Bushey decided to put Reed into bat in what looked to be ideal
bowling conditions. Reed’s openers battled well through some early
tight bowling and a rain stoppage before Mark Peart was bowled with
the score on 44. This brought in form Chris Jackson to the crease.
With Baz Curtis they added a hundred before Curtis was removed for
68. Jackson was the 4th man out with the score on 193, just 7 short
of maximum batting points. His 72 was his 3rd time he had past 50 in
the last 3 league games. Reed managed to pass 200 with the help of
Simon Jackson (10 not out) and Ed Blissett (11 not out) and declared
at the end of the 47th over. This gave Bushey 46 overs to get the 208
runs need.
Reed bowled just 16 balls after tea before the heavens opened
again and the game was abandoned with each team receiving 10 points
each.
