ANN BOULTON PREVIEWS SATURDAY'S ECB GAMES

READERS LINCOLNSHIRE ECB PREMIER LEAGUE

June 23

Haxey is the venue for the pick of the matches in the Readers Lincolnshire ECB Premier League.

Third plays second as the league newcomers entertain Woodhall Spa, just six points separating the two, while Woodhall are also six behind leaders Skegness.

The spotlight is likely to be on the bowlers on both sides with Chinthaka Perera and Paul Bell dominating for Haxey and Ben O’Brien and Dan Milgate well up the wickets table for Woodhall Spa.

And on the batting front, the home side’s Graeme Attenborough and Woodhall’s Ricky Lovelace have both passed the 200 mark for the season.

Skegness are home to Sleaford who face the might of skipper Saeed Bariwala, who has 215 runs and 21 wickets to his name so far this season.  Oliver Pringle is also high in the wicket-takers table while Peter Houghton and Adrian Gordon have both topped 200 runs.

However, Sleaford’s better run of results after a bad start has moved them up to eighth and Oliver Burford’s team will be up for the challenge.

Fourth placed Bracebridge Heath trail Haxey by just one point, a gap they will be aiming to close when they take on seventh placed Louth at London Road and Grimsby and Lindum, in ninth and 10^th places respectively, will be fighting for every point when they meet at Augusta Street.

At the foot of the table, both sides face games against teams from the top half with bottom side Boston travelling to Bourne and Hartsholme entertaining Market Deeping who hope to have skipper David Gillett back in the side to help wipe out the memory of last weekend’s dismal score.

Saturday Fixtures (12.30 start)

Bourne v Boston

Hartsholme v Market Deeping

Haxey v Woodhall Spa

Louth v Bracebridge Heath

Skegness v Sleaford

Grimsby v Lindum (11am start)