2022 was a very mixed year as an Essex fan, the County Ground couldn’t quite gets things right wicket wise and we went from an opening County Championship match against Kent which saw 1095 runs scored over 2 innings at the cost of 19 wickets, there was naturally no time left for a result. There … More Wickets, Shots and Joy 2022 – with an Essex review too!
It’s amazing to think this 50 over competition is reaching it’s climax. Today, a Friday and a working day we have the 2 play off matches, as a pre-cursor to the semi-finals. I’m sitting just outside Newcastle, here for the European Rugby, hoping my team, Saracens lift the Champions Cup tomorrow. I listened to BBC … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – the Play Offs
The final day of the group matches in the Southern league saw Hampshire sitting out, but also sitting pretty at the top of the table with a home semi-final guaranteed. There was all to play for in all 4 games, with 4 teams still in with a shout of a play-off place. There’d been a … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Day 16
It’s a gloomy Bank Holiday Monday and we have 4 games in the Royal London Cup today. 3 of the games will decide who qualifies from the Northern league, any of the top 4 can still get one of the top 3 slots. The table looks like this before this round of matches. Lancashire can … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Day 15
Sunday 5th May gave us 4 Royal London Cup matches, a top spot was up for grabs, the match I was at was purely for pride between Kent and Essex. It may have been May but it felt more like November for most of the day at Beckenham, 5 layers and I was still cold! … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Day 14
Today is a Saturday, a perfect day to bring people into the game, today we have 3 Royal London Cup matches. With just 1 or 2 matches left these matches would be key. Worcestershire 293 for 7 v Yorkshire 143 All Out Brett D’Oliveira won the toss for Worcesterhire and elected to bat. Yorkshire were … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Day 13
Essex started their Royal London Cup campaign well with a win away from home against Glamorgan, then went on a run of losses, losing at home to Middlesex then away at Surrey and Somerset. There was some debate about the choices made when the toss was won, but results around the country suggests that remains … More Essex v Hampshire RLODC
There were 3 matches today, I was at The Oval to watch the match between the 2 teams trying not to finish bottom of the Southern table. I then went to the theatre, which means I’m writing this close to midnight, so it should be brief! Lancashire 239 for 6 v Derbyshire 209 for 7 … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Day 12
Just 3 matches to look at today – so this should be a quick write and read! Worcestershire 124 for 5 v Nottinghamshire 121 for 9 Steven Mullaney won the toss for Notts and elected to bat. In an innings where the highest partnership was 28 that proved to be the wrong decision. Opener Chris … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Day 11
Yesterday was a Bank Holiday Monday, there were no Royal London Cup games. Today is a Tuesday, a work day, today there were 5 Royal London Cup games. Go figure! Again I was lucky enough to be at one, cue photos of players in red shirts! Durham 229 All Out v Lancashire 230 for 7 … More The Royal London Cup – Star Men Watch – Day 10
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