March, Chatteris and Wimblington top their tables after opening three games

March are sitting pretty at the top of Cambs & Hunts Division Three after winning their opening three fixtures of the 2025 season.

Along with Barnack and Cambourne, March have a 100% record after easing to victory at home to LGR on Saturday.

Their 112-run victory was helped by half-centuries from Sam Robinson and acting captain Toby Nulty, with Robinson also taking the final three visiting wickets to seal the win.

After being put into bat, Jacob Gray and wicket keeper Mark Estall put on 25 for the first wicket before Estall was clean bowled for 14. Gray went six overs later, also bowled for 14, leaving the score at 51-2.

But then came a match-winning third-wicket partnership of 130 from Robinson and Nulty. Robinson’s 64 came off 97 balls, with six fours, and Nulty’s 65 came from 87 balls, also with six fours.

Nulty was bowled, leaving the score at 183-3 after 40.2 overs, and Robinson was caught off the next ball, making it 183-4.

With Benjamin Pyle and Samuel Clarke dismissed cheaply, March were 191-6 from 41.5 overs before Lewis Welcher and Shae Pooley put on 35 in the last three overs to take the final score to 226-6 from 45 overs. Welcher scored 14 from 12 balls and Pooley 20 from nine, with three fours.

In reply, the visitors never looked like mounting a serious threat. They were soon reduced to 51-3 off 8.5 overs, and when the next three wickets went for just a solitary run, they were in big trouble at 52-6, Clarke (3-58 from nine) and Pooley sharing the haul with three dismissals each.

There was a bit of resistance for the next two wickets, but when Pooley struck to end with figures of 4-21 from nine overs, it was 79-7. Robinson then cleaned up the tail to claim figures of 3-18 from 3.2 overs as LGR finished 114 all out from 24.2 overs.

A depleted Wisbech Town side slip to fifth in Division One after a 29-run home defeat to Eaton Socon.

After electing to bat, the visitors scored a respectable 224-8 from their 50 overs, with Jonny Garner Wisbech’s star bowler, taking 4-48 from nine overs. There were wickets each for Shalin Navishka De Mel, Josh Porter, Chris Clark, and Captain James Williams.

Wisbech then lost their main man in just the fifth over, opener De Mel run out after a quickfire 31 from 22 balls, which included four fours and two sixes. Fellow opener Thomas Hoyle was out the following ball for nine, leaving the score at 42-2.

A decent third-wicket partnership of 59 from wicket keeper Josh Bowers (45 from 68 balls) and James Williams, 21, took the score to 101 for three and there was also a 58-wicket partnership for the sixth wicket between Sam Albutt, 23, and Garner, 37, as Wisbech reached 174-6 off 41 overs.

But, needing 51 to win from nine overs, Wisbech’s tail failed to wag, and they lost another run-out wicket as they posted a total of 195 all out from 47.5 overs.

Chatteris top CCA Senior Two after three games, swapping places with Milton after a 10-run win at their opponents' home on Saturday.

After electing to bat, the visitors posted 178 all out from 42 overs, Ben Hollis top scoring with 43, Daniel Berrill hitting 40 not out, openers Steve Bishop and Anthony Bamford 27 and 19 respectively, Peter Munns also 17 and Charlie Munns 10.

In reply, their visitors went close but ended 168-8 from their 45 overs, Peter Munns taking 2-9 from nine, Shimron Thomas 2-15 from nine, Jamie Long 2-32 from five, with a wicket each for Andrew Wool and Bishop.

In the same division, Wisbech 2nd were thrashed by 209 runs at Wilbrahams. The home side elected to bat and scored a weighty 272-7 from their 45 overs, Brodie Ellis top bowler with 3-50 from nine, and Henry Gowler and Amber Crossley-King also taking wickets.

Wisbech were then skittled out for just 63 from 24.5 overs, nobody getting into double figures and extras their top scorer with 32.

Wimblington are the third Fenland team to top their table after the first three fixtures, after winning by 117 runs at Sutton 2nd in CCA Junior Four North.

After being put into bat, the visitors scored 159 all out from 40 overs, opener Robert Kemp the star man with 43 from 84 balls, including eight fours. Fellow opener and wicket keeper Matthew Day scored ten, Steve Coe 30 and Kyle Butler 35.

In reply, the home team were soon a meagre 6-3 and eventually all out for just 42 from 11.5 overs, Leon Walker taking 4-21 from six, Paul King 3-17 from four, and Bailey King 2-4 off 1.5 overs.

In the same division, Wisbech 3rd conceded their home game with Chippenham 2nd.

The biggest win of the day came in CCA Junior Five North, where Chatteris 2nd beat Over and Willingham 2nd by 264 runs.

After being asked to bat, the home side registered a massive 328-4 from their 45 overs before bowling out their opponents for 64 off just 17 overs.

Next Saturday, the noon starts see Wisbech visit Saffrom Walden and March entertain Royston.

In the noon games, Chatteris travel to Cambourne 2nd, Wisbech 2nd entertain Linton Village, March 2nd are at Sutton 2nd, Wimblington entertain Longstanton Grasshoppers 2nd and Wisbech Town 3rd are at home to Burwell & Exning 4th.