Wickets, Shots and Joy 2022 – with an Essex review too!
2022 was a very mixed year as an Essex fan, the County Ground couldn’t quite gets things right wicket wise and we went from an opening County Championship match against […]
The County Championship – The Finale – Part 1
Wow a lot happened in this final round, while Surrey were confirmed as County Champions last week and Gloucestershire confirmed as relegated , everything else was yet to be decided. […]
The County Championship Round 13/16
Things have finally caught up, with every County playing this week, playing their 13th game of 14.. The County Champions were decided with a week to go, today, Friday the […]
Essex v Lancashire Day 2 – Pitch shenanigans!
Would there be any batting miracles on Day 2 of this ridiculous game of cricket? Well, no! George Bell who has his 20th birthday on Saturday had been in at […]
Essex v Lancashire – a crazy Day 1!
This is going to be more about the photos than words – Before that I’m going back to the first match of the season at the County Ground in Chelmsford. […]
The County Championship Round 15
It’s September 15th and we’re at the business end of the season – Every team has played 12 games and the top spots and relegation spots being close to being […]
The County Championship Round 14
It feels like a long time since I was watching my team, Essex play. August 17th and Yorkshire with one of the biggest downpours of rain I’ve experienced! Happily Essex […]
The County Championship Round 12
With the rugby union season fast approaching my season ticket for my team, Saracens in bought at a cost of £755 for 16 home fixtures, I thought I’d have a […]
The County Championship Round 11
8 matches in this round of the County Championship, I wimped out of travelling into London to watch Surrey v Essex at The Oval. I’m a member of both, a […]
The County Championship Round 10
Round 10 saw 9 matches up and down the country, my team, Essex we’re playing at home against Gloucestershire, so excuse the photos being from Day 1 of that particular […]
The County Championship Round 9
Week 9 of the County Championship came in the midst of the T20 Blast it also coincided with Covid catching up with me meaning I missed out on both Essex […]
The County Championship Round 8
Several rounds of the T20 Blast in and we had a round of the County Championship, well 16 of the 18 counties did anyway. I’m starting this on Day 3 […]
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 […]
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