Champions Kimberley end on a winning note to complete brilliant season
Kimberley Institute ended a record-breaking season in the Nottinghamshire Premier League they started it and carried on the whole summer – by winning.
The new champions ended their year with a 74-run win over Caythorpe to make it a club record 20 wins from 22 matches – only Hucknall and the weather in the last two weeks were able to get the better of them.
They finished a massive 32 points clear of the rest after a summer of almost total dominance.
Batting first, Kimberley were set up by a half-century from Matthew Campell (51), who put on 58 with Rob Sutton for the second wicket, before Harry Burnhill (67) and Martin Weightman (62) put the hosts fully in control with a fourth-wicket stand of 113 as Institute posted 265-6 in their 50 overs.
Mark Footitt (3-51) led Caythorpe’s bowling, but while several of their batters got starts in reply, only Mehran Ibrahim (73no) was able to go on.
George Scottorn claimed 4-31 for Kimberley and there were two wickets each for Aatish Kean Maharaj and Finley Storr as Caythorpe were bowled out for 191 in 47 overs.
Other results: Attenborough 176 all out (Wilson 77), lost to Cavaliers & Carrington 179-8, by two wickets; Collingham & District 133-3 (Tew 65) beat Clipstone 132 all out, by seven wickets; Cuckney 224-2, beat Mansfield Hosiery Mills 218-8 (Rogers 78, Amarasinghe 55), by eight wickets; Notts Arnold & Amateur 239 all out (Martin 51no), lost to Papplewick & Linby 344-9 (Hunt 118, Watson 110, Smith 52), by 105 runs; Wollaton 138 all out, lost to Hucknall 189 all out (Johnson 71, Van Vollenhoven 5-48), by 51 runs.