Seamer Josh Evans skittled out Reed’s batting taking 9 wickets for 46 in a stunning, unbroken 19 over spell. The top three failed to register a run between them and, although Chris Jackson remained stubbornly resolute, at 44-7 the home side were facing their lowest score of the season. However, a typically belligerent knock by Sean Tidey (27) kept Jackson company and when he was finally winkled out by Evans for 42, Mitchell Cooper (47) fired a respectable total with 3 big sixes: the last three wickets putting on 105 runs.
However, they fell well short of Chorleywood’s total of 216, an innings masterminded by Josh Ryan (79). All Reed’s attack claimed wickets with Tom Greaves (3-62), Ed Wharton (2-54) and Mitchell Cooper (2-45) doing the bulk of the bowling. All this was to no avail as Evans’ brilliant blitz was, at times, unplayable.
Report submitted by Peter Wholley.
