Cricket

A young Wisbech side put their name on the Ernie Wool Shield for the first time when they beat four times winners and host club Chatteris by 30 runs.

Wisbech Town and March Town finished almost level on points, in sixth and seventh places respectively, in the final Whitings Cambs League standings.

James Harradine scored his maiden ton for March Town CC as they ended their Whitings League Division 1 campaign with a 126-run victory over Waresley.

Pictured is Wisbech Town 1st XI batsman Josh Bowers who hit 90 not out off 64 balls in their five-wicket Cambs League win over Ramsey.

March Town 1st XI squeezed out their eighth Whitings Cambs League Division 1 victory of the season, beating Histon by seven runs on Saturday.

March Town Cricket Club chairman Les Mills won the ‘Outstanding Service to Cambs Cricket” Award, was presented by ex-England captain Graham Gooch.

Lewis Welcher hit a career best 177 not out, the club's highest individual score since 2013, as March 3rds beat Isleham 2nds on Saturday by 198 runs.

Gary Freear’s unbeaten 131 on Saturday settled the Fenland derby for Wisbech in a six wicket win over March Town CC in Whitings League Division 1.

Wisbech Town CC almost inflicted only the Lashings World XI’s second defeat in more than a year on Friday in a superb last-over fundraiser finish.

Saranga Rajaguru displayed impeccable timing as March Town CC warmed up perfectly for Saturday’s Cambs League derby away at Wisbech Town.

Wisbech Hockey and Cricket Club are in the last throes of arranging their match against a Lashing’s World XI side on Friday, August 31.

Both March and Wisbech suffered Cambs Whitings League Division 1 cricket losses on Saturday.

CRICKET: March 1st XI claimed an unexpected win against Foxton at Whitsun but on Saturday the 2016 champions battered them by 200 runs.

It was mainly the Haynes show as Wisbech Town CC 1st XI brushed aside Godmanchester Town by nine wickets on Saturday in the Cambs Whitings League.

Acting-skipper Andy Wright must have felt sick on Saturday having taken a seven-wicket haul at Godmanchester, only to be let down by March's batsmen.

Not even an epic knock by Gary Freear of 140 and a last-wicket stand of 82 could save Wisbech Town from Rutland League defeat by 10 runs at Barnack.

March Town CC won the Kirkland Cup Final when they beat Chatteris CC on Monday evening by 17 runs.

CRICKET: March 1st XI lost on Saturday by 146 runs to second-placed Sawston.

The annual three day sports festival was held at March Town Cricket Club on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (July 25-27).

Opening batsman Danny Haynes top-scored with 80 to keep Wisbech Town CC in with a shout of a Cambs League top five finish on Saturday.