CRICKET: Cambs draw after last-day wash-out
There was no play on the third and final day meaning the game ended in a draw.
And that could well have saved the local county from defeat as Norfolk finished the second day requiring 100 runs to win with eight wickets intact.
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Hide AdPeterborough Town players did well with Joe Dawborn top-scoring in their first innings with 56 not out closely followed by clubmate Lewis Bruce with 32. Dawborn was also Cambs’ top bowler with 4-31. Bruce was top scorer in the second innings with 41.
Young Harrison Craig (16) from Nassington took 2-21 off his eight overs on the first innings on his Cambs debut.
Scores:
Cambs 209 (J. Dawborn 56no, L. Bruce 41, B. France 5-68) and 138 (J. Bowers, L. Bruce 32, A. Butt 26, B. France 5-65).
Norfolk 179 (A. Watson 53, J. Dawborn 4-31, S. Rippington 3-39) and 68-2.