Cricket

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 ...

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 – ...

Pace ace Charlie Kearns is backing Spalding Town to upset the odds in their Lincs ECB Premier League derby at his former club Market Deeping on Saturday. Title hopefuls Deeping go into the Outgang Road clash (noon) in third place, just 14 points behind table-toppers Bourne. Spalding were edged out by another of the league’s big-hitters Bracebridge Heath last weekend, ...

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 ...

Pinchbeck (164-7) beat Timberlands (153) by 11 runs For a second successive week Pinchbeck were caught up in a tense finish – but on this occasion they took home the points as they edged out hosts Timberlands by 11 runs in a well contested match that ebbed and flowed. Put into bat in decent bowling conditions on Saturday, Pinchbeck made ...

Bracebridge Heath (192-8) beat Spalding Town (149) by 43 runs Skipper Rob Ambrose was left gutted as Spalding Town suffered an agonising last-over defeat against Bracebridge Heath in the Lincs ECB Premier League on Saturday. It was a wet day across the county, with conditions favouring the bowlers at Spalding Grammar School. Bracebridge won with just four balls to spare, bowling ...

South Lincs and Border League round-up Cousins Matt Barnett and Jack Barnett shone to guide Moulton Harrox to a 78-run win over Belton Park in the Premier Division on Saturday. Opener Matt Barnett cracked 74 as Harrox racked up 179-8 batting first, with Jack Cusack (29) and Maxwell Cusack (13) also contributing. Hosts Belton were then knocked over for 101, ...

Spalding Town under-13s run in the Lincolnshire County Cup came to an abrupt end against a strong Woodhall Spa side last week. Town batted first at Jubilee Park after winning the toss – and suffered the early loss of key batsman Paddy Harrington (8) LBW to county pace bowler Alfie Linsay (1-17) after he had hit two fours. Ethan Lawrence ...

Spalding Town suffered an agonising defeat in the Lincs ECB Premier League on Saturday as Bracebridge Heath denied them a slice of the spoils in the final over of the match. On a wet day across the county, conditions favoured the bowlers at Spalding Grammar School. Bracebridge Heath won with just four balls to spare, having made the top score of ...

Rob Ambrose admits that his Spalding Town side are in for one of their toughest games of the season on Saturday as Bracebridge Heath roll into town. Hosts Town are just 14 points behind the perennial title contenders ahead of the Spalding Grammar School clash (noon) after grabbing a morale-boosting victory over Louth last weekend. A repeat of last year’s ...

Spalding Town (229-3) beat Louth (228-9) by 7 wickets Brilliant batting from Warren Nel and Josh Newton steered Spalding to a dramatic Lincs ECB Premier League win over hosts Louth on Saturday. John Medler (55) and Amila Wettasinghe (53) both passed 50 as hosts Louth racked up 228-9 batting first, leaving Town with a sizeable run chase on their hands ...

Spalding Town earned only their second Lincs ECB Premier League win of the season on Saturday as they edged a thriller with Louth to fire themselves well clear of the bottom four. John Medler and Amila Wethasinghe both passed 50 as hosts Louth racked up 228-9 batting first, leaving Town with a sizeable run chase on their hands. It went ...

Spalding 3rd 182 Burgh 124 Spalding 3rd team got a much-needed first win of the season by seeing off Burgh. Spalding lost both openers early on but then moved the score on very fast, thanks to David Thomas (72) and Paddy Harrington (20). Both played aggressively and struck the ball cleanly, moving Spalding’s total past 100 after only 16 overs. ...

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 ...

Spalding Ladies made it two wins out of two by seeing off Scunthorpe at the Memorial Field on Sunday. After winning the toss and electing to field under overcast skies, Spalding made a strong start with Jones (0-12) bowling economically from one end and Jex (2-17) picking up wickets from the other. Further wickets fell to leave Scunthorpe wobbling with ...

Spalding Town 1st (237-8) winning draw v Market Rasen (181-9) Spalding Town were left frustrated as they failed to bowl out bottom side Market Rasen. It meant Rob Ambrose’s side had to settle for only 11 of the 20 points which he’d called for in the ECB Lincolnshire Premier League clash. Openers Thivanka Rajaratne (82) and Warren Nel (72) gave ...

Spalding Town’s under-15s clinched two cracking derby wins over rivals Long Sutton under-15s in the space of three days. On Friday night the duo did battle in a league cup quarter final – and after winning the toss, skipper James Hook elected to bat. Jordan Butcher and Hook batted very well against the pace of Jack Keeble and Dan Oldfield, ...