Cricket

By RYAN PLANT Long Sutton Cricket Club will welcome Help for Heroes for a day of cricket this summer, to raise funds and boost awareness for their cause. The charity provides recovery aid to Armed Forces personnel who have been wounded in the line of duty and their families, through support centres, community programmes, grants and more. Their cricket team, ...

A fantastic four-wicket haul from Harry DeCamps helped Spalding Town defeat rivals Long Sutton by 69 runs in Rutland League Division Three on Sunday. After being put into bat by visitors Sutton, Spalding cracked 152-8 with Jon Manton (34) and Decamps (31 not out) top scoring. Sutton were unable to chase that total down in reply, with DeCamps (4-7) starring ...

Lincolnshire’s hopes of progressing to the quarter-finals of the National Counties Knock-out Trophy were dealt a blow when they travelled to Mildenhall to face Suffolk and suffered a three-wicket defeat on Sunday. In a start delayed by rain, Suffolk won the toss and elected to field. Joe Kendall and Tom Keast gave Lincolnshire a solid start, putting on 71 for ...

In-form Spalding Town made it five wins on the spin in South Lincs and Border League Premier Division after making light work of Woodhall Spa 2nd on Saturday. On a day when intermittent rain was a problem across the county, Town bowled out hosts Spa for a meagre 63 in 35.5 overs as Nilantha Atapattu (3-17) and Thomas Decamps (3-14) ...

Jon Manton’s first senior century was in vain for Spalding Town’s Sunday side as they suffered a four-wicket defeat against Ketton Sports. The opener made a brilliant 105 in Town’s 216-5 in the Division Three clash at Memorial Field. However, Ketton’s Sam Potter returned fire with a 101 of his own as they reached 221-6 in reply with a little ...

Chris Dring smashed 122 as Spalding Town handed Moulton Harrox a crushing 104-run derby defeat on Saturday. The Spalding skipper’s sensational knock was the highlight of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division clash, which saw hosts Town rack up 283-3 before bowling Harrox out for 179 in reply. It was Moulton captain Chris Beale who won the toss ...

An unbeaten 64 from captain Jake Burton helped Long Sutton Sunday to an impressive victory over Hampton in Rutland League Division Three. All-rounder Burton steered his side to 227-8 at Paradise Field on Sunday, having been put into bat by the visitors. Openers Dan Oldfield (33) and Phil Barnes (31) also impressed, while Charlie Crisp’s 27 down the order was ...

Nilantha Atapattu took fine figures of 5-17 as Spalding Town picked up a 31-run victory at Freiston on Saturday. Spalding’s fourth win of the season, which was also inspired by fine knocks from Chris Dring (47) and Ben Smith (45), moves them to within 11 points of third place in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division. After being ...

Lincolnshire CCC began their 2021 season in fine style defeating Norfolk by 89 runs in their National Counties Trophy 50 overs group match at Norwich. On winning the toss, Lincolnshire elected to bat and made a poor start losing Joe Kendall and Nic Keast with only 12 runs on the board. Louis Kimber and Ben Coddington then added 57 runs ...

Long Sutton slipped to their first defeat of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division season on Saturday as table-topping title rivals Skegness powered to an eight-wicket win at Paradise Field. With just two points between them at the start of play, hosts Sutton lost the toss and were inserted into bat – only to be bowled out for ...

A belligerent blitz from Barry Stanway fired Long Sutton to another big win in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division on Saturday. All-rounder Stanway smashed 88 from just 42 balls as Sutton crushed Belton Park by 182 runs to make it five wins from six games. That barrage allowed Sutton to post 241-5 from their 45 overs, before ...

Moulton Harrox Sunday suffered a narrow three-wicket defeat to Ufford Park 2nd in Rutland Cricket League Division Four East. In what was the only senior cricket match involving a South Holland side to beat the rain over the weekend, Moulton saw their score of 120-7 chased down by Ufford (121-7) at Broad Lane. After being put into bat, Harrox lost ...

Red-hot Long Sutton made it three wins from as many South Lincs and Border League Premier Division games this season as they saw off South Holland rivals Spalding Town on Saturday. Five wickets from Adam Whitaker and two from Barry Stanway helped hosts Sutton bowl out Town for 151 at Paradise Field, before Dan Oldfield’s 55 steered them to 155-4 ...

It’s been a fine start to the season for Long Sutton Cricket Club ahead of the local derby with Spalding on Saturday. Dan Oldfield’s side made it two wins from two to start the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division as they beat Market Deeping 2nd on Saturday. Only a handful of sides have won both of their opening ...

Rob Simpson claimed seven wickets on Saturday as Long Sutton made it two wins from as many games in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division. Spinner Simpson (7-17) starred as Sutton blew Market Deeping 2nd away for 136 at Paradise Field, before the hosts chased down their target in just 20.1 overs with six wickets to spare. The ...

A dazzling derby display from young talent Josh Baker helped Long Sutton 1st to a thrilling derby win over Moulton Harrox 1st in the South Lincs and Border Premier Division on Saturday. Baker blasted 110 runs from just 69 deliveries as Sutton overcame a sluggish start to rack up a huge total of 295-9 from their 45 overs. Hosts Harrox ...

Jon Manton’s unbeaten 89 steered Spalding Town 1st to their maiden win of the new South Lincs and Border League Premier Division season on Saturday. Opener Manton anchored Town’s innings as they successfully chased down Grantham’s 184-8 with seven wickets to spare at Gorse Lane. Having lost their first game of the season, Harry DeCamps (3-46), Nilantha Atapattu (2-45) and ...

Long Sutton and Moulton Harrox Cricket Clubs get their South Lincs and Border League Premier Division campaign underway with a derby match at Harrox Field on Saturday (1pm). The pair finished in the top two of last year’s mini East division, Harrox pipping Sutton to that title by virtue of five bonus points picked up in the six games as ...

Spalding Town 1st made a losing start to the new South Lincs and Border League Premier Division season as hosts Skegness 1st handed them an eight-wicket reverse on Saturday. In the only fixture of the day, new Town skipper Chris Dring lost the toss and Spalding were bowled out for 148 in 43.1 overs after being put into bat. A ...

It may be set for a bracing start to the season but Spalding Town Cricket Club 1st XI captain Chris Dring can’t wait for Saturday’s opener at Skegness Town. There’s a staggered start for the South Lincs and Border League with a trip to the seaside first up for Dring’s side. As The Voice went to press the weather forecast ...