Former Test Star John Emburey appears at Blacksmiths Lane but Totteridge fall to rampant Reed.
Reed entertained Totteridge Millhillians 1st Xl at Reed on Saturday in the Championship Division of the Saracens Herts Cricket League. Totteridge were captained by former England Test Star John Emburey but it was Reed led by skipper James Heslam that came out on top as Reed moved into 2nd place the Herts League Championship Table.
After being put in to bat by their visitors Reed got off to a solid start with openers Sam Fairbrother 23 and Will Heslam 13 putting on 38 before Heslam fell caught. Alex Mutucumarana contributed a stylish 44 and Reeds skipper James Heslam was in great form despite an on-going wrist injury. After Mutucumarana went caught for his 44 and Reeds dangerous all-rounder Tom Greaves joined Heslam and the pair set about what proved to be a match winning partnership of 94. Heslam departed stumped for a superb 79 containing 10×4’s and 2×6’s and on the same total Greaves also fell caught by the keeper for 55. Reed eventually totalled 279 for 9 from their 60 Overs.
In reply visitors Totteridge lost opener Bhimjiyani for0 but then set about a solid looking reply. Bermingham 18, Selwood 21 and Justin 50 saw the visitors to 120 – 4 before the Reed pressure told and the innings subsided to 137 – 5. The Totteridge innings then focussed on avoiding defeat rather than any pretence of a victory charge. Tom Greaves recorded 16 Overs 4-69 to add to his earlier innings of 55 but taking the last 3 wickets proved to be a challenge for Reed. Subrasinghe did prove a challenging opponent but once he had gone for 51 Reed managed to winkle out the last 3 Totteridge Wickets with 3.5 overs of the match left.
A 3rd consecutive win for the resurgent Reed team who moved into 2nd place in their league table.
