Tewin won the toss and elected to bat, and there was the fall of an early wicket with Hughes taking a catch off Yates’s bowling. Wickets continued to fall and Tewin stood at 112 for 6 after 27 overs, with wickets falling to Hughes (6-1-23-2), Haslam (8-1-26-2) and Emes (8-1-40-1). However, some general sloppiness in the field in the last 10 overs was costly, allowing Tewin to reach 183 for 9 off their 40 overs. The final wickets falling to Johnson (8-2-28-1), Adam (2-0-23-1) and the returning Yates (8-1-36-2). Three of the middle order for Tewin reaching 30 or above but falling before reaching their 50’s. Yates and Garrott almost colliding, as Garrott took a catch to dismiss Taylor on 46. Reed also lost an early wicket, with Johnson being bowled off his pads for only a single. Bill Mansfield (10) then hit some lusty blows before holing out to mid-on. Then Ben Mansfield (4) and Matt Yates (0) followed in quick succession. Lloyd Bowman (15) alongside Paul Garrott then got their heads down to advance the score to 123, in a stand of 80, before Bowman was bowled in the 30th over. This stand almost rescued the game, but runs now conceded in the last 10 overs of the Tewin innings came to bear as Reed lost by 16 runs finishing on 167 for 7. The latter batsmen tried their best, but the youngsters didn’t quite have the fire power, with Jack Wilkerson (9) and Jonny Adam (5) and Toby Emes (3 no), all registering scores. Garrott (76) remained undefeated at the end, having held the innings together and scored almost half of the runs. A competitive game, with a slightly disappointing outcome for [...]

Reed 4th XI v Tewin 2nd XI: Saturday 25th June 2016 at Freman Oval. Reed Fours welcomed Tewin Seconds to the Freman Oval looking to fight back after two consecutive League defeats. Tewin won the toss and elected to bat on a favourable looking pitch, despite the rain of earlier in the week. Reed opened with Neil Haslam (Buntingford End) and 15-year-old Sam Karr (Reed End). Both bowlers struck a good line immediately and the Tewin opening pair of Taylor and Hill found runs hard to come by. At ten overs Tewin were only on 33 for 0, Karr’s first spell of 6-1-22-0 was superb as he bowled with great shape away from the bat. The wily veteran Haslam continued with his variety of huge late in swing, the occasional piece of away swing as well as extracting a considerable amount of bounce from a good length. He bowled his quota of overs straight through with figures of 12-1-33-0, commendable on the batsman friendly Freman pitch. Tewin crawled to 86 for 0 of off 26 overs, a pace more suited to four-day cricket. Reed at last made a breakthrough in the 29th over as Martin Johnson (10-5-32-2) had Hill caught behind by skipper Bowman for 48. Taylor who had been quiet for almost 30 overs upped the ante and he took a liking to the bowling of Johnny Adams (7-0-72-0), the run rate increased. Johnson captured his second wicket as he forced Stannard into lobbing the ball to John Kershaw at silly mid-on for just 6, Tewin were now 127-2. Taylor now looked to post a challenging score in the last ten overs, good placement and strong hitting upped the run rate to above 5 [...]