Reed lost their first league game this season to new promoted
Flitwick. Reed got off to a dreadful start with both openers back in
the pavilion with just 5 on the board. A stand of 59 by Paul Watts
and Chris Jackson repaired some of the damage. Watts was the man to
go for 17. It wasn’t long before the home side lost another wicket
and were 86-4, but this brought Simon Jackson to the wicket and the
two brothers put on 84 for the 5th wicket. Chris was now if full flow
caressing the ball to every part of the ground and with Simon also
moving the ball around well too Reed made steady progress toward
maximum batting points. Simon went for 30, but was able to watch his
brother score his first ever ton for Reed. He was dismissed with
Reed needing just 3 for maximum batting points and a job well done.
He went for 105. He hit 11s and 2 6s the finally one in to the
pavilion to bring up his landmark. Reed eventually finished on
202-8.
Reed needed an early break through and got it when Richard
Robertson struck when Flitwick had just 2. Robertson was well support
by Ian Roberts and although Reed weren’t taking wickets they did make
scoring difficult. They received a boost as Robertson struck twice
more to reduce the visitors to 54-3. Peter Costen replaced Robertson
and picked up a wicket in his first over and with Mark Peart striking
early in his spell Flitwick looked in trouble at 96-5. To their
credit Flitwick didn’t panic and with Summerfield still there they
edged towards their target. He went for 71, but Reed weren’t to get
another wicket until Robertson returned, but by then it was too late
and Flitwick won by 3 wickets with 10 balls to spare. Robertson
returned figures of 4-49 in 14 overs and was the pick of the Reed
bowlers.
