In-form Bourne sink Woodhall Spa in low-scoring clash
Woodhall Spa were beaten by five wickets at high-flying Bourne in the Lincolnshire Premier League Premier Division on Saturday.
Choosing to bat, Spa were bowled out for 130, Prasanna Jaywardene hitting 34, Daniel Pawson 34 and Harry Hollingsworth 27 not out, Jack Berry claiming 3-26.
At 3-38, Bourne struggled early on before settling into their task and reaching 132-5 in 42.1 overs.
Opener Sam Evison hit 43, Dan Freeman was 35 not out and Archie Stroud 24.
The top of the Premier Division remains a closely fought contest, Scunthorpe, who beat Burghley Park, leading by just one point over Bourne while Sleaford are seven points adrift in third after beating Bracebridge Heath.
In Division Two North, Horncastle went down by 51 runs away at Outcasts.
The home side made 208-4 after winning the toss, Adam Wroot with 58 not out and William Scott joining him with an unbeaten 52, putting on 91 for the fifth wicket when the overs ran out.
Horncastle were then bowled out for 157 in 37 overs, struggling to recover from losing their first five wickets for only 34 runs.
Chris Bargh hit a defiant 89 not out, including 17 boundaries.
Brett Smith ended with figures of 4-30.
In Division Three Central, Horncastle seconds lost by nine wickets at home to Market Rasen seconds.
Asked to bat, the home side were all out for 124, Rubel Iqbal with 40 of them, J. Rickard adding 28.
Samuel Hawke was their chief tormentor with 5-28.
Rasen then raced to a winning 129-1 in just 13.5 overs.
Dale Christie made 78 with 11 fours and four sixes while James Kirk scored an unbeaten 41 with six boundaries and a six.