Luton Town won the toss and invited Reed to bat but the pitch held few terrors for the batsman and at 28-0 in the 7th over Reed were going comfortably until Skipper James Heslam called a dangerous single and was run out for 27. Will Heslam and Chris Jackson took the total to 52 before Heslam Jr fell caught behind for 15 and Tom Greaves came to the crease. At 90 for 2 in the 23rd over Reed seemed destined for a large total but the Luton bowling tightened up with Mansoor and Parsooth proving difficult to get away and the Reed innings beginning to stagnate. Tom Greaves fell for 39 with the score at 128 in the 38th over and Chris Jackson followed soon after also for 39 with the score at 137 in the 42nd over. Then the rot really set in as Reed desperately sought to increase the tempo and wickets fell at regular intervals. Only Phil Frenay with 11 managed double figures as Reed lost their last 6 wickets for only 38 runs in 10 overs leaving them all out for only 175 in the 53rd over.
A total of 175 is usually incredibly difficult to defend at Reed without bowling particularly well or benefitting from helpful bowling conditions and so it proved again. Jack Tidey dismissed opener page with the score at 32 and No 3 Haroon went for only 5 with the total on 51. Bashir and Ali took the score to 86 before opener Ali was caught behind by Sean Tidey off Tom Greaves for 54. However that was as good as it got for Reed as Bashir took over where Ali had left off and Luton cruised towards the required total. Mitchell Cooper eventually dismissed Ali LBW for a fine 67 but with only 11 required to win there was only time for a late spell by William Heslam which provided him with his 1st wicket at 1st Xl level. A dropped catch deprived him of his second but ultimately that meant little as Luton cruised to 180 – 6 and a 4 wicket win with 10 overs to spare.
