With 10 men and 3 drafted in from U11’s Reed were not at their strongest. They lost the toss and had to field first. Whittlesford got a slow but substantial start, openers Sam Woods and Tom Cressy putting on 86, Cressy put on 14 runs in the 15th over but fell in the next to a caught and bowled off Connor Poulton. Ian Curtis had a great game keeping against pacey bowling and took a catch in the 18th over. Woods stuck at it but was bowled in the 20th with a score of 45. Whittlesford finishing on 116 for 4. Good fielding contributions were appreciated by Zac Conley and Owen Hughes from the U11’s, best of the bowling came from Connor Poulton 3-0-8-3, Reece Fitzgerald 4-0-17-1, Rhodri Hughes 3-0-12-0.
In reply Josh Poulton(C) and Rhodri Hughs opened. They made a good start and by the 10th over had 73 runs on the board, well above the run rate. Reed went onto the 15th over and 105 runs before Hughes(15) lost his wicket to a catch to Oliver Fountain off of Dan Collinson’s bowling. With only 12 runs required Reed lost another quick wicket. Reece Fitzgerald (2 no) came in no 4 to finish off the innings with Josh Poulton who carried his bat for 86 (inc 16 4’s). Reed’s final score 118 for 2 of 16.1 overs.
