BY ANN BOULTON
A rained
off game at Market Rasen and defeats for Market Deeping and Louth dramatically altered
the look of the Readers Lincolnshire
ECB Premier League top six.
Lindum were the main beneficiaries, leaping up from fifth to
second after winning at Skegness while Woodhall Spa went from seventh to fifth
following their victory over Louth.
Maninder Singh hit the day’s only century with an unbeaten
114 and Steve Butterfield made 66 of Grimsby
After a slow but steady start at Skegness, where Saikat
Sarkar (41)and Karanjit Bansal (44) put on 68 for the second wicket, Luke
Robinson’s 76 helped Lindum to 236 for seven at the close, Sarkar and Robinson
adding 102 for the third wicket.
For the first half of their innings, Skegness were matching
their opponent’s score, Brendan Young hitting 41 off 37 balls, but the combined
attack of Bansal and Jonny Miller slowed the rate.
However, from 123 for seven, Umar Farooq took up the challenge,
sharing stands of 29 with Paul Butler and 49 with Mark Chamberlain. Farooq made 53 but eventually fell to
Robinson and the last two wickets went with no addition to the score as
Skegness were 197 all out, Miller ending with five for 59.
Spalding ensured they stayed above Skegness with victory over
Billingborough for whom veteran Roy Tilley claimed his second five wicket haul. Spalding just failed to reach maximum batting
points with 224 for nine before bowling Billingborough out for 124.
At Louth, Jonathan Cheer hit 80 of Woodhall Spa’s 211 for
eight before the visitors bowled their hosts out for 99.
With former second-placed Bracebridge Heath rained off at
Market Rasen after nine overs, Bourne increased the gap at the top to 35 points
after beating Sleaford in a high scoring game at London
Road
The home side made 245 for seven but an unbeaten 98 from
Stuart Airey and 71 from Pete Morgan saw Bourne to a six wicket win.
We were
saddened to hear of the death of the league’s president Harry Pougher on
Saturday. Harry did a great deal of work
in helping set up the league and has been a staunch worker and supporter on its
behalf over the past 15 seasons.
Results
Woodhall Spa
211-8 (Cheer 80), Louth 99;
Sleaford
245-7 (Hibberd 55), Bourne 246-4 (Airey 98no, Morgan 71);
Spalding
224-9, Billingborough 124;
Lindum
236-7 (Robinson 76); Skegness 197 (Miller 5-59);
Market
Rasen 18-1 off nine overs v Bracebridge Heath – abandoned, rain
|
|
P
|
W
|
L
|
Draw
|
NR
|
Bat
|
Bowl
|
Win
|
Total
|
|
Bourne
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
5
|
2
|
49
|
44
|
70
|
208
|
|
Lindum
|
14
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
39
|
51
|
50
|
173
|
|
Bracebridge Heath
|
14
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
38
|
44
|
60
|
169
|
|
Market Deeping
|
14
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
33
|
43
|
60
|
161
|
|
Woodhall Spa
|
14
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
36
|
39
|
40
|
161
|
|
Louth
|
14
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
31
|
41
|
50
|
158
|
|
Sleaford
|
14
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
43
|
41
|
40
|
150
|
|
Spalding
|
14
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
42
|
36
|
30
|
141
|
|
Skegness
|
14
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
31
|
35
|
50
|
136
|
|
|
14
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
27
|
30
|
30
|
100
|
|
Billingborough
|
14
|
0
|
9
|
2
|
3
|
16
|
37
|
0
|
72
|
|
Market Rasen
|
14
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
7
|
21
|
0
|
65
|
