Having lost the toss, Park were invited to bat on a wicket that had been caught out by some rain on Friday and was likely going to be tough to score freely on in the early exchanges.

That proved the case as James Laud and Ryan Gilmour set about the challenge. Both men were struggling to find timing before Gilmour was beaten by George Drewery for just 6. Josh Weller (11) joined Laud (8) and was able to find the boundary on a couple of occasions, but Drewery was able to remove both men in quick succession, and when Sam Potter added to his Phall tally, LBW to Ben Crew, Park found themselves 43-4. Youngsters Olly Billington and Oscar Jackson were then able to shift the momentum slightly back towards the visiting team, Billington was compact and composed, stroking the ball in to gaps with relative ease. They had moved their partnership to 41 before Jackson was superbly run out by Savraj Nijjar for 18 with a direct hit from backward point. Gareth Hook was only able to add 7 before Kranjit Bansal found a way through his defences leaving Park 97-6.

Burghley have found themselves in a very similar position most weeks this season, with the batting lineup yet to fully fire, but their lower order were again able to add crucial runs to get them to a defendable total. Skipper Alex Ashwin and Billington added 44 to the score, with Billington going past his half century in the process, before Ashwin was bowled by Callum Mann for 12, and the same bowler saw the back of Chris Logan, also adding to his Phall tally. Best number 10 in the league Stuart Biggs joined Billington and what followed turned out to be a match defining partnership. Biggs unfurled some of his trademark lofted cover drives, whilst Billington continued to hit gaps and rotate the strike well. The pair ultimately batted for nearly 12 overs, adding an unbeaten 64 for the 9th wicket, finished with an outlandish reverse ramp for 4 over short third man by Biggs, and somehow Burghley had posted 207-8. Billington outstanding for an unbeaten 88 from 140 balls, Biggs finishing with 30* from 38 balls.

Ashwin and Logan then set about the task of defending the total and it was Logan who was able to make the early inroads. He bowled Nijjar for 6 but both men were bowling with excellent control, both beating the bat with regularity and keeping the scoring rate well under control. Gareth Hook and Sam Potter joined the attack and it was Burghleys spinner who next found success. He bowled Ian Snowden for 21 and later removed Daniel Crew LBW for 16. Potter was bowling with good pace from the other end, despite running in to the increasingly stiff headwind, and was unfortunate to go wicketless in his 5 over spell. (0-24)

After his small, but successful spell last week, Josh Weller was thrust in to the attack and was immediately in the wickets again. Bansal was only able to pick out Oscar Jackson on the square leg boundary after Weller had deceived the home captain with the deadly half tracker. Tom Giles then offered a simple catch to Ashwin at cover from the same man before a mix up saw potter comfortably run out Callum Mann and Burghley sensed a massive opening.

Scunthorpe were 94-6 but the prolific Indian professional Priyanshu Khanduri at the crease, the hosts were always in with a chance. He and Harry Doyle were able to steady the ship and started to wrestle the momentum back, Khanduri went past his second half century of the league campaign, to go along with 3 centuries. The partnership also moved beyond 50, with Khanduri looking more and more dangerous, before Burghley captain Ashwin got the prize wicket. He found the edge of Khanduri's bat and Billington completed the most simple of catches behind the stumps and the danger man had to go for 65. Scunthorpe now 151-7, still needing 57 for victory. Sensing an opportunity to go for the kill, and after having completed his 10 overs (1-27), Ashwin then turned to Logan to do what he has done so often, and clean up the tail. The impact was almost instant. Doyle was trapped LBW by the Kiwi quick for 26 before Mohammed Azhar was also in on the act, pinning Ben Crew LBW and Burghley were 1 wicket away from a win that would surely send shockwaves through the league. Logan then completed the job, bowling Drewery for 17. The big Kiwi finishing with 3-19 from 8.1 overs, Hook with 2-46, Weller 2-30 and Azhar 1-27.

Another superb bowling and fielding display from Burghley to defend a slightly under-par total and the victory keeps them in 3rd spot in the table, just 1 point behind Scunthorpe in 2nd and looking ahead to Market Deeping visiting the Park next weekend.

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