The 1st XI started June with a convincing win against Fives and Heronians. Veteran John Curtis took 5 wickets to help dismiss Fives for 161. In reply Shabhaz Butt continued his excellent form hitting 93 in a 5 wicket win.
The 2s played the closest match of the week as they fell to a 1 wicket defeat against Buckhurst Hill, runs for James Aggio-Brewe and Jordan Tigg setup a total of 198. Max Carter-Miller and Billy Wright both took 3 wickets to leave Hill 9 wickets down going into the final over of the match. Mark Quant who earlier took 4 wickets hit the winning boundary for a 1 wicket victory. The 3s fell one wicket short of victory against Hutton despite 4 wickets for Ollie Peck. The 4s were defeated by Buckhurst Hill despite Ollie White hitting a career best 49. Rob Bannisters 78 was the highlight of the 5s win agaisnt West Essex with spinner Nathan Bright was the pick of the bowlers with 4/23. The 6s had the best of a draw with Hornchurch scoring 212 with Paul Scott hitting 4 sixes in his 49.
On the 5th the 1s lost a low scoring Sunday league match against Buckhurst Hill, Ollie Peck took 3/23 as Hill were dismissed for 144. In reply only skipper Frankie Hazle (44) and Peck (42) made double figures in a 15 run defeat. Tom Daniels hit 68 for the 2s against Cranston park in a 50 run victory despite the efforts of Richard Wall (4/33 & 79*).
Midweek saw the first midweek Windmill Whack game with the Kalijeera Kings defeating the Chairmans Choice, Vidhyarthi Kantumuchbu starred for the Kings with the bat hitting 58 from 30 balls in a total of 169. Ant Limn took 3/8 as Chairmans choice were skittled out for 108
Rain played a part on the 11th June affecting a number of matches. The 1st XI travelled to Billericay and had Frankie Hazle (79) and Terry Wyatt (57) to thank after a early order collapse, with no other batsman in the top eight reaching double figures. Upminster were able to post 225 in 49.1 overs. A rain interruption meant that Billericay needed 185 off of 41 overs but Connor Whetstone once again shone with the ball taking 3-38 as the 1s won by 9 runs.
The 2s also won in their rain affected match at home to Chingford, Upminster scored 189 and the rain set Chingford 155 off 30 overs Tom Billinghurst provided the games winning moment with a bullet arm from the boundary to run out the Chingford No.11 to give Upminster their first win since week one. The 3rd XI defeated Shenfield by 45 to move second in the divsion. Jack O'Dowd made a half century with Bobby Mack also scoring 40. O'Dowd and Ollie White both took 3 wickets in victory. The 4th XI were defeated by Wanstead by 5 wickets, the 5s and 6s were both rained off with the 6s more grateful having been bowled out for 108. Rain also meant the Sunday league game vs Gidea Park & Romford was called off
18th June was a special day in the season with all 6 Saturday sides claiming victory. The 1s faced Loughton who scored 251/5 with Bilal Butt top scoring with 85. In reply 1s skipper Alan Ison led the way with 119. His wicket though with 12 required led to a few nerves but James Aggio-Brewe & John Curtis secured the win. The 2s won by 17 runs against Woodford Wells jack O'Dowd, Billy Wright and Nicky Ison all taking 3 wickets. The 3s skittled Woodford Wells for 105 with Rob White taking 4/33. Stew Hammond hit 41 not out in a 5 wicket win. Captain Steve Limn led the 4s to 222 against Colchester who were bowled out for 156 with Tom Daniels taking 3 wickets for just 1 run. Nathan Bright and Jamie Squance led the 5s to victory against Chingford both taking 3 wickets as Chingford were all out for 70. Paul Middlemiss (8*) and Joe Wyatt (56*) hit the runs in just 9 overs for a 10 wicket win. Sohail Iqbal hit a brilliant century for the 6s as they wrapped up the clean sweep chasing 237 against Harold Wood.
Sunday saw the latest round of Windmill Whack games, the Costcutter Cobras made it two wins in two after another impressive bowling performance reduced the Kalijeera Kings to just 124 in their 20 overs. John French hit 45 in the powerplay whilst Matt Tigg & Steve Limn saw the Cobras home with 2 balls to spare.
The Root 66’ers won their first game of the tournament with a 6 wicket win over the Govani Maestros. The Maestros struggled and were thankful for 36 from Alex ward to score 131. Julian Whetstone followed up his 3 wickets with 30 and Nigel O’Dell rolled back the years with some glorious drives as he finished 29*.
Rain again played a large part on the 25th June with all Saturday games apart from the 1st XI abandoned. The 1s however made it 5 wins a row at Woodford Wells. Batting first Shahbaz Butt, Terry Wyatt, James Aggio-Brewe & Connor Whetstone all made 30+ in a total of 243 all out. The weather set Wells a Duckworth Lewis adjusted target but when Rain & Thunder finished the game off Upminster were ahead by 125 runs claiming the duckworth lewis win
Sunday saw the 1st XI play Chelmsford in a match that counted as the 3rd round of the league cup and their Sunday League match. Upminster were shot out for just 82 despite John Curits hitting 32*. Chelmsford chased the total for the loss of 2 wickets.
The 30th June saw a 40 run victory for the T20 side against Orsett and Thurrock