GAMES FULL OF EASTERN PROMISE TODAY

From Phil Burrell

Today (Sunday 24th July) sees a couple of mouthwatering games in the the Cojos East Lindsey Cricket League.
In Division One, 6th and 7th placed Graves Park and Sutton on Sea meet, with Graves Park looking to leapfrog Grainthorpe (who are without a fixture) and Sutton move even further away from the relegation zone.
At Jubilee Park, several ECB Premier players are expected to be on show as Woodhall Wanderers host Louth Taverners, Louth desperately need points as they currently lie 2nd from bottom.
In Division 2, game of the day must be at Freiston, where the leaders take on 2nd placed Brocklesby Park.
Rain saw 3 of the 8 fixtures abandoned on Sunday 17th July in both Divisions.
In Division 1 Skegness vs Friskney was abandoned, this gave an opportunity for 2nd placed Woodhall Wanderers and 3rd placed Alford a chance to close the gap. Woodhall visited Grainthorpe, won the toss and choose to bat, they complied a very challenging 226 for 5 off their 40 overs. However they wouldn’t have banked on Grainthorpe reaching their target for the loss of only 2 wickets with 9 balls to spare. Alford (108 all out) also failed to gain ground as they lost by 99 runs at home to Graves Park (207 for 7). Sutton On Sea moved further clear of the relegation zone when they won by 53 runs at home to Tetford. New recruit Ian Hallam scored 153 not out in Suttons 249 for 3, Tetford finishing on 191 all out. Currently in Division 1 three batsman have exceeding 300 runs so far, with Chris King (Graves Park) leading with 325, Neil Pridgeon (Grainthorpe) 324 and Neil Sparham (Sutton on Sea) 320 the others. Sean Chamberlain (Skegness) tops the bowling with 21 wickets.
In Division 2, leaders Freiston Leake and Leverton claimed yet another victory, this time against Holton le Clay, all the bowlers claimed wickets as Holton le Clay were dismissed for 92, Sunil Panjwani (63) top scored as Freiston won by 6 wickets. The only other game completed in Division 2 saw Southbank (181 for 5) beat neighbours Keelby (84 all out) by 97 runs. Freiston’s Sunil Panjwani tops the Division 2 batting with 325 runs, whilst Dean Richards (Hainton) has taken the most wickets with 19.