By Andy Richley, Market Rasen CC
There were joyous scenes at Rase Park on Sunday as Market Rasen Town Cricket Club’s Sunday XI sealed their McKinnells Lincoln Sunday League Premier Division title with a comfortable 8 wicket win over Lindum. The victory put the seal on an excellent campaign for the side and it was fitting that the championship was won in front of an enthusiastic home crowd.
Ian Williams, the Sunday XI’s manager endorsed the victory: ‘This has proved how good Rasen’s Sunday side has performed all year. The league doesn’t lie and the best side has won. It’s incredibly pleasing that the majority of the side have come through Rasen’s lauded youth system’.
The club’s first league title in a decade saw the celebrations go on into the night and was met with delight by the side’s skipper, Matt Rutherford who stated: "The best team and the best team spirit that I’ve enjoyed in cricket. It’s been a pleasure to captain the side this year and hopefully we can challenge again in 2011."
A young Lindum side found Rasen’s league-leading bowling attack too hot to handle as Jon Darke (4 for 20) and Matt Hamilton opened up with the ball and immediately troubled the visitors. Whilst a few batsmen reached double-figures, none of Lindum’s players were able to go on. With the visitors already in the mire after Darke’s fine opening spell, the introduction of spin twins Gary Bierlein ( 2 for 21) and Matt Rutherford (3 for 22) brought a swift end to a limp Lindum batting performance. The minster-men had no answer, in particular, to Bierlein whose first seven overs went for only eight runs, as the batsmen were bamboozled, succumbing to 98 all out.
Rasen’s reply saw Luke Robinson and Graeme Bell (36) get the home side off to a solid start, with Lindum failing to trouble the pair unduly. Both players unfurled a wide range of shots around the wicket, but it was the teenager, Robinson, who really caught the eye, taking the game away from the visitors with an unbeaten 52, that included a straight six to win the match and take the title.
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