After a day of showers Haverhill won the toss and took the gamble to bat first on a wicket with little bounce. The opening batsman were finding runs hard to come by and 3 per over seemed the order of they day. Like-wise Reeds bowlers did not look like taking wickets. First blood went to Reed in the 8th over when Reece Fitzgerald took a great catch at cover off of Freddie Stuart’s bowling. Haverhill Captain J Ruthven went for 15 runs. However, this seemed to be the turning point for Haverhill. W Bailey came in and took the ball by the horns. For the rest of the innings Bailey made the runs contribution, with 10 4’s he finished not out on 62. S Street’s wicket fell in the 18th over for 16. Haverhill finished on 113 for 3. Best of the Reed bowlers, Freddie Stuart 4-1-1-14, Reece Fitzgerald 4-0-0-15 and Jack Caine 4-0-1-26.
The wicket had been unpredictable but Reed were confident they could reach the score. Like Haverhill Reed also struggled to find runs. At the halfway stage they were on a par with Haverhill but 2 wickets down, Jack Caine and Connor Poulton both going cheaply with 4 and 3 runs respectively. After that, Reed did not have the hard hitting power that Haverhill produced and just could not find those boundary balls. A last ditched attempt in the final over’s proved fruitless and Reed fell 17 runs short on 97 runs. Reece Fitzgerald top scored with 34 not out and Ben Moody was second top with 15 not out. Best of the 10 bowlers used by Haverhill had to be T Baker 2-2-0-0.
