For the second League match in succession Reed cruised to a 9 wicket victory, this time against an under-strength Langleybury side. Skipper Tom Greaves inserted the opposition and must have reflected on his decision when they reached 89-1 with Jack Tidey the only successful bowler after a sharp opening spell punctuated by two rain breaks. He finished with figures of 9-4-18-1. However, with the introduction of Mitchell Cooper, the game was turned on its head. He first removed the stubborn Richard Soulsby for 38 and finally accounted for the dashing Nahim Amin for 51. With 4 more victims, including the second acrobatic one-handed catch by Sean Tidey in the slips, Cooper finished with the impressive figures of 12-3-31-6. Tom Greaves, as ever mopped up the tail taking 3-45. As a result, Reed only needed 28 overs to reach the winning total of 137-1 thanks to an opening partnership between Will Heaslam (66*) and Ed Wharton (29) as well as another stand of 56 between Heslam and Rob Lankester (27*). Reed took 30 points from the game and Langleybury just 1. Report submitted by Peter Wholley.

A scintillating opening partnership of 134 from 20 overs by Ed Wharton (86) and Rob Lankester (35) was not enough to carry Reed to victory over Langleybury. However, given that there were seven enforced changes from last week’s game, a total of 219 represented a creditable performance. Earlier, Langleybury were on the rack at 106-5 with Toby Fynn (10-1-52-3) and Ian Osborne (10-1-56-3) in the wickets. Yet Rhys Williams (50) and Khalid Manzoor (57) turned the tide with a partnership of 89; Langleybury finishing with 260-9 as Ed Wharton (10-1-31-2) and Karl Ward (10-0-36-1) helped to stem their momentum. A watching Steven Finn must have wished he was opening the bowling again as Wharton in particular flayed a wayward attack. When he was eventually caught on the boundary, having struck 70 in boundaries, there were useful knocks by Matt Sampson (21), Chris Jackson (14), Michael Robertson (14) and Ian Osborne, who anchored the innings with a patient 22 not out. Overall, Reed should be satisfied with 11 hard-won bonus points. Report submitted by Peter Wholley.