BY ANN BOULTON
Only one
game was played to completion in a rain-hit Readers Lincolnshire ECB Premier League programme on Saturday, August 24.
But that game, and the only other one where any overs were
bowled, left three teams in close contention for the league title and Lindum
still in with a chance of honours.
Lindum got off to a good start, Pierce Morley-Barnes (34) and
Will Wright putting on 44 for the first wicket before Luke Smith dismissed
Wright for 29 and a run out made it 50 for two.
Morley-Barnes and Karanjit Bansal restored order, taking the
total to 107 before the opener also fell to Smith.
However, the next three wickets fell to Sergeant for only 22
runs and it was left to Richard Bishop to join Bansal in a stand of 33. Bansal also fell to Sergeant for 60 and the
Woodhall bowler swept through the tail end as Lindum were all out for 163.
Joe Peatman then got Lindum off to an excellent start,
dismissing Jonny Cheer and Prasanna Jayawardene to leave the visitors 22 for
two. The middle order dug in but wickets
continued to fall at regular intervals.
Sergeant contributed 28 and helped the score to 107 for seven
but Peatman and Tom Lindsay struck again and at 134 for nine, Lindum looked set
for victory.
But the experienced Paul Timby thought differently and with
Smith batting doggedly at the other end, the total crept up until, with just
four needed to reach the target, skipper Jon Miller tempted Smith into giving a
catch to Bansal to give his side the slenderest of wins.
All this was being watched keenly at Sleaford where
Bracebridge Heath were the visitors. By
now, both sides were back in the pavilion, having managed just 45 overs before
rain stopped play.
However, this was enough for Paul Cook to score an unbeaten
130 and Brett Houston 72 not out as the third placed team posted 265 for
one. This gave Bracebridge five bonus
points which was enough to move them in second place, just one point above
their opponents.
Woodhall now lead Bracebridge by 12 points and with three
games to go, Lindum are 25 points behind the leaders but just 11 adrift of
Sleaford.
All other games were called off with no play possible.
Results
Lindum 163
(Bansal 60, Sergeant 7-55), Woodhall Spa 159;
Bracebridge
Heath 265-1 (Cook 130no, Houston
Spalding v
Hartsholme, Bourne v Haxey, Louth v Market Deeping, Grimsby
|
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
Draw
|
NR
|
Bat
|
Bowl
|
Win
|
Total
|
|
Woodhall Spa
|
19
|
13
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
70
|
71
|
130
|
282
|
|
Bracebridge Heath
|
19
|
9
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
73
|
65
|
90
|
270
|
|
Sleaford
|
19
|
11
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
73
|
60
|
110
|
269
|
|
Lindum
|
19
|
10
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
64
|
68
|
100
|
258
|
|
Market Deeping
|
19
|
10
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
62
|
61
|
100
|
231
|
|
Skegness
|
19
|
8
|
8
|
1
|
2
|
62
|
53
|
80
|
208
|
|
|
19
|
6
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
62
|
53
|
60
|
197
|
|
Louth
|
19
|
4
|
8
|
5
|
2
|
53
|
52
|
40
|
188
|
|
Bourne
|
19
|
3
|
6
|
7
|
3
|
51
|
50
|
30
|
187
|
|
Spalding
|
19
|
3
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
49
|
48
|
30
|
158
|
|
Haxey
|
19
|
3
|
11
|
3
|
2
|
29
|
45
|
30
|
125
|
|
Hartsholme
|
19
|
3
|
13
|
1
|
2
|
29
|
39
|
30
|
109
|
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