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!
Work has returned to my life which means I haven’t seen a ball bowled in this first round of the CC, but, for my own records as much as anything here’s a round up of the first set of matches, to add to my round up of Day 1. Adding photos from previous games where … More The County Championship Week 1 – Division 1
There was no county cricket in July of 2017, but Essex travelled to Scarborough in early August to restart their push to win Division 1, August Yorkshire v Essex – Star Men – Ryan ten Doeschate, Mohammad Amir, Jamie Porter – Essex won by 8 wickets I was at Old Trafford watching England play South … More Essex CCC – The tale of a Championship Winning Summer – August – September
It’s time to look back on the wonderful summer of 2017 for my County, Essex. I wasn’t at every match, international cricket and this year the Champions Trophy interrupted my County Cricket, but where I was there I’ll include some photos in what is probably going to be a virtual novel. April Essex v Lancashire … More Essex CCC – The tale of a Championship Winning Summer – April to June
The photos included are of the Kent v Essex match, I messed up the settings on my camera so messed up the photos of the other games. 2017 sees Essex in Division 1 of the County Championship and at this time in the semi-final of the Royal London One Day Cup, rugby and cricket watching … More Essex CCC – Royal London One Day Cup – Group Stage
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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