Reed lost by 5 wickets on Saturday againt Old Haberdashers despite winning the toss and deciding to bat. Old H’s lost the toss despite using a bowler to TOSS due to their captains inability to PERFORM FOR THE TEAM. The wicket was OK, the outfield was @#%£ and the sight screens were smaller than my………. garage door. No wonder they were refused permission to go up last year due to their facilities.

Reed got off to the worst possible start losing their prolific batting line up of Curtis, Heslam and Chris Jackson with only 22 runs on the board. Reed offered no resistance to the unpredictability of the pitch and only Simon Jackson and Ben Bowles of the batsman showed any way of seeing off the Old H’s bowlers. With the Old H’s attack going through Reed batsman like a hot knife through butter only Reed fast bowler Michael Berks showed he knew which end of the bat to hold. Berksie came to the wicket and managed to outperform all the “batsman” and top score with 17. Reed finished on 85 which was far less than even the poor facilities deserved.

In reply Reed got off to a good start and managed to get Old H’s on the back foot. Berksie (as bowler) with 3 for 16 was the star of show in his early spell and had H’s on 41 for 5. However ex-England Universities batsman Bajuki and Mir saw the home side through to see Reed lose their second game of the season.

Reed skipper Simon Jackson was not happy with the batting display however was encouraged with the fielding display. “Despite dropping 3 catches, through Heslam, Chris Jackson and Bowlesie – we still managed to sing the now all time famous cricket song to their skipper of “GET YOUR KIT ON” due to his confidence of beating Reed without his need to bat!”. “That will be my champagne moment of the season!”