Therfield won the toss and decided to put local their local rivals
into bat. Reed had a reasonable start. Henry Tufton was beginning to
show his shots when he had to retire ill. He fell victim to the heat.
Reed’s 197-5 was based around 87 not out from Mark Peart. He caressed
the ball around nicely and was well support by Simon Roberts, who got
16, and a dashing 25 from Graham Hazard. Peart hit 10 boundaries and
was only stopped from getting his first ton of the season by the
declaration.
Neil Haslam bowled 17 overs and only conceded 19 runs. He made
sure Therfield were always behind the run rate. He also picked up 3
vital wickets. Graham Letford removed the inform Nick Duncan when he
forced him to hit his own stumps. Whitby made a valiant effort to
push the run rate along. When he was batting with Ellis a Therfield
victory was an outside possibility. Scott Rouse had Ellis when
stumped by Ian Roberts and Therfield’s last chance of victory had
gone. Whitby went on to make his 50. In the end the game petered out
into a tame draw, with Therfield 155-5.
