Essex County League - Premier Division

Walthamstow successfully chased down Ace’s total to secure a three-wicket away victory.

Ace batted first but struggled as the bowling of Saghir Rabbani removed two of the top three for modest scores before Deepan Kandeepan took four wickets for 32 runs to put the hosts in real trouble.

There were also two wickets for Matt Hawkins and one each for Intezar Ijaz and Hamza Mahmood as Ace finished on 149.

Walthamstow made harder work of the chase than they might have liked but Matthew Guest’s 33 and Paul Miller’s unbeaten 36 was good enough to see the visitors through with three wickets to spare.

Walthamstow travel to Goresbrook on Saturday.

Division One

Walthamstow Seconds beat Chadwell Heath by 199 runs.

Chadwell elected to bowl but were unable to restrict Walthamstow’s batsman as David Portman (41), Faheem Hasan (47) and Steve Peters (32) all contributed to a total of 236.

Chadwell never got close in the chase as Faheem Hasan took three wickets for just 11 runs and the visitors were bowled out for 117.

Walthamstow Seconds host Goresbrook Seconds on Saturday.

Division Two

Walthamstow’s third and fourth sides went up against each other and the third team prevailed by five wickets.

The fourths batted first and set a target of 167 but it wasn’t enough as the thirds surpassed their total in 32.2 overs.

The Thirds host Barking Thirds on Saturday, while the Fourths face a trip to Newham Seconds.