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Reed maintain 4th positionReed came out with a high points scoring draw against Langleybury on Saturday. Captain Heslam was disappointed to win the toss meaning unless the risk of chasing was taken Reed would have to bat first and hope to bowl Langleybury out. The decision to bat first was taken and Reed got off to an excellent start on a good batting wicket and fast outfield. The Heslam brothers took the score to 73-0 in just 14 overs before James was caught for 36. Brother William continued to look good and went on to score an excellent 73 off just 66 balls. In doing so he had helped Reed to 140-2 off just 27 overs with Chris Jackson also batting fluently on his way to 65. The Reed run rate did then drop a little before Mitchell Cooper (36 not out) helped by Jack Tidey (11 not out) added some valuable impetus late on so Reed could generously declare giving Langleybury 49 overs to chase 251.In reply Reed got an early breakthrough with a good catch by Smith off Cooper (1-38). However, Williams played a cameo 26 to put the visitors up with the rate at 49-1 off 10. Jack Tidey (3-33) bowled very well again and struck twice in quick succession to put Reed on top with the visitors 62-3 but a good partnership between Soulsey (61) and Captain Oxley (50 not out) consolidated the score to 135-3 off 31 overs. However, when the rate needed to be increased wickets began to fall and some excellent bowling by all the Reed bowlers piled the pressure on Langleybury. They could only manage 188-8 off their 49 overs with Greaves picking up 4-79 off 19 [...]

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Reed came away from Flitwick disappointed after losing a game they at one stage looked like they were favourites to win.Flitwick won the toss and surprisingly put Reed into bat although you could see why when they opened the bowling with the pace of Kiwi allrounder Joseph in their armoury who bowls for Wellington.This presented a stern test for the Reed top order which they coped with pretty well and surprisingly the damage was done at the other end which left Reed at 70-4 off 21 overs with skipper James Heslam (30) playing an important knock helping to see off Joseph.From this point onwards Reed took a foothold in the game as Tom Greaves and Stuart Smith put on a superb partnership of 136 for the 5th wicket. Greaves was in excellent touch and was very unfortunate not to get the 100 his performance deserved being caught on the boundary for 94. Smith made an impressive 58 and with Cooper chipping in with 13 not out at the end Reed made a good score of 236-5 off their 53 overs. It might have been more but Joseph returned for the last 4 overs half of which were made up of bouncers the Reed batsman struggled to lay a bat on!In reply Reed made an excellent start as Mitchell Cooper bowled with skill and heart taking 3 important wickets. With Greaves being introduced to the attack early and picking up the wicket of Joseph Reed were in a great position with Flitwick at 69-4 off 14 overs.However, Reed failed to continue the flow of wickets and partnerships were built taking the score to 145-6 although the run rate had dropped. Nevertheless with the Flitwick captain Davies [...]

Reed picked up their first win of the season with a fine all round performance against Flitwick. Skipper James Heslam won the toss and put the visitors into bat, and both Lee Johnson and Jack Tidey extracted some early movement out of the pitch but to no avail. Flitwick’s openers both looked comfortably set without punishing the Reed bowlers to any great degree, but were still going at a healthy 4 an over. Russell (48) was first to go, picking out the fielder on the boundary and Curk duly took the catch. Both Russell and partner Umlauf had played patiently in a decent 78 run opening stand, which should have set Flitwick up for a big total. But Morse and Greaves had other ideas, and were plugging away with the ball in tandem, making scoring difficult for the incoming Flitwick batsman. Joseph came and went, and with the run rate slowing up, wickets fell with Flitwick trying to exert the pace of the game. Read (64*) was the pick of the Flitwick batsmen and batted solidly before taking an aggressive liking to Greaves’ latter overs , taking Flitwick to a respectable 208-7 in their 53 over. Greaves (5-90) picked up his 5th wicket in the final over, to finish off a marathon spell of spin bowling in tandem with Morse (2-62), who equally performed well without the wickets to show for it. In reply Reed started strongly before losing Will Heslam to Joseph for 9. This brought Joe Curk to the crease who batted with class, caressing the ball around the ground. When he was adjusted LBW to Joseph for 20 the game was poised, ready for either side to take the initiative. Chris Jackson [...]

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Despite losing the top of the table clash with Hertford, Reed maintained their position 2nd in Herts League Division One heading into the final round of matches this Saturday.Hertford skipper Gale won the toss and elected to bat for the first time this season knowing 5 bonus points were all they would need to confirm their promotion. He then proceeded to impressively hit the first 4 balls of the match to the boundary to set the tone for the Hertford innings. Despite this Reed fought back hard and picked up their 1st wicket at 34-1 in the 5th over with Jack Tidey (1-42) rushing McGregor into a mistimed pull shot. Despite this breakthrough, Hertford continued to make good progress led by Gale who played a captains innings of 77 in quick time. He was supported by solid middle order contributions from the Ray brothers and Joyce. At 178-3 in the 40th over Hertford looked on course but when Gale became one of the impressive Tom Greaves (5-78) five wickets the innings faltered. With Curk (3-35) bowling well in partnership with Greaves, Reed were able to avoid Hertford racking up a very big total restricting them to 232-9 in 53 overs. So there was hope for Reed in the chase on what was a good batting wicket and short boundary one side.Reed got off to a decent start with the Heslam brothers taking the score onto 67-0 in 15 overs with Will Heslam (41) playing very impressively scoring at an excellent rate. However James Heslam (27) was then controversially dismissed caught behind and Greaves fell immediately after turning the game in the space of four balls. Will Heslam then fell leaving Reed at 75-3 off 19 [...]