Cricket

Josh Newton praised a top team effort from Spalding Town as they secured 12 hard-fought points against defending Lincs ECB Premier League champions on Saturday. The visitors made an imposing 276-9 batting first on a rain-hit afternoon at Spalding Grammar School, before Town made 230-7 in reply to seal a losing draw. That represented a good day’s work for Spalding, ...

Spalding Town picked up a losing draw against defending Lincs ECB Premier League champions Sleaford on Saturday. The visitors made 247-7 batting first in the rain-hit clash at Spalding Grammar School, with Town closing on a respectable 230-7 in reply. Amazingly, the match finished at 8.31pm. More on all of the weekend cricket to follow. Results: Lincs ECB Premier League: ...

Pinchbeck (135-7) lost to Freiston (136-3) by 7 wickets Pinchbeck were on the receiving end once again last Saturday as promotion chasers Freiston recorded a comfortable seven-wicket win at Spalding Grammar School. Despite the hot conditions, Freiston elected to field first with seamers Ollie Booth and Tommy Atkinson restricting Pinchbeck’s openers to very few scoring opportunities in the early exchanges. ...

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 ...

Spalding Town (239-9) beat Bourne (139) by 100 runs A stunning Spalding Town display handed Lincs ECB Premier League leaders Bourne their first defeat on the season on Saturday. Young gun Henry Charlton (73) and Ben Smith (81) made impressive contributions in Town’s 239-9 at the Abbey Lawn, with Josh Newton (25) also scoring smartly. Charlie Kearns (4-52), Jack Barratt ...

Moulton’s magic run of form continued on Saturday as they blew away South Lincs and Border League Premier Division basement boys Skegness 2nd. Captain Chris Beale lost the toss and Harrox were forced to bowl on what looked like an incredibly good batting wicket. However, visitors Harrox started incredibly well with 16-year-old Henry Lavery (5-17) taking a wicket in his ...

Spalding Town roared to their best result of the season so far on Saturday as they humbled Lincs ECB Premier League leaders Bourne on their own patch. Young gun Henry Charlton (73) and Ben Smith (81) both made impressive contributions in Town’s 239-9 at the Abbey Lawn, with Josh Newton (25) also scoring smartly. Charlie Kearns (4-52),  Jack Barratt (3-20), ...

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 ...

Spalding Grammar School’s under-13 cricket side have completed a fantastic season by winning two major trophies within the space of a week. The talented team have wrapped up both the David Cross Shield and the Lincolnshire County Cup prize, reaffirming their status as one of the Grammar’s most promising groups. First, they retained the under-13 version of the David Cross ...

Red-hot Spalding Town under-13s continued their wonderful winning streak with an impressive win over Billingborough under-13s last Thursday night. It’s now six Border County Cricket Association Lincs Under-13 East League wins on the trot for Town’s young guns, who remain top of the table. Town won the toss and batted first, with regular openers Paddy Harrington and Jon Manton starting ...

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 ...

Injury and player unavailability have left Spalding Town with a selection headache ahead of this Saturday’s Lincs ECB Premier League trip to Lincoln Lindum (noon). Sri Lanka star Wamanga Perera pulled up lame in last Saturday’s losing draw at Market Deeping (report page 38), while Charlie Kearns and Chris Dring are both away. That leaves skipper Rob Ambrose short of ...

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 ...

Seas End Hall earned a narrow 12-run win over Loddington as the Rutland League Division Five season reached the half-way stage on Sunday. Narrowly beaten away in the reverse fixture back in May, Seas End were determined to win at home – and did just that to cement their spot in the top five. A good start of 60 after ...

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 ...

Market Deeping (271-7) drew with Spalding Town (199-9) Skipper Rob Ambrose hailed Market Deeping as the team to beat in the Lincs ECB Premier League after hanging on for a draw on Saturday. A stunning century from Chris Jones (117) fired Deeping to a mammoth 271-7 at Outgang Road, before Town laboured to 199-9 in reply. Spalding had been on ...

Spalding 2nd (105) beat Heckington (75) by 30 runs An incredible bowling display steered Spalding Town 2nd to a fifth successive South Lincs and Border League Division One win on Saturday. Having been put into bat, visitors Town started pretty well with the watchful Mike Kearns (26) and Jim Clarke (10) reaching 34 before both eventually departed. Spalding move on ...

Bourne 2nd (194-6) lost to Moulton Harrox (198-3) by 7 wickets Moulton’s excellent run of form continued on Saturday with an extremely convincing South Lincs and Border League Premier Division win over rivals Bourne. Tom Bentley made a stunning unbeaten century as Bourne’s second string posted 194-6 batting first at Harrox Field, but Moulton easily knocked that off thanks to ...