On Sunday, Reed entertained Eastside at The Green. Eastside won the toss and had no hesitation in choosing to bat first. Tom Walsingham took the new ball and was getting some useful inswing in the overcast conditions. Along with the additional pace and bounce of Jack Tidey, Reed picked up some early wickets. J.Tidey (3-28) and Walsingham (2-23) made regular inroads and had Eastside at 60-5 before a good partnership between Zeeshan and Babber occurred. Babber in particular exploited the fast outfield playing his way to a lusty 67 before he was caught by Jack Tidey off the bowling of Skipper Tom Greaves (1-1-0-1) . Jack Caine and Joe Graves both impressed with the ball and were unfortunate not to pick up a wicket. Sean Tidey took the final 2 wickets as Eastside finished on 199 all out.
After tea, Reed set about chasing down the target and got off to a poor start as they lost Tom Greaves in the second over. However, Stuart Smith and Sean Tidey came together and set about rebuilding the innings. Tidey in particular was finding the boundary fluently as he raced to 50. Smith also began to find the gaps and punish any loose balls. Smith departed for a well crafted 49, putting on 141 for the second wicket. Karl Ward joined Tidey as he blugeouned his way towards a century. Tidey played his way through the ‘nervous 90’s’ with confidence and brought up 3 figures much to the delight of the home spectators. Ward departed for 15 which bought Under 15 Jack Caine to the crease. Caine played with ease and flare as he hit 3 consecutive boundaries to finish the game 13*. Tidey was 101* as Reed reached the 200 target in 20 overs.
