Second XI Premier Division

Wanstead & Snaresbrook Seconds beat South Woodford Seconds with Hasseb Chaudhri taking six wickets.

Bowling first, Wastead’s Chaudhri finished with six for 36 as Woodford had Kevin Smith (65) and Michael Browne (40) to thank for giving them a respectable score of 145.

Wanstead were similarly reliant on two individuals as Nikunj Velani (26) and Mahesh Velani (66 not out) saw the Herons through to a win despite Woodford’s Indika Wickramaratne taking three for 33.

Wanstead Seconds are away to Chelmsford on Saturday, while South Woodford Seconds face a trip to Ilford Seconds.

Chingford Seconds lost to Shenfield Seconds by 87 runs.

Bowling first, Chingford’s Neil Dial claimed four wickets for 32 but Shenfield still posted 230.

In reply, Mark Fletcher put on an impressive 63 but Chingford were bowled out for 143.

Chingford Seconds are away to Brentwood Seconds on Saturday.

Woodford Wells Seconds suffered a 108-run defeat to Brentwood Seconds.

Brentwood posted 208 as Thomas Watkins, Farhad Uddin, Deepak Sinha and Robert Baxter all took two wickets for Wells.

In reply, opener Joe Johnson scored 55 but it was downhill from there as nobody else made more than 15 and Wells were bowled out for 100.

Wells Seconds are at home to Colchester and East Essex Seconds on Saturday.

Second XI Division One

Loughton Seconds narrowly beat Fives and Heronians Seconds with Fahad Anwar hitting a superb century.

Anwar’s 141 carried Loughton to 236 for five after their 52 overs. Daniel Gymer (26) and Ben Notley-Griffiths (20) played valuable supporting roles.

Fives’ figures, in contrast, were more evenly spread as a handful of batsmen made solid scores. Steven Doig (75) was the best of them but Greg Summers (34), Dan Scoulding (32) and Meraj Mustanser (43) also helped the hosts to victory.

Loughton’s Lewis Scott was unlucky to be on the losing side after he finished with five for 34.

Fives Seconds are away to Hutton on Saturday, while Loughton Seconds are away to Buckhurst Hill.

Buckhurst Hill Seconds beat Hadleigh & Thundersley Seconds by two wickets.

Bowling first, Buckhurst’s Darren Ironside (four for 40) and Daniel Platt (three for 53) restricted Hadleigh to 189 for eight at the finish.

Buckhurst started poorly and were 47 for six at one stage but some composed batting from Platt (22), Rob Petchey (66 not out) and Daniel Isaacs (30 not out) steered the visitors to victory.

Buckhurst Hill Seconds are at home to Loughton Seconds in their next match on Saturday.

Second XI Division Two

West Essex Seconds lost by 62 runs to Southend on Sea & EMT.

After winning the toss, West Essex decided to put their opponents into bat but the opposition eased their way to 229 for five. Murad Ali finished with two for 33.

West Essex’s reply saw them dismissed for 167 in 43 overs. Mohammed Zahour top scored with 61 and there were contributions from Arfan Mohammed (29) and Ali (21).

Second XI Division Three

Epping Seconds secured a six-wicket victory over Benfleet Seconds.

Benfleet were put into bat and Epping managed to bowl them out for 197 in 51.3 overs.

Haseeb Malik was the pick of the attack as he took five for 32 in 11.3 overs. Salim Mithani chipped in with two for 51.

In reply, Tapan Patel opened with 30, while Gokul Balasubramanian notched 50 and Yasin Vadasaria top-scored on 67. This helped Epping reach the target for the loss of four wickets in 32.3 overs.

Woodford Green Seconds lost by three wickets to Old Southendian & Southchurch.

Green managed to score 156 all out at Southchurch Park. Opener Mark Smith top-scored with 57 while Chirag Trivedi hit 53 for the visitors.

Old Southendian reached the target for the loss of seven wickets in 42.5 overs. Jagjit Singh took four for 53 and Raza Ali claimed two for 24 in the away defeat.

Old Parkonians Seconds lost to Harlow Town by 39 runs.

Batting first, Harlow did well to combat the conditions, thanks largely to Bilal Ali’s 50, although Victor Yatheesh produced another fine bowling performance to take six for 55.

Ridwaan Shaikh also chipped in with two for 28 in eight overs and Prashant Bist was tidy with one for 20 in seven. When Harlow were all out for 164, this looked a total that could be chased down.

In response, Old Parkonians struggled from the off. Opening partners Shane Vamadevan (12) and Alan Bouquet resisted for a time but then only skipper Amit Kalley (24), and later order batting from Prashant Bist (38) and Ridwaan Shaikh (15), threw any doubt in the equation as they were all out for 125.