Sunday 23 June 2019.

 at london road for the battle of the sausages.  for  this minor countiei eastern division clash between lincolnshire and cumberland here in sleaford. 

lincs have finished 2nd 3 years in a row to berkshire. they have also reached the quarter finals of the 50 over comp next sunday, as well as the minor counties finals day at wormsley in august. 

cumberland are skippered by  rickie ponting's best buddy gary pratt. 

this is the opening round of 6 3   day fixtures in this comp, with the winners of the eastern and western division planing off in the final in early september. 

an important year for this tournament, with the competition being restructured next year. 

the eastern and western divisions will remain, but will consist of 2 groups of 5, and 1st and 2nd tier. 

therefore, every team will be aiming to finish in the top 5 in order to be in next year's top flight.

gary pratt alass not in the cumberland starting line up today, but bilail shafyatt, and asim rafiq ex players of notts and yorkshire respectively are. close of play at london road, and lincs are well on top in the great battle of the sausages, closing on 207 for 5 in reply to cumberland's 90 all out. 

curtis free, 5 for 29, and 4 wickets for alex woolerton did for cumberland. 

ben howard batting number 8 top scoring with 26. 

lincs go into day 2 with a lead of 117 runs.

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