| Huge season finale in Castle Park Sept 5th 07:11 - Sep 3 with 613 views | noah4x4 |
If you are not heading for Swindon, Castle Park will be the local focus for quality sport.
The 2025 Essex Premier League Champions host 2026 Champions Elect as Colchester & EE face Hutton CC in a fifty limited over battle. A Hutton win gives them the title.
If defeated, to avoid relegation Colchester must take enough bonus points to mirror Hornchurch CC’s total in the event that Hornchurch lose to Buckhurst Hill CC. Colchester do start with a +3 advantage. However, if Hornchurch beat Buckhurst Hill, Colchester are already safe having a +9 advantage over the latter and only 8 bonus points available. Lots riding on the Castle Park result.
Why are 2025 Champions Colchester at risk of relegation? Similarly Frinton from the East Anglia Premier League (already relegated)?…
One answer, the 2026 experiment of like for like injury and WK substitutes in First Class Cricket. All season, CEECC (and Frinton) have lost key players to 12th man duties for Essex CCC, just in case of an injury, while our local clubs struggle to replace them. Then when regular Essex players vanish for the Hundred, our local stars might get a few games in the Metro Cup. These two changes in FCC are wreaking havoc on local Premier League recreational cricket as the strongest First XIs with the best talent are inevitably the most impacted.
But it looks like Colchester might have one if it’s strongest line ups on parade on Saturday making the showdown an exciting prospect. Free admission, excellent bar and pavilion ( non- members welcome). Start 11:30.
Colchester skipper, Joe MacGregor is the leading run scorer in the Essex Premier League. He is on target to uniquely repeat this feat in consecutive seasons. So much at stake in Castle Park….
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| Huge season finale in Castle Park Sept 5th on 23:22 - Sep 8 with 444 views | noah4x4 |
Thanks to the many Col U fans that came down to Castle Park and were treated to a sensational cricket match.
Colchester’s Joe MacGregor hit a marvelous 132 to secure being the leagues top scorer for the second consecutive year. However, The Colchester innings was limited to a below par 217. Crucially, three batting bonus points were secured, enough to guarantee them top flight Premier League cricket in 2027.
A Hutton CC win looked like a formality which would give them the league title, but a magnificent bowling performance by Colchester denied them. Veteran Kiwi paceman Darren Eckford returned for his first game since early June, and Dan Gladwell was back from Essex CCC duty. Along with wrist spinner Hassan Bin Shahib they soon had Hutton reeling.
But with ten runs required and a wicket remaining, Hutton still looked favourites, until 18 year old Jonty Ray bowled an unplayable delivery to demolish Viraj Ghandi’s stumps.
Thrilling stuff. Free admission, back next year….. | | | |
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