The temperature was hot and the outfield fast when Reed Third Eleven hosted Little Berkhamsted Sahibs. Reed batted first and Marcus J.E. Baker was once again upsetting the opening bowlers. The visitors quickly realised they were in for a long afternoon of retrieving the ball as Baker calmly directed three balls from the first over to the boundary. L.B.S. had a brief glimmer of hope as they removed three cheap wickets, but with Baker continuing to plunder runs now joined by Ray Kingshott their hope was short lived. Baker (67), Kingshott (65) as well as contributions from Maseeh Naeem (34), George Garrott (11) and Lewis Fitzgerald (11*) showed the talent of Reeds order. However, it was Kallum Ward that did the most damage for Reed as he smashed his way to 90 before holing out to long on. The final total of 306 for 9 declared from 47.5 overs looked dominating but the conditions would be the same for the opposition and Reed knew they would need to fight hard.

Jack Caine looked back at his best and would take the first wicket thanks to M.J.E. Baker standing up to the wicket. Baker would repeat this feat when standing up to Reece Fitzgerald (2-25). M. Short got the early momentum for L.B.S. in making 36 but a good ball from George Garrott (1-58) saw him caught by Maseeh Naeem for 36. Reed had four wickets to their name but struggled during the middle overs as Palcky and Blaby built a strong partnership. The chance of an upset suddenly became a real possibility as neither batsman looked in any real danger whilst racking up the boundaries. Reed skipper Maseeh Naeem then brought himself on and thanks to a superb catch on the boundary from Caine removed Palcky (49). Caine (2-38) then returned for a second spell and took a second wicket, Kingshott taking the catch.

Bowers then joined Blaby and stopped any momentum Reed were trying to build his knock of 30 helped take the visitors closer and closer to their target. But at the crucial stage Bowers miss timed one from Naeem and put it up in the air for Naeem to take the catch, which for all intents and purposes ended their chase. Naeem (3-46) would take a third thanks to a catch from his youngest son Matt and Lewis Fitzgerald (1-26) chipped in, in his second spell putting Reed in chance of the victory. However with the overs running out on them Reed would have to accept 9 wickets. Blaby had taken his side to 285 and in doing so brought up his century.