Reed’s Sunday Second played Knebworth Blue at the main Hitchin Cricket Club ground late in the season for a ten a-side, 40/40 friendly. Having won the toss and opting to bat first Reed captain Peter Baker asked the young partnership of Julian Fynn and Kallum Ward to open the batting. After a close miss from the first ball the pair never looked back and never looked in trouble as they put runs on the board. At 17 overs with the score on 95 the call for another run proved fatal as Ward was run out for 43.
P. Baker (11) then joined Fynn out in the middle and stayed with him as Reed went pass the hundred mark. Fynn looked in top form playing the best innings of his season he was eventually stumped out for an impressive 76. In the closing overs of the Reed innings the total was given a sudden boost in acceleration by the partnership of Keiran Willoughby (35*) and Marcus J.E. Baker both of whom struck the ball hard and scored quickly with several boundaries and singles to either batsmen. Baker, having scored 16 from the first three balls of the final over, then skied one ending his incredible innings of 71 from only 25 balls including (8×4’s, 3x 6’s). Reed finished their 40 overs on 246 for 4.
It was not until Knebworth Blue had reached 53 that the breakthrough was made, in the second innings, when J. Fynn hit the stumps from a direct throw to run out Rusling (28). From there wickets fell at steady intervals to the bowling of Dominic McComish (6-0-26-2), Peter Baker (6-0-37-2) and Lloyd Bowman (6-0-29-4). Catches from K.L. Ward, P. Baker, L. Bowman and keeper M.J.E. Baker aided in Reed winning by 55 runs.
