SLBL cricket round-up: Red-hot Moulton Harrox blow away Heckington, Long Sutton suffer shock loss

Three players scored half-centuries as Moulton Harrox hammered Heckington by 128 runs in South Lincs and Border League Premier Division on Saturday.

Harrox made a huge 294-3 after being put into bat, before blowing their visitors away for 166 at Broad Lane.

Josh Newton (82 not out) top scored in the Moulton innings, with Matthew Rose (80) and Jack Barnett (71) also on impressive form.

Captain Chris Beale also chipped in with a solid 36, while Henry Lavery (6 not out) kept Newton company at the end of the allotted overs.

Will Charlesworth (57) impressed at the top of the order for Heckington, but Moulton picked up wickets at regular intervals and eventually bowled them out in 37.5 overs.

Rose (3-25), Lovell (2-37), Henry Duce (2-33) and Mohammad Alam (2-21) did the damage to earn Harrox all 20 points.

In the same division, it was a tough day for Long Sutton as they suffered a disappointing defeat at basement side Billingborough.

Hosts Boro’ made 193 from 44.3 overs, with Sutton at least bagging bonus points for bowling them out.

They then managed a meagre 97 in reply after being skittled out on 30.4 overs, meaning Sutton lost by 96 runs.

In Division One, Spalding 2nd were handed a 105-run derby defeat at Boston 2nd to stay bottom of the standings.

Town, who lost the toss, actually performed very well with the ball as William Gardner (5-37) and Thomas DeCamps (3-52) impressed.

But strong batting displays from Kevin Manning (62 not out) and William Tetther (45) pushed the hosts to 182-8 from their 45 overs at the Mayflower.

In reply, only two Town players managed double figures as they fell to 77 all out in 31.4 overs.

Gardner (36) and Jack Sawyer (10) were the Spalding batters to impress.

Down in Division Two, Long Sutton 2nd secured a dominant eight-wicket victory over Uffington at Paradise Field.

Visitors Uffington opted to bat first after winning the toss and were bowled out for 110 in 31.2 overs.

JJ Harrison (40) and Guy Cunningham (35) starred for them, but Daniel Plant (4-19), James Baker (3-14), Steven Milnes (2-33) and Ed Munson (1-39) all bowled nicely.

Sutton 2nd cruised to 111-2 in reply, with Tom Leader (33 not out), Andrew Wright (26), Chris Booth (20) and Dom Clay (14 not out) doing the damage.

The win sends them up to third place.