After an evening watching women’s international cricket it was back to the men’s game. Essex faced the might of Yorkshire in their Royal London home quarter final. Yorkshire’s batting featured Adam Lyth, Jonny Bairstow and Gary Ballance amongst others, one thing to be thankful for was that Joe Root hadn’t been included. With uncertain weather … More Essex CCC v Yorkshire CCC – Event 118
I have a terrible confession to make when it comes to Day 3 of The 5th Test – I arrived a little late and forgot to get any cash out on the way. I had rugby shirts to persuade Australians to wear and a need to buy lunch, which needed said cash! I decided to … More England v Australia – The Oval – Day 3 – Event 115
After a crazy few days which took me from Nottingham to Cardiff – as you do when you’re sports focussed and not – they’re miles apart focussed I was looking at a week – well 5 days without sport! A quiet few days at home after driving a little under 800 miles seemed sensible. However … More Essex CCC v Surrey CCC – Event 107
Having had a day of showers and almost Autumnal weather for Day 1 of the Edgbaston test a better day was promised weather wise. Could the on field antics match those of the previous day? It seems that anything is possible in this Ashes series and wow yes it was to be another cracker! I … More England v Australia – Edgbaston – Day 2 – Event 100
With a Test Match to write about and a fairly simple Essex match I am going to be brief on this one, no really I am! The Royal London Cup is a great format for cricket, generally a fast paced exciting day of cricket, yet with more ‘meat’ than a T20 match, and a result … More Essex CCC v Lancashire CCC – Event 98
Now, this is going to be a very quick ‘blog’. Those who keep track of T20 Blast cricket and Essex in particular will know that this game was rained off. I live in Chelmsford so watched the rain fall all day – I knew it was highly unlikely that cricket would happen that day. However … More Essex Eagles v Kent – Event 95
I have to confess to delaying writing this particular ‘event’ up for some strange reason. I am inclined not to write any words and just post lots of photos. But, that’s not my way so here we go. Lords – the Home of Cricket – is the one ground I had no control over when … More England v Australia – Lords Day 4 – Event 93
When I collected my tickets for Australia’s visit to the County Ground I was very hopeful that I’d be able to spend a good part of my Saturday watching them in action. Some of me thought it might be done and dusted by then, but Essex made a good competition of the game and the … More Essex CCC v Australia Day 4 – Event 88
A morning at the Premiership Rugby Fixtures Release gave me a small quandary – Essex were playing Australia in Chelmsford and Surrey were playing T20 against Middlesex at the Oval. In reality I didn’t have to think too much – I rushed back to Chelmsford after having a great morning. A chance to see the … More Essex CCC v Australia – Day 3 – Event 87
Having started the week with lunch with Sir Garfield Sobers (I’m still pinching myself) the cricket theme of my week continued. The joys of having 2 memberships means I’ll have cricket galore on top of my Ashes days, being something of a cricket geek that’s a piece of heaven for me! The 1st game of … More Essex Eagles v Hampshire Royals – Event 82
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