The County Championship 2022 – Round 7
Round 7 saw 7 games of cricket, 4 in Division and 3 in Division 2, how much of a difference would the toss make this week? I’m starting on Day […]
The County Championship 2022 – Round 6
This was a week when winning the toss wasn’t great, in most cases, as you’ll see below! The weather has been mixed in Essex over the last week with a […]
The County Championship 2022 – Round 5
A long pre-planned theatre trip and a daughter to get to the Eurostar meant I wasn’t able to attend the first 2 days at the Cloud County Ground to watch […]
The County Championship 2022 – Round 4
My daughter arriving from Paris and a couple of brilliant theatre trips put paid to me being at the County Ground to see the Essex batters collapse for a second […]
The County Championship 2022 – Round 3
I’m starting this on Day 2 and none of the games have gone yellow on the BBC App – so no 2 day results, which is surely a good thing, […]
The County Championship 2022 – Round 2
Round 2 saw Yorkshire and Lancashire enter the fray, I’m starting to write this on Good Friday, Day 2 of this round and a quick glance tells me I’ll be […]
The County Championship 2022 – Round 1
Having spent a weekend in Paris in glorious sunshine in Mid-March, Spring decided it wasn’t quite ready to arrive fully and the first day of the new County Championship season […]
The County Championship – The Final Round
And so, just like that the cricket summer is nearly over, the weather in September has most definitely ‘played ball’. It was positively glorious on both Day 1 and Day […]
The County Championship (Part 2) – Round 14
I found myself sat in the pavilion at The Oval for the first 2 days of the match between Surrey and Essex, so, that means it’s going to be photos […]
The County Championship (Part 2) – Round 13
The start of September brought with it – SUMMER! Hallelujah! It also brought the second round of this new phase of the County Championship, with many members struggling to understand […]
The County Championship – Part 2 – Round 12
The last round of Phase One of the County Championship finished on July 14th – Nearly 7 weeks later the second phase started on August 30th after a summer (of […]
Essex Eagles v Sussex Sharks
After Armageddon style rain a day at the County Ground was on the cards. The day dawned early for me as I did my Mum’s taxi duties, and the weather […]
Essex Eagles v Worcestershire Rapids
A second visit to the county ground in Chelmsford in a week, what a treat! The day promised no rain, which meant a bigger crowd than the one that came […]
Essex Eagles v Middlesex
Oh the absolute joy of being able to go to the County Ground and choose where to sit! I’d applied for every day possible but only been successful for the […]
The County Championship Round 11
To my absolute delight I booked 2 days at Derby to watch Essex play Derbyshire, my first County Cricket for nearly 2 years! I rocked up to the ground at […]
The County Championship Round 10
Round 10 saw my team Essex sit out as they’d planned to play an India team, Covid put paid to that, it also saw England having to put the whole […]
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