Scorecard

Halstead Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI v Maldon CC 1st XI on Sat 02 May 2026 at 12:01
Halstead Cricket Club Won by 3 wickets

Match report For the second week in succession all three Halstead Cricket Club teams recorded victories .

At Star Stile the 1st XI hosted Maldon and ground out out hard earned win. As ever the visitors proved stubborn opponents and having chosen to bat first accumulated a challenging total of 251/8. Not for the first time Chris Harris was the pick of the Maldon batsmen with 82 as the Halstead bowlers toiled in the sunshine . Josh Wells with 3 wickets and Josh King with 2 were the pick of the home attack.
In reply Halstead got off to a poor start finding themselves 53/3 in the face of some tight bowling . However opener Callum O’Connell found form at just the right time with a superb 103 including eleven 4’s and two 6’s , wonderfully supported by the ever reliable Wells with 80 the two of them put on 144 for the fourth wicket. With Wells dismissal wickets then tumbled and defeat looked a real possibility until , not the first time , Josh King and Joe Morris steadied things to seal the win by 3 wickets with 2 overs to spare.

Next week the 1XI travel to Wivenhoe

Maldon CC 1st XI Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
2nb 11w 5lb 
for 8 wickets
18
251 (50.0 overs)		     
Oliver Hull ct  J King b E Clark 22 31 4 70.97
Jimmy Ainscough ct  R Vickery b J Morris 15 16 3 93.75
Chris Harris lbw  J King 82 120 10 68.33
Jamie Brown ct  E Clark b J Wells 5 18 1 27.78
Matthew Anderson ct  J Wells b S Walter 60 69 8 2 86.96
Ian Elliott lbw  J King 15 20 2 75.00
Max Circosta ct  C O'Connell b J Wells 16 11 2 145.45
Ross Walpole Not Out  17 14 1 121.43
Joe Hazell ct  J King b J Wells 0 2 0
Ben Gibbons Not Out  1 1 100
Toby Pugh  

Halstead Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Ed Clark8.0135135.004.38
Joe Morris7.0129129.004.14
Josh Wells10.0149316.334.90
Josh King10.0141220.504.10
Sam Walter10.0057157.005.70
Callum O’Connell5.003500.007.00

Halstead Cricket Club Saturday 1st XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
2nb 11w 1lb 
for 7 wickets
14
253		        
Callum O’Connell ct  M Circosta b M Circosta 103 136 11 2 75.74 1
Harry Pritchard ct  J Ainscough b J Hazell 3 7 42.86
Ryan Vickery ct  J Ainscough b T Pugh 8 10 2 80.0 1
Adrian Grinonneau lbw  T Pugh 6 18 1 33.33
Josh Wells ct  J Hazell b J Hazell 80 63 9 1 126.98 1
James Tyson b  J Hazell 6 17 1 35.29
Josh King Not Out  15 20 2 75.00 2
Ed Clark b  M Circosta 2 3 66.67 1
Joe Morris Not Out  16 13 2 123.08
Will Gerrard  
Sam Walter  

Maldon CC 1st XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Joe Hazell10.0344314.674.40
Toby Pugh10.0138219.003.80
Max Circosta8.3076238.008.94
Chris Harris9.005300.005.89
Ian Elliott10.004100.004.10