This round was likely to be key for Division 1 as Essex in 2nd place travelled uo to London to face Surrey at the Oval. Having booked a couple of days away without the benefit of the fixture list I found myself marvelling at Bonobos at Twycross Zoo, an ape with 98% matching DNA to … More County Cricket Round 9 – 2024
Cricket weather arrived across the country and those with weather affected games last week must’ve been looking on with envy. The very same thing happened in 2023 and it had an effect on the tables at the end of the season. There were 4 games in Division 1 and 2 in Division 2. I’m starting … More County Cricket Round 5/6 – 2024
2 teams from each Division sat out this round, Kent and Lancashire from Division 1 and Sussex and Glamorgan from Division 2. Day 1, when I’m starting out on this, saw a full day’s play up and down the country, in spite of weather predictions amongst fans. It remains to be seen if that stays … More County Cricket Round 4 – 2024
Round 6 saw some semi-decent weather, but there were still plenty of drawn games, I was due to go to Edgbaston in Day 1 but drove through torrential rain so didn’t see my team bowled out for cheap. Day 1 was in general a good day to bowl! That was a some on the weather. … More County Championship Round 6 – 2023
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. Kent were the visitors between April 7th and 10th. Essex batted for 159.5 overs and scored 514 runs, 3 batters, Nick Browne, Alastair Cook and … More Essex v Lancashire – a crazy Day 1!
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 of 4 and can see that 2 of the 8 games have been won, both of those in Division 2. Day 3 is also the … More The County Championship Round 8
Having had a week when Essex and I’m sure the rest of the country saw torrential rain and even huge hailstones one afternoon, the weather actually remembered the fact that it was nearly June and the cricket season to boot! Good weather rocked up, would good cricket too? Let’s look around the country – Durham … More The County Championship Round 8
I don’t quite know how to describe the weather for Round 7 of the cricket. Rugby weather might be the best way to put a name to the rain and wind that descended on most of the country. The first round of games since 2019 to see members allowed back meant warm, waterproofs were needed … More The County Championship Round 7
I had an interesting exchange with Reuben Herbert in a County Cricket group during the summer and asked if he fancied putting his thoughts down. Here he writes as a guest blogger. His thoughts on structure would work across most sports in this country. I made a comment a while back that county clubs should be limited to 18 professional … More County Cricket – Time for a Re-think?
After the disappointment of sitting through the most glorious Spring with absolutely no cricket, Saturday 1st August saw the return of County Cricket. It had been my intention to attend all but one of Essex’s County games and that only because I was due to be watching England play Pakistan. But that wasn’t to be … More County Cricket is here! The Bob Willis Trophy
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