Reed 4s travelled to Leverstock Green 4s for their penultimate game of the season, knowing that they were safe from relegation. However the match did allow skipper Rob Willoughby to give debuts to 13 year old Matt Yates and his father Jerry.Willoughby won the toss and decided to bat. He opened the batting with under 13 Jag Lalli. Lalli is unfazed by any bowling that comes his way and occupied the crease for a significant time whilst allowing Willoughby to keep a reasonable run rate. Lalli was unlucky to be out played on for 5 as he did not look in any danger of getting out. This bought the inform Lloyd Bowman (14) to the crease who played some nice shots to the boundary. There were then useful contributions from Chris West (9) and Matt Giblin (16) who helped Willoughby keep the score going.Unfortunately after the loss of Giblin the wickets then tumbled with only Matt Yates (3) contributing with Willoughby. Willoughby was the last wicket being bowled for 89 trying to force some more runs. Reed finished on 149 all out.In reply Giblin and Neil Haslam opened the bowling against the experienced host batsmen. The runs were hard to come by, but no wickets fell. Leverstock Green knew they had plenty of overs to get the runs required. The first wicket came from the ever improving Sam Rice with a sharp catch behind by the tidy Chris West at keeper. Reed then struggled to look threatening with their bowling but it was debutant Matt Yates (1-15) who pick up the second with his last ball of his spell, bowling the Leverstock captain. Sam Rice (2-35) then picked up the third and final wicket thanks [...]

At last Reed 4 had a full 11. They travelled to their near and friendly rivals Baldock 3 for a very enjoyable and competitive draw. Captain Rob Willoughby won the toss and decided to bat. Openers Pete Baker (4) and Paul Garrott looked in good form until Baker was unnecessarily run out. However 14 year old Ben Moody continued the assured batting form that he had before going on holiday. Moody saw off some awkward bowling for a well constructed 17 supporting Garrott well. Bowman (13) then came in and hit a few good boundaries with his continued improvement as a batsmen. Willoughby (26) then joined Garrott to put on a good partnership. Garrott was eventually out for a very important and patient 62. There were then contributions from the lower order to take Reed to 203 from their 47 overs.In reply Baldock went on the attack. Giblin and Graves bowled well but did suffer, however Graves picked up the wickets of both of the openers in two balls, thanks to a fine catch from Willoughby and an lbw. There was then a good partnership from Baldock and it looked as though they may knock the runs off easily. However, the in form Rice (1-29) got the ball rolling. Followed by two for Giblin (2-80), with one being a catch from Moody.Willoughby then significantly slowed the run rate and took wickets at regular intervals, including a catch from Mandeep Lalli. However, with only a few overs left all four results were possible. Graves bowled the penultimate over to only 3 runs allowing Willoughby to bowl the final over to pick up the last wicket. This was not possible and Willoughby finished with 4-22, and the [...]

Reed 4s lost convincingly to a strong Boxmoor 3s who were pushing for promotion and had a couple of players who would not look out of place in a higher team! However, on the plus side there were some strong performances from a young Reed side.Skipper Rob Willoughby won the toss and decided to bat. Unfortunately openers Baker and Garrott were out cheaply. However, the returning Sam Deville after two years away from cricket and Lloyd Bowman (20) started to add runs to the scoreboard with good shots to the boundary. With the run rate creeping up, Boxmoor brought on two bowlers who looked quite accomplished! With the loss of LLoyd, Willoughby came in scoring a few unconventional boundaries for 18.The very young Jag Lalli came to the crease and looked very accomplished for such a young age scoring 9. Deville was eventually out for 49. Of the remaining batsmen Sam Rice was the only one to contribute from a few well stuck shots to score 11. Reed finished on 139 all out, with only 10 batsmen.Boxmoor batted for 10 overs before tea, as this was not due until 4pm! The Boxmoor openers did not hang around and batted very aggressively taking apart Willoughby's bowling. At the other end Owen Hughes bowled very well, and although conceded some boundaries to good batsmen, bowled some extremely good deliveries, to cause difficulties. Although he did not pick up a wicket Owen only went for 45 off his 6 overs. The bragging rights for wicket taking in the Hughes household fell to father Steve. Steve bowled very tightly not allowing the batsmen to swing their arms. He picked up his wicket thanks to a solid catch from Sam [...]

Reed 4s travelled to the Bedmond Cricket ground this week where they were to play Abbotts Langley 4s.Abbotts Langley won the toss and decided to bat, but at 32-3 and then 48-5 this looked to have been the wrong decision.Reed’s opening bowlers Matt Giblin and Jack Childs ripped through the top order with stand in Skipper Paul Garrott taking 3 catches in the gully (who only found out he would have to take charge 5 mins before the start of the game).Owen Huhges(u15) then came into the attack and produced a magnificent spell of bowling taking 3 for 26 from 6 overs. At 85-6 Reed were still in a strong position, but a bludgeoning knock from Bell 56, and a more crafted innings from Patel 59, rescued the Abbotts Langley innings. Some Lusty hitting at the end got there total up to 227-8 off of 45 overs they decided to declare the innings.Reeds reply started disastrously man in form Peter Baker out 2nd ball without troubling the scorers. Other opener Steve Hughes was joined by his son Rhodri who had also been in good form over the last few weeks! But a misjudged run saw Rhodri run out for 10.Chris West came to the crease and played nicely for 14, but at the fall of S.Hughes wkt who was out for 8 it meant Reed were struggling somewhat at 35-3.Skipper Garrott came in at no5 and played in his normal dogged manner trying to support Giblin at the other end. Garrott went for 20 and Giblin for 28. Enter Owen Hughes(u15) who had already starred with the ball and now was about to do the same with the bat. He played a very mature innings [...]