Cambridge won the toss and put Reed into bat. Two early wickets of Owen Hughes and Jack Caine went down by the 3rd over. Opener Reece Fitzgerald held up the innings as wickets fell about him for not many runs. Scott Curtis no 7 made it to double figures of 11 not out, with Cambridge gifting Reed 57 extras the home side finished on a respectable total of 133 for 6, 43 of which came from the bat of Fitzgerald.
The Reed bowlers came out fighting, up to the 7th over Cambridge were behind the run rate. Reed then conceded 43 runs in the next 4 overs which put Cambridge right back in the game. Single handidly Fitzgerald dealt with top order batsman J Vigleon (25),L Waldock (36) and W Sewell(12). It was the 12 over and it seemed that the tables had turned. The run rate started to fall back again and in the 16th over Zac Conley claimed two more wickets. With Reed only conceding 16 extras Cambridge were having to work for every run. Jake Caine and Connor Poulton came back on to take a further two wickets, leaving the visiting side 4 runs to get off the last over with 2 wickets to spare. There was still more drama; Cambs number 10 was run out, with 3 balls to go the match was tied. Taylor hit the final winning run leaving him on an unbeaten 32 with 2 balls of the innings left. The match could not have been closer.
