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2014

Reed Close in on Championship League Leaders

Former Test Star John Emburey appears at Blacksmiths Lane but Totteridge fall to rampant Reed. Reed entertained Totteridge Millhillians 1st Xl at Reed on Saturday in the Championship Division of the Saracens Herts Cricket League. Totteridge were captained by former England Test Star John Emburey but it was Reed led by skipper James Heslam that came out on top as Reed moved into 2nd place the Herts League Championship Table. After being put in to bat by their visitors Reed got off to a solid start with openers Sam Fairbrother 23 and Will Heslam 13 putting on 38 before Heslam fell caught. Alex Mutucumarana contributed a stylish 44 and Reeds skipper James Heslam was in great form despite an on-going wrist injury. After Mutucumarana went caught for his 44 and Reeds dangerous all-rounder Tom Greaves joined Heslam and the pair set about what proved to be a match winning partnership of 94. Heslam departed stumped for a superb 79 containing 10x4’s and 2x6’s and on the same total Greaves also fell caught by the keeper for 55. Reed eventually totalled 279 for 9 from their 60 Overs. In reply visitors Totteridge lost opener Bhimjiyani for0 but then set about a solid looking reply. Bermingham 18, Selwood 21 and Justin 50 saw the visitors to 120 – 4 before the Reed pressure told and the innings subsided to 137 – 5. The Totteridge innings then focussed on avoiding defeat rather than any pretence of a victory charge. Tom Greaves recorded 16 Overs 4-69 to add to his earlier innings of 55 but taking the last 3 wickets proved to be a challenge for Reed. Subrasinghe did prove a challenging opponent but once he had gone for [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:16:51+00:00June 23rd, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Reed Close in on Championship League Leaders
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Peter back as 4th XI Skipper

Peter Baker has assumed captaincy of the Fourth XI for the remainder of the season. His contact details are: Home Phone: 01223 207681 Mobile: 07768 145932 Please ensure you inform any of the captains / selectors of your availability for all weekend matches. Selection takes place on Tuesdays and it is so much easier when we know beforehand whether you are free to play.

By |2014-06-20T13:40:17+01:00June 20th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 News|Comments Off on Peter back as 4th XI Skipper
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Heslam and Tidey star as Reed turn the tables to triumph!

Reed 1st Xl travelled to Knebworth Park on Saturday in the Saracens Hertfordshire Championship League and recorded a remarkable and ultimately comfortable victory after seeming at one stage to be dead and buried at the hands of their hosts. Put in to bat on a damp wicket Reed actually got off to a reasonable start with Will Heslam and Sam Fairbrother registering 37 before Fairbrother fell caught for 20. That however signaled the start of a Reed slump to 62-5 as batsmen came and went with alarming regularity. The in form Will Heslam however stood firm and resolute compiling a patient score of 38 but he fell caught and the Reed Innings stood at 86 -7. Sean Tidey decided on an aggressive approach and rattled up a quick 23 but when he holed out at 113-8 an early defeat loomed! However, Reed skipper James Heslam who normally opens the Reed innings but who is carrying a wrist injury walked out at No 10 determined to rescue the situation. Together with Jack Tidey 17 they took the score to 134 before Tidey fell for 17. With last pair Heslam and Toby Fynn now at the crease one more error would be Reeds last, but Heslam carefully crafted a superb innings and manipulated the strike to the frustration of the Knebworth Park Team. Fynn contributed greatly with his sensible and mature supportive 14* but Heslam took charge and as the Reed Innings drew towards its final overs he accelerated the scoring with a series of hard struck boundaries. Heslam pummeled 7 Fours and a Six in an undefeated 51 which eventually saw the Reed Innings drawn to a close at a respectable 191-9 from their allocated overs. [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:16:56+00:00June 16th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Heslam and Tidey star as Reed turn the tables to triumph!
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The Two Jacks

Our old friends and rivals Knebworth Blue were our guest at the Green for the annual match which usually proves to be a fruitful day for the batsman. This match however proved to be slightly different as a strong Reed team dominated most of the game. Having won the toss and electing to insert the opposition, Reed captain Marcus J.E. Baker started with an attacking field for opening bowler Jack Childs. Coming up the hill, Childs soon claimed the first of the day when an edge carried to third slip for the waiting hands of fellow opener Matt Giblin. Reed continued to attack as three more wickets fell for few runs thanks to a wicket for Giblin and a catch followed by a run out from Jack Tidey. Giblin delivered his usual accurate seam and bowled his full eight over quota finishing with 1 for 37. At the crease for the visitors was the left handed Stroud and their dangerous captain Dave Saunders. Containing them was crucial in the middle overs which was done with some success by Joe Graves, M.J.E. Baker (3-1-9-0) and Jack Tidey (2-1-2-1) who removed Saunders for 48. Reed soon took advantage and took further wickets from Graves (27-1) and a returning Jack Childs (23-3) who had a fantastic game and showed what great ability he has. The final overs were in the hands of Owen Hughes, who always gives little for batsman. He bowled 5 overs for just 2 as well as the LBW wicket of Stroud for 36. Knebworth Blues final total of 180 for 8 was well below par as the Reed batsman set about the task of chasing them. Jack Tidey and M.J.E. Baker showed what kind [...]

By |2014-06-16T13:18:41+01:00June 16th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on The Two Jacks
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Disappointing Defeat for the 3rd XI

With cloudy skies and a damp outfield, Reed Captain Maseeh Naeem succeeded in his plan to lose the toss, resulting in Reed being put in to bat first. Reed got off to a promising start, with openers Rob Willoughby and Rhodri Hughes putting on 38 for the first wicket. Hatch end opened with a pacey South African, Cunningham who bowled some mixed lines but picked up the wickets of both openers, bowling Willoughby for 14, followed by Hughes caught behind for 13. Reed continued to lose wickets despite promising innings from Stewart, Robertson and Bowles, but failed to fully capitalise after making solid starts. Captain Naeem top scored with a quick 33, but Reed were eventually bowled out for 149. Hatch Ends opening batsmen put on 100 for the first wicket, after Reed's pace men failed to take early wickets. Two difficult chances of catches fell, meaning both opening batsmen were able to post scores just shy of 50. Reed turned to the spin of Matt Bowles and Rob Willoguhby in the latter overs. Bowles picked up two wickets, that of Davies who edged to gulley, and Cunningham LBW. However, Hatch end were able to knock off the remainder of the runs, ending on 152-2 off 27.1 overs.

By |2014-06-15T13:38:34+01:00June 15th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Disappointing Defeat for the 3rd XI
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Sam’s the man

On a sunny but windy evening Reed travelled to local rivals Foxton aiming to re-establish local ‘bragging rights’ after a disappointing defat to their “noisy neighbours” in last year’s competition. Reed’s captain Mitchell Cooper won the toss and decided to bat, on what was a very green but hard wicket. Reed’s openers Will Heslam and Sean Tidey looked to build on their recent success. Tidey started positively hitting Lowmass (4-3-35) for 11 off the first over. However, after his brilliant knocks at the weekend Heslam fell to Gabrial (1-1-13) with the very first ball of the second over. A short ball that should have ended up over the Foxton pavilion, only found the hands of A. Cambridge at short mid – wicket. This brought Fergus Martin to the crease, after playing a lot of cricket at university Martin looked in good form playing some lovely shots. It was obvious it was going to take something special to remove the Reed batsman and Lowmass produced just that in the 4th over, a delivery that swung away and cut back off the green service, clipped the off stump dismissing Martin for 6. But this was not good news for Foxton as Reed’s overseas player Sam Fairbrother strode to the crease. Fairbrother had struggled for runs in the early part of his Reed CC career but is starting to adjust to conditions and find some form in more recent times. Tidey and Fairbrother decided to take the attack to the home side and a combination of good running and big hitting kept the scoreboard ticking over at a very good rate. Both batsmen made well deserved half centuries before Fairbrother 50 and Tidey 72 both fell to Lowmass [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:16:59+00:00June 13th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Comments Off on Sam’s the man
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Captain ‘Cus leads from the front

Reed II’s came away with a win from their long-haul away fixture with Rickmansworth II’s. Having won the toss, skipper Marcus Martin elected to bat on a wicket that had been covered from the significant overnight rain and looked in reasonably good fettle. Phil Frenay and Srikanth Tummala opened up and made light work of the Rickmansworth opening bowling, as they combined to speed the score along to 38 before Frenay (18) ‘played-on’ to his off stump having looked well set. Captain Martin joined Tummala at the crease, but this partnership was also short lived as Tummala (25) gave extra cover a regulation catch whilst trying to go over the top of the in-field. Fergus Martin, returning from University for his first game of the season, joined his elder, diminutive brother Marcus at the crease and the pair began to steady the ship. Ferg looked in good nick and worked the field expertly as the score ticked along nicely towards 3 figures. However, a mix-up proved costly as Ferg was run out for 20. This proved a turning point in the innings as Reed went on to suffer a middle order collapse and looked in real trouble at 130-9. Marcus Martin then took the game by the scruff of the neck, and along with Tom Walsingham, got the visitors innings back on track. Martin soon passed 50 and was looking more and more fluent by the over. Walsingham proved an able assistant as he mixed solid defence with good running to give his more experienced partner the lion’s share of the strike. When Walsingham eventually perished, Martin was left stranded on 86 Not Out and Reed’s total looked a very competitive 181. In response, Walsingham [...]

By |2014-06-10T14:32:25+01:00June 10th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Captain ‘Cus leads from the front
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Road to Repeat Lords Final Opens Up for Reed

2012 National Village Cricket Cup Winners Reed saw the road to a repeat Lords Final open up to them when they clinched the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Area Title with a 2nd win in two days against fellow Herts Championship League side Langleybury at Reed on Sunday. Having beaten Langleybury in a scheduled Herts League fixture on the Saturday the pair met again, and again at Reed the following day in the Herts and Beds County Final of the 2014 Davidstow National Village Cricket Cup. Reed skipper James Heslam won the toss and elected to field, but when Langleybury raced to 50 for no wicket after just 9 overs the decision looked questionable, and Langleybury looked destined for a big score. However, Reed opening bowler Jack Tidey had other ideas and proceeded to remove both openers in the space of the next 2 overs and brought Reed right back into the match with Langleybury reduced to 56 -2. A smart stumping by Sean Tidey off Tom Greaves saw the visitors further reduced to 69-3 and Reed were rapidly gaining the upper hand when Mitchell Cooper trapped Felton LBW for 5 leaving Langleybury struggling at 78-4 in the 22nd over. The Reed stranglehold was firmly established and never really threatened despite a fine 47 from Soulsby and undefeated contributions of 36* from Godden and 24* from Oxley. The Reed outfielding was spirited and efficient, led by an outstanding exhibition from William Heslam. Two catching opportunities were gleefully and safely accepted by skipper James Heslam and the Reed machine refused to allow the Langleybury innings to accelerate at any stage. Jack Tidey 9 Overs 2- 33 and Tom Greaves 9 Overs 1 -22 restrained the visitors good initial [...]

By |2016-12-27T13:17:00+00:00June 9th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Road to Repeat Lords Final Opens Up for Reed
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Reed Back on Winning Ways

After winning their first match of the season in the new Herts Championship League Reed had suffered 2 x rain affected weeks and also 2 x League defeats, to league leaders Hertford and most recently a narrow defeat to previous Homes Counties Championship side West Herts CC. However, after Saturdays weather proved less wet than widely forecast, Reed got back into winning ways with a comprehensive win over long time rivals Langleybury CC from Watford. Langleybury won the toss and put Reed in to bat but the decision soon looked unwise as new Reed opening partnership of William Heslam and Sam Fairbrother set off at a cracking pace and soon had the visitors questioning their decision as the score raced to 50 for 0 wicket. Fairbrother then fell LBW for a fine 32 and Heslam was joined by recent Reed recruit Alex Mutucumarana. Alex has family connections with Reed being the son in law of the Reed Fixture Secretary and he soon looked right at home as his crisp strokeplay gelled well the fluent young Will Heslam who was stroking the ball majestically around the ground. Heslam passed his first league 50 of the season and moved into the 80’s as the pair put on 96 at a good rate and took the Reed total to 151 before each fell with the score on 151 Heslam for 82 and Mutucumarama for 36. Chris Jackson 36, Tom Greaves 12 and Sean Tidey 22 all made useful late contribution for Reed who eventually totaled 233 – 9 in their allocated 51 Ov ers. Reed soon got amongst the Langleybury wickets when the visitors took to the batting stage. Wickets fell at 12-1, 17-2, and then bottomed out [...]

By |2014-06-10T14:33:32+01:00June 9th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Reed Back on Winning Ways
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Just One Point today!

Reed’s batsmen had little in response to Broxbourne’s opening bowler, Matt Fox’s, accurate spell of seam bowling whilst he conceded just 15 runs from 12 overs taking 3 wickets in the process. Fellow opener, Sammy Miller took 2 wickets, as did Humphries and Harvey. Richard Barlow top-scored for Reed with 16, and it was only a 22-run partnership between Owen Hughes, (11 n.o.) and Ian Roberts, (14), that took the hosts to 88 all-out. The efficiency of Broxbourne’s approach – (there aren’t many teams in Division 8 that prepare with fielding drills before the match) – paid-off as they lost only Washer for 22, (caught by keeper, Scott Caine, off Roberts’s swingers), whilst Smith, (28 n.o.), and Scanlon, (36 n.o.), finished the job in just 17 overs. Falling woefully short of any batting points, (starting when 140 runs have been passed), and managing only to take one wicket, earning them the solitary bonus point in this match, Reed will need to bolster their strength to be able to compete against some of the bigger clubs occupying the top places of the Division later in the season.

By |2014-06-09T13:13:34+01:00June 9th, 2014|Categories: 2014, 2014 Match Report|Tags: |Comments Off on Just One Point today!
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