Oundle enjoy a Norman conquest, Peterborough Town frustrated by bad weather again, March win Fen Derby bragging rights, Evans in excellent all-round for for Orton Park and Sadiq rules for King’s Keys with six wickets

Norman smacked four sixes and six fours as Oundle successfully chased down a revised target of 134 in 19 overs with nine balls to spare.

Oundle are up to third in the Premier Division table, just two points behind second-placed Peterborough Town who were once more frustrated by bad weather.

Town were 222-1 from 35 overs when play was abandoned with Josh Smith on 110 not out, his second top-flight ton in three weeks. Captain David Clarke was unbeaten on 78, but Town have lost top spot even though they are the only unbeaten team in the competition/

March Town claimed the bragging rights after a thrilling Fen Derby at Wisbech Town in Cambs Division One which was hard luck on Danny Haynes who struck 101 of the home side’s 221-6.

Shardul Brahambhatt (82) and Ben Chapman (55) both scored freely in the March reply with the visitors sneaking home with two wickets and nine balls to spare.

In Division Two Orton Park’s Clive Evans was in fine all-round form in an 18-run win over Wisbech seconds.

He struck 74 of Orton’s 177-6 and then claimed 3-12 as Wisbech were dismissed for 142 chasing a revised target.

Castor stay top of this division even though their game at Ufford Park was abandoned early in the second innings.

Bourne and Market Deeping both saw their Lincs Premier Division matches abandoned and Deeping’s top of the table clash with Peterborough Town in Rutland Division One saw the same fate.

Deeping had posted 148-7 when the heavy rain arrived at Outgang Road.

King’s Keys and Barnack rushed to easy nine-wicket wins after dismissing March and Burghley Park for 92 and 45 respectively.

Malik Shahid Sadiq took 6-27 for King’s Keys with Ajaz Akhtar and Arshad Majeed both taking three wickets for Barnack.

NORTHANTS PREMIER DIVISION

HORTON HOUSE lost to OUNDLE by 3 wkts (revised target)

Horton House 219-7 (E. Cox 85, C. Craig 3-45, D. Foster 2-35).

Oundle 137-7 (T. Norman 66).

RUSHDEN v PETERBOROUGH TOWN abandoned

Peterborough Town 222-1 (Josh Smith 110no, D. Clarke 78no).

LINCS PREMIER DIVISION

BOURNE v LINCOLN abandoned

Lincoln 235-6 (P. Morley-Barnes 106, W. Wright 62, D. Bandaranaike 3-48, J. Berry 2-30).

Bourne 29-0

MARKET DEEPING v SLEAFORD abandoned

Market Deeping 123-4 (G, Gillett 31, K. Judd 29).

Sleaford 20-1.

CAMBS LEAGUE

Division One

WISBECH lost to MARCH by 2 wkts

Wisbech 226-6 (D. Haynes 101, S. Albutt 36, J. Garner 23, R. Gardner 20, A, Millard 2-22).

March 227-8 (S. Brahambhatt 82, B. Chapman 55, G. Gowler 3-43, K. Haynes 2-51).

Division Two

ORTON PARK beat WISBECH 2nds by 18 runs (revised target)

Orton Park 171-6 (C. Evans 74, A. Phillips 30, T. Smith 21, A. Anthony 2-23, D. Stannard 2-37).

Wisbech (J. Hallett 42, C. Evans 3-12, N. Cowley 2-30).

UFFORD PARK v CASTOR abandoned

Ufford Park 195-9 (T. Cooper 48, A. Larkin 36, W. Javed 26, S. Dunn 2-22, S. Dockerill 2-27, A. Armstrong 2-37).

Castor 20-2.

RUTLAND DIVISION ONE

BARNACK beat BURGHLEY PARK by 9 wkts

Burghley Park 45 (A. Akhtar 3-10, A. Majeed 3-11, S. Amir 2-6, B. Hussain 2-9).

Barnack 46-1 (A. Shafiq 22no).

KING’S KEYS beat MARCH by 9 wkts

March 92 (B. Chapman 24, M. Sadiq 6-27, A. GHaffar 3-9).

King’s Keys 96-1 (D. Ashraf 33, U. Sadiq 29no, M. saif 27no).

MARKET DEEPING v PETERBOROUGH TOWN abandoned

Market Deeping 149-7 (S. Malton 38no, D. Gillett 25, K. Judd 24, M. Danyaal 3-35, S. Jarvis 2-19).

WISBECH TOWN v OUNDLE abandoned

Wisbech Town 117-2 (J. Bowers 62no)