Vikram Atri scored 100 and Jason Scheepers 84 as Bracebridge Heath beat Nettleham by 115 runs to extend their Lincolnshire Premier League advantage.

After declaring on 276-5 they bowled out the bottom side for 161.

Boston climbed to second with a seven-wicket win at Louth with Matt Ward top-scoring with 79.

George Linde made 83no and took four wickets as Grimsby won by 117 runs at Market Deeping to leapfrog their opponents and go third in the table.

David Gillett was Deeping's top scorer with 64.

Pakistan international Fawad Alam made his first appearance of the season for Woodhall Spa, taking two wickets and scoring 31 as they won by four wickets at Sleaford, despite 84 from the hosts' skipper Ollie Burford.

Bourne captain Pete Morgan made 100 and Fahad Masood took 7-31 in their 122-run win at Lindum, while Skegness had a winning draw at home to Hartsholme.

Norman Brackley, Carl Wilson, Wade McCall and Peter Houghton all made half-centuries for the hosts at Richmond Drive while Hartsholme's Henry Rush fell four runs short of his century.

Lincolnshire Premier League

Results for Saturday, 9 July

Cross O'Cliff Court: Bracebridge Heath 276-5 dec (Scheepers 84, Atri 100); Nettleham 161

London Road: Louth 194-8; Boston 197-3 (Ward 79)

St. Giles Avenue: Bourne 236-8 (Morgan 100); Lindum 114 (Masood 7-31)

London Road: Sleaford 205-7 (Burford 84); Woodhall Spa 206-6

Outgang Road: Grimsby 283-9 (Linde 83no); Market Deeping 166 (Gillett 64)

Richmond Drive: Skegness 276-4 (Brackley 71, Wilson 63no, McCall 60, Houghton 58); Hartsholme 228-5 (Rush 96)

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