NOTTS PREMIER LEAGUE: relentless Cuckney power further clear at top

Reigning champions Cuckney stretched their season-long unbeaten run to 14 matches to draw further clear at the top of the Notts Premier League.
Will Butler shows the style that earned him a matchwinning, unbeaten 92 for Cuckney against Caythorpe.Will Butler shows the style that earned him a matchwinning, unbeaten 92 for Cuckney against Caythorpe.
Will Butler shows the style that earned him a matchwinning, unbeaten 92 for Cuckney against Caythorpe.

Cuckney halted the recent mini-revival of Caythorpe by beating them by eight wickets. And with their closest rivals in the title race, Plumtree, losing to West Indian Cavaliers, Nick Langford’s team are now 29 points in front of them with eight matches to play.

The tabletopping Bears raced home on the back of an unbroken partnership of 152 for the third wicket between Will Butler, who stroked 92no (one six and 13 fours) from 100 balls, and Tom Ullyott, who made 64no (two sixes and six fours) from 71 balls.

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Their runs eased Cuckney to 199-2 from 41.4 overs in reply to Caythorpe’s 197-8, which relied a lot on 61 (five sixes and four fours) from Daniel Mierkalns, who rescued his side from 86-5. The wickets were shared around six of the hosts’ bowlers.

Plumtree found that a total of 246-5 was not enough against Cavaliers. But one of 264-7 did at least earn Mansfield Hosiery Mills a losing draw at home to fellow mid-tablers Nottinghamshire CCC Academy. Joe New top scored with 65 after the visitors had racked up 289-9, despite a return of 4-58 from 12 overs by Kunal Manek. Tom Keast hit 81 and Alex Aldred 79 for Notts.