(Alan Ison in batting action for Upminster (pic: Gavin Ellis/TGSPHOTO)
Here is what happened in last weekend's Saturday 1st XI match up's across the four divisions:-
Premier Division
Buckhurst Hill
Chelmsford
Match Cancelled due to waterlogged ground. No play possible so both sides pick up six points.
Chingford 283 all out
South Woodford 198 all out
Chingford won by 61 runs (D/L Method)
Peter McDermott scored 96 for the hosts as they made a rather impressive 283 with Indika Wickramaratne (3-56) and Kabir Rashid (3-60) the pick of the bowlers. South Woodford's innings was interrupted by rain so were set a revised target of 259 in 43 overs, but 4-43 from Kulbir Gill helped bowl them out for 198 to lose this one by 61 runs on the D/L method.
Colchester and East Essex 192/8 wkts
Wanstead & Snaresbrook 191 all out
Colchester and East Essex won by 2 wickets
Saurav Prabhakar top scored with 46 for the visitors but they were restricted to 191 in 45.5 overs after some good bowling from the hosts. However the hosts found batting equally as difficult and were grateful for Jake Foley's 49 not out to help guide them home by two wickets with five balls remaining.
Hornchurch 191 all out
Brentwood 154/0 wkt
Brentwood won by 10 wickets (D/L Method)
Ian Belchamber took 3-24 in ten overs as hosts Hornchurch were bowled out for just 191 in 49.2 overs. Brentwood were cruising along at 154/0 thanks to fifties from Tom Oakley (86no) and Aaron West (57no) and well on their way to victory when the rains came and abandoned the game. The visitors were well ahead of the D/L Par Score at the time so took a ten wicket win.
Shenfield 237/9 wkts
Ilford 192/3 wkts
Ilford won by 7 wickets (D/L Method)
Jack Kliber scored 91 for Shenfield as they posted 237/9 in their 50 overs, with Ilford bowlers Syed Ashar Ahmed Zaidi (4-21) and Theeban Tavarasa (3-42) doing the damage with the ball. Ilford's reply was interrupted by rain so they were set a revised target of 192 in 37 overs, and thanks to fifties from Saf Imtiaz (68no) and Syed Ashar Ahmed Zaidi (67no) they reached this target with 3.5 overs to spare.
# Team P Pts
1. Wanstead & Snaresbrook 9 146
2. Hornchurch 9 132
3. Chelmsford 9 131
4. Colchester and East Essex 9 122
5. Brentwood 9 101
6. Ilford 9 92
7. Shenfield 9 88
8. Buckhurst Hill 9 87
9. Chingford 9 76
10. South Woodford 9 55
Next Weekend's Fixtures (play begins at 12:30)
Buckhurst Hill vs Hornchurch
Chingford vs Ilford
Colchester and East Essex vs Chelmsford
Shenfield vs Wanstead & Snaresbrook
South Woodford vs Brentwood
Division One
Fives and Heronians 241 all out
Orsett & Thurrock 253 all out
Orsett & Thurrock won by 12 runs
Paul Bennett hit 99 for the visitors but was snared by hosts bowler Farhad Iqbal, who took 5-43, just one run short of his century. His side did post 253 though in their 50 overs and despite Farhad Iqbal's 69, completing a brilliant all round display, the hosts fell 12 runs short to lose with an over left, with Daniel Laird taking 3-47.
Harold Wood 142/5 wkts
Hadleigh & Thundersley 141 all out
Harold Wood won by 5 wickets
Hosts bowler Shahbaz Khan took 3-16 as his side bowled out Hadleigh for just 141 in 42.5 overs. And despite Sam Handley taking 4-57 for the visitors they could not prevent the hosts from achieving their victory target with almost thirty overs to spare.
Loughton 240/8 wkts
Woodford Wells 241/7 wkts
Woodford Wells won by 3 wickets
Loughton's Tauseef Kazmi struck a 79 ball 65 and was ably supported by 56 from Bilal Butt as they posted 240/8 in their 50 overs, with Alexander Gilbert taking 3-53. In reply fifties from Gareth James (58no) and Michael Arblaster (51) helped the visitors to a three wicket win with three overs left.
Southend-on-Sea & EMT 170/9 wkts
Billericay 75 all out
Southend-on-Sea & EMT won by 95 runs
The hosts were indebted to Oliver Wagstaff, who struck 71, in getting any sort of total to defend as they scraped to 170/9 off their 50 overs. The 171 victory target still looked too small mind but they needn't of worried as the Billericay batting line up crumbled to just 75 all out thanks largely to Ashleigh McCafferty's 6-33.
Upminster 197/3 wkts
Harlow 254/5 wkts
Upminster won by 7 wickets (D/L Method)
Harlow posted 254/5 in their 50 overs thanks to fifties from Ubaid Ur Rehman Kiani (88) and Ahmed Khawaja (78) and in reply Upminster reached 120/2 in the 26th over when rain came, meaning a revised target of 194 from 38 overs. And thanks to fifties from Alan Ison (64no) and Shahbaz Butt (50) they reached this target with 11 balls to spare.
# Team P Pts
1. Upminster 9 158
2. Orsett & Thurrock 9 142
3. Southend-on-Sea & EMT 9 123
4. Billericay 9 109
5. Harold Wood 9 106
6. Woodford Wells 9 95
7. Harlow 9 90
8. Fives and Heronians 9 68
9. Hadleigh & Thundersley 9 62
10. Loughton 9 49
Next Weekend's Fixtures (play begins at 12:30)
Fives and Heronians vs Hadleigh & Thundersley
Harold Wood vs Southend-on-Sea & EMT
Loughton vs Harlow
Upminster vs Orsett & Thurrock
Woodford Wells vs Billericay
Division Two
Gidea Park & Romford 171 all out
Leigh On Sea 192 all out
Leigh On Sea won by 2 runs (D/L Method)
Matt Connaughton took 4-15 as hosts Gidea Park bowled out Leigh for 192 with four balls of their innings left. Gidea Park were eventually set a revised target of 173 in 45 overs due to the weather but despite 71no from Shawn Findlay the hosts fell two runs short thanks to Daniel Cocking (4-35) and Patrick Groves (4-38) bowling them out.
Harlow Town 256/8 wkts
Oakfield Parkonians 180 all out
Harlow Town won by 76 runs
Daniel Baldwin fell three short of a hundred but his side still posted a pretty decent 256/8, this despite 5-45 from Selvam Ramasamy. In response the visitors didn't ever threaten the target of 257 as Paul Morrell (5-35) and Daniel Baldwin (3-40) helped bowl out Oakfield for 180, with Glenn Sasikaren top scoring with 58.
Horndon On The Hill 90 all out
Hutton 143 all out
Hutton won by 53 runs
Ryan Madder (4-33) and Stephen Edwards (3-44) helped bowl visitors Hutton out for just 143 and seemingly set up victory for hosts Horndon in the process. However the visitors had other ideas and saw Mitchell Fenn take 5-20 as the hosts collapsed to 90 all out and a 53 run defeat.
Old Southendian & Southchurch 294/9 wkts
Belhus 194 all out
Old Southendian & Southchurch won by 100 runs
The hosts posted a brilliant 294/9 thanks to fifties from Max Craddock (87) and David Johnson (82) with Belhus best bowler being Liam Wilson with 3-65. The 295 target was too much for the league leaders as Michael Bunce (3-47) and Sam Hodgson (3-48) helped bowl out the visitors for 194, despite fifties from both openers Danny Joyce (59) and Ryan Wells (56), to inflict Belhus first defeat of the season.
Wickford 166 all out
Hainault & Clayhall 290/9 wkts
Hainault & Clayhall won by 124 runs
Hainault skipper Ryan Hurst struck 102 off 86 balls and was ably supported by Irfan Shah's 60 as they posted 290/9 in their 50 overs and then set about working their way through the Wickford batting line up and bowled them out for just 166 to claim a huge 124 run win.
# Team P Pts
1. Belhus 9 144
2. Oakfield Parkonians 9 121
3. Gidea Park & Romford 9 111
4. Hutton 9 105
5. Old Southendian & Southchurch 9 102
6. Hainault & Clayhall 9 96
7. Harlow Town 9 95
8. Horndon On The Hill 9 92
9. Leigh On Sea 9 85
10. Wickford 9 69
Next Weekend's Fixtures (play begins at 12:30)
Belhus vs Leigh On Sea
Harlow Town vs Gidea Park & Romford
Horndon On The Hill vs Hainault & Clayhall
Old Southendian & Southchurch vs Hutton
Wickford vs Oakfield Parkonians
Division Three
Basildon & Pitsea 276/6 wkts
Benfleet 213/7 wkts
Basildon & Pitsea won by 47 runs (D/L Method)
The hosts batted first and saw Danny Gray hit 55 not out from 58 balls to help see his side up to 276/6. Benfleet's innings was reduced to 47 overs after rain so the target was also reduced to 260, but they fell well short despite Samuel Coelho's 51, with Tom Poole taking 4-47 for the hosts.
Epping 230/9 wkts
Ardleigh Green 124 all out
Epping won by 106 runs
Fifties from Ramiz Miah (61) and Tapan Patel (57) helped Epping recover to post 230/9 with the pick of the bowlers being Muhammad Asif (4-30) and Adam Thain (3-51). The 231 target proved more than enough as Rakesh Bagga (5-21) and Salim Mithani (3-15) helped dismiss the visitors for just 124.
Stanford Le Hope 115/5 wkts
Walthamstow 114 all out
Stanford Le Hope won by 5 wickets
The visitors chose to bat first and regretted that decision as they were bowled out for 114 inside 40 overs, with Jack Carter taking 4-28 in ten overs. Despite losing five wickets the hosts cruised to their target in just 25.1 overs.
West Essex 197 all out
Old Brentwoods 201/4 wkts
Old Brentwoods won by 6 wickets
Riz Akbar struck 54 not out for hosts West Essex but they were bowled out for 197 with Ayaz Qureshi taking 3-23 for the visitors. In reply Wade Canham hit a brilliant 116 as Old Brentwood's cruised to their target with 23 overs to spare.
Westcliff-On-Sea 281/4 wkts
Woodford Green 181 all out
Westcliff-On-Sea won by 100 runs
Matt Renvoize (111no) and Finlay Mackay (91) put on 188 for the fourth wicket as they helped Westcliff post 281/4 in their 50 overs. The entire batting line up of Woodford Green failed to muster this many runs between them as they were bowled out for just 181 with Alex Hatton taking 5-52 as the hosts won by 100 runs.
# Team P Pts
1. Old Brentwoods 9 142
2. Basildon & Pitsea 9 133
3. Westcliff-On-Sea 9 127
4. Stanford Le Hope 9 127
5. Epping 9 120
6. Ardleigh Green 9 101
7. Woodford Green 9 97
8. Walthamstow 9 75
9. Benfleet 9 62
10. West Essex 9 38
Next Weekend's Fixtures (play begins at 12:30)
Basildon & Pitsea vs Old Brentwoods
Epping vs Benfleet
Stanford Le Hope vs Ardleigh Green
Walthamstow vs Woodford Green
West Essex vs Westcliff-On-Sea
That concludes the action for last weekend, i'll be back with a round up of next weekend's action early next week.
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