National Village Cup round 2 – 11/05/03

Records were flying all over the place at Reed on Sunday, when they entertained Hare St & Hormead in the National Village Championship. After losing the toss and being put into bat, Chris Jackson and Tom Fulk started to rewrite the record books.

Despite good opening spells from Hammond and Nathan, the pair saw off the new ball and then accellerated, unleashing a barrage of unstoppable shots and delivering some punishing blows to the Hare Street attack. The pair raced from 100 off 17 overs to 351 off 40overs, with the final 50 runs coming off off just 25 balls.

Jackson was finally out for a career best of 186 with just 3 balls remaining hitting 17x 4s and 6x 6s, whilst Tom Fulk carried his bat for 153 scoring 18x 4s and 1x 6. Reed finished on 351 for 1 in only 40 overs!

Their partnership of 344 set a club record and was also the 2nd highest partnership ever in the competition’s long history.

In reply Hare St got off to a poor start when their Captain Fitzgerald was caught by a diving catch by Reed wicketkeeper Simon Jackson. However some solid batting including a 95 partnership from Clive Newland and Hammond saw Hare St to a very credible 190 for 4.

Reed are at home to their conquerers of 2 years ago, Biddenham in the next round on 25th May.

Reed captain Simon Jackson said “after our great win against Cottered on Saturday I didnt think we would have a better achievement on the Sunday in the National Villagehampionship. Chris and Tom looked a different class and it was a pleasure watching the momentus innings. They didnt slog the ball and most of the runs scored were along the ground or through gaps in the field. With the batting on Saturday and Sunday, selection could be a real headache for next weekend, which is actually quite nice position to be in”