2023 Match Report Archives - Page 2 of 2

Seconds fall at Colney

Reed Seconds made the trip to London Colney on Saturday. The hosts won the toss and elected to bat and they began quickly punishing any loose bowling. The big hitting Raja fell to a brilliant gully catch from Matt Bowles off Owen Hughes (8-0-46-1) for 29 with the score on 35. It didn't check the hosts' momentum as they reached 100 when Chris Jackson snaffled a smart slip catch off Will Archer (9-0-54-1), Jack Caine (9-1-33-1) added Reed's third wicket and at 108 for 3 the match seemed evenly poised. The London Colney skipper Hadley and the opener Zeiderman rebuilt until Hadley became Matt Bowles's first wicket (9.2-1-44-4), another good catch from Jackson. Reed did well to stem the runs in the final overs, Karl Ward (10-1-43-1) bowled well, though his figures didn't do him justice, Charlie Walters chipped in with two late wickets (4-0-24-2) as Reed dismissed the hosts for 244 in the last of their 50 overs, denying them full batting points by just one run in the process. Reed set off quickly with Robertson and Caine opening the reply, Robertson was given LBW with the score on 15, and Jackson joined Caine and the pair punished any loose bowling and ran well between the wickets. Jackson's luck ran out as he played a ball that bounced back on to his stumps after having made 21. Last week's hero Walters survived only three balls before playing down the wrong line to be out for 0. Meanwhile Caine was putting himself into the anchor role but again bad luck came Reed's way as he was caught off a leading edge for 28, though he did deserve more. This led to Reed falling away as [...]

By Peter G. Baker|2023-06-05T16:37:06+01:00June 5th, 2023|Categories: 2023, 2023 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: 2nd XI, Division 3B, London Colney, SHPCL|Comments Off

Sanderson fifty not enough as Reed bow out of the National Village Cup

Reed travelled to Redbourn in the Regional Final of the National Village Cup after the game had to be rearranged due to Reed's ground being unavailable. Winning the toss, Redbourn elected to bat, they set off quickly until Jack Tidey (8-1-28-1) bowled Ed Hales for 5 with the score on 20, his brother Will fell for 28 to Toby Fynn (8-2-27-1), Fynn coming back well after his first three overs went for 22. Yorath and Cutler set about building an innings defining partnership of 146. Both fell in consecutive overs to skipper Rob Lankester (5-0-30-1) and Will Heslam (8-0-52-3). The remaining batters took Redbourn to a competitive total of 235 for 6 off their 40 overs. Will Heslam and Kallum Ward set off well in reply until Ward was caught for 10, a superb run out dismissed Sam Osborne for just 3 and when Heslam mistimed a slow ball to be caught for 16 and Reed were wobbling at 45 for 3. 17-year-old Max Sanderson came to the wicket to join Skipper Lankester and the two set about rebuilding the innings with some powerful hitting and good running between the wickets. Their partnership had reached 61, when Lankester was adjudged LBW for 33. Despite wickets falling around him Sanderson reached his well deserved fifty off 70 balls, he was the ninth wicket to fall for 52, despite a 25 run stand for the last wicket between Fynn and Giblin, Reed were all out for 175 losing by a 60 run margin. Match Report submitted by Neil Haslam.

By Peter G. Baker|2023-06-05T06:16:47+01:00June 5th, 2023|Categories: 2023, 2023 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: 1st XI, 2023, National Village Cup, Redbourn|Comments Off

U15s Difficulties Continue

With the U15s squad hampered by long-term injuries, the journey to Hertford was very much an unknown entity. A re-scheduled match from earlier in the season, U15s could only muster 10 players for the half-term fixture - with two of these new additions to the team. Reed won the toss and elected to bat. Daniel Vincent and Oscar Lamb opened the batting against rapid pace. With Daniel seeing off the majority of the seam deliveries, Oscar fell to a quality catch for a duck, followed quickly by Daniel after being deceived by a spinning delivery. Reed were 5 for 2 in the 4th over. Unfortunately, Reed never really got started, and it was the wayward deliveries from Hertford which brought respectability to the score-line. Stanley Johnson (8) Charlie Cannon (8), Aaron Nash (6), Oliver Tallis (10), Luke Parker (7), Lily Hall (5) hauled the score to 96 for 8 at the end of 20 overs. Sub-100 scores are always going to be difficult to defend, so Reed were dependant on getting early wickets. Crack-bowler Lily Hall opened the bowling and was extremely close to taking a wicket with the first ball.... But after a number of near-misses, Lily finished on 3-0-23-0. Luke Parker, Charlie Cannon and Stanley Johnson were equally unlucky - and with a missing fielder, runs (and boundaries) were in plentiful supply for the Hertford openers. With both opening batsmen approaching forced-retirement on 40, it was new-player Vicky Stevenson who forced a mistake, taking a wicket with her first over of bowling. Hertford strolled to victory in the 10th over, finishing on 96 for 1 from 9.3 overs. Match Report submitted by Lee Vincent.

By Peter G. Baker|2023-06-02T08:00:32+01:00June 2nd, 2023|Categories: 2023, 2023 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: Colts, Hertford, Herts Junior League, Under 15, Youth Cricket|Comments Off

Walters and Archer are bright spots in Reed Seconds’ defeat

Reed Seconds welcomed Tewin Firsts to Cokenach last Saturday. Winning the toss Skipper Stuart Smith opted to bat first. Smith was the first wicket to fall run out for only one, the first of three run outs in the Reed innings. After Phil Frenay's dismissal at 23 for 2 brought 16-year-old Charlie Walters to the wicket and he hit his first delivery for four. Wickets fell intermittently but a 50 run partnership for the fifth wicket with Rich Barlow gave the team some home of posting a respectable score. Walters fell for a 75 ball 64, which included 9 fours and 2 sixes. Unfortunately the remaining batting fell away due to some tight bowling and great ground fielding from Tewin. At 165 for 8 off the maximum 50 overs, it felt that this was maybe 30 runs short on this particular batting wicket. Tewin put matters in perspective as they set off quickly in pursuit of their target. Phil Frenay took a catch of the bowling of Matt Bowles (10-0-44-1) and that checked the batting. 17-year-old Will Archer bowled with good drift and turn off the pitch and was unlucky not to take any wickets. Though the run rate was reduced significantly Reed couldn't find any further wickets as Tewin eventually reached their target inside 37 overs. Match Report submitted by Neil Haslam.

By Peter G. Baker|2023-06-01T08:41:08+01:00June 1st, 2023|Categories: 2023, 2023 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: 2nd XI, Division 3B, SHPCL, Tewin|Comments Off

Catches WIN matches!

They say catches win matches, so if you drop 10, the result is almost certainly inevitable. Dunstable profited to the tune of 266 for 6 with Aussie Billington top scoring with 80. Only Chris Chambers managed to put a brake on their run charge taking 3 for 10 in his first 5 overs. He also had Billington with the last ball of his tenth over and eventually ended with 4 for 42. Reed stuttered to 47 for 5 in reply, four of those wickets falling to their perennial scourge Luke Cherry. However, when he finished his allocated overs, the lower order fought back led by a stylish innings of 38 by Max Sanderson and a more brutal one of 54 by Sean Tidey. They put together a stand of 77 and with the last wicket of Toby Fynn and Matt Giblin adding 24 more, Reed at least had the consolation of 3 batting bonus points. The innings closed with a respectable score of 193. Maybe Reed would benefit from some catching drills this week? Match Report submitted by Peter Wholley.

By Peter G. Baker|2023-05-29T09:03:12+01:00May 29th, 2023|Categories: 2023, 2023 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: 1st XI, Championship Division, Dunstable, SHPCL|Comments Off

Reed U15s need to rebuild after injuries

After a bruising encounter at Ickleford in the T20 cup, Reed were without 3 experienced players for their league match against Welwyn Garden City. With Callum (Broken Toe), Jamie (Knee) and Daniel (Back) unavailable to bowl, the next few weeks are going to be tough for the U15s players. Fortunately, Daniel is still able to take the field to bat, and his experience in the field will help the younger players coming through. Welwyn won the toss and elected to field. A completely new opening pairing of Daniel and Eddie saw off the opening bowlers and reached 29 for 0 from 6 overs (with WGC opening bowler Vinnakota going for just 3 runs from his 2 overs) before Eddie was caught on 5 from 22 balls. In an error from the umpires, the batters crossing was not reversed, and Daniel was bowled by a ball that died in the wicket next ball (13 from 18). Then a quickfire 5 from 3 from Charlie Cannon before being caught in the next over. Reed were in trouble. When Stanley Johnson was caught in the next (9th) over it was up to Lewis Karim and Sam Dawson to make a stand if Reed were to post a defendable score. A partnership of 31 runs came to an end when Karim (30 from 24) was caught. Sam continued to show composure in the middle, while a succession of partners were dismissed at the other end. Aaron Nash was run-out for 0; Oliver Tallis Bowled (3); Matthew Barons Run Out (0) Sam was eventually run out on the penultimate ball for 29 from 34. Lily Hall seeing out the innings. Reed had made it to 108, which would be tricky [...]

By Peter G. Baker|2023-05-24T07:04:53+01:00May 24th, 2023|Categories: 2023, 2023 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: 2023, Colts, Herts Junior League, Under 15, Welwyn Garden City, Youth|Comments Off

A slippery start to the season

After two weeks of washed-out fixtures, Reed 1st XI looked set for a heavy defeat in their first game of the season as they slumped to 121 all out. They lost two wickets in the first two overs, although a solid partnership between skipper, Rob Lankester, and Sam Osborne (13) established a base to the innings. However when Lankester was LBW to slow left arm, Zimbabwean Connor Mitchell for 46 only Sean Tidey and Toby Fynn reached double figures as Reed lost their last 6 wickets for 31 runs. The signs were ominous when Jamie Regan took 17 from Jack Tidey's first over for 2 years, but Jack soon found his length and ripped out the visitor's top order taking 4 for 33 from his 10 overs, 3 of his victims clean bowled. He has been sorely missed. A wicket apiece for Sam Osborne and Toby Fynn as well as a direct hit run out from Mike Robertson in the covers had St Albans stuttering at 102 for 7, but their eighth wicket ground out the winning runs despite the best efforts of the Reed attack. After all it turned out to be a tight game played thanks to the kind permission of our hosts Cokenach CC. Match Report submitted by Peter Wholley.

By Peter G. Baker|2023-05-23T06:20:16+01:00May 23rd, 2023|Categories: 2023, 2023 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: 1st XI, 2023, Championship Division, SHPCL, St Albans|Comments Off

U15s first match ends in inury

After a much-delayed start top the season for the U15s, Reed travelled to Ickleford for a cup match. Ickleford won the toss and elected to Bat. The Reed opening bowlers of Jamie Coote and Callum Ricketts started superbly, limiting Ickleford to just 7 runs from the first 4 overs. An intelligent throw from Daniel Vincent at long-on to the keeper led to a run-out on the last ball of the 4th over. The next bowling pairing of Daniel Vincent and Lily Hall kept up the pressure, with both taking wickets in their first overs; and Daniel adding another in his second over. A recurrence of a back injury meant Daniel had to stop bowling with 2 wickets for 3 runs (2-1-2-3). After 7 overs, Ickleford has struggled to 16 runs, having lost 4 wickets and Reed were strongly on top. Ickleford needed to up the pressure and went on the attack - Lily took the brunt in her 2nd over, finishing on 2-0-1-19 Lewis Karim put the pressure back on with a tidy opening over going for just 2 runs. Eddie Cooke kept the pressure on with his 1st over, taking a wicket (caught Lewis) After 10 overs, Ickleford were 38 for 5. In an innings that can only be described as having two halves, Ickleford (and in particular their No.5 batsman Pereth) went on the attack against Reed's supporting bowlers. With Pereth retiring on 40 runs, the 6th wicket stand reached 58 runs. Jamie Coote striking twice in the 16th over (his 3rd) ending on 3-0-2-8. Callum put the brakes on further in the 17th over finishing with figures of 3-2-1-2. Ickleford eventually achieved 114 for 8 from their 20 overs. Reed started their [...]

By Peter G. Baker|2023-05-23T06:13:36+01:00May 23rd, 2023|Categories: 2023, 2023 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: 2023, Colts, Herts Junior League, Ickleford, Under 15, Youth|Comments Off