Cricket

A superb unbeaten century from Sam Smith set up a comfortable Pinchbeck victory over Timberlands in South Lincs and Border League Division Two. Pinchbeck set their opponents a stiff target of 197 for victory, thanks hugely to Smith’s brilliant 111, before bowling out the visitors for 111. With opener Danny Jackson dismissed off the second ball, Smith arrived at the ...

Spalding Town skipper Rob Ambrose has said that he bears no grudge to Louth counterpart Andy Carrington following Saturday’s controversial Lincs ECB Premier Division clash. In what was Town’s final home game of the season at Spalding Grammar School, the Louth captain walked off due to bad light at around 7.15pm after being hit by a nasty Charlie Kearns beamer. ...

Spalding Town’s final home game of the Lincs ECB Premier League season against Louth was abandoned due to bad light on Saturday. It was a tame end to an otherwise riveting clash at the Memorial Field, with Town needing just one more wicket to prevail and Louth requiring just 17 runs for victory. Having lost the toss, Spalding were put ...

Spalding Town’s hopes of a top six finish in the Lincs ECB Premier League were dealt a big blow on Saturday as they slumped to a heavy loss against basement boys Market Rasen. Stunned Town were bowled out for just 96 at Rase Park, with Josh Newton (24), Henry Charlton (16), Tim Norris (18) and skipper Rob Ambrose (13) the ...

South Lincs and Border League round-up Long Sutton 1st cruised to a comprehensive six-wicket success over Skegness 2nd in the Premier Division on Saturday. Three wickets apiece from Paul Edgeller (3-33) and Jimmy Wright (3-50), plus solitary strikes from Jake Burton (1-28) and Ian Morris (1-36) helped limit hosts Skeg to 152-9 from their 45 overs after being put into ...

Spalding Town’s hopes of a top six finish in the Lincs ECB Premier League were dealt a big blow on Saturday as they slumped to a heavy loss against basement boys Market Rasen. Stunned Town were bowled out for just 96 at Rase Park, with Josh Newton (24), Henry Charlton (16), Tim Norris (18) and skipper Rob Ambrose (13) the ...

Skipper Rob Ambrose got exactly the response he wanted from his Spalding Town side as they blew Grimsby away in the Lincs ECB Premier League on Saturday. Henry Charlton (75), Josh Newton (67), Nuwan Jayasena (40) and Charlie Kearns (28) all scored well to fire hosts Town to 277-8 batting at Spalding Grammar School. All-rounders Thivanka Rajaratne (5-27) and Warren ...

Ten-man Pinchbeck were left disappointed on Saturday as they lost a high scoring encounter against Grantham in the penultimate over of the match. Slightly depleted for the South Lincs and Border League Division Two clash, Pinchbeck were in early trouble when the dismissals of Ed Grant and Sam Smith reduced the score to 28-2. But a magnificent stand of 152 ...

Super Spalding Town 2nd blew Woodlands away on Saturday to keep their South Lincs and Border Cricket League Division One title dream alive. Jamie Juckes was the catalyst for the 176-run triumph, smashing 50 down the order in Town’s 237 before taking 3-12 to help skittle out Woodlands for 61 at the Memorial Field. After last week’s shock loss at ...

Depleted Long Sutton put in a determined display before eventually losing against high-flying Lincoln Lindum 2nd on Saturday. Losing the toss, Sutton were inserted into bat on a flat Lindum track and began fairly solidly before Ed Booth (8) was dismissed. This brought Phil Barnes to the wicket alongside Chris Booth, who pushed the score along before Barnes (18) was ...

A mixed Sutton Sunday side fell ten runs shy of what would have been an impressive victory against a strong Warboys side in Rutland League Division Three. Bowling first, openers Jimmy Hook (2-41) and Paul Edgeller (2-33) were impressive first up, but it was spin duo Jake Burton (3-22) and Rob Simpson (2-53) who altered the innings dramatically. However, a ...

Red-hot Moulton Harrox continued their superb form with a brutal domination of Woodhall Spa 2nd on Saturday. Amazingly, Harrox bossed the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division clash despite only having ten men at Jubilee Park due to a drop out. Having been put into bat, Moulton lost Jack Cusack for a duck second ball. But captain Chris Beale ...

Seas End Hall kept their Rutland League Division Five promotion dreams alive by gaining revenge against rivals Wisbech 2nd on Sunday. Wisbech had hammered Seas End Hall in the return fixture back in June, so it was the league newcomers from South Holland that had their pride to play for. Things began well, with Seas End winning the toss, and ...

An excellent bowling performance from Pinchbeck steered them to an unlikely victory over Boston 3rd at Spalding Grammar School on Saturday. Defending a modest total of 126, the hosts looked up against it – but took advantage of decent bowling conditions to dismiss their opponents for 85 to move up to fourth South Lincs and Border League Division Two. On ...

Spalding Town (66) lost to Skegness (307) by 241 runs Captain Rob Ambrose is worried that Spalding Town have undone all of their good work this season after witnessing Saturday’s Lincs ECB Premier League humbling at Skegness. Town had been eyeing a top five finish this term, but heavy back-to-back beatings have left them in the bottom four of the ...

Spalding Town suffered a humbling 241-run defeat at mid-table Skegness Town on Saturday as they dropped into the bottom four of the Lincs ECB Premier League standings. New Zealand ace Brendan Young smashed 126 and Peter Houghton added 69 in Skegness’ whopping 307 – having been put into bat by Town skipper Rob Ambrose. The only silver-lining for Spalding was the fact ...

Moulton Harrox’s bid for a top three finish in the South Lincs and Border League is back on after an impressive six-wicket success over current incumbents Lindum 2nd at Broad Lane on Saturday. Having suffered a shock loss to basement boys Welby last week, Harrox were back to full strength – and it was no surprise when skipper Chris Beale ...

Spalding Town 2nd (185) beat Long Sutton 2nd (147-8) by 38 runs Spalding Town 2nd remain on course for the South Lincs and Border League Division One title after seeing off South Holland neighbours Long Sutton 2nd in a tight derby affair. Town were all out for 185 batting first at the Memorial Field on Saturday, but restricted their rivals ...

Spalding Town suffered a humbling 166-run defeat at Woodhall Spa on Saturday as their fine run in the Lincs ECB Premier League came to a shuddering halt. A super century Malinga Bandara (100 not out) and 94 from Jonathan Cheer steered hosts Spa to a dominant 265-5 batting first, with Sri Lanka pair Thivanka Rajaratne (2-72) and Nuwan Jayasena (2-90) the pick ...

Pinchbeck (123-2) beat Spalding Town 3rd (121) by 8 wickets  Pinchbeck claimed a much-needed win with a comfortable eight-wicket success over Spalding Town 3rd at the Memorial Field on Saturday. After choosing to bat, the home side were under pressure early on as Pinchbeck skipper James Langford struck twice early on to remove Chris Klompas (6) and James Hook (13). ...