BRACEBRIDGE RATTLE UP 288

By Ann Boulton

The chasing pack gained four points on Bracebridge Heath as the Readers Lincolnshire ECB Premier League leaders picked up 16 points after hitting the day’s highest total but failing to bowl out Sleaford.
Bracebridge finished on 288 for seven at London Raod, Vikram Atri and Paul Cook making half centuries, while Sleaford hung on to make 175 for six, Will Brewster with 72.
Meanwhile, Bourne, Boston and Grimsby were all picking up 20 points with convincing victories over Market Deeping, Nettleham and Skegness respectively. Deeping put up a good defence of their meagre total of 110, taking seven Bourne wickets of which five fell to Tom Andrews.
George Linde claimed six for Grimsby and Jim Morgan hit 61 in the Augusta Street team’s seven wicket win over Skegness and Jonny Cheer and Josh Newton both made centuries as Boston scored 287 for five before bowling Nettleham out for 126.
Louth stay fifth after winning the mid-table battle at home to Hartsholme, chasing down their opponents 187 for eight to win by seven wickets, Stewart West hitting 78.
And at Jubilee Park, Woodhall Spa failed to take advantage of the Skegness defeat and move out of the bottom two despite Sam Evison’s unbeaten 132 – the day’s highest individual total - that helped his side to 244 for six, a total Lindum overtook for five wickets, Richard Bishop also scoring a century.
This win moved Lindum back up to sixth in the table, just two points ahead of Sleaford and four up on Market Deeping and Hartsholme while at the top, Bracebridge still command a 31 point lead over Bourne.

Results
Market Deeping 110, Bourne 111-7 (Andrews 5-38);
Skegness 137 (Linde 6-29), Grimsby 141-3 (Morgan 61);
Boston 287-5 (J Cheer 124, Newton 105no), Nettleham 126;
Hartsholme 187-8, Louth 188-3 (S West 78);
Bracebridge Heath 288-7 (Atri 85, Cook 64no), Sleaford 175-6 (Brewster 72);
Woodhall Spa 244-6 (Evison 132no), Lindum 245-5 (Bishop 100);

HOW THEY STAND
P W L Draw Ab/Can Bat Bowl Win Draw Ab/Can Total
Bracebridge Heath 17 10 2 2 3 65 59 100 18 21 263
Bourne 17 9 5 2 1 57 66 90 10 8 231
Boston 17 8 4 4 1 51 59 80 26 8 224
Grimsby 17 8 5 1 2 55 53 80 7 13 208
Louth 17 6 6 3 2 53 55 60 19 16 203
Lindum 17 7 7 1 2 44 53 70 9 16 192
Sleaford 17 6 7 3 1 58 47 60 17 8 190
Market Deeping 17 5 5 5 2 56 53 50 13 16 188
Hartsholme 17 4 4 6 3 55 48 40 24 21 188
Skegness 17 4 7 4 2 49 42 40 26 13 170
Woodhall Spa 17 4 8 4 1 47 49 40 12 8 156
Nettleham 17 0 10 3 4 27 29 0 9 26 91