Reed lost at home to local rivals Braughing on Saturday. After winning the toss and batting first Reed got off to another poor start finding themselves 20 for 3. However this bought together the Jackson brothers Chris and Simon. Some solid defence from Simon and good shots from Chris saw Reed to a healthier position of 64 until Simon was unlucky to be out LBW after dancing down the wicket. Chris was joined by Peter Costen
making his league debut for the 2001 season however despite a few good blows saw Costen being the first of 4 wickets Reed lost in the 90s. However this only bought in the ever-dependable Steve Dunn. Jackson and Dunn put on 54 for the 9th wicket before Dunn was run out of the last ball of the innings trying to run a bye with the ball in the keepers hands!

Reed got of to the acustomary good reply against Braughing with Michael Berks getting Radbourne out 3rd ball of the innings however this bought in ex-Reed colt Chris Chambers with the hard hitting Banks. Chambers rode his luck early on however the 2 batsman saw Braughing race to 80 for 1. However old warhorse Pete Tidey and slow bowler Chris Jackson saw Reed get back into the game. Tidey bowled tightly in a 17 over spell seeing him take 3 for 35 and give Reed a sight of victory. However a fine 8th wicket partnership saw
Braughing to the maximum 30 points.

The thoughts to ponder after the game must be;

– where did Braughing get the bloke in the white coat who could easily have shouted “HELLLLLLLLLO, Im on the cricket field!!!!!!!!!!!!”
– why the captain has to moan about every single LBW decision he gets, 3 x in 4 innings must mean he just stands right infront of the stumps each time
– why the captain has a huge bruise in the middle of his stomach instead of a score book reading of Cousins – caught Jackson bowled Berks!
– why Berksie finally caught his first ever Reed catch on Saturday, is that cos the people have captained him have always found the best place to hide him (sorry cant be done when he is bowling)
– is Pete Tidey still standing on the Reed outfield asleep in the slips
– why Big Rich Johnson finally showed on Saturday that he can be classed as a first team fast bowler
– shall we go back to the batting line up of Curtis, Heslam and Jackson – now that we have Clarke and Saunders back?