Reed cruised past a depleted Wormley side in the 1st round of the 40 over a side National Village Cup. Despite losing the toss and being put into bat on a drying wicket Baz Curtis and James Heslam got off to a great start as they raced past 50 in only the 7th over.

Heslam was the 1st to reach his 50 with a delightful drive through the covers. Curtis reached his 50 in the 19th over, before being the 1st wicket to fall half way through the allotted overs with the score on 137. Heslam continued to take the game to the Wormley attack and was ably supported by young Marcus Martin (28) as they put on 66 for the 3rd wicket.

Heslam reached his 1st hundred of the season before completing his highest ever score of 135 which included 7x 6s and 12x 4s. Reed finished on 259-5 with Ford the top Wormley bowler taking 3 for 38.

In reply Reed warhorse Pete Tidey and Michael Berks bowled very tightly to ensure that Wormley were never up with the run rate. A Tidey breakthrough led to him taking a further 2 wickets leaving Wormley reeling at 26 for 3. Great ground fielding and superb catches from the young Reed side continued to peg back the Wormley side with regular breakthroughs. Tidey finished with 4 for 17 and Reed spin bowler Chris Jackson ensured an early finish taking 3 wickets for 7 runs in only 13 balls as Reed bowled out Wormley for 75 in 33 overs.

Reed Captain Simon Jackson said “it was great to get the easy win on Sunday with excellent bowling and fielding. The excellent ton by Kipper (James Heslam) again proved a different class to everything else on Sunday. Team spirit was brilliant and you could see how much all the players enjoyed both games. Despite the low score on Saturday, with the attack we have this year I did fancy our chances of bowling out Flitwick and starting the league season with a deserving win”