With only 2 days notice for the away teams I imagine travelling will have been a big ask. Lancashire had played at Lord’s and Somerset at New Road Worcester. From there Lancs went to the Ageas Bowl and Somerset Trent Bridge. I was in Newcastle to watch my rugby team Saracens win the Champions Cup, … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – The semi-finals
A Sunday and 7 matches, one of which I was at (You can probably guess which!) I’m sitting down to write this as Line of Duty is on the TV, I have work in the morning, so bed will be calling. However I’ve become slightly obsessed with getting these written and out on the same … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Day 9
There were 6 matches yesterday on a working day, today? Just the one as Sussex travelled up to Lord’s to take on Middlesex. With that in mind I’m going to write a little on Pakistan’s warm up match against Kent. Middlesex v Sussex 298 All Out Dawid Malan won the toss for Middlesex and put … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Round 8. With a bit of Kent v Pakistan
6 matches today and as I look down the list I can see that 5 of them were decided by the Duckworth Lewis Stern Method. I tend to write these matches up in the order they’re posted on the BBC, which means my torture can come last. One of the benefits of the D/L method … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Round 7
Only 2 games were scheduled in this particular ’round’ only one produced a result as the weather again behaved like an April day. Glamorgan v Kent A cricket match in Cardiff in April is always likely to be at risk. Chris Cooke won the toss for Glamorgan and elected to bat. 15 overs were bowled … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Round 6
4 matches today on the day the weather decided to be more April like than Summer like. That saw all 4 matches decided by the mystery that is the Duckworth Lewis method, I’m not expecting many Star Men from today’s proceedings. 4 matches today on the day the weather decided to be more April like … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Take 5!
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
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