The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Eastern Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.
Grantham's mayor, Arthur Priestley was a prime mover in the development of Lincolnshire cricket, although he played for Nottinghamshire as an amateur.
When the Gentlemen of Philadelphia toured England in 1903, they played a Lincolnshire XVI in Grantham with Bart King scoring 176 runs.
Lincolnshire has won the Minor Counties Championship twice, and also once shared the title.
Lincolnshire has never won the MCCA Knockout Trophy since its inception in 1983.