Lincolnshire continued their winning start to the season with a resounding six-wicket victory against Cheshire in the Unicorns Knockout Trophy round of 16 at Bracebridge Heath.
Cheshire won the toss and elected to bat, Lincolnshire immediately took a firm grip on the game with Alex Willerton leading the attack in devastating fashion.
No Cheshire batsman reached 20 runs and in 22.5 overs they were dismissed for 88, Willerton taking 6-20 in his ten overs.
This made him Lincolnshire’s leading all time wicket taker in one-day cricket with his figures also being the best ever for the county in the competition.
Lincolnshire lost two early wickets before rain delays interrupted their progress.
As a result, they were set a revised target of 80 from 34 overs.
This they reached for the loss of four wickets, with Bilal Shafayat (39 not out) and Tom Keast (25) paving the way to victory in 16.4 overs.
Lincolnshire will now meet Cumberland in the quarter-final at Bourne on Sunday, June 30 (11am start).
Lincolnshire’s next match is at Scunthorpe CC on Sunday (11am start) when they play Staffordshire in two T20 matches.
In-form Lincolnshire currently lead their group in this competition having won all four of their matches so far.
Staffordshire, meanwhile are in the bottom two after just one victory from their four fixtures so far.
Victory for Lincolnshire would put them in a commanding position at the summit, given that they are Group One’s only unbeaten side so far this season.
