Multi-talented Adam Seymour left Bury St Edmunds in a right old spin as Clacton's cricketers clocked up their first win in the new East Anglian Premier League.

And there was more success for skipper Paul Harris as he blasted second-placed Halstead to their second successive EAPL victory.

Former Essex and Worcestershire left-hander Seymour enjoyed one of those games all-rounders dream about.

He bagged outstanding figures of 4-10 from eight overs - including five maidens - of practically unplayable spin as Bury were ripped out for a mere 97.

And then he followed up with a match-winning, undefeated 60 - including two sixes and seven fours - as the Seasiders raced to 98-1 and a nine-wicket victory - all completed in time for his team-mates to watch the FA Cup final in the Bury clubhouse.

To describe the match as a one-sided contest would be overstating the facts.

Bury had no answer to Clacton's bowling attack and were dismissed in just 38.2 overs before lunch, seamer Gary Kirk proving a perfect foil for Seymour with equally impressive figures of 4-21 off 11 overs.

It took Seymour and the visitors only 20 overs to reach their target, opener Trevor Moulton scoring 12 while Iain Vine remained unbeaten on 18.

Harris, meanwhile, also weighed in with an undefeated knock of 60 as Halstead (119-0) raced to a comprehensive ten-wicket success at the league's bottom club Cambridge Granta (115), having registered their first win over Swardeston seven days earlier.

The Cambridge club had already suffered some disastrous starts in their previous three league outings and having reached the lofty heights of 35 without loss they suffered another mini-collapse to 73-4 before losing their last six wickets for a mere five runs - the final five victims all falling with the score on 115 in the space of 18 deliveries.

Halstead, in reply, needed just 20 overs to reach their target, Harris hitting two consecutive fours to win the match with his unbeaten 60, ably supported by fellow opener Neale Dakin who remained unbeaten on 49.

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