Reed played Enfield II last weekend who haven’t beaten the village
out fit in 5 attempts. When Krugger start to open his shoulders from
ball one it looked like Reed might have trouble defend this proud
feat. Both Andrew Emms and Simon Roberts both bowled well, and both
deserved more luck. Emms did remove Shrimpton for a duck and also
finally dismissed Krugger for a swift. After he had gone Higgs and
Dinkett rebuilt for Enfield. Roberts had Higgs dropped twice before
he had reached 50. Unfortunately for the visitors he went on to make
109. Phil Divers and his spin twin Mark Peart managed to peg back the
run rate. Peart in particular deserved at least one wicket. Emms came
back for a late burst and took another 2 wickets. He ended up with
4-70 although that didn’t tell the whole story. Reed were set a
challenging 235 to win.
Baz Curtis and Mark Peart set out to give Reed a solid foundation
from which to attack. Curtis in particular set about the Enfield
attack with relish. He smashed 12 4s and a straight six on his way to
60. When he reached 30 he scored his 10,000th run for reed in just
his 9th season. Curtis went with the score was on 77. Peart and
Martin Hayward added another 37 before Peart was caught for 25.
Hayward on his come back for the first team hit a stubborn 14. Reed
lost 3 wickets with the score on 124 and another one when they had
reached 128-6. Enfield looked to have victory in the bag, but Simon
Roberts hit a quick 17 and Dad didn’t let the household down with 20
not out. With 2 balls to go Phil Divers was lbw for 4, and it was
left to 14 year old Damian Ridgen to block out the Australian, first
team skipper to secure a draw for Reed. With the whole team round the
bat he was up to the task and the draw was secure.
