Reed recovered from a disastrous start to set Southgate Adelaide a
challenging total of 221-7. It was Reed’s best all round batting
performance on the season. All the batsmen were focus on the main aim
of getting maximum batting points. Mark Peart and Chris Jackson put
on 83 for the second wicket before Jackson was LBW for 27. Peart went
on to score his second league fifty. He was the 4th wicket to fall
with the score on 112. That quickly became 124-5, but Simon Roberts
and Trevor Saunders put on a swift 76 for the 6th wicket. Saunders
was his normal free scoring self. He hit 11, 4s and 1, 6 in his 63.
Unfortunately he was dismissed at a vital time. This stopped Reed
pushing on to a bigger score. Roberts was left 43 not out at the
end.
Reed put the visitors under pressure early on and they only had 60
in the first 20 overs, but they had only lost one wicket. Richard
Robertson bowled a fine spell, taking 2-42 from his 14 overs. He was
well supported by Andrew Emms who took 1-61. All the bowlers chipped
in. Reed looked to be in the game when Southgate Adelaide were 7 down
and still need 40 to win. The run rate got up to 7 an over, but the
visitors kept their heads. A couple of misfields cost Reed dear and
at the end Southgate Adelaide got home with 3 wickets and 1 over to
spare.
