Reed 2s suffered their first setback of the season on Saturday after snatching defeat from the jaws of victory away to Shenley Village 2s. On a blissful day and in the glorious surrounds of the Shenley Cricket Centre, Reed’s stand-in skipper Phil Frenay elected to put the hosts into bat on what looked a belting deck. Reed’s opened the bowling with Peter Tidey and ‘Mr Wicket’ Karl Ward, both coming of the back of 5 wicket hauls. Tight bowling and good fielding meant the Shenley score crept along slowly as Reed picked up regular wickets. Tidey (24-11-53-3) and Ward (17-3-61-2) bowled marathon spells, and were well supported towards the end of the Shenley innings by Tumala (6-0-29-1) and the returning Tom Walsingham (7-1-33-0). Captain Paul (69 not out) however fought hard for Shenley and as they ended their 53 overs on what appeared a slightly below par score of 187-6. Frenay and Tumala opened the batting for Reed and got off to a flyer in pursuit of the target. 15 runs came off of the first over, and Tumala in particular was taking a liking to the home sides pace attack. He raced to 30 before being caught at square leg, as Frenay began to show glimpses of his imperious form from last season. Marcus J.E. Baker joined Frenay in the middle and also got into the swing of things with some very powerful hitting as Reed reached 125-1 at drinks. Frenay got to his half century and looked increasingly assured but the introduction of spin from both ends soon flipped the game on its head. Firstly Frenay (56) was stumped, before a shocking succession of poor shots from the experienced Reed middle order left [...]