Tom Daniels and Ollie Burley kept their nerve in the Saturday evening sunshine to seal a win for the 1st XI in one of the best games seen at Upminster Park for many years. There were times during the chase where it looked like visitors Orsett & Thurrock may come out on top, before Upminster prevailed in a contest which was played in great spirit and was a great advert for the league and both clubs. Max Carter-Miller, captain for the day in the absence of Aaron Beard, asked Orsett to bat first on what looked like another belting track, and Lewis Lockyer and Kirk Laws made Upminster sweat in the field with an excellent opening partnership of 102. However, the introduction of spin into the Upminster attack started to turn things around with Shafiq Rahman removing Laws for 45 and JJ Smuts then having Ben Prophet well caught by Rahman at slip for a duck. Kieran Powell strode to the crease at 105-2 and was then stumped first ball by Adam Wheater having come down the wicket against Smuts. When Smuts struck in his next over the visitors were 108-4 and Upminster were very much on top, but Lockyer remained and found a willing partner in veteran Kevin Sargent. Sargent injured his calf and was struggling to run freely while Rahman finally removed Lockyer for 63 thanks to a good catch from Pulkit Gupta. Sargent eventually had to retire, on 25, and at that stage Upminster would have been hoping to restrict the visitors to a total of around 230, but the lower order batters didn't read the script and they kept their side in the game. Zak Wilson, Callum Greene and Gaurav Bhandari all made good contributions, the latter being superbly caught on the boundary by Gus Philpot, before a late flurry from Taylor Casson took the Orsett total beyond the 250 mark as they closed on 258-8. Smuts finished with figures of 3-28 while Rahman and Jamie Green returned 2-33 and 2-63 respectively.

Gupta and Kiran Kullar made a solid start to the Upminster reply only for Bhandari to produce a spectacular catch at square leg to dismiss Kullar for 24. Smuts joined Gupta and immediately looked like he was in the mood to continue his recent form as he struck several boundaries straight down the ground, one maximum over long-on ending up not far from the Windmill Hall. Bhandari continued his excellent afternoon when he made the breakthrough for Orsett by having Gupta stumped and the spinner was soon wheeling away in celebration once again as he bowled Smuts for 49 as Upminster slipped to 115-3. Adam Wheater and Gus Philpot rebuilt well and with Wheater finding the boundary regularly and both players running well between the wickets the run rate required was kept under control. Wheater struck Casson for a six into the nets but was caught at mid-on next ball to leave things back in the balance with 97 still needed from 17 overs. Philpot was  then caught at long-off by Powell meaning Daniels and Ian Russell had to rebuild again, which they did well until that man Bhandari struck again to remove Russell and then the spinner trapped Rahman in front second ball to put Orsett on top with 51 still needed and only three wickets in hand. Daniels and Burley were understandably watchful as they tried to keep their side in the game, but that meant the run rate required was rising until 33 were needed from the last four overs. Daniels hadn't struck a boundary until that point but then played a beautiful cover drive for four to start the 47th over before playing a late cut to the backward point fence the very next ball to put Upminster back on top. Sensing that Upminster were closing in on victory, Burley then struck Casson for a huge maximum to the longest boundary on the ground and then in the next over carved Greene through extra cover to take his side to the brink before four leg byes sealed the points with an over to spare, to the delight of the vast majority of the big evening crowd. 

The rest of the afternoon's games were memorable for a number of brilliant innings, including three centuries from three young players who all reached three figures for the first time in senior cricket. The 3rd XI were 6-2 at Harlow when Michael Pedrick strode to the wicket and exactly two hours later the young batter was raising his arms aloft to celebrate reaching three figures. Pedrick ended on 104 not out, made from 123 balls and including 16 fours, while Joseph Brooks hit an excellent 63 to help Upminster recover from their difficult start to post 232-8. Andrew Berry struck early in the Harlow reply but Atif Mustehsan and Khubaib Asmat then made Upminster wilt in the afternoon sunshine with a match-winning second wicket partnership. The pair put on nearly 200 before Tom Young (2-55) removed Mustehsan for 95, and although Upminster picked up three quick wickets they couldn't stop Asmat who ended 100 not out as Harlow won by six wickets with more than eight overs to spare. 

At Coopers it was the turn of Ethan Berry to strike his maiden ton as he flayed the Fives and Heronians bowlers to all parts. The GB Hockey International hit 135 from 89 balls, including 96 in boundaries, as Upminster made Fives suffer in the sunshine. Berry shared partnerships of 39 with Matt Ingleson, 68 with Rob Mack, 43 with Alfie Tapin and 67 with Matt Mccarthy and upon his dismissal the Fives bowlers may have been hoping for some respite. However, that wasn't to be as Liam Robertson played a brilliant innings of his own, hitting 77 from just 56 balls as Upminster raced past the 300 mark. Aedan Daly also struck some late blows as the home side eventually closed on 337-5. Fives needed a good start if they were going to get anywhere near their target, and they got that through Anand Khandelwal and Vijay Kumar who put on 86 for the first wicket at nearly a run a ball. Daly made the breakthrough when he bowled Vijay Kumar for 30 and Harry Bradford followed that up with a quickfire double to really put Upminster in control. Spinners Mack and Nathan Brown then worked their way through the middle order, and when Mack finally dismissed Khandelwal for 89 the game was all but done. The visitors did bat out their overs, but they ended on 238-9 as Upminster won by 99 runs. 

The 6th XI went to the top of Mid Essex League Division 9 thanks to a brilliant century, his first in senior cricket, by 13 year old Kayhan Suneel. Suneel, who made a century in junior cricket last year, made a superb 106 not out from 119 balls to pilot his side towards a big total against AGHAB at Campion School. Upminster were 11-3 at one point, and looking like they were in a spot of bother, before Suneel combined firstly with Gary Carr (36) and then with Aadit Latey who crashed 65 from just 30 deliveries to give the innings real momentum. Ryan Brown and Ralph Burchell also made late contributions as Suneel's stunning knock led the home side to a total of 291-7. AGHAB skipper Harish Hrrish made 67 as the visitors started their reply well, and former Upminster man Vishal Sharma made 49 to keep his side in the game, but Upminster kept picking up wickets and the required run rate kept climbing. Latey and Brown both picked up two wickets and while AGHAB batted out their overs they fell well short as they ended on 210-8.

The 2nd XI lost out at Epping in a tightly fought contest. Epping made a fast start having won the toss and decided to bat before veteran pairing John Curtis and Ollie Peck stepped in to get Upminster back in the game. Curtis went on to claim 3-46 and with Peck and Vansh Mehra picking up two wickets each Epping looked like they ,ay post a below par score before a vital seventh wicket partnership between Kabir Rashid and Mujakkir Hussain helped them to eventually close on 249-9. Opener Mit Shah made 49 at the top of the order for Upminster while Mehra and Arun Kullar also got starts to keep Upminster in the game, but the with the required run rate climbing the pressure began to tell as the visitors fell from 85-1 to 92-6. Adam Quested helped his side to recover somewhat but at 154-8 Upminster looked out of the game. Curtis and Scott Simmons didn't give up though and they put together an excellent ninth wicket partnership of 68 to give their side some hope. It was just to much however and Peck's side ended on 230-9 to lose by 19 runs.

A third win in a row for the 5th XI, this time at neighbours Hornchurch, saw them maintain their position at the top of the table. Experienced opening duo Stewart Hammond and Ian Munn got Upminster off to a good start and although there were also contributions from Patrick Gulvin, Lewis Munn and Thomas Cargill it looked like Upminster may not set a challenging target until Dylan Narbheram made an excellent 41 from 28 balls to lift the total to 217-9. Aalok Latey (3-30) did the early damage with the ball in the Hornchurch reply before George Fletcher and Krishna Valleesan got their side back in the game. A tight finish was beginning to look in prospect until Narbheram and Kevin Roome turned things decisively Upminster's way. Narbheram claimed 2-33 and Roome a superb 4-10 as Hornchurch were bowled out for 175. 

The 7th XI lost out to Willow Herbs in a high-scoring clash at Broxhill Road, despite a fine innings from Mark Hortop. Herbs decided to bat first upon winning the toss and they were then able to watch Ashik Satheesh make a brilliant 136 to put his side into a good position. Ed Knight picked up two wickets for Upminster and their young attack stuck to their task well, but a strong Herbs batting line up were able to pile up 313-5. It was always going to be a tough chase for Upminster's young side but Hortop knuckled down to hold the innings together. He made an unbeaten 95 and put together an excellent partnership with Oscar Hayes. Dylan Brooks then showed he has returned to form with a well constructed 46 not out as Upminster closed on a respectable 209-5.

The Friendly XI won an excellent game at Herongate & Ingrave. Ralph Moore (3-28) and Henry Hanlon (2-15) were the pick of the Upminster attack as the home side were bowled out for 164. Moore made 41 at the start of the Upminster chase and along with Max Bird (21) they put Upminster into a good position. The McNeela's, Aiden and Kevin, then looked to be taking Upminster to a comfortable win before Kevin's dismissal led to a mini collapse. However, Aiden kept his head and finished on a brilliant 47 not out as Upminster won by two wickets.