In another exciting encounter at Freman College both teams ended with equal points. After winning the toss, Reed skipper Maseeh Naeem had no hesitation in electing to bat. John Heslam and Matt Bowles opened the batting for Reed, but in the 3rd over with the score on 7, Heslam edged the ball to slip and was out for a duck. Fergus Martin joined Bowles and the pair put on 83 runs for the third wicket. Bowles was again in excellent form and achieved a second consecutive half century, before being caught on 54.
There was mild panic when Reed lost three middle order wickets cheaply. Fergus Martin stood firm at one end before he, un-characteristically, waltzed down the wicket to a spinner and was stumped for 66. The Reed tail did wag, with two Reed veterans Richard Robertson (15) and Ian Roberts (29n.o) making important contributions to the Reed total. Reed ended their innings on 224 for 9 off their 47 over.
Botany Bay wasted no time in their attempt to chase down the total. With Julian Fynn(7-0-1-26) having a rare off day and the returning Rupert Martin (5-0-1-50) rusty from his world travels the Reed opening pair was were finding it difficult find any consistency. It was only when Ian Roberts (11-2-2-45) and Richard Robertson (13-3-2-35) were introduced that Reed stemmed the visitors run rate. Roberts removed the Botany Bay number 3, Wright who had reached his half century in double quick time. With these two bowling in tandem wickets started to fall and the required run rate increased. Christian Martin (3-0-0-4) gave valuable support and allowed Reed to bring on spinners Rupert Martin (2-0-1-10) and Matt Bowles (2-0-1-6) in a bid to buy some wickets in the last few overs. This ruse almost worked, however the last Botany Bay pair managed to block out and the game ended in a draw with both teams going away with 19 points each
