Today I surprised myself by choosing to stay at home with my daughter who’s visiting from Paris rather than going to the Oval to watch Surrey v Essex. That meant I kept track online and missed out on what proved to be a low scoring game. There was no cricket yesterday, on Easter Monday, today … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Round 4
Good Friday and a glorious day saw a local derby played against a decent crowd at the Cloud FM County Ground. This was in effect Round 2 of the Royal London Cup, in Round 1 all 6 teams who batted first went on to win the game, including Essex against Glamorgan. Ryan ten Doeschate won … More Essex Eagles v Middlesex
Easter Sunday saw 7 matches take place on another glorious day, including the ‘War of The Roses’. My County, Essex weren’t involved so it was a family day for me – here’s a round up of what occurred. Yorkshire 310 All Out v Lancashire 311 for 6 Dane Vilas won the toss for Lancashire and … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Round 3
Good Friday and 8 games were played around the country, the match I was at – Essex v Middlesex had a really good crowd. We have member parking and it was full by 9:30 for an 11am start, then we had queues to get into the ground. Isn’t it funny what can happen when you … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Round 2
I wasn’t going to do this, it may be hard to keep up with things in the next few weeks, but, I just have to, there have been some stand out performances today! Including a century from my favourite player outside of Essex and one for an Essex opener too. There were 6 matches today, … More The Royal London One Day Cup – Star Men watch!
There were some crazy scores in Division 2 in this second round, there were 10 matches with 5,265 runs and 135 wickets taken! I’ve always tended to keep an eye on both divisions but deciding to do a write up for each round means I’m taking more notice, and I literally couldn’t believe my eyes … More The County Championship – Week 2 – Division 2
With my team , Essex, playing at The Oval I managed to witness 2 full days of County Cricket. The photos in this article will be from that game; I took thousands as usual! We had a full set of matches this week, here’s a round up of what occurred, I’m hoping to include my … More The County Championship Week 2 – Division 1
I’d hoped for 3 things before this day started, for Ryan Patel to get his maiden century, for Surrey to be all out promptly and for the Essex batsmen to start well. 2 of those things happened, Patel was playing in only his 22nd First Class innings and wow he played a superb role. He … More Surrey v Essex -Day 2
I joined Surrey as a member in 2015, largely with The Ashes in mind, in the years since I’ve formed a soft spot for Surrey in spite of being an Essex fan. This then gives me mixed emotions when the 2 teams meet. I haven’t been able to give up that membership, there’s something I … More Surrey v Essex – The defence of a title starts!
Today I watched an hour or so of cricket! Essex Second XI v Durham Second XI at the Cloud FM County Ground, goodness it was cold! But, I saw some good cricket and got my first photos of the season, I’m now looking forward to a couple of days at The Oval later in the … More The County Championship Week 1 – Division 2
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