All posts tagged "Essex"
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Women (County News)
/ 2 years agoECB reveals women’s teams
Yorkshire, Middlesex, Kent, Glamorgan snubbed as eight counties announced As part of a considerable restructuring of domestic cricket, the ECB has...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoDan’s the man for Surrey as he has batters in a spin
By Tawhid Qureshi Dan Lawrence is standing on the Oval outfield after a hard day of Championship cricket against Somerset, the...
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Mark Butcher
/ 2 years agoCook proves he has the ingredients for test cricket
Mark Butcher The decision to use the Kookaburra ball, as opposed to the Dukes, for the opening two rounds of the...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoRuns galore as rain and Kookaburra have the last laugh
SURREY V SOMERSET AT THE OVAL All nine of the second round’s County Championship fixtures ended in a draw, only the...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoElgar and Westley make Red Rose droop
By Martin Smith April 19-22, The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford Lancashire 146 (Williams 32*, Bruce 26, Snater 4-42, Cook 3-18) &...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoNotts battle to avoid big defeat at Taunton
By Richard Latham April 19-22, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton Nottinghamshire 193 (Montgomery 48, Clarke 39, Overton 3-57, Gregory 2-19)...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoGrounds for concern
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler My local non-league football club were eyeing promotion before the winter flooding. But between Boxing Day...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoLong live the battle of the bridge, and rip deadly
DARREN STEVENS It was great to see my old team Kent hold out for a draw in the Battle of the...
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Ben Gardner
/ 2 years agoWhen points and pointlessness combine
BEN GARDNERR NEW COLUMNIST! So was that basically all meaningless then? A fortnight that may as well not have happened? We’ve...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 2 years agoKnight says counties’ frustrations hails ‘progress’ for women’s cricket
England captain Heather Knight insists counties feeling upset by their failure to land a new ‘tier one’ women’s team represents “progress”...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 2 years agoYorkshire not in ECB’s new revamp of women’s professional game
Yorkshire will have to wait until 2027 to take part in the England and Wales Cricket Board’s new ‘Tier 1’ revamp...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoJoe and Jaydn Denly earn Kent draw with Essex
An unbeaten 41 from 18-year-old Jaydn Denly in a solid sixth-wicket stand alongside his uncle Joe helped guide Kent to a...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoFan-tastic!
The death knell for county cricket has been rung many times over the last century but the landscape of almost non-stop...
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County News/The Hundred
/ 2 years agoKashif shows the way
The first of eight South Asian Cricket Academy graduates to get a county contract, Kashif Ali has started the season in...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoElgar and Critchley grind Kent down
By Martin Smith April 12-15, The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford Essex 530-7d (Critchley 151*, Elgar 120, Garrett 2-80, Parkinson 2-125) Kent...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoClarke and James make Pears toil
By Neville Scott April 12-15, Trent Bridge, Nottingham Nottinghamshire 399 (Clarke 105, James 96, Smith 3-67, Finch 2-86, Baker 2-99) Worcestershire...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoOf county and country
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler For many Essex fans, Stuart Turner remains something of a folk hero. Yes, Graham Gooch bullied...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoWhite pitches, red Kookaburras and rain: A perfect storm for the new season
DARREN STEVENS It wasn’t quite a case of bursting out the blocks, was it? Two of the Championship’s opening nine matches...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoTongue focused on Nottinghamshire after ‘crazy summer’
Josh Tongue still marvels at his “crazy summer” last year but the swiftness of his rise and injury setbacks along the...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoEssex underline their title credentials with 254-run win
Essex underlined their Vitality County Championship title credentials as seamer Sam Cook spearheaded a comprehensive 254-run win over Nottinghamshire. Cook took...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoHameed: I will never lose the ambition to play for England
Haseeb Hameed will always harbour aspirations of resuming his England career but he is for now ignoring outside distractions as he...
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County Championships
/ 2 years agoFrom Atkinson to de Caires – potential County Championship stars
Cricketers around the country are gearing up for the Vitality County Championship which gets under way on Friday. Here, we take...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoHere comes the summer
The start of the domestic season is upon us and there’s much to look forward to this summer. Here are eight...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoEssex
Ground: The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford Captain: Tom Westley (CC/ODC), Simon Harmerr (T20) 2023 results: CC1: 2/10; ODC: 9/9 Group A;...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoKent
Ground: The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury Captain: Daniel Bell-Drummond (CC), TBC (ODC), Sam Billings (T20) 2023 results: CC1: CC1: 8/10;...
County Championships
County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
County Championships
Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
