Despite a few late nerves, the 1st XI picked up a win against Old Southendians at Upminster Park to move back into third place in the Division One table.   Upminster won the toss and decided to bowl first, and captain Aaron Beard claimed the early wicket of Shaurya Singh, caught at the wicket, to put his side on top.  Hafiz Yawer Afzal and Matthew Darvill put on 75 for the second wicket before Shafiq Rahman dismissed Darvill for 36, but Dan Cooke joined Yawer Afzal and the pair put on a further 85 to put the visitors into a strong position at 180-2.  Beard came back into the attack to end Yawer Afzal's innings for 72, Wheater with the catch again, and then Max Carter-Miller struck twice to bring Upminster back into the game.  Cooke brought up his half century as Southendians still looked likely to post a big score, but Upminster kept taking wickets at the other end to stay in the game.  Rahman finally dismissed Cooke for 84 on his way to figures of 3-49 while Nehal Butt picked up two late wickets as Southendians were eventually bowled out for 261.

Pulkit Gupta and Mo Ahmad put on 36 for the first wicket to get Upminster underway and after Gupta fell for 14 Ian Russell (34) and Ahmad took the score to 92 before Ahmad was sent back by Luke Clarke for 48.  After the dismissal of Russell and then KIiran Kullar (14) the game looked very much in the balance but Beard and Wheater then began to put Upminster on top.  Wheater brought up his half century as Upminster looked to be in full control, but he fell for 60 to give Southendians an opening.  Gus Philpot joined Beard and kept Upminster ahead of the run rate, and when Beard reached fifty only 25 were needed for victory.  However, there was one further twist when Beard fell for 56 and Philpot and Carter Miller followed soon after to leave the home side eight down with ten runs still required.  Butt and Rahman kept their cool though and Rahman finished things off in style with a boundary to take Upminster to a two wicket win.

It was an astonishing afternoon for Callum Berry in the 2nd XI's contest at Wanstead and Snaresbrook.  Berry made 76 from 53 balls during Upminster's innings before claiming 8-39 as Upminster dominated the title chasers at Overton Drive.  Berry's performance, alongside centuries from Aki Rahman and Gus Siggins helped Ollie Peck's side record their best result of what has at times been a frustrating season.  There was no sign of what was to come when Brandon Lord dismissed Mit Shah in the second over, but Rahman and Berry then put on 143 in 15 astonishing overs.  Berry fell for 76 and Siggins and Rahman then kept up the attack to keep their side on top.  Rahman brought up three figures during the pairs' partnership of 107 before he eventually fell for 110 from 99 balls.  Upmister lost two quick wickets as they neared the 300 mark, but SIggins and Zoran Suneel then pushed Upminster towards a huge total.  Siggins brought up his century in the last over of the innings and finished on 101 not out, and with Suneel ending unbeaten on 16 Upminster ended on an imposing 345-5. Wanstead needed a fast start in reply and they got that as they raced to 80-1 in the 12th over.  John Curtis broke the second wicket stand and Berry then picked up the first of his collection, before half centuries from Tom Cummins and Aryan Ahmed kept the home side in the game as they reached 196-3 in the 28th over.  Berry dismissed both batters and then proceeded to run riot. He ran through the rest of the Wanstead batting, claiming astonishing figures of 8-39 (the seventh best figures by any Upminster bowler in the PlayCricket era) as Wanstead were bowled out for 248.

The 3rd XI stayed very much in the title race as they overcame morning leaders Brentwood at Coopers School.  Upminster decided to bowl first and were immediately on top as two wickets from veteran Andrew Berry and one each for Tom Young, Ryan Oakes and Joshan Narbheram left the home side struggling at 78-5.  However, Sam Stroud and Jatin Patel didn't panic and they gradually began to turn things around.  Sam Twine finally broke the 96 run partnership and he and Tom Young then proceeded to run through the rest of the home side's batting.  Twine finished with 3-6 and despite Stroud ending up 57 not out the visitors were bowled out for 199.  Upminster's top four all made starts at the top of their reply, but Ethan Berry's 34 was the highest ot those scores as Brentwood came back into the game, reducing the home side to 82-4, and then when Rob Healy fell the game was still in the balance at 122-5.  Alex Ward and Jordan Tolan began to put Upminster back on top as they built an excellent partnership and ensured the required run rate was kept under control.  The partnership had added 60 when Tolan fell for 38, but Ward soon reached his half century and eventually ended on 55 not out as Upminster won by four wickets with eight balls to spare.  Upminster stay in second and face new leaders Harold Wood in another crucial game next Saturday.  

It was a disappointing afternoon for the 4th XI as they fell to a heavy defeat at promotion chasing Billericay 3s.  Upminster decided to bowl first at Blunts Wall Road, and the home side then made a solid start, reaching 89-1 before a mini collapse saw them slide to 99-4 as Upminster fought back.  Young keeper Adam Woods made 41 in the middle order to keep his side on track before Upminster skipper Matt Ingleson produced an excellent late spell of bowling.  He claimed 4-18 to peg back the home side as Billericay eventually closed on 202-9.  Upminster were always up against in the chase after losing three early wickets to Ross Miller.  Harry Lawes gave Upminster brief hope with 21, but Yash Kulkarni and Jack Granby (4-18) then ran through the rest of the visitors' batting as they were bowled out for 80.

It was a much better afternoon for the 5th XI who won in quick time against Hornchurch Athletic 3s.  Athletic were asked to bat first by Upminster, and Ryan Brown then put the visitors on top with an excellent opening burst of 3-26.  Liam Whitaker looked in good form for Athletic in their middle order, and he held the innings together as Aalok Latey (2-48) and Kevin Roome (3-23) worked their way through the home side's batting line up.  Whitaker ended on 45 not out but with little support Athletic were bowled out for 125.  Stewart Hammond and George Sheridan settled any Upminster nerves with a solid opening stand, and once Sheridan and Thomas Cargill had fallen Hammond partnered well with Alfie Taplin.  The two batters took Upminster to the brink of victory and Hammond brought up his half century as he struck the winning runs, while Taplin ended on 30 not out with Upminster winning by eight wickets.

It was a tough afternoon for the 6th XI as they were beaten by leaders Chignal in Mid Essex League Division 8 at Campion.  Chetan Kushalappa (42), Ishaan Kansal (53) and Kushank Jain (35) all made runs at the top of the order as Chignal built a solid platform, and Sohail Gill (66) and Shivakumar Moolimani (52) added late runs as the visitors set a huge target. Harry Bradford and Aadit Latey picked up two wickets each for Upminster, but Chignal closed on 312-6.  Latey made 26 for Upminster at the start of the chase and there were good contributions from Matthew Castellette and Joshua O'Sullivan as Upminster put up a good fight.  John French (51 from 37) and Harry Bradford briefly gave Upminster hope of a famous victory, but when French fell Chignal took control once more and although Braford ended unbeaten on 23 Upminster were bowled out for 200.

The 7th XI put in one of their poorest performances of the season as they slipped back into relegation trouble with a loss against Galleywood.  They actually started the day well with Anay Narbheram (17) and Craig Grote (26) putting on fifty for the first wicket in 11 overs.  However, when they fell things quickly took a turn for the worse as the home side fell to 61-5.  Sanjay Narbheram made 21 as Upminster briefly threatened to get back into the game, but they were bowled out for a below par 118 with John Wicks taking 4-12 for Galleywood.  Upminste's young attack bowled with good discipline, with Anay and Dylan Narbheram both impressing, but with several chances dropped Galleywood moved towards victory.  Upminster picked up three wickets to claim a bonus point, but George Mawby's 51 not out saw Galleywood to a seven wicket win with more than six overs to spare.