Halstead Cricket Club

🍻 SAVE THE DATE – HCC BEER FEST 2025 🍻 📅 21–25 August 🏏 Cricket every day 🍺 Real ales & lagers 🔥 BBQ & live music 🗓️ Highlights include MCC vs Gents of Essex, T20 Finals Day & Tom Sewell Memorial Game. 📣 DM us if you’re keen to sponsor! #HCCBeerFest2025

We are back! From this Sunday, winter nets are returning. 5-7pm at Gosfield School 🕰️

HCC are proudly sponsored by Hume Homes 🏡 Thank you to all our player sponsors for their support across the season! Player Sponsors: Total Tops 🧰, Milldale Contracts 🧱, G&S Brown 🧱, Drone Perspectives 🛸, 📸: Roger Cuthbert

Starting off our end of year roundups is the 3XI. Mark Harris’ side endured a tough start to the season after winning their first game, but found form in the latter stages as consistent performers were found young and old across the side.

The weekend's rain reflected the mood at Star Stile as we were beaten Sunday in the EAPL Playoff Semi-Finals by North Runcton. Saturday's games also fell foul to the weather, but not before Tharusha Fernando's maiden HCC 💯 Here are the final POTW from the 2025 season ⬇️

Congratulations to our visitors @NorthRunctonCC, who run out 29 run winners. Best of luck in the final 👏

Light drizzle has set in so we are off for rain. Currently 80/8, with 52 needed from 26 overs, means we are 37 runs behind DLS par

73/8 in the 22nd over. 59 needed for victory 🏏

Tea is being taking mid-innings. Wickets have continued to fall and we are 35/6. DLS score would be 88 at this point. 36 overs remain.

Tough start to our reply, falling to 16/4 as the North Runcton attack have their tails up.

North Runcton are all out as Josh King picks up his 3rd wicket, Coote departing for a battling 56. 135 is the target for a place in the EAPL Promotion Playoff Final.

It’s another for King, Millions taking the catch, and the visitors are nine down! 119/9 off 25.3

Spin into the attack and Josh King strikes in his second over, breaking a partnership that rebuilt excellently for North Runcton. Triffit is bowled for 23. 106/8.

Wickets continue to tumble, another one apiece for Clark and Wells. North Runcton now 44/7!

North Runcton are now 38/5 as Clark claims his third, Vickery again with the catch behind.

And Another! It’s Wells again as Payne is caught behind by Vickery. North Runcton 30/4

Early strikes at HQ! Two in an over for Ed Clark as both B.Skipper and Lockheart are bowled, before Josh Wells gets in on the action, trapping Christoffels LBW. North Runcton are 28/3 from 7.

EAPL Playoff Semi-Final 💥 We welcome North Runcton to Star Stile 🏏 Visitors have won the toss & bat first. 50 overs, 11am start. Bar & BBQ open 🍻 Come & support the boys! Hume Homes 🏡 | Match Ball: CITES 💻 Player Sponsors: Crossways 🚘 📸 Roger Cuthbert

For the final time in the league this year, here are your Saturday teams 👇🏼 Hume Homes 🏡 | Match Ball: CITES 💻 Player Sponsors: Warehouse Carpets 🌀, Bill & Berts 🐶 📸 Roger Cuthbert

1XI & 3XI win big ✅ 2XI promo push all but over ❌ H/WSPCC finish strong 💪 POTW from penultimate league weekend ⬇️ Hume Homes 🏡 | Match Ball: CITES 💻 Player Sponsors: Crossways 🚘, Warehouse Carpets 🌀, Carsmart 🚗, Don Cutmore 🚰, Total Tops 🧰, Milldale 🧱 📸 Roger Cuthbert

Penultimate league week 👊 1XI at Wivenhoe, 2XI need a home win v Wivenhoe for promo push, 3XI away at Maldon. Hume Homes 🏡 | Match Ball: CITES 💻 Player Sponsors: BrackAdams 📦, Grays 🏉 📸 Roger Cuthbert