Reed lost the toss against old rival Preston and the visitors put
the home side into bat. Reed made a very good start against some
tight Preston bowling. Both Preston bowlers were getting the ball to
move around off the damp wicket. Simon Jackson and Baz Curtis put on
65 before Curtis was caught for 31. Jackson went 14 runs later for a
solid 25, but that soon became 3 wickets down when his brother Chris
was caught and bowled for 8. Reed then managed to collapse to a very
poor 119 all out. They lost their last 7 wickets for just 40
runs.
Reed needed early wickets to put on some pressure and Ian Roberts
struck when Preston had reached just 4. Clouds were looming and
Preston tried to up the tempo. They had reached 40 when the first
rain break came, but the teams were quickly back on. They had added
another 7 for the loss of another Roberts victim when they teams were
forced from the field again. Five minutes later a huge cloud burst
came over Reed and the ground was flooded. Reed had got out of jail
and collect 10 points they hardly deserved.
