For the second year running, Reed were frustrated by the weather at Flamstead. Reed lost a vital toss and were inserted on what looked like a bowler friendly track. Baz Curtis and Fergus Martin again opened the batting, but both fell having scored 2. Matt Bowles and Richard Johnson showed more aggression and looked to have repaired the early damage before Bowles drove at a wide one and was well caught behind for a fine 36. At 65-3 it looked like Reed would be able to set a challenging total and may even get some batting points, but Rose had other ideas. He had Johnson caught at mid off for 31 and then ripped through the middle order reducing the visitors to 96-8. That was soon 104 all out. Rose finishing with 7-37 from 21.2 overs.
A shower before the home side could start their innings delayed their reply, and they had to face a tricky 20 minutes before tea. Reed knew their was enough in the wicket to still make batting hard and some good bowling could still steal a victory. Mitchell Cooper had Oswin well caught at gully by Wheeler and then Rupert Martin picked up two wickets before the tea break. Blunt being removed as the players ran off for tea and another shower. The covers did a good job, but the surrounding area around the wicket was very wet. Flamstead did a good job to get play back on again. Skipper Taylor came out with some intent hitting two boundaries before he was caught a short midwicket by Cooper with a great diving catch.
Both Cooper and Martin picked up more wickets and the home side were in sorts of trouble at 57-7 when one more fatal shower saw play ended. An eventful game that will go down as abandoned and but had a lot of ups and downs.
