Reed gave a dominant performance at Fairfield Hall against Knebworth Blue. Having been inserted, Reed suffered two cheap losses but were nonetheless making runs as team captain Marcus J.E. Baker led from the front. In a welcome return to form he played in a fluid and positive style racking up boundaries whilst rotating the strike to keep the scoreboard ticking over. 17-year-old Zac Conley was also finding form in an aggressive display of his strength. Putting the ball over the rope with ease he racked up runs quickly. His precise and patient striking showed a growing maturity in his batting. With 15 overs left in the first innings Baker retired having brought up three figures with Conley (71) following suit two overs later. With the score well over 200 and still plenty of overs left to get through Rhodri Hughes and Joe Graves took on the task of adding to the host’s misery. Hughes ran quickly between the wickets and put the bad balls away and had soon enough joined the 50 plus club before also retiring. Graves meanwhile finished undefeated on 43 for the second week in a row. His ever-improving batting will soon see him making a big score. Reed's final score of 314 for 3 was never in any real danger of being overtaken but the young Reed side nonetheless maintained focus. Eventually the wickets started to fall. Jack Childs took two fantastic catches at short mid-wicket to go with his own two wickets. Sam Rice playing his first match of the season lost no time in taking wickets finishing with three. Josh Conley and Matt Yates both picked up a wicket apiece whilst Joe Graves claimed two for nought in his [...]