Reed moved in to third position in the league on Saturday after another comprehensive victory. This time over fellow promotion hopefuls Old Cholmelians. After losing the toss and being asked to bowl, Richard Johnson removed the opener with the first ball of his spell. Sanderson and Jaleel then forged a partnership of 112, before Jason Archer had the latter caught in the gulley by King. Undaunted Old Cholms continued and with 18 overs to go with the score 154-2, it looked like Reed were going to have to chase a mammoth total, but Richard Robertson and Archer had other ideas. In tandem the swing bowling attack reduced Old Cholms to 185 all out in 44 of their alloted 53 overs. Archer with 3-48 and Robertson picking up 5-43 of 12 overs. Reed had 55 overs to chase the target but in the end needed considerably fewer. Fergus Martin and Mark King put on 76 for the first wicket and King another 44 with Marcus Martin. King passed 50 then acclerated putting on 52 with Phillip Frenay, before falling for an outstanding, 125 out of a total of 176. Frenay and Ben Bowles then saw Reed home without further loss, as the hosts chalked up a 7 wicket victory in just 33 overs.
Still undefeated, Reed travel to a surprisingly struggling, Kings Langley on Saturday with promotion more than a distinct possibility. Captain Jason Archer commented ” It is the end of July and we are still to lose a game if we can carry on the run until the end of the season, promotion from a very strong division would be a certainty but we will take nothing for granted, as all teams in this league are capable of causing an upset.”
