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Reed U11s make it a perfect 8 out of 8 at the halfway stage!

The impressive Reed Under 11s squad continued their excellent start to the season making it a perfect 8 wins out of 8 matches with two further wins for both their A and B teams in the last few weeks. The first of the victories for the A team came against Letchworth at a well-attended sunny Reed Green where although scoring quickly Reed youngsters were in a spot of bother at 33 for 4, however 9 year-old Eddie Heslam accompanied by Jon Green batted with great maturity and stabilised the innings with them both retiring on 25 and 26 respectively as Reed continued through their full 20 overs totalling 135 for 8, a total they felt confident of defending. This proved to be the case as early wickets for the intimidating opening pair of Charlie Ingrey and Josh Heslam saw Reed on their way, and with the usual tight Reed fielding piled on the pressure producing two excellent direct hit run outs from Green and J Heslam so Letchworth were soon struggling in their reply. Further wickets for Ollie Kimsey, Zac Rouse (2-6) and Eddie Heslam saw Letchworth subside to 52 all out in 11.4 overs. A comprehensive win for Reed and a good all-round cricketing performance by all the boys, well martialled by Captain Josh Heslam. The 2nd win for the Reed A team came in much more comfortable circumstances away to Hatfield Hyde. This time the Reed batting order fired in full force with Josh Heslam and Ethan Fox running superbly together in another fine opening partnership before Fox was unlucky to be run out for a well made 16. Heslam went onto 28 retired as did the in-form Green (25), and with Luke [...]

By Peter G. Baker|2022-05-31T06:46:19+01:00May 31st, 2022|Categories: 2022, 2022 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: 2022, Colts, Hatfield Hyde, Herts Junior League, Letchworth Garden City, Sawbridgeworth, St. Margaretsbury, Under 11, Youth Cricket|Comments Off

U15s run chase comes up short

Reed hosted St. Margaretsbury on the back of three wins on the bounce. St. Margaretsbury won the toss and opted to bat first. Aggressive batting against the opening pairing of Charlie Walters and Ollie Cambridge meant that SM were off to a flier, scoring 41 runs off the first 5 overs. Ollie C (who had been unusually expensive to this point) then struck... Removing both openers in the space of 3 balls. Finishing with figures of 3 overs, 0 maidens, 2 wickets for 28 runs. Charlie finishing his spell with 3-0-0-17. George Woods and Callum Ricketts made up the second Seam / Spin pairing, but St. Margaretsbury's onslaught didn't let up.... After 12 overs, SM were on 102 for 2 (GW 3-0-0-27, CR 3-0-0-20). Olli Tapsell and Jacob Vincent tried to stem the flow, with Jacob getting wickets with his 6th and 7th balls. OT finished his overs on 2-0-0-19. Jacob saved himself for the last over... Daniel Vincent bowled steady (2-0-0-15), and Charlie Cannon bowled the 18th over for 17 runs. Jacob finished the innings with another wicket (3-0-3-15) St. Margaretsbury has amassed 169 runs. Some uncharacteristic dropped catches and fielding errors had cost Reed a few runs. 169 was going to be a tough chase. The Opening Pairing of Jacob Vincent and Ollie Cambridge went after the opening bowling pairing and were looking good right up the last ball of the 6th over, when Ollie saw his stumps skittled, falling for 9. Reed were 36 for 1 off 6. Jacob followed in the 8th over falling for 26 and Reed were on 39 for 2 with George Wood and Charlie Walters at the crease. George (5) was caught in the 11th over. Olli [...]

By Peter G. Baker|2022-05-30T06:57:28+01:00May 30th, 2022|Categories: 2022, 2022 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: Colts, Herts Junior League, St. Margaretsbury, Under 15, Youth Cricket|Comments Off

Summer Frustration continues for developing U13s

In the second of four summer league matches, a developing Reed team travelled to St. Margaretsbury, who fielded a team strengthened by their district and county players. Reed won the toss and elected to bowl. SM started strongly, with boundaries in the first 2 overs, but Daniel Vincent took a liking to the Zinger stumps - sending the flashing bails flying on three occasions, finishing on 3-0-3-10. Callum Ricketts supporting with 0-11 off his first 2 overs (ending with 3-0-0-18) Gethin Hill followed with a wicket off his first ball, ending with 2-0-1-8. Eddie Cook trapping the SM batsman LBW for 0, ending 2-0-1-10.... At this point, Reed were on top, with SM on 54 for 5 off 9 overs, but the SM middle order proved resilient against the developing Reed bowlers. With Reed deciding to share the bowling among every player, SM took advantage - scoring strongly in the middle overs and putting on a 50+ partnership before Aaron Nash took the 6th wicket caught and bowled. Two superb run-outs curbed the run rate, with SM finishing on 126. A tough target with several of Reed's stronger batsmen missing from the line-up. The opening pairing of Eddie Cook and Callum Ricketts were subjected to the county-representative opening bowlers, Eddie mis-judged a ball when it kept low after 4 successive bouncers in the first over - departing without troubling the scorer.... Young Sam Dawson arrived at the crease. Up until now, Sam had faced a maximum of 13 balls in an innings and had a top score of 3 runs. Callum and Sam dug in... And while the run rate stuttered, the sight of Sam truly enjoying himself in the middle put a smile on [...]

By Peter G. Baker|2021-07-28T06:40:32+01:00July 27th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: Colts, Herts Junior League, St. Margaretsbury, Summer League, U13, Youth Cricket|Comments Off

U13s v St. Margaretsbury (Away) Herts Summer League

By Peter G. Baker|2021-07-10T11:44:53+01:00July 10th, 2021|Categories: Colts Under 13, U13, Youth Cricket|Tags: 2021, Herts Summer League., St. Margaretsbury, Under 13|0 Comments

Under 13s climb up the table

With Reed on a winning streak, the visit of St. Margaretsbury was hotly anticipated - as these matches are often closely-fought. After a season of training, we were able to offer league debuts for both Effie Bone and Scarlett Blaney….. Forming a team comprised of a mix of experience and unfamiliarity. St. Margaretsbury won the toss and elected to Bat first…. The opening Bowling of Callum Ricketts, Daniel Vincent and Tom Green looked strong, Daniel taking an early clean-bowled wicket and Tom Green collecting dots for fun. With one wayward ball speeding past the backstop for 4, Daniel finished his spell 3-0-1-11, and Tom Green ended on 3-0-0-14. St. Margaretsbury were on 34 for 1 after 7 overs. A steady start…. Which changed rapidly when SM attacked the middle-order bowlers… putting on 44 runs in the next 4 overs. The SM opener retired on 35 in the 11th over having crashed a 6 over the boundary. Charlie Cannon joined the bowling attack and immediately had an impact, taking a wicket with his 4th ball and giving away nothing…. ending his spectacular spell with 3-1-2-7…. And SM on 96-3 off 16. Reed were back in the match. Debutants Scarlett (1-0-0-7) and Effie (1-0-0-5); along with William Longfield-King (1-0-0-4), Oliver Tallis (1-0-0-7) and Sam Dawson (1-0-0-9) ably supporting the main bowlers. Callum finished the innings with two tight overs and a wicket, finishing 3-0-1-13. SM ended on 120-4…. A tough ask. Reed started the batting with the unusual, but normally exciting, pair of Daniel Vincent and Charlie Cannon… And they got off to a flyer. Attacking one end on particular, they accumulated 26 runs in 21 balls before Charlie fell LBW (13), followed immediately by Oliver Tallis [...]

By Peter G. Baker|2021-07-03T20:40:56+01:00July 3rd, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: Colts, St. Margaretsbury, Under 13s, Youth Cricket|Comments Off

Victory at Last

A beautiful summer evening to play a relaxed friendly... Allowing some of the less experienced Under 13 and developing players to gain some match time. Reed won the toss and opted to bowl. A decision that immediately paid off when Callum Rickets bowled the opening batsman with the first ball of the match. The second wicket proved slightly harder to come by. With Charlie Cannon scoring a superb run-out off Effie Bone's bowling in the 13th over. With everyone contributing to the bowling, the runs were harder to come by, with particularly tight bowling from Callum Rickets (2 overs, 1 maiden, 1 wicket for 7 runs), Charlie Cannon (2-1-0-4), Lewis Abdul-Karim (2-1-0-4). Chasing 114 for victory, the more experienced and reliable Callum was instructed to rotate the strike to allow others to gain experience. A role he performed admirably - building his total steadily, retiring on 30 in the 15th over partnering 6 other batters, forming a particularly strong partnership with Natasha McNamara (scoring a creditable 11 runs) for 11 overs. With Natasha falling in the 14th over Reed had accumulated 80 runs. A mini-collapse ensued, with 4 wickets falling for just 10 runs. It looked ominous with 24 required for the last wicket with 14 balls left in the innings. Cometh the moment, cometh the man.... With the previous narrow loss to St. Margaretsbury (by 3 runs) fresh in the memory Daniel Vincent stepped up to the crease in no mood to hang around. Partnering Oscar Lamb they achieved the required runs in 12 balls.... With Oscar scoring the winning single. With victory in the bag, the final two balls were bowled with Daniel smashing an enormous 6 over deep midwicket.... ending with 19 [...]

By Peter G. Baker|2021-06-13T18:18:01+01:00June 13th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: Colts, St. Margaretsbury, Under 13, Youth Cricket|Comments Off

Lily does it again!

Lily Hall is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with... a silent assassin with bat and ball. Reed won the toss and chose to field first.... The opening bowling pairing of Daniel Vincent (3 overs, 0 maidens, 0 wickets, 14 runs) and Eddie Cook (3-0-0-17) had to work hard against a strong headwind and did well to keep the batsmen honest, conceding 34 runs off the first 6 overs. It was 1st change bowler, Josh Heslam (a last minute replacement for Tom Green) who demonstrated the power of a straight delivery... His low, skiddy, deliveries getting the better of the opposition - finishing 3-0-1-7. Callum Ricketts came on for a single over to stem the runs, taking the wicket of the opening batsman in the process. With St. Margaretsbury at 2 for 50 in 9 overs, the game was in danger of getting away from Reed. It was then that the silent assassin (Lily Hall) got hold of the cherry and showed the boys what girl power really was.... As has happened so often this season, Lily was underestimated by the opposition. Following in Josh's footsteps and keeping bowling simple, Lily was just unstoppable. Eddie Cook took a superb catch off Lily's second ball; and her spell (3-1-3-6) included an incredible caught/bowled and a wicket maiden... the game was back on.... 76-5 off 16. Runs dried up for the opposition after Lilly's spell and St. Margaretsbury finished on 93 for 5. Reed's bowling had improved immeasurably over the previous week and limited the opposition to less than 100 for the first time this season. The opening pairing of Callum Ricketts and Oscar Lamb were slow but steady... The early loss of Oscar Lamb (0) [...]