Baldock Town won the toss and elected to bowl on what looked to be a great batting track. Reed’s opening partnership of Johnson and Barlow took full advantage of this and made their way to a serene century partnership. However shortly after drinks a mis-communication lead to Johnson being run out for 50 on his return to the side after injury. Barlow (133) was able to put this behind him and carry on to complete a chanceless century, well supported by Garrott (27) and Caine (43) and some late order hitting from Robertson as Reed made their way 293-4. The pick of the opposition bowlers was P Lucy who finished with very respectable figures only going for 25 runs in his 10 overs.
It was always going to be a difficult chase for Baldock with such a big total on the board. Reed’s opening bowlers Caine and Giblin (2-23) set the tone by bowling extremely tightly. Baldock were always behind the rate, and once Garrott (3-20) removed O’Brien (44) wickets started falling at regular intervals with Hughes (2-44) and Mckinna (2-19) cleaning up the tail.
This left Baldock all out for 135, and 158 behind.
Match Report submitted by Ed Garrott.
