Woodhall Spa rise continues as they move into fifth
There was very little change in the Premier Division table in the Lincolnshire Premier Cricket League as the top three teams all won and the bottom two lost.
However, in mid-table, Woodhall Spa continued their rise, moving into fifth with a victory over Lindum which saw George Pocklington take six wickets for 28 off 10 overs.
Woodhall batted first at Jubilee Park and at 67-5 were looking at a low score against some tight Lindum bowling.
This became 106 for six but the dependable Ollie Caswell was still at the crease and put on 56 with Oliver Carr.
Caswell went on to make 83 which took Woodhall to 196 before the final wicket fell in the 50th over, Harry Brindle taking 4-30 off 10 for Lindum.
Lindum went out to chase what was still a fairly modest total and got off to a steady start with an opening stand of 41 between Will Wright and Rory Grieve.
But by the time Wright fell to Pocklington for 22, it was 48-3 and despite the efforts of Zac Shelbourne with 31, the final wicket fell on 135.
Burghley Park moved up to fourth place with an eight wicket win over Grantham while Bracebridge Heath dropped down to seventh after losing a low scoring game by eight wickets to second placed Bourne for whom Sam Evison hit 50.
Opener Sam Jarvis hit an unbeaten 152 for Scunthorpe who stay top, just one point ahead of Bourne.
Jarvis and Priyanshu Khanduri (82) put on 189 for the third wicket after Grimsby Town’s Muhammad Ayub had taken the first two wickets for only eight runs.
Harry Doyle chipped in with 39 as Scunthorpe’s score reached 296-4.
Khanduri then went on to take three wickets as Grimsby were all out for 168, Hayden Tice making 48 and David Unsworth 42.
And third placed Sleaford kept up their quest for honours with victory over Spalding, Andy Hibberd making 88 of Sleaford’s total on 254-7 before Spalding were bowled out for 181.
Messingham drew further ahead in the Championship North title race after challengers Nettleham lost by 15 runs to Cleethorpes seconds, for whom Lewis Barnes hit 45 in their total of 199-6. Charlie Jubbs made 55 for Nettleham but five wickets for Liam Macfarlane helped bowl the Lincoln side out for 184.
Messingham meanwhile were making short work of their game, bowling Louth out for 75 in 26 overs at London Road, A J Dosanjh and Josh Joy taking four wickets each, before cruising to a nine wicket win in 22 overs.
Boston revived their challenge in Championship South with a convincing win over Bourne seconds but trail Market Deeping and Newborough who beat Orton Park and Sleaford seconds respectively.
Jack Martin hit 96 and Muhammad Saleem 73 in Deeping’s win while Mackenzie Ross and Simon Godby were unbeaten on 78 and 59 for Sleaford, only to see Joe Malton make 84 and Vamshi Parvatheneni 77 to take Newborough to victory.
The highest scoring match of the day came at Alford in Division One North where Dennis Buirman hit an unbeaten 164 off 84 balls to take the home side’s score to 325-7 off 45 overs.
Faced with this daunting total, Brocklesby Park put up a good fight, Muhammad Ayub making 79 and Mandeep Bal 50 as the overs ended on 247-8.
Nettleham won the Dave Morris Cup, beating Horncastle and Uffington in the final held at Hartsholme CC. The cup was presented to the winners by Dave Morris’s son John.
This week’s final takes place at Sleaford CC where Broughton, Alford and Orton Park will compete for the Bob Welton Cup.
Horncastle seconds were beaten by three wickets at home to Grimoldby & District Development XI in a low-scoring Division Three Central clash.
Put into bat first, Horncastle were dismissed for 115 in 35.4 overs, Ben Simms with 31 and N. Whiting 30, Keir Owen taking 3-10.
Grimoldby made hard work of their reply at 13-3 and 64-7 but reached 117-7 for victory, spearheaded by Aron Owen's unbeaten 44, Kieran Daly taking 3-45.