The league champions, batting first, made 230 for four, with Mark Fell (58) and Jason Vero also passing the half century mark - Vero's 53 coming off 44 balls.
Steve Bradford (2 for 77) and Nel (2 for 44) were Sleaford's wicket takers.
The Sleaf
ord reply relied heavily on Nel's contribution. Only Bradford, who made an undefeated 26, was able to offer the opener any support but Sleaford held on to finish their 50 overs on 152 for six to take a share of the points.
Houston was Bracebridge's main wicket taker, returning figures of 3 for 43.
*Elsewhere in the Premier League, Louth and Market Deeping continued their good start to the campaign, with Louth adding to Caistor's woes, while Deeping scored a surprisingly comfortably victory over Lindum.
Newcomers Haxey found runs were hard to come by in their first league match in the Premier League. Faced with an in-form Bourne side, Haxey could only manage 133 runs off their 50 overs but hung on doggedly to deny their guests the final wicket. In reply, Bourne lost three wickets on their way to victory, Chris Bamber hitting 52.
Nick Cowley made an unbeaten 69 and Michael Kearns took five wickets as Market Deeping beat Lindum by 42 runs. Having notched up 161 for six, the visitors then bowled their hosts out for 119.
Louth added another 18 points to their total with their outright win over Caistor, despite a haul of six for 61 for Marc Watkins. This restricted Louth to 184 for nine but Jon Dixon replied with five for 34 to help bowl the home side out for 108.
The closest game of the day was at Messingham where Grimsby reached 214 for nine off their 50 overs only to see their opponents chase their target hard and finish just 14 runs short on 195 for six.
*On Sunday the expected rain held off for Sleaford's Winkworth Cup game at home to Nettleham.
This provided an exciting finish, with Sleaford set the task of chasing a score of 174 for seven, a total the visitors reached after a slow start. Matt Smith provided the impetus to get the Nettleham innings moving, hitting an unbeaten 61 and putting on 57 for the sixth wicket with David Manby (35). Jonathan Mile took 2 for 24 for Sleaford.
On 123 for three with 17 overs remaining, Sleaford looked to be heading for certain victory but two wickets in two balls for David Manby and one for Paul Cook made it 123 for six and from here Nettleham regained the upper hand. However, Sleaford's lower order fought back and they were only nine runs short of the required total when the final wicket fell with the score on 165.
Luke Hollingworth top scored for Sleaford with 37 and Warren Nel made 32.
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