The 1st XI recorded their best result of the season to beat Epping at a sweltering Upminster Park on Saturday.  Upminster won the toss and decided to field first despite the heat, and a familiar face was back behind the stumps for Upminster, as Adam Wheater returned to the line up.  The Epping openers saw off the opening bursts of Aaron Beard and Max Carter Miller, and their partnership had reached 88 before Gus Philpot removed Abhimanyu Pandey for 37.  Philpot struck again soon after and when Ollie Burley dismissed Rishabh Choubey for 50 Upminster were well and truly back in the game.  Shafiq Rahman showed his quality once again with three wickets in the middle order but Md Sharifullah made 56 as the Epping total went beyond 200.  Sayed Aziz struck a quickfire 44 not out at the end of the innings before Epping declared two overs early on 265-8.

KIran Kullar and Mo Ahmad made a solid start to the Upminster reply, before Kullar fell for 16, and Aaron Beard then upped the pace as he and Ahmad took the total past the 100 mark.  Beard reached his half century and then struck two maximums to help keep the required run rate under control.  The total was 151 and Upminster were looking on top when Beard chopped on to Puneet Datey for 85 to bring Epping back into the game.  Wheater looked in good touch from the start, with two cuts to backward point producing boundaries, and Ahmad brought up his 50 with a two into the leg side.  Wheater used the reverse sweep to good effect to keep Upminster on top, but when he fell for 40 Upminster found themselves 207-3.  Ahmad fell to Md Sharifullah for 66 and a flurry of wickets soon left Upminster at 241-7 and looking up against it.  Tom Daniels remained calm though and he and Carter Miller kept Upminster in the hunt with their eighth wicket partnership.  14 runs were needed from the final two overs and Daniels and Carter Miller seized the moment, taking 12 from the penultimate over to put their side in control, and Carter Miller then struck the second ball of the last over for four to give Upminster a three wicket win.

A brilliant innings from Sam Twine was not enough to gain the 2nd XI a win as they had to cling on for a draw at Harold Wood.  Former Upminster man Stu Connor made 47 for Wood, but wickets from Ollie Peck, John Curtis and Joshan Narbheram left the home side at 103-4.  Ricky Cooper then tilted things Wood's way with a fine innings of 65 from 61 balls, and with Gayan Fernando making 42 the home side were able to reach 261-7.  Curtis finished with 3-43 for Upminster.  Upminster's reply started disastrously, and despite 19 each from Mit Shah and John Curtis Upminster looked in huge trouble at 101-8.  Sam Twine remained though and was scoring quickly while captain Peck found the boundary at the other end.  Peck was dismissed for 22 by Muhammad Khan (4-84) and Upminster had around 14 overs to hang on for the draw.  Twine changed tact and dug in and soon brought up a brilliant century, and Narbheram showed great grit at the other end to keep Wood at bay.  Despite the best effort's of the home side Upminster clung on at 207-9 and Twine finished unbeaten on 103. 

The 3rd XI fell to defeat in a high scoring encounter with Harold Wood at Coopers School.  Wood asked Upminster to bat first and seven of the top eight batters then made a contribution to help Upminster towards a big score.  Will Frost top scored with 44 while Jordan Tolan made 38 and Michael Pedrick 32 as the home side piled up 249, but were crucially bowled out with eight balls not used.  Wood's openers made an excellent start in reply, putting on 70 for the first wicket before Fenton Everingham struck.  Youngster Robin Singh was in fine form for Wood and made a brilliant 99 before becoming one of four wickets for Michael Jones, who did all he could to bring Upminster back into the contest.  Jones claimed 4-57 in a brilliant spell, but Wood kept their nerve to pick up a four wicket win with three overs remaining.  

The 4th XI held on for a draw at fellow strugglers Orsett and Thurrock 3s.  Orsett made a daunting 271-7 before declaring two overs early.  Upminster never looked like chasing down their target, but they batted sensibly to reach 205-7 and secure the draw.
  
An excellent all round performance gave the 5th XI a win at Benfleet 4s.  The Munns, Lewis and Ian, gave Upminster an excellent platform with an opening stand of 66, but Benfleet came back into things as the visitors then fell to 79-3.  A century stand between Ollie Ward and Stewart Hammond then followed to swing things back in Upminster's favour.  Ward made 53 and Hammond 35, and with Aalok Latey and Thomas Cargill adding some late boundaries Upminster ended on 238-6 from their 40 overs.  Latey and Ralph Burchell picked up three early wickets between them as the Benfleet chase began, but Alfie Ayres kept Benfleet in the game with a fine knock.  The spin duo of Kevin Roome and Dylan Narbheram worked their way through the home side's middle order and when Narbheram dismissed Ayres for an excellent 84 Upminster could sense victory.  Roome soon claimed the final wicket with Benfleet being dismissed for 179 to give Upminster a 59 run win.  

There was a heavy defeat for the 6th XI in their Mid Essex Division 8 clash against Basildon and Pitsea 4s.  Upminster started the afternoon well as Harry Bradford, Oscar Sousanna and Thomas Brabin reduced Basildon to 104-5.  Lennon Cleavely made 43 and Ankit Jain 38, but it was a seventh wicket stand of 125 between Heinricht Rensburg and Jayvant Jadhav which really put Basildon on top.  Jadav made 59 and Rensburg ended on 77 not out as the promotion chasers finished on 264-8.  Upminster's reply never got going as they lost wickets at regular intervals. The one exception was Harry Bradford who played superbly in the middle order.  He made 69 not out from 65 balls, but without any support it was all in vain as Upminster were dismissed for 137.

An excellent performance in the field was not enough to give the 7th XI a victory as they missed out at Great Totham in Mid Essex Division 9.  On a difficult surface Upminster found themselves in early trouble, but a turgid 27 from Paul Middlemiss and a more fluent knock of the same score from Craig Grote helped them recover to reach 82-4.  However, a dramatic collapse saw them bowled out for just 99, with Max Clarke claiming 4-30 for the home side.  Oscar Hayes and Woody Treadwell picked up two wickets each as Totham fell to 23-4, but they recovered somewhat to reach 55-4.  Anay Narbheram then picked up two wickets, one thanks to a spectacular catch from Grote, while George Sheridan's fielding led to a run out as Totham fell to 68-7.  At that stage Upminster were favourites but they couldn't remove Sam Yeates.  Yeates ended on 49 not out, no other Totham batter made double figures, as the home side won by three wickets.