Bourne were knocked off top spot in the Lincolnshire Premier League Premier Division after suffering an agonising defeat on Saturday.
They were beaten by just one run at Bracebridge Heath after coming so close to chasing down their target after their Lincoln hosts made 252-3.
Jordan Temple (64) and Dan Freeman (59) spearheaded the run chase with Yuvi Ranaut (27) adding some late impetus.
Ranaut was the final wicket to fall off the last ball of the innings after being run out trying to bring Bourne level.
The defeat dropped Bourne to third place with Sleaford surging into top spot after a 43-run victory at Spalding.
Ollie Dring and Mustafa Mughal both took 3-22 to help dismiss Sleaford for 170 but Spalding were skittled out for 127 in reply.
Barnaby Dring top-scored with 32 while last week’s ton-maker Divyeash Vaseeharan made 26 for Spalding who are now eighth in the 10-team division.
Connor Gillett and Muhammad Saleem both scored centuries for Market Deeping in their crushing 166-run success at Sleaford 2nds in Championship South.
The openers put on 192 runs for the first wicket; Gillett made 105 and Saleem scored 103 as Deeping racked up 341-7 from their 50 overs.
Saleem then took 5-27 from his 10-over spell as Sleaford were restricted to 175-9 in reply.
Bourne 2nds were well beaten by Skegness who recorded a 144-run victory at the Abbey Lawn.
The visitors made 190-9 with Lewis Martin claiming 5-44 for Bourne who were then bowled out for 46 in reply; Jordan Visagie claimed 7-23 from eight overs for Skegness.
Ketton Sports were unable to halt the charge of high-flying Boston after losing their match by 65 runs.
Mat Bird had taken three wickets to help restrict Boston to 206-7 in 50 overs and then top-scored with 40 as Sports were shot out for 141 in reply.
Unbeaten Billingborough completed a hat-trick of victories in Division One South after a five-wicket away win at Market Deeping 2nds.
The hosts made 223-9 after batting first with Ross Barnes blasting 88 and opener Taha Shahid scoring 61.
Matt Carter and Warren Nel were the pick of the Billingborough attack with 3-27 and 3-38 respectively.
A 148-run opening stand between skipper Dylan Garfoot (80) and Carter (81) then laid the foundations for Billingborough’s successful run chase.
Nel then finished unbeaten on 31 not out as the league leaders wrapped up the win inside 36 overs.
Rob Simpson produced a sensational spell of bowling to help Long Sutton to a seven-wicket success over Heckington.
Simpson claimed 7-20 from his 7.4 overs as Heckington were bowled out for 81 before Tim Norris (26no) and Dan Oldfield (28no) steered Sutton to victory.
Adam Renton was in fine form with both bat and ball as Ketton Sports 2nds beat their Skegness counterparts by 50 runs in Division Two South.
Renton top-scored with 75 and also featured in a 140-run second wicket stand with Lee Roche (53) as Sports scored 237-5 from their 45 overs.
Skegness was bowled out for 187 in reply as Renton returned 4-21 from nine overs.
Long Sutton 2nds and Spalding 2nds both suffered away defeats.
Sutton were sunk by 99 runs at Freiston 2nds as they were bowled out for 136 in pursuit of their hosts’ 235-9.
Pradeep Indika claimed 3-30 for Sutton; their top scorers in reply were Steven Milnes (29no) and Alistair Drohan (27).
Spalding suffered an eight-wicket loss at Orton Park 2nds after being skittled out for 60; their hosts needed less than 13 overs to secure the win.
A four-wicket haul from Brandon Botes helped Uffington to a 34-run success at Royal Boston 2nds in Division Three South.
Uffington had been bowled out for 146 after electing to bat first, opener Harry Carter top-scored with 23, before dismissing their hosts for 112 with Botes taking 4-33 from nine overs.
Stamford 2nds secured a six-wicket success over Holme at Uffington Road.
Their visitors had made 188-8 after batting first with James Townsin taking 3-29 for Stamford who passed their target with more than five overs to spare thanks to efforts of Muhammad Chaudhary (52), James Hill (45no) and John Feetham (44).
Billingborough 2nds were beaten by 109 runs in their home match with Nassington who made 194-6 before dismissing their hosts for 85.
