A heavy rain shower looked like ending Reeds match against Camden Casuals early when it came down in force. It perhaps was a welcome break for Camden who having won the toss were in trouble loosing 4 wickets for just 54 on the board. Matt Giblin found a fantastic line and exploited it picking three of the four to fall. Whilst Josh Conley used his heavy bounce and swing to pin his single victim lbw.
Tea having been taken and the rain passed over the players returned to the pitch. The captains agreed that the first innings would be limited to 27 overs, giving them a further 12.4 overs. The second innings would also be reduced down to 25 overs.
Although no further wickets would fall Reed contained Camden well with exceptional spells of bowling coming from Jonathan Lankester (4-1-7-0) and George Garrott (4-3-4-0). The visitors finished setting a target of 124.
Paul Garrott and Rob Lankester opened Reeds response and quickly made easy runs against the visitors opening quicks. Lankester in particular scored in a classy fashion. Garrott fell with the score on 33 but Marcus Martin the experienced number 3 soon found his feet and scored quickly. He overtook Lankester and made 53 before retiring. Lankester continued in his usual un-flustered manner and also retired having made it to 51. This left George Garrott to knock of the last few runs leaving Reed victors by 6 wickets with ten overs still in hand.
