Reed romped home to their third maximum points win of the season with a solid all round team performance against a strong Old Camdonians side. Reed were put into bat and got off to the best possible start with Baz Curtis and James Heslam caressing the ball to all sides of the ground putting together an opening stand of 146, before Curtis fell for an impressive 74. The fall of Curtis did little to hamper young Heslam`s fine form, seeing him crash 3 sixes and 8 fours to reach his secound league century of the season. Heslam eventually fell for 111 with Reed declaring on 223 for 5.

Old Camdenians fielded a strong batting side, and for times it looked like the win was in their sights. However an early break through made by Ian Roberts and the vital wicket of the impressive Aslam by Reed`s quickie Michael Berks put Reed into a advantageous situation. The thorn in Reed`s side was the immaculate innings of the opposition’s opener Shquib who like his counterpart James Heslam notched a superb century to put his side into a winning situation. This saw the introduction of the inform Pete Tidey who picked up 4 of the Old Camdenions middle order wickets. Still going for the win, the opposition stretched the home side to their limit of which they responded with tight fielding and attacking bowling.

Michael Berks eventually succeeded in getting Shquib for 110 Which saw the end to Ol;d Camdenians and accounted for another 30 points for home side. Reed skipper, Simon Jackson praised his players and their consistent performances; “in our last four games we have achieved 39 out 40 possible wickets, and scored well over seven hundred runs. With our prolific and versatile bowling attack we have the potential to bowl any side out in this division.”