A conference fixture was arranged between Reed and the travelling side J.B. from the Wembley area. Marcus J.E. Baker won the toss and inserted the visitors. Reed took the early advantage with two cheap wickets falling, one to Sam Rice and the other to Joe Graves. Both bowled well in their opening spells but after the initial breakthroughs J.B. recovered thanks to magnificent innings by Imzan and Zahid. Both cruised past their half centuries and looked in complete control as Reeds bowlers seemed ineffective. However, Graham Stuart then made the breakthrough by bowling Imzan for 73. Now into the final 10 overs J.B.’s incoming batsman played in swashbuckling mode many sacrificing their wickets in the pursuit of big boundaries. Zak Conley chipped in with a wicket, Baker took three expensive wickets and Rice returned and took his second thanks to a stumping by Ben Moody off the last ball of the innings. J.B.’s aggressive batting taking them to 260 for 8. Reed started very poorly and found themselves at 31 for 6 when Rob Willoughby was given out LBW for 22. Number 8 Baker joined Moody at the crease and instructed his young partner to forget the situation and just to enjoy himself. Which is exactly what the pair did, perfecting the simple art of blocking the straight ones and slaughtering the bad balls. Reeds total benefited from Moody’s aggressive running which saw the home side pinch extra runs. Despite adding just under 100 runs together Reed were still a long way off their target so Baker threw caution to the wind and was duly punished by being bowled for 63. Moody now had 10 overs left to make his half century but the incoming [...]