All posts tagged "Chelmsford"
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News
/ 1 day agoEssex go back to the future
By Tawhid Qureshi A PLUSH BAR aboard a stationary cruise liner isn’t the most obvious setting to contemplate the approaching county...
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Columnists
/ 1 day agoRichard Clarke: Now is not the time for us to tune out
By now, every county member, bar the doughty devotees of New Road, will have had a chance to see their side...
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Columnists
/ 1 day agoDarren Stevens: Invincibles at The Oval… or are they?
Ahead of the first game of the season at Northampton, Adam Hollioake, Kent’s new head coach, called a team meeting.
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County Championships
/ 1 week agoAnd we’re off! The 2025 County Championship season begins
Hotter than the Algarve, they reckon. And it did look pretty blissful with good crowds, with queues at several venues –,...
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County Championships
/ 1 week agoEssex make hay while the sun shines at Chelmsford
JORDAN COX made sure his name remained on the England selectors’ radar with the ninth first-class century of his career, and...
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England News
/ 3 weeks agoJordan Cox determined to be back in England mix after devastating injury blow
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/ 4 weeks agoCounty Championship 2025: Surrey season preview
NEED TO KNOW Having become the first county since Yorkshire in 1968 to win three Championships on the bounce, the reigning...
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County Championships
/ 4 weeks agoCounty Championship 2025: Essex Season Preview
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County Championships
/ 4 weeks agoCounty Championship 2025: Yorkshire Season Preview
NEED TO KNOW Yorkshire’s late surge, winning five of their last seven games and drawing the other two, saw them return...
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Club Cricket
/ 6 months agoSeason review: Essex
By Essex’s usually high standards, it has been a disappointing season of cricket for the men from the east coast.
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Club Cricket
/ 6 months agoSeason review: Durham
I predicted at the start of the season that Durham would more than hold their own in Division One this year...
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Club Cricket
/ 6 months agoSeason review: Warwickshire
Just as last year, Warwickshire showed much potential, especially in the white-ball tournaments, but fell well short of fulfilling it.
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County Championships
/ 6 months agoTriple tons build big Essex lead
By Martin Smith September 26-29, The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford Essex 508-8d (Elgar 182, Westley 135, Critchley 112, Patel 3-41, Taylor...
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Featured
/ 7 months agoTriple tons build big Essex lead
By Martin Smith After a rain-dominated first two days in which Essex reached 116 for 1, Essex batters Dean Elgar, Tom...
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Club Cricket
/ 7 months agoRichard Clarke: Luke Fletcher, Joe Leach a dying breed
There was a time when Luke Fletcher’s preparation for a cricket match consisted of two paracetamols plus a double sausage and...
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County Championships
/ 7 months agoEssex brush off deduction to crush Notts
Sept 9 - 12, Chelmsford Essex v Nottinghamshire Toss: Nottinghamshire, who elected to field Officials: Peter Hartley, Rob White, Dean Cosker...
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Featured
/ 7 months agoWHERE ARE WE GOING AND HOW DO WE GET THERE?
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler It is all very well agreeing a “direction of travel” but what happens when you have...
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County Championships
/ 8 months agoWorcestershire dig in to give Essex tricky chase
FIFTIES BY Jake Libby, Brett D’Oliveira and Adam Hose ensured Worcestershire would make Essex bat again in their rollercoaster match at...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoKate Cross fires as Thunder sink Stars
SOUTHERN VIPERS V THE BLAZE AT ARUNDEL A stunning team bowling performance kept The Blaze in the hunt to secure a...
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Featured
/ 8 months agoSECOND BY NAME, NOT BY NATURE
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler Worth a Seconds look: Radlett looking glorious in the sunshine You could clearly hear the sniggers...
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Featured
/ 8 months agoRelease height, weighted average, self-assurance?
Certainly, if Rob Key and co have added another off-the-wall metric to their selection criteria, Jordan Cox would be first in...
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Latest News
/ 8 months agoBlake’s maiden century drives Surrey to big win
By Martin Smith August 9, County Ground, Chelmsford Surrey 306-4 Essex 217 Surrey won by 89 runs Toss: Surrey, who elected...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoBarnard’s purple patch sees Foxes hunted down
By Richard Rae July 26, County Ground, Leicester Leicestershire Foxes 88 Warwickshire 92-2 Warwickshire won by 8 wickets Toss: Warwickshire, who...
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Featured
/ 9 months agoLET THE KIDS PLAY
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Richard Clarke says the One-Day Cup is the perfect summer holidays day out Arsene Wenger is...
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Latest News
/ 9 months agoCurran cracks career-best ton at The Oval
T20 BLAST SOUTH GROUP SCORES Glamorgan 145-6 (Labuschagne 50*) beat Kent 132-5 (Billings 33, Rogers 31*) by 13 runs Surrey 188-5...
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