Well done to Tom Greaves who has been selected for Herts vs Beds 1st XI Minor Counties. The game will be played on the 20th June. More details here. It would be great if club members could go along and support him. We also have Jack Tidey playing with Tom for the Herts Stags (Herts Under 23 side) in a few weeks. It is great to see the 1st XI success being rewarded with county call ups.
The Reed faithful were treated to an exciting game when Reed hosted Ashwell at The Green. It was the first time for several years that Reed had played Ashwell and both sides fielded young and eager teams. The visiting captain won the toss and elected to bat first. A decision he may have regretted when third ball of Ashwell’s innings he was clean bowled by Matt Giblin coming down the hill. Reed proceeded to remove a further two wickets and cut off the runs. Giblin superb spell of 2 for 15 from his 7 overs was well supported by Jack Childs who had started bowling up the hill. First change bowlers Joe Graves and Ed Kershaw continued in the same ilk. Kershaw’s well flighted leg spin looked threatening and was unlucky not to take a wicket. In fact a partnership was starting to be formed between Clark (49) and Deal (49*). A bowling change after the drinks break brought about an end to the stalemate. Scott Caine took two in an over and conceded just 6 runs in his short spell. The final few wickets were shared amongst Kallum Ward (2-0), Owen Hughes (1-10) and a returning Joe Graves (2-26). Reed kept to their usual high standards in the field with some committed saves and catches backing up the bowlers all of which created a difficult time for Ashwell who finished their innings on a bellow par 130 all out. In response Ashwell stood up to the challenge of defending their score with gusto as Reed’s batsman failed to get themselves in. Only Kallum Ward, opening for Reed, looked able to stand up to the visiting attack. Ward hit cleanly to 50 but then fell [...]
The Colts training is now in full swing. Well over 50 young cricketers come each week to be trained by our fully qualified coaches. Reed has a long tradition of bringing through our own homegrown talent and our 2012 Yorkshire Tea National Village Cup winning side was made up of 10 players who had come through the Colts ranks. Many of the coaches have also come through the Colts system. We encourage our coaches to take their qualifications so they can pass on their own knowledge with the most up to date methods. Coaching co-ordinator Tom Greaves has been called up to the Hertfordshire 20/20 squad. Along with fellow coach Jack Tidey, both will be representing Hertfordshire Stags this season. We run Under 11, 13 and 15 age groups, all taking part in either the Cambridgeshire or Hertfordshire league. Click here to see the kids in action enjoying a sunny Sunday mornings coaching.
Reed travelled to Welwyn Garden City's Knightsfield Park on Sunday in third Eastern Group 20/20 County Cup match. Winning the toss skipper Jack Tidey had no hesitation in electing to bat on what looked a good batting strip. Will Heslam fell for 8 in the second over but Reed were accumulating runs at next to 8 an over. Despite losing both Stuart Smith (13) and Sean Tidey (6) the side were well placed for a good score at 45 for 3 after the first six overs. Sam Fairbrother and Tom Greaves then set about building a partnership with some good boundary hitting and quickly taken singles. Fairbrother was the first to go to a lbw decision after making 28 from 22 balls, Michael Robertson soon followed and Reed were 76 for 5 in the 11th over. Mitchell Cooper then joined Greaves and they took the score over three figures, Greaves went for a 35 ball 37. Skipper Tidey then came to the crease and he and Cooper took Reed to the last over, Cooper being stumped for a run a ball 28 including four sixes, Tidey was 16 not out at the close. Reed's final total was 142 for 8. Mercer the pick of The WGC bowlers with 2-0-14-2. In reply Reed opened the bowling with Tom Walsingham (4-0-14-1) and Karl Ward (4-0-15-3), good discipline from both dried up most of the scoring for WGC runs, their skipper Chalker fell to a deep catch by Jack Caine off of Ward, fellow opener Byford went in the next over to a superb caught and bowled from Walsingham, 17 for 2. Ward then removed two batsmen in his next over and WGC were 21 for 4. Mottershead [...]
Saturday saw the return to Hertfordshire Championship League action for Reed against West Herts at The Green. Reed were without Captain, James Heslam but welcomed new signing Alex Mutucumarana to the side since his move from Camden Cricket Club. Tom Greaves took on the role of leading Reed and started positively by winning the toss and inserting West Herts on a green and slightly damp surface. The blossoming partnership of Toby Fynn and Jack Tidey opened the bowling for Reed and it was Fynn who took the first wicket, trapping K. Farrell LBW for 10 in the 5th over. Jack Tidey then got in on the act, picking up the wicket of fellow opener A. Lewis for 9 after he snicked one behind to Reed ‘keeper Sean Tidey. M Smith (50) came to the crease and looked to set about the Reed bowling with purpose. However, after a sharp caught and bowled chance went down, his positive stroke play backfired on his team mate, as another tough caught and bowled chance for Jack Tidey was turned onto the non-strikers stumps; running out A.Maine for just 1. 38-3 soon became 38-4 as the classy Fynn (10-3-33-2) picked up his second wicket. D. Hodges was brilliantly caught behind by Sean Tidey. Another impressive outing for Fynn who is showing Reed just they had been missing after his long spell on the side-line through injury. Spinners Tom Greaves and Sam Fairbrother were soon bowling in tandem and were troubling the batsmen whilst keeping the run rate down. It was Greaves who made the breakthrough after having the vocal C. Sanders (19) expertly caught at first slip by Reed stalwart Chris Jackson. Fairbrother picked up the wicket of A. [...]
