Bang Tidey! Reed Get Back on Track in style!
Reed returned to winning ways in style on Saturday with a convincing win over 2nd place Old Finchleians.
Reed were pleased to lose the toss and be put in the field on a day when rain was forecast and the main chance of a win seemed to be to bowl the opposition out cheaply and knock the runs off quickly.
Reed needed a good start and that is exactly what they got with Mitchell Cooper and the increasingly prolific Jack Tidey bowling well early on. Cooper (7-0-13) was unfortunate not to take a wicket but Tidey grabbed two early ones forcing Old Finchleians onto the back foot at 47-2 after 13 overs. However, no-one could have predicted what was to come next as Tidey and Hertfordshire stags bowler Tom Greaves swept through the visitors middle and lower order to skittle them for just 75 in 22.3 overs. Greaves picking up 4-11 and Tidey 5-46. Some excellent fielding and tempo by all of Reed’s players supported their bowlers superbly inparticular an impressive direct hit run out by Will Heslam.
With the forecast remaining very uncertain Reed moved pinch hitter Sean Tidey (26) up the order to try to get the game won as quickly as possible and he followed orders in some style hitting the 2nd over of the innings for 22. James Heslam (43 not out) took a similar policy and despite a misjudgement by Heslam resulting in the run out of Greaves Reed finished the game off in some style reaching 79-2 in just 9 overs with Will Heslam also not out on 8 at the end.
The result puts Reed into 4th place, one point behind Old Finchleians in 3rd and 1 point ahead of Flitwick in 5th with the race for the 2nd promotion spot hotting up.
