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Defeat at the seaside ends Sleaford's run
Cricket Readers ECB Premier League. ANOTHER good innings by Sleaford all rounder Steve Bradford could not prevent his side's three game winning streak come to an end at Skegness on Saturday.
But Sleaford pushed the league's second placed team all the way.
Batting first, the visitors were bowled out for 190, with Bradford making 55.
Fielding and bowling well, Sleaford gave the seasiders a hard time and it took the home side until the 47th over before the target of 191 was reached, with five wickets down.
McCall made an undefeated 50 for Skegness, whose victory over Sleaford enabled them to close the gap on leader Bracebridge Heath, who could only pick up only 12 points at Grimsby.
Batting first, Bracebridge finished on 260 for seven, Brett Houston recording the day's highest individual score with 117. But Gihan Perera made an unbeaten 100, as the home side made 206 for two.
Nettleham moved back into third after skittling Caistor out for 112 and winning by seven wickets, while Bourne inflicted a similar fate on Messingham who were out for 124 and lost by eight wickets.
Louth defeated Lindum by 111 runs despite a fine individual performance by Lindum's Pierce Morley-Barnes, who took five wickets and hit 74 runs.
Woodhall Spa got their season back on track with a 103 run win over Market Deeping, who slipped from third place to sixth. Andrew Crook and Warren Nel did the damage with bat and ball for Woodhall - Crook hitting 78 runs, to take him over the 500 mark for the season, and taking three wickets, while Nel made 68 runs and claimed four wickets.
Woodhall's 262 for nine was the highest score of the day and though Deeping recovered from losing two early wickets, they could reach only 159 when the final wicket fell.
Results: Louth 231 (Darke 65, Morley-Barnes 5-47), Lindum 120 (Morley-Barnes 74); Caistor 112, Nettleham 113-3; Messingham 124 (Hopkins 5-57), Bourne 125-2; Bracebridge Heath 260-7 (Fell 59, Houston 117), Grimsby 206-2 (Snell 55, Perera 100no); Sleaford 190 (Bradford 55), Skegness 191-5 (McCall 50no); Woodhall Spa 262-9 (Crook 78, Nel 68, Louth 53), Market Deeping 159 (Gillett 50)
*This Saturday, Sleaford are at home to third placed Bourne.
Fixtures for Saturday, July 4 (12.30pm start): Market Deeping v Skegness; Bracebridge Heath v Woodhall Spa; Nettleham v Grimsby; Lindum v Caistor; Messingham v Louth; Sleaford v Bourne
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Saturday 11 February 2012
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