The all round heroics of Julian Fynn was still not enough to save Reed III from a second successive defeat. Reed losing by 4 wickets to the Cheshunt II in another close run game. Maseeh Naeem the Reed captain won the toss and elected to bat. The Reed openers, John Heslam and Matt Bowles, found the boundary at regular intervals and kept the score board ticking over. Bowles rode his luck, being dropped on more than one occasion, Heslam (16) was not as fortunate, the only chance he gave was taken with the score on 31. Bowles was joined in the middle by Fynn and the pair put on an 80 run partnership before Bowles was finally out for 58 which included 11 boundaries. Although Reed lost wickets at regular intervals the Reed batsman managed to punish any loose bowling and keep a healthy run rate. Fynn made a well deserved 64, to go with his 41 not out from last week. Naeem decided 240 was a challenging target for the visitors and declared the Reed innings with the score on 240 for 8 after 41 overs. Naeem finished on 40 not out. The declaration gave Reed 49 overs to bowl the visitors out.
With Fynn doing just as well with the ball as he had with the bat a Reed win looked a distinct possibility. After 15 overs, Cheshunt were 61 for 4, Fynn taking all 4 wickets. However Gough (105 n.o) & Moss (33) batted stubbornly in the middle order, putting on 151 for the 5th wicket. All six bowlers used by Reed worked hard to win the game with little success, Fynn stood out with figures of 20.5 – 4 – 5 – 56. The 6th Cheshunt wicket fell to a run out from a great pick up and throw by Heslam. Cheshunt reached their target 0f 241 of the 5th ball of the 49th over. Reed managed to come away with 16 points.
