to a heavy 162-run home defeat against Woodhall Spa in the Lincs ECB Premier League on Saturday. Having put their visitors into bat at Spalding Grammar School, Town were forced to watch on as Irving’s 59 inspired Spa to a commanding 237-8 from their 50 overs. Seven players then ...

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Ambrose feels Spalding Town are far from dead and buried after Grimbsy Town victory

Skipper Rob Ambrose admits that Spalding Town’s hopes of Lincs ECB Premier League survival would have been all but over if they had failed to beat Grimsby last Saturday. Ambrose led a patched-up side to a seven-wicket success (see page 38) to move off the bottom, but admits it wasn’t as easy as the scoreline suggests. The Saturday sees in-form ...

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Superb sixes showings from Spalding Town’s junior cricket sides at Louth

Three teams from Spalding Town Cricket Club’s academy impressed at the annual Louth sixes tournament. The under-11s emerged as overall winners, with the under-9s ending as runners-up and the under-10s ending up in third. Academy chairman Mark Laud said: “All in all, this was a great tournament for our teams as we finished first, second and third. “But the main ...

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It’s Miles better from Spalding Town as Jonathan’s five-wicket haul inspires much-needed Grimsby victory

Five wickets from Jonathan Miles and an unbeaten 53 from Faisal Javed earned Spalding Town a vital seven-wicket win over Grimsby Town on Saturday. Relegation threatened Town jumped off to bottom of the Lincs ECB Premier League by ending their run of four defeats on the spin – consigning Grimsby to the foot in the process. Despite losing the toss ...

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Ruthless Long Sutton stay clear at the top with commanding Claypole victory

Table-topping Long Sutton continued their charge towards the South Lincs and Border League title with a dominant nine-wicket win over Claypole on Saturday. Rob Simpson (4-31) and Matt Bull (4-10) took four wickets apiece and Barry Stanway (2-26) bowled both openers as Claypole managed just 112 batting first, before Sutton skipper Phil Barnes made an unbeaten 58 to see his ...

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Sutton storm to summit after crushing win

Long Sutton stormed to the top of Division One of the South Lincs and Border League after an emphatic demolition of Billingborough 2nd on Saturday.   Phil Barnes’ side took full advantage of previous leaders Welby having a weekend off to move to the summit with a maximum points haul.   The home side won the toss at Paradise Field ...

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Town take tumble in crucial relegation tussle

Spalding saw victory snatched from their grasp in Saturday’s vital Lincs Premier Division relegation showdown with Market Deeping.   Rob Ambrose’s side looked to be heading for a crucial victory when they reduced Deeping to 101-5 in pursuit of Spalding’s total of 214.   However, Jamie Morgan came in at number seven for the hosts and smashed nine fours and ...

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