Contrasting starts for Bourne and Market Deeping, Peterborough Town start title defence in emphatic fashion, all the scores from the major divisions

Bourne crushed Sleaford by nine wickets with Tom Dixon (3-15, Jordan Temple (46no) and Sam Evision (43) all making good contributions, but Deeping lost by seven wickets at home to Lincoln after losing aggressive opener Josh Smith to the first ball of the match.

Apart from Castor’s weather-affected win over Wisbech seconds, the Cambs League was pretty much a washout, but the Rutland League got under way without interruption with reigning champions Peterborough Town thrashing Wisbech by 155 runs at Bretton Gate.

Openers Chris Milner (71) and Kyle Medcalf (68) set the tone of Town’s innings before a late flourush from Scott Howard (65no) pushed the home side up to a formidable 40-over score of 271-5.

And once Karanpal Singh (3-37) had taken the prize scalps of Gary Freear and Josh Bowers with successive balls it was plan sailing as Wisbech could only scramble to 155. Sam Jarvis and Nadeem Haider picked up two wickets apiece.

Uffington won their first ever top-flight game by seven wickets over March Town.

Harry Carter (5-35) and George Hartley (70) were Uffington’s star performers.

Market Deeping crushed fierce rivals Barnack by 10 wickets and King’s Keys eased to a 53-run win at newly-promoted Burghley Park.

Oundle claimed a prize Northants Premier Division scalp with a five-wicket win over Finedon in a rain-affected contest at Milton Road, but Peterborough Town’s hopes of a second successive win were scuppered bad weather which arrived with the city side in a commanding position at Horton House.

The hosts had slumped from 92-2 to 123 all-out thanks tro some impressive slow bowling and Town were 29-0 in just six overs when play was abandoned.

Northants League

Premier Division

HORTON HOUSE v PETERBOROUGH TOWN abandoned

Horton House 123 (E. Cox 67, Josh Smith 2-7, L. Bruce 2-8, M. Danyaal 2-25).

Peterborough Town 29-0 (6.1 overs).

OUNDLE beat FINEDON by 4 wkts revised target.

Finedon 186-7 (D. Brierley 80, H. Craig 2-38, T. Norman 2-41).

Oundle 116-6 (D. Robinson 49, M. Hodgson 26).

Lincs Premier Division

Bourne beat Sleaford by 9 wkts

Sleaford 107 (T. Dixon 3-15, J. Berry 2-20, R. Bentley 2-23).

Bourne 110-1 (J. Temple 46no, S. Evison 43).

MARKET DEEPING lost to LINCOLN by 7 wkts

Market Deeping 121 (J. Hook 31, K. Judd 26, D. Gillett 26).

Lincoln 122-3 (J. Howe 2-27).

CAMBS LEAGUE

Division One

MARCH v ST IVES abandoned

March 112 (B. Chapman 22)

WISBECH v FOXTON abandoned

Foxton 184-7 (G. Freear 3-42, A. Palmer 2-28, G. Gowler 2-48).

Division Two North

CASTOR beat WISBECH 2nds by 8 wkts revised target

Wisbech 182 (M. Esser 50, C. Parnell 4-25).

Castor 77-2 (15 overs, M. Wheat 25).

Orton Park v Ufford Park abandoned

Ufford Park 260-6 (H. Stephenson 80, A. Larkin 59).

RUTLAND LEAGUE

Division One

BARNACK lost to MARKET DEEPING by 10 wkts

Barnack 77 (J. Pearson 4-26, J. Hook 3-24, N. Andrews 2-12).

Market Deeping 78-0 (J. Smith 54no, K. Judd 23no).

BURGHLEY PARK lost to KING’S KEYS by 53 runs

King’s Keys 165 (T. Hussain 23, J. Tavernier 2-11, M. Hobbiss 2-14).

BurghleyPark 112 (A. Hussain 3-4, M. Tayab 2-20, T. Ali 2-23).


PETERBOROUGH TOWN beat WISBECH by 155 runs

Town 271-5 (C. Milner 71, K. Medcalf 68, S. Howard 65no, S. Jarvis 25, A. Mitchell 23. R. Osbourne 2-22).

Wisbech 116 (D. Stannard 32, G. Freear 29, K. Singh 3-37, N. Haider 2-22, S. Jarvis 2-27).

UFFINGTON beat MARCH by 7 wkts

March 188 (H. Carter 5-35).

Uffington 190-3 (G. Hartley 70, D. Herrick 40no).