Reed hosted St. Margaretsbury on the back of three wins on the bounce. St. Margaretsbury won the toss and opted to bat first.
Aggressive batting against the opening pairing of Charlie Walters and Ollie Cambridge meant that SM were off to a flier, scoring 41 runs off the first 5 overs.
Ollie C (who had been unusually expensive to this point) then struck… Removing both openers in the space of 3 balls. Finishing with figures of 3 overs, 0 maidens, 2 wickets for 28 runs. Charlie finishing his spell with 3-0-0-17.
George Woods and Callum Ricketts made up the second Seam / Spin pairing, but St. Margaretsbury’s onslaught didn’t let up…. After 12 overs, SM were on 102 for 2 (GW 3-0-0-27, CR 3-0-0-20).
Olli Tapsell and Jacob Vincent tried to stem the flow, with Jacob getting wickets with his 6th and 7th balls. OT finished his overs on 2-0-0-19. Jacob saved himself for the last over…
Daniel Vincent bowled steady (2-0-0-15), and Charlie Cannon bowled the 18th over for 17 runs.
Jacob finished the innings with another wicket (3-0-3-15)
St. Margaretsbury has amassed 169 runs.
Some uncharacteristic dropped catches and fielding errors had cost Reed a few runs. 169 was going to be a tough chase.
The Opening Pairing of Jacob Vincent and Ollie Cambridge went after the opening bowling pairing and were looking good right up the last ball of the 6th over, when Ollie saw his stumps skittled, falling for 9. Reed were 36 for 1 off 6. Jacob followed in the 8th over falling for 26 and Reed were on 39 for 2 with George Wood and Charlie Walters at the crease.
George (5) was caught in the 11th over. Olli Tapsell and Charlie W steadied the ship, sharing the strike and interspersing quick singles with the occasional boundary. Charlie retired with a massive 6 in the 17th over – timing the strike perfectly to retire on the maximum possible (45 not out from 27 balls). Olli Eventually fell 3 balls later on 13.
After a maiden over in the 18th over, Daniel Vincent played a frustrated shot and was caught.
Oscar was joined by Eddie Cok, but took charge of the final over, scoring 4 consecutive fours to finish on 17.
Reed batted out the overs, but the scoring rate was never high enough to threaten the St. Margaretsbury score, finishing on a creditable 129. The errors made while in the field may have cost Reed the victory.
At the half-way point in the season and 5 games played, Reed are 3rd in the table, (albeit having played 1 more game than Broxbourne in 4th).
Reed do, however, top the league table for:
Batting (Jacob Vincent – 102),
Bowling (Ollie Cambridge – 6),
Fielding (Jacob Vincent – 4),
Stumpings (Aaron Nash – 2),
Catches (Jacob Vincent – 3),
Maiden Overs (Ollie Cambridge – 4) and,
Run-Outs (Daniel Vincent – 2)
Next up – Broxbourne at home on 10th June.
Match Report submitted by Lee Vincent.
