Reed’s second 20/20 match of the day on Sunday was against Premier League outfit Bishop’s Stortford. Outfit being the operative word with Bishop’s Stortford in their colourful 20/20 strip. Electing to bat Reed lost James Heslam with the score on just 8 and were finding it tough going against the bowling of Williams and Chatfield. Tom Greaves managed to get things going with a solid 18, but good all round bowling from Stortford left Reed on a below par 84 for 8 after their 20 overs.
Jack Tidey though hadn’t read the script two superb opening overs left Stortford on 3 for 3 and a shock was more than a possibility. Hughes and Chatfield steadied matters though, but Reed’s bowlers and fielders were going to make as hard as they could and they did. Tidey 4-1-16-3, Toby Fynn 3-0-14-2 completing a good afternoon across two matches and 16 year old Jack Caine 3-0-6-0 standing out. Stortford needed 18 overs to reach their target. A 5 wicket victory in an attritional but nonetheless absorbing match.
