Liam adds a Sparke but the points are shared

Boston 1sts 199-7, Nettleham 15-0 - match abandoned.

It was a contest which offered plenty of promise, but in the end Mother Nature was the winner.

Saturday had all the ingredients for a very good game of cricket as it pitted two sides needing a victory agaionst one another, with Boston facing Nettleham, currently in the Lincs ECB Premier drop zone.

The coin came down in favour of Nettleham captain Jack Curtis, and he opted to bowl first on a pitch that certainly looked like it would benefit the seam bowlers early on.

“We would have bowled first, but it was by no means the end of the world,” Boston skipper Tom Baxter said.

“We just had to work hard with the bat and put a score on the board.”

Kieran Evans and Tom Poole set about building a steady start for Boston, but Evans was trapped leg before wicket with the score on 24 and Poole edged behind for 22 with Boston sat on 43-2.

A partnership between Liam Sparke and Jonny Cheer then began to re-build the innings for Boston before Cheer was dismissed with Boston on 83-3.

Ryan Croom fell soon afterwards and Boston were 90-4.