Reed stay in the hunt!
Reed made it 3 wins on the bounce with victory against bottom of the league St Albans on Saturday.
The visitors won the toss and chose to bat on a decent looking Reed wicket. They got off to a decent start reaching 38-0 in 9 overs. However, dangerous paceman Jack Tidey got the wicket he deserved trapping Curtis LBW for 16. This opened things up and St Albans faltered to 48-4 off 13 overs with Tidey taking 3 and Tom Greaves removing dangerman Manzoor for 24. The visitors then had some reasonable partnerships with Ingham playing well for his 51 but they were held in check well by some good bowling and fielding by Reed. Rupert Martin bowled excellently taking 2-23 off 11 overs and was well supported during his spell by the returning Mitchell Cooper (1-42), Greaves (2-50) and Tidey (4-37). St Albans finished up 159 all out after 49 overs.
In reply Reed raced to an important victory with James and Will Heslam taking full advantage of a weakened St Albans bowling attack. They hit the ball to all parts of the ground on their way to 158-0 in just 19 overs. 1 run from victory James Heslam fell for 76 which resulted in 2 quick wickets but 18 year old Will Heslam hit the winning runs ending up on 78 not out off just 51 balls seeing Reed to victory on 162-2 off 20.2 overs.
Results elsewhere went against Reed but things are tightening up into what looks like a 3 horse race for the 2nd place promotion spot with Reed 6 points off second and 1 point off 3rd. Next week Reed host mid-table Ampthill Town.
