For some reason only known to the ECB the 2 teams challenging for the Championship didn’t play last week when the weather was good. Autumn and rain seems to have arrived this week, with a possible return to decent days next week. I’m starting this write up at the end of day 2 when every … More County Championship Round 15 – 2023
The return of the County Championship coincided with a heatwave across the country, of course in the week the children go back to school! I’d enjoyed the cricket I watched live in August including a Hundred Double Header and as many 50 One games as I could make, but it was good to be back … More County Championship Round 13 – 2023
I have an unpopular article to write up after going to The Hundred at The Oval – and having a thoroughly enjoyable time, but the reaction of a handful of Essex ‘fans’ on social media after today’s game has me wanting/needing to write about today’s match. Having my own site gives me my own platform … More Essex v Surrey – and a bit of a rant!
I’m writing this up as Essex have just lost at Kent, Essex were again bowled out in fewer than the allotted overs, 44.5 to be precise. That alongside a loss for Surrey means they’ll be playing on Tuesday to decide who finishes bottom of the table. I wrote a round up of things after the … More Leicestershire v Essex – In Praise of Outgrounds
This is going to be more photo drop than blog. But first a round up of the One Day Cup so far for Essex. The cup started with a rained off game against Lancashire after Lancs had scored 270 for 7 in their 36 overs. Essex’s first home game saw them bowled out for 69 … More Essex v Yorkshire – The Metro One Day Cup
The rain ‘won’ the day at Old Trafford and Australia retain the Ashes with that draw, there was bound to be at least 1 rain affected match and Australia did what they needed t get the win in the first 2 games. I’m at The Oval for 4 days and would have loved t be … More County Championship Round 12 – 2023
This round of matches coincided with the start of the the 4th Ashes Test at Old Trafford, I’m sure many like me were keeping a good eye on proceedings there as well as their own game. We’re in July but the weather looks to be a factor in both the Test and the County calendar, … More County Championship Round 11 – 2023
As the 3rd Ashes Test finished a day early at Headingley s full round of County Championship matches started the following day. I was up in Scotland and saw a lot of rain! And that was replicated across the country. This was a second round using the Kookaburra ball and the result was some very … More County Championship Round 10 – 2023
5 days at Edgbaston for the first Ashes Test meant I was in need of some ‘chilled’ cricket, that, believe it or not came in the shape of a T20 match up between Essex and Kent, a game won by Kent, it was unbelievably low key compared to The Ashes. Next up was Day 1 … More County Championship Round 9 – 2023
A week ago I went to watch Essex play Sussex in the T20 Blast – it was, in all honesty, freezing! I had a hoodie, a coat and a scarf and I was still cold! 2 days later I was sad in the pavilion at The Oval watching India and Australia contest the World Test … More County Championship Round 8 – 2023
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