There were few batsmen who fancied facing Newark’s Graeme Britten when he was in his pomp.
When I suggested that a good picture for our feature might be him bowling at our photographer, Matt Whatley, there was a glint in the eye of the old gun-slinger.
Ransome and Marles secured their place in Bassetlaw League Division One with back-to-back 20-point wins over the course of a Bank Holiday weekend to remember.
On a day when a collection was taken for the Newark Patriotic Fund, it was fitting that a serving soldier became the first player to score a century in Newark Cricket Club’s annual President’s Match.
The Newark Cricket Club 1st XI, who won just one game in the first half of the season in South Notts League Division D, have now been victorious in six of their last eight league outings.