Reed won the toss and put Royston into bat. Royston got off to a flying start and were running at a healthy 7 per over before they lost the opening bat of Lorcan George in the 5 over. This was no setback however; Robert Hall (recently returned from Letchworth) took up the baton and ran with it. Harking back to Mildenhall 2 and 3 batsman were a force to be reckoned with Connor Little and Robert Hall took the total to 57 when Freddie Stuart snaffled a catch off of Owen Hughes bowling leaving Connor Little on 26. Hall then took advantage of the under par fielding of Reed piling on the runs while Oscar Ayliffe (11) kept up the other end, an impressive partnership of 78. Although Reed managed 3 more wickets at the end from Freddie Stuart, Sam Rice and Jack Childs, Hall was still safe 75 not out with 15 4’s, and had taken the Royston side to 161 for 5 for their 20 overs.
In reply Reed started slowly and lost the early wicket of Freddie Stuart in the 2nd over, a catch to Goldman off of Max Ayliffe’s bowling. A good partnership of 34 between Owen Hughes and Reece Fitzgerald put Reed in better position then full toss from Owen Readers first over hit by Reece somehow managed to hit the stumps. From then on Reed were always going to be playing catch up. With an impossible run rate of 12 per over next best performances were Owen Hughes personal best 23 (went to a fantastic one handed catch from Justin Leavers), Connor Poulton 10, Jack Childs again kept himself in for the remaining overs and finished 14 not out, while 6, 7 and 8 went for no score. Reed could only manage 100 runs for 7 wickets. Again Hall did the damage with bowling figures of 3-1-3-6.
