Long Sutton came within two wickets of climbing out of the bottom two of the South Lincs Border League Championship.
They worked hard to defend their 147 total but were eventually overhauled by Sleaford Seconds, who scraped through by reaching 149/9 in the 40th over.
Only captain Josh Baker (26) of the top-order reached double figures before a decent stand between Barry Stanway (40) and Charith Harshana (20) boosted the visitors’ innings.
Sleaford lost their first two wickets cheaply but kept chipping away at their target, despite the efforts of Baker (2-26), Barry Stanway (2-28) and Charlie Crisp (2-29) to halt their progress.
Sutton Seconds romped to an emphatic victory in Division One at Boston Seconds.
After posting 228/7 from their 45 overs, Sutton dismantled their hosts for one short of triple figures to gain a 129-run victory.
A 130-run second-wicket stand between Raghuvaran Pasupuleti (75) and Luke Barnes (36), boosted by Eranda Munasinghege (24) and Rajesh Ponnam (23) set the hosts a formidable target.
Daniel Milgate (44) and opener Ben Troops (21) were the only batsmen to test the Sutton attack with Ajith Mandala (3-15), Rob Simpson (3-21) and Steven Milnes (2-12) combining to send them packing for just 99.
The Sutton derby in the Kevin Grimmer Division of the Mid-Norfolk League went in favour of the Colts with a 29-run win over Mallards.
Albi Drohan (2-17) took his first senior wickets for the Mallards, including an outstanding caught and bowled, but Daniel Oldfield (51ret) and Daniel Plant (35) led the Colts’ to 205/7.
Openers Luke Barwick (38) and Eranda Munasinghege (42) got Mallards off to a flying start but once Ellis Redden got into his swing, the game was over as he took his first senior ‘five-fer’ with 5-30. Alice Blundy-Gent also claimed her first senior wickets, taking 3-16.
