Leaders Wisbech beat neighbours March to stay in top spot
Cambs & Hunts Premier League leaders Wisbech Town CC bagged their eighth maximum 30-point win of the season on Saturday after walloping neighbours March Town by 86 runs.
Wisbech racked up 263-9 when their 50 overs closed in this Whiting & Partners Division 1 derby at Harecroft Road.
After Wisbech openers Danny Haynes and Gary Freear fell cheaply, to skipper Samuel Clarke and David Haslegrave respectively, ‘keeper Josh Bowers struck 69 off 86 balls, Sam Albutt 44, Jamie Seabrook 43 from 42, Ryan Clark 35 off 31, Jonny Garner 17, skipper James Williams 10 and George Gowler 10.
Bowers and Albutt added 102 for the third wicket.
Clarke took 1-35, Haslegrave 1-36, Shae Pooley 2-43 and Alex Millard 5-69, all from ten overs (Aron Visser went wicketless).
March replied on 177 all out from 44.3 overs to haul a tally of 11 points.
Away openers Adam Conyard and Millard also departed swiftly, to Kieran Haynes (2-23), and March were soon 68-4.
Overseas player Visser – 67 off 91 balls with seven fours – and Curtis Oldroyd (36) recovered with a stand of 83 but Wisbech worked through the rest of the innings for just 26 more runs.
James Hilliard made 11, David Haslegrave 10, and Nathan Oliver 15.
Home opening bowler George Gowler bagged 1-21, Josh Porter 1-30, Freear 2-43 and Jonny Garner a fine 7-1-17-4 to clean up the tail.
Wisbech lead the table by 66 points from pursuers Eaton Socon while March are seven points off the relegation spots in eighth.
Second from bottom in Division 3, Wisbech 2nds lost by 176 runs at Burwell & Exning.
Burwell posted 286-7 in 45 overs. Brodie Ellis captured 2-43, Rhys Howell 3-85, Chris Clark 1-64 and Joe Dunning 1-27.
Wisbech crumbled to 110 in 19.3 overs. Opener Thomas Hoyle hit eight boundaries in his 38 from 39 balls and Spencer Snowball added 17. They were the only ones to reach double figures.
Basement side Wisbech 3rds bagged their second CCA Junior League 2 North victory of 2022 by seven wickets at Telugu Association of Cambridge.
Telugu Association limped to 89 all out from 21.3 overs. Oliver Overland collected 1-13, Manuj Patel a brilliant 8-3-14-4, Oli Mann 1-31, Mark Buttriss 2-12 and Robert Sidgewick 2-5.
Wisbech comfortably progressed to 90-3 in the 26th over. Opener Nick Osbourne was undefeated on 31, Harry Sidgewick 13 and Finlay Murdoch not out 11.
Wisbech 4ths opener Adrian Clare struck 108 as they climbed to third in CCA Junior League 5 North after beating Girton 2nds by 140 runs.
Martin Knowles made 54, Max Mattless 40, Alex Street 11 and Joe Brownlow no 19.
Girton slid to 131 all out in the 30th over. Louis Avis grabbed 3-20, Henry Plume 2-19, Mattless 2-26 and Harrison Smith 2-5.
March 3rds, in seventh place, conceded at home to CCA Junior League 3 North leaders Little Downham.
Eighth position March 2nds fell by 80 runs at City of Ely and are just above the relegation spots in CCA Senior League Division 1.
City of Ely set 248 all out from 43.1 overs.
March replied with 168 all out in 37.5 overs.
Chatteris, chasing a tightly-bunched top three, beat CCA Senior League Division 1 visitors Royston by 43 runs.
Chatteris set a challenging 233-9 in 45 overs.
The Hertfordshire side ended on 190-8 from 45 overs.
Fourth-spot Wimblington lost in a nail-biter at Hemingford Park by one run in CCA Junior League 4 North.
Hemingford posted 216-4 in 40 overs.
Wimblington fell just short, being dismissed on 215 with four balls to spare.
