Reed First XI were robbed of a victory on Saturday by some determined and focused batting by Luton Town IIs to save a draw. Still faltering as bottom of the league, Reed posted a mammoth score of 232. In a return from usual fortunes, the top order of Chris Jackson (61), Geoffrey Wornham (55), Gary Bridge (32) and Baz Curtis (51*) performed solidly to tire the Luton bowlers.

A probing opening spell by Richard Johnson (1-27) and Chris Jackson (2-36), saw Luton suffer from early losses, keeping Reed in with a chance of victory. Further supported by Clarke (2-28) and Berks (1-33), Reed continued to cut through the opposition’s line-up, but were thwarted by some defensive and sensible batting by young Dhaval (35*), who guided his side to a draw.

Toiling until the close of play, Reed worked as an effective unit against some negative batting, just missing out on clinching their first League success of the season. However, for the first time of the season, Reed worked together to command the course of the match, and it acted as a positive sign for future league matches this season.