SEPT 6 SOUTH LINCS AND BORDER CRICKET LEAGUE BY ANN BOULTON

SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE & BORDER LEAGUE

September 6^th

The final week of the season will decide the South Lincolnshire & Border League championship after leaders Grantham scored a good win over third placed Lindum Ramblers and challengers Boston beat Welby.

Mark Fell made the highest score of the day, hitting 99 in Grantham’s victory and Sam Peters claimed five wickets, as did Tom Baxter of Boston to take his wickets total for the season to 50.

Skegness 2^nd stay bottom of the Premier Division, 13 points behind Welby, after going down to Woodhall Spa 2^nd by four wickets.

The Division One title is wide open, with Market Deeping 2^nd moving to the top after beating Friskney on Saturday and Boston 2^nd on Sunday.  Deeping have played one game more than Grantham 2^nd, Spalding 2^nd and Billingborough 2^nd, all of whom are still in the running despite Spalding’s 31 run defeat by Billingborough.

Ross Lowndes took six wickets for Deeping on Saturday and Pat Brown claimed five on Sunday while the division’s top scorer was Mohamed Azeer with an unbeaten 81 for Woodlands.

Lindum 3^rd are nine points up on Freiston at the top of Division Two, with two games to play.  Freiston won a low scoring game against Timberland while Max Bauer was the day’s only centurion with an unbeaten 116 that helped Lindum 3^rd to victory over Spalding 3^rd.

Belton Park 2^nd took their tally of victories to six in their first season in the league, Andy Sheardown taking five wickets in the victory over Pinchbeck.

Premier Division

Belton Park 155, Bourne 2^nd 84;

Skegness 2^nd 111, Woodhall Spa 2^nd 112-6;

Welby 138 (Baxter 5-31), Boston 141-3 (Croom 55);

Stamford Town 153 (A Birch 67), Moulton Harrox 139;

Grantham 212-9 (Mudie 50, Fell 99), Lindum Ramblers 151 (Peters 5-13);

Long Sutton 79, Sleaford 2^nd 80-7;

Division One

Baston 146 (Moeed 5-8), Boston 2^nd 147-8;

Friskney 48 (Lowndes 6-19), Market Deeping 2^nd 51-2;

Woodlands 260-5 (Satari 59, Narayunan 73, Azeer 81no), Long Sutton 2^nd 134;

Billingborough 2^nd 186-8, Spalding 2^nd 155;

Grantham 2^nd 141 (Bates 52), Cavaliers 142-8;

Sunday

Market Deeping 2^nd 249-9dec (McDougall 74), Boston 29 (Brown 5-7);

Division Two

Grantham 3^rd 163 (Donnellan 74), Burgh & District 127;

Lindum 3^rd 259-3 dec (Bauer 116no), Spalding 3^rd 125-9;

Freiston 109, Timberland 58;

Belton Park 2^nd 107, Pinchbeck 84 (A Sheardown 5-28);