Taking first knock they were skittled out for a paltry 91. Aussie Marc Watkins went cheaply and with him went most of Caistor's hopes for some vital points to ease their relegation worries in next to bottom place in the table.

Caistor were all out in 37 overs that saw the visting side batting by 3.30pm. Scott Indian top scored with 21 and Liam Wood hit a defiant 16 not out at the end of the innings.Bowlers doing the damage for Nettleham were Drabble with 3 for 17 and Rehman with 3 for 23.

Nettleham had little trouble reaching their target in only 27 overs despite some tight bowling by Paul Dimbleby and Andy Foster who opened the Caistor attack. Caistor took two early wickets to briefy raise hopes but Smith with 44 not out and Hickinbotham with 32 not out saw the vistors home for an eight wicket victory with no further alarms.

Caistor's thoughts now turn to this weeknd's game at Sleaford who lie one place above them in the league. Haxey look doomed at the foot of the table.

* Bracebridge increased their lead at the top of the leaguee as both the top sides were involved in drawn games.
The 2007 champions failed to bowl out Louth but came away with 16 points while second placed Woodhall Spa were on the losing end of a draw at Bourne and could only finish with six.

Haxey now look doomed to finish at the bottom of the table with Caistor after Sleaford picked up 17 points in a drawn game at Messingham. Haxey managed two points against Lindum but Caistor came away empty handed after going down to Nettleham by eight wickets at Brigg Road.

Lindum made the biggest leap up the table, going from ninth to seventh and are now threatening Louth for a place in the top half but Grimsby's slide continued when they went down by five wickets at home to Market Deeping.

Will Clough hit the day's only century, making an unbeaten 115 and putting on a quickfire 158 with David Christmas (56) as Bourne made 266 for six with Woodhall reaching 177 for seven in reply.

Mark Fell's innings of 77 brought his total to 998 runs for the season and as well as closing in on 1,000, the Bracebridge skipper is now within sight of the league individual record of 1085. Vikram Atri and Peter Morgan were also among the runs but Bracebridge were unable to bowl out Louth who finished 108 for six.

Sleaford's recent improvement continued when they scored 200 for six at Northfield Road where Messingham struggled against the bowling of Stephen Bradford who took four for 12 off 17 overs as the home side were held to 110 for nine at the close

And Matt Rutherford was the only bowler to take five wickets as Haxey were bowled out for 124 chasing Lindum's 220 for eight.

Full Results
Caistor 91, Nettleham 95-2;
Grimsby 177-7, Market Deeping 178-5 (Wright 53);
Bracebridge Heath 274-4 (Fell 77, Morgan 60, Atri 87no), Louth 108-6;
Sleaford 200-6 (Tomlin 73); Messingham 110-9;
Bourne 266-6 (Clough 115no, Christmas 56), Woodhall Spa 177-7;
Lindum 220-8 (Brodie 82, Christie 65) Haxey 124 (Rutherford 5-13);

* Bob Welton made a re-appearance for Caistor 2nds and took five wickets but the bottom-placed team lost their Lincs League Division 3 match at Outcasts. Outcasts batted first and posted a total of 161 for nine, C McAnaney top scoring with 68. Welton finished with 5-25 with his off spin. Caistor could only muster 76 in reply however.

* Caistor 3rds, hoping to avoid relegation, needed a good win away to Barton Town 2nds but lost heavily by 140 runs, although they did manage five bowling bonus points. Barton Town 2nds hit 183 with Ashley Hooper scoring 96 not out. Caistor collapsed to be all out for 43 with no batsman really troubling the scorers to give Barton the easiest of wins by 140 runs.