Reed were relieved to win the toss and bat first on the hottest
day of the year at Reed last Sunday. Reed made a brisk start despite
losing Roger Bowcock with the score on 21. Baz Curtis hit Foster for
4 consecutive boundaries before being bowled for 29. After that
Robert Dunn took full control. He hit a chanceless 106 and was only
out on the last ball before tea. He hit 18, 4s on the way to his
first century of the season. Along with Chris Jackson, who was 24 not
out, they saw Reed to a very respectable 207-8.
After tea it wasn’t long before Jackson and Dunn teamed up again.
This time in the field. Dunn took a great leg side catch of spinner
Jackson to leave the visitors 4-1. Christian Martin replaced Jackson
and picked 2 wickets in his 7 overs and with Neil Haslam bowling a
tight spell, conceding just 16 runs from 9 overs. Taylor Sports were
never really in the hunt. When Haslam came off Scott Rouse took over
and produced his best bowling spell of the season. He removed the
last 5 batsman after already taking a wicket with his first ball. He
returned figures of 6-46 in 10.5 overs and with Richard Barlow also
chipping in with a vital wicket the visitors were dismissed 57 runs
short of their total.
