Reed Sunday Seconds hosted Aston at the Green for a 40/40 friendly. Reed batted first and made 258. After an early loss John Kershaw and Robert Willoughby began to put runs on the total as the pair notched up several boundaries. 81 was on the board when Reed lost Willoughby for 31 runs made up of seven fours. John Kershaw also hit the ball hard in his impressive innings of 67 (8×4, 3×6). Kallum Ward then dominated the crease with Maseeh Naeem (30) but was unlucky not reach his half century falling for a well played 49. Runs came down the order from Julian Fynn (10) and Matt Giblin (16).
In reply most of the Aston top order got starts but could not hold out against the Reed bowling talent. Neil Haslam (8-3-26-1) and J. Fynn (4.4-0-22-1) both took a scalp each whilst M. Naeem took 4 for 23 and Christian Martin made his tally for the weekend nine with bowling figures of 4 for 31. Reed bowled out Aston for 156.
