Season review: Essex 6 October 2024 0 comments By Essex’s usually high standards, it has been a disappointing season of cricket for the men from the east coast.
Season review: Durham 6 October 2024 0 comments I predicted at the start of the season that Durham would more than hold their own in Division One this year and they did.
Season review: Warwickshire 6 October 2024 0 comments Just as last year, Warwickshire showed much potential, especially in the white-ball tournaments, but fell well short of fulfilling it.
Triple tons build big Essex lead 6 October 2024 0 comments By Martin Smith September 26-29, The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford Essex 508-8d (Elgar 182, Westley 135, Critchley 112, Patel 3-41, […]
Triple tons build big Essex lead 29 September 2024 0 comments By Martin Smith After a rain-dominated first two days in which Essex reached 116 for 1, Essex batters Dean Elgar, […]
Richard Clarke: Luke Fletcher, Joe Leach a dying breed 22 September 2024 0 comments There was a time when Luke Fletcher’s preparation for a cricket match consisted of two paracetamols plus a double sausage and egg McMuffin.
Essex brush off deduction to crush Notts 15 September 2024 0 comments Sept 9 – 12, Chelmsford Essex v Nottinghamshire Toss: Nottinghamshire, who elected to field Officials: Peter Hartley, Rob White, Dean […]
WHERE ARE WE GOING AND HOW DO WE GET THERE? 8 September 2024 0 comments Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler It is all very well agreeing a “direction of travel” but what happens when you […]
Worcestershire dig in to give Essex tricky chase 1 September 2024 0 comments FIFTIES BY Jake Libby, Brett D’Oliveira and Adam Hose ensured Worcestershire would make Essex bat again in their rollercoaster match at Chelmsford.
Kate Cross fires as Thunder sink Stars 1 September 2024 0 comments SOUTHERN VIPERS V THE BLAZE AT ARUNDEL A stunning team bowling performance kept The Blaze in the hunt to secure […]
SECOND BY NAME, NOT BY NATURE 1 September 2024 0 comments Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler Worth a Seconds look: Radlett looking glorious in the sunshine You could clearly hear the […]
Release height, weighted average, self-assurance? 11 August 2024 0 comments Certainly, if Rob Key and co have added another off-the-wall metric to their selection criteria, Jordan Cox would be first in line.
Blake’s maiden century drives Surrey to big win 11 August 2024 0 comments By Martin Smith August 9, County Ground, Chelmsford Surrey 306-4 Essex 217 Surrey won by 89 runs Toss: Surrey, who […]
Barnard’s purple patch sees Foxes hunted down 28 July 2024 0 comments By Richard Rae July 26, County Ground, Leicester Leicestershire Foxes 88 Warwickshire 92-2 Warwickshire won by 8 wickets Toss: Warwickshire, […]
LET THE KIDS PLAY 28 July 2024 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Richard Clarke says the One-Day Cup is the perfect summer holidays day out Arsene Wenger […]
Curran cracks career-best ton at The Oval 21 July 2024 0 comments T20 BLAST SOUTH GROUP SCORES Glamorgan 145-6 (Labuschagne 50*) beat Kent 132-5 (Billings 33, Rogers 31*) by 13 runs Surrey […]
Sussex make it seven in ten 14 July 2024 0 comments SUSSEX V HAMPSHIRE AT HOVE Sussex Sharks made it seven wins out of ten in the Blast when they beat […]
Critchley’s learning curve helps Eagles 7 July 2024 0 comments By Sam Dalling In the wickets: Matt Critchley celebrates another scalp PICTURE: Alamy IT TOOK A FEW SUMMERS, but Matt […]
Vipers, Sunrisers win to stay level 7 July 2024 0 comments SUNDAY 30 JUNE NORTHERN DIAMONDS V CENTRAL SPARKS AT SCARBOROUGH Superb performances from Katie Levick and Bess Heath led Northern […]
Wanstead & Snaresbrook snatch one-run win in Essex 7 July 2024 0 comments WANSTEAD & SNARESBROOK came out on top in an incredibly tight match in the Essex League, bowling out Hadleigh & […]
RED-HOT ROBINSON PILES PRESSURE ON BAIRSTOW 30 June 2024 0 comments MARK BUTCHER Not for the first time, England face a wicketkeeping conundrum as they prepare for the start of the […]
JOY TO THE WORLD! 30 June 2024 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE LOOKS ON THE BRIGHT SIDE AKA The Grumbler It is 11.30am on a fiercely hot Tuesday morning at […]
Elgar blunts Durham as Essex hang on 30 June 2024 0 comments By Alex Smith June 23-26, Chelmsford Essex v Durham Toss: Durham, who elected to bat Doubling up: Ollie Robinson and […]
Cricket and maths a big hit in Essex 30 June 2024 0 comments Children across Essex took on care home residents in an intergenerational game of cricket organised by Cricket4Numbers. They brought together […]
Rocky a chip off the old block 30 June 2024 0 comments We don’t want to get too ahead of ourselves, but English cricket fans might have another Flintoff to get excited about […]