Lincolnshire first to clinch victory in National Counties Championship
Lincolnshire were the first winners in this season's National Counties Championship with an eight wickets success against Suffolk in their Eastern Division One opener at Bury St Edmunds. Lincolnshire trailed by 38 in the first innings but their new-ball pair of Curtis Free and Mark Footitt ripped through Suffolk who were shot out for 84 in their second innings. Ad/> Free finished with five for 31 and Footitt, the former Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Surrey left-armer, four for 35.


