Reed enjoyed a convincing win over Aston in sunny conditions on one of the last days of an otherwise mostly wet May. Peter Baker won the toss and informed the hosting captain that Reed will bat first. The track was slightly green but was firm despite the rain from the day before producing a true bounce. Opening for Reed were George Garrott and Aiden Swain who took the leading role in the partnership scoring the first runs of the innings with a fine pull, a shot he would use affectively many times more.
Swain looked in good touch and reached his half century whilst Garrott supported, still at that time in single figures. However, he quickly upped his tempo and was soon enough making runs with some class shots. The pair made 122 together in 19 overs when Swain fell LBW for 57 from the bowling of White (7-0-59-1). Garrott was then joined out in the middle by Sam Deville and the pair shared a short but effective partnership of 57 from only 7 overs before Garrott (56) was caught for another impressive half century.
Reeds number 4 was Marcus J.E. Baker who took time to get his eye in but with Deville at the other end smashing several boundaries there was no pressure on the batsmen as they took the total past 200. Now seeing the ball well, Baker joined in on the heavy hitting with Deville, (who also reached 50) putting on 104 in 14 overs. Reed finished their 40 overs on a strong 283 for 2, Baker was the odd man out as he didn’t quite reach his half ton ending on 43 not out, whilst Deville top scored with a powerful 80 not out.
With the safe total captain P.G. Baker decided to mix things up and opened with the two spinners Kieren Willoughby and Lloyd Bowman. The two did a good job as Willoughby kept his end quiet whilst Bowman (8-1-41-3) took a wicket with his second ball, then another not long after with a catch behind by M.J.E. Baker and a third with a catch by P.G. Baker in the gully. Willoughby (9-0-30-1) took the wicket of top scorer Yelland (35) thanks to a good catch by George Garrott. Josh Conley took his first wickets in adult cricket returning very good figures of 2 for 16 from 5 overs. Christian Martin (6-1-22-1) also bowled well but it was Ian Roberts who brought a quick end to the game with 3 for 0 from only 5 balls. Reed winning by 143 runs.
