Reed continued their fine midweek form on Tuesday evening by resoundingly crushing Foxton at Royston to take a place in the Keatley Cup finals in two weeks. Revenge was at the forefront of Reed&Mac226;s mind after Foxton knocked them out of the Cup this time last year. However, the experience gleaned from last seasons continual League promotion and form proved too much for Foxton as they slumped to a 33 run defeat.

Winning the toss, Reed elected to bat. It proved to be the correct decision, as they amassed a mammoth 153 for 5 off their 15 eight ball overs, taking full advantage of some short boundaries and sloppy fielding. Tom Fulk&Mac226;s batting heroics reflected his fine form this season as he smashed an imperious 50. Club captain and 1XI skipper, Simon Jackson, was unlucky to be dismissed run out from a ricocheted drive on 12, and Stuart Smith and Chris Jackson hit 21 and 20 respectively. Solid support in the closing overs was also found in John Heslam (17) and Richard Johnson (11*). The pick of the Foxton bowlers was P.Howlett who bowled his 3 overs for a meagre 12 runs.

With such a total under their belt, Reed proceeded to strangle Foxton with a defensive field and all around accurate bowling, resulting in 7 of the opposition batsmen being bowled. Opener Richard Johnson, returning impressive figures of 3-0-15-3, kept runs tight in conjunction with some trademark penetrative bowling by Peter Tidey (3-0-35-3). On their knees at 20-5, Foxton benefited from a dubious no-ball decision which allowed dangerman Goodchild (37) to strike four sixes in one over. Howlett (38) also featured with some aggressive strokes restoring them to 95 for 8, but regular wickets meant partnerships never developed. As the light, and overs rapidly diminished, Chris Jackson (2-0-10-2) dismissed Howlett and Williams (11) truly exposing the tail, which eventually succumbed to a gathering run-rate and kamikaze running between the wickets.

The other semi-final between Royston and Great Chishill is due to take place at Reed on Thursday 26th which will determine the finalists who will face Reed on Tuesday 8th July at Royston.