Reed batted first when they hosted Codicote at The Green for a 40/40 friendly. Liam Mckechnie and Tom Greaves, both usually first teamers, were vacationing in the seconds and proved to be the difference between the teams as McKechnie (125) hit a class century and Greaves a hard hit 73 batting at number 8. Sam Deville also contributed a well formed 17 to the final total of 251.
In the second innings Reed had the disadvantage of losing two men to injury and had to field with only nine for a good deal of the reply, hopefully both will be able to contribute in weeks to come. Sam Deville (7-2-27-0) opened coming down the hill and held a good line whilst Ben Walker (4-0-22-0) bowling left arm over came up. Neil Haslam (7-0-16-0) kept his end quiet when he replaced Walker but the first wicket fell to Matt Giblin (8-1-46-2) who took a second thanks to catch by McKechnie at mid-wicket. Kieren Willoughby (3-0-27-1) took the vital wicket of J. Day (28) before Greaves and McKechnie bowled for the last ten overs as Reed won by 27 runs. Greaves finished with 2 for 42 and McKechnie 3 for 22. Special Mention must go to Scott Caine who gave a master class display of athletic fielding in the covers.
