SATURDAY: Ed Wharton walloped 91 as the First team chased down Hemel's 162 with 6 wickets and 20 overs in hand. Phil Frenay scored a half-century out of Reed 2nd XI's winning score of 75 for 1 after Matt Giblin's 5 wickets massively contributed to Sawbridgeworth being bowled out for 74. The Thirds came up against the troubled Southgate Compton "Second / First" Team (see Herts League website for details) and apart from Paul Garrott's 46 and Mike Robertson's 35 didn't do themselves justice. All out for 121 and losing by 9 wickets. SUNDAY: Little Hadham beat the Friendly side by 4 wickets despite 3 wickets and 3 catches from Zac McGuigan. Reed's 219 for 6 was based on Toby Fynn's century and MJE Baker's half-century (both retired); perhaps they shouldn't have! COLTS: Rain prevented play in the Under 9's match on Friday. QUIZ: No rain in the pavilion to prevent the team named SakMcGiboyd from winning the Spring Quiz also on Friday. Expect Match Reports (about the cricket- not the Quiz) to follow shortly. PGB

SATURDAY. Three victories - the first 90-pointer for years! ACTUALLY, I HAVE GOT THAT WRONG!!! Since a change in the League Match Rules a couple of seasons ago, the winning Teams in the Premier and Championship Divisions, (which include Reed's 1st XI), are awarded only 25 points for a victory in their Limited Overs matches. Therefore, yesterday was more accurately an "85-point day"! In "Timed matches" in the middle part of the summer, the Firsts could get 30 points when they win, so we can still look forward to more 90-pointers in the future. For those that don't know, if you are looking at the Divisional Tables published on www.hertsleague.co.uk and you can't make out the points system, each Team that was represented at the recent Captains' Meeting was awarded 5 bonus points. That is why after 1 match each, our First XI have a total of 30 points (25 for the win + 5 bonus); the Seconds 35 (30 + 5); and the Thirds 35 (30 + 5). All these tweets about 90-points better re-visit the Rule Book (like I had to do)! Sorry. 1st XI: Despite scores in the forties, thirties and twenties by James Heslam, Richard Wharton, Sean Tidey and Rob Lankester, the 1st XI's batting highlight was the first and only delivery Jack Tidey faced that he smote for 6 to win the match with Reed 8 wickets down and two deliveries left! Earlier, Zac McGuigan and Toby Fynn had taken 5 wickets each in Old Owens' innings of 189. 2nd XI: Holtwhites Trinibis ended well adrift on 105 all out against the Seconds who had totalled 238 for 9. Matt Giblin, Matt Bowles and Mitchell Cooper took 2 wickets apiece. [...]

SATURDAY: It was the Group Matches in the Herts County 20/20 Cup on Saturday. Reed were drawn to play at Potters Bar in Group 4 against North Mymms in the first game. Thanks to 4 wickets each from Sean Tidey and Tom Greaves, the Premier Division side were bowled all-out for 103 in 19 overs. Nothing could have been tighter as Reed squeezed home off the last delivery of the innings with 9 wickets down and thus progressed through to the Group Final. The scores were level but Reed had lost fewer wickets! Subsequently, Potters Bar disposed of Harpenden in a 43-run victory. In a day beset by poor weather, the players were more off the field than on, so when the hosts’ innings was deemed closed on 36 for 1 after 7 overs later in the afternoon, Reed’s target was calculated at 48 in 7 overs by the Duckworth Lewis Stern (DLS) method. Reed’s new boy, Zac McGuigan (19 n.o.) and old hand, Sean Tidey (28 n.o.), formed the opening partnership and biffed and bashed their way to 48 without loss in just 4 overs! Reed will join the other Group Winners, Hertford and Totteridge Millhillians, at the County Semi-Finals and Final which are due to be played on Sunday 14th July. Radlett and Letchworth appear to have encountered more rain than at the other venues and their Group Winner is still to be decided. COLTS: The Under 13s played a friendly against City of Cambridge at home last week. The visitors scored 99 for 4, wickets falling to Sam Osborne, (2), Charlie Butler and Archie McIntosh (1 each). Then solid knocks of 33 not out from Sam Osborne and 20 by Eden Scott [...]