GRIMSBY AND WOODHALL 253 APIECE

READERS LINCOLNSHIRE ECB PREMIER LEAGUE YESTERDAY

By Ann Boulton
Two records were broken – most wickets and most catches in a season – in an eventful weekend in the Readers Lincolnshire ECB Premier League.
Market Deeping skipper David Gillett took three catches in the match at Lindum to break his own record of 17 for the season, while Fahad Masood took seven wickets at Boston to smash the record of 67 set by Kristian Adams in 2003.
And at Augusta Street, more than 500 runs were scored in one of the best games of the season – and at the close, Grimsby and Woodhall Spa were locked together in a hard fought tie.
Woodhall made 253 for eight, with Fawad Alam contributing 86 and skipper Jack Luffman an unbeaten 60. The Grimsby innings followed the same pattern with captain Richard Antcliffe making 53 and South African George Linde 77 and at the close the home side had reached 253 for nine collecting 13 points to their opponents’ 14.
This pushed Woodhall up another place in the table above Hartsholme who went down heavily to leaders Bracebridge Heath, being bowled out for 89 after the home side had made 286 for seven. Vikram Atri hit 72 to take his total runs for the season to 892.
At the Mayflower Ground, Fahad Masood blew Boston away with figures of seven for 43 as Bourne consolidated their second position. Boston were bowled out for 92, a total the visitors overtook for the loss of four wickets.
Sleaford stay fourth after Tom Shorthouse and Prabodha Senevirathne both hit centuries at Skegness who were left chasing 274 for three but were bowled out for 210, Wade McCall amking 64.
At St Giles Avenue, Lindum had victory in their sights despite being bowled out for a modest 173. With nine wickets down, Market Deeping still needed 38 for victory but bowler Ali Sharpe showed his batting skills to take his side to a one wicket victory, ending 41 not out.
Nuwan Shiroman, who returns to Sri Lanka this week, ended his season with an unbeaten 146 at Nettleham and Graham West hit 102 as Louth notched up the highest score of the day of 312 for four before bowling the home side out for 189.





Boston 92 (Masood 7-43), Bourne 93-4; Bracebridge Heath 286-7 (Atri 72, Houston 52, Cook 75), Hartsholme 89; Louth 312-4 (Shiroman 146no, G West 102), Nettleham 189 (Wright 66); Sleaford 274-3 (Shorthouse 101, Senevirathne 102no), Skegness 210 (McCall 64); Woodhall Spa 253-8 (Alam 86, Luffman 60no), Grimsby 253-9 (Antcliffe 53, Linde 77); Lindum 173, Market Deeping 176-9.

HOW THEY STAND
Team P W L Draw Ab/Can Bat Bowl Win Draw Ab/Can Total
Bracebridge Heath 20 11 2 3 4 75 67 110 27 29 308
Bourne 20 11 5 3 1 72 79 110 19 8 288
Boston 20 10 5 4 1 61 70 100 26 8 265
Sleaford 20 8 7 4 1 73 61 80 24 8 246
Louth 20 7 6 4 3 60 61 70 20 24 235
Market Deeping 20 7 5 5 3 66 58 70 13 24 231
Grimsby 20 8 7 2 2 65 58 80 12 13 228
Lindum 20 7 8 2 3 50 61 70 12 24 217
Woodhall Spa 20 5 8 6 1 62 61 50 24 8 205
Hartsholme 20 4 6 7 3 60 55 40 25 21 201
Skegness 20 4 9 5 2 60 48 40 29 13 190
Nettleham 20 0 13 3 4 32 36 0 9 26 103