Reed seconds faced Radio news this week, Reed were put in to bat by the opposition to which was a surprise to stand in skipper Karl Ward as it was a batsman’s paradise. Openers Aiden Swain and under 15 Callum Kitscha both took it to the bowlers straight away with the ball striking the bat nicely. Kitscha was unluckily to be run out for a solid 39 putting a 115 on the scoreboard for the first wicket. Swain continued to hold up before being given out LBW for a powerful 72.
This sparked a mini collapse for the hosts with veteran Alan Ward dubiously given out LBW. It fell down to two brothers Kallum Ward and Karl Ward to try and Re-establish the inning. Both played shots to all parts of the ground putting on an 88 partnership for the sixth wicket before Kallum was run out for a well worked 21, Karl carried on meeting the ball with the middle of his bat striking many balls to the boundary to finish with 77 not out. Leaving Radio News 282 to win. The pick of the bowlers were Patrick (8-0-22-2) and Maby (8-0-50-2).
In the field Reed took a little while to get the break though until Alan Ward (4-1-16-1) picked up the wicket of Cummine (35). Despite the loss of his opening partner Dudman went on to make 134 putting the pressure on Reed until Karl Ward took a superb hatrick finishing with figures of (7-3-25-4). Youngster Bloor applied pressure with his vicious leg spin to keep the pressure on removing the vital wicket of Butler who looked a dangerous batsman. In the end it was left to all rounder Kallum Ward to wrap the game up taking the last wicket with some superb swing bowling. Reed winning by 95 runs.
Captain Karl Ward was pleased with has teams performance especially with the younger generation as they all played their own part with bat, ball and in the field. “This is a good experience for them if this is what they can achieve now then it is going to be exciting to watch them in the future for the club”.
