Tag: Essex

Southgate, an idyll where the past and future meet

14 April 2017 0 comments

Dan Whiting finds that cricket is thriving in this corner of London thanks to two ancient clubs Picturesque: The home […]

Westley hoping to make experience pay

11 April 2017 0 comments

Chris Stocks speaks to Essex’s Tom Westley about life in the top flight and an England call-up For the past […]

Realist Anderson now accepts his fitness must be ‘managed’ and that he faces missing games

7 April 2017 0 comments

Peter Hayter identifies a change in tone from England’s record breaking bowler as he bids to prolong career Peter Hayter […]

Westley hoping to make experience pay

7 April 2017 0 comments

Chris Stocks speaks to Essex’s Tom Westley about life in the top flight and an England call-up Chris Stocks Prolific: […]

‘So much to be excited about! We must fancy our chances…’

7 April 2017 0 comments

Saj Sadiq speaks to Ravi Bopara on the season ahead for Essex, and his views on the recent Pakistan Super […]

Why Glastonbury but no cricket on BBC?

7 April 2017 0 comments

EOIN Morgan is right to highlight the need to get the public to engage again with cricket. He is right, […]

Napier enjoying the spoils of cricketing life

31 March 2017 0 comments

Richard Edwards speaks to Graham Napier about life after cricket and the next chapter of coaching He’s an all-round force: […]

Let fun and games begin!

31 March 2017 0 comments

By Joshua Peck 24 PAGE SPECIAL PREVIEW WHILE Andy Williams proudly proclaimed Christmas as ‘the most wonderful time of the […]

Lion-hearted Livingstone focusing on Lancashire

31 March 2017 0 comments

Chris Stocks Chris Stocks talks to the breakthrough star of England Lions’ tour of Sri Lanka about his ambitions for […]

Luke checks in with five-for at Fenners

31 March 2017 0 comments

By Jeremy Blackmore What a debut: Luke Chapman in action against Nottinghamshire PICTURE: David Griffin CAMBRIDGE MCCU student Luke Chapman […]

Jaik takes step back in bid to rejoinelite

24 March 2017 0 comments

By Seth Francis FORMER Essex batsman Jaik Mickleburgh views signing for Suffolk as the potential springboard for a return to […]

Penzance enjoys all the Lashings of club cricket

24 March 2017 0 comments

Home from homes: Penzance, who include Brad Wadlan, inset, in their ranks will welcome Lashings to their St Clare ground […]

Gooch stayed dignified while Botham despaired… (and Javed is still not out)

24 March 2017 0 comments

Peter Hayter recalls how Derek Pringle was deprived of giving England what would have been their only World Cup THE […]

What life has dealt to the boys of ’92 since coming so close to final glory

24 March 2017 0 comments

Back Row: Neil Fairbrother, Richard Illingworth, Phil Tufnell, Gladstone Small, Derek Pringle, Graeme Hick, Chris Lewis, Dermot Reeve, Laurie Brown […]

Derek Pringle column – Finn still searching to deliver on early promise

21 March 2017 0 comments

In Richard Ford’s elegiac novel The Sportswriter, the protagonist Frank Bascombe reckons there is “nothing as noble and enduring as […]

County Archives – Essex 1979

28 February 2017 0 comments

Champions who smiled their way to the title Paul Edwards continues his fascinating series on the county teams by looking […]

County Archives – Surrey 1952

7 February 2017 0 comments

The year when Bernie really shone among the stars… Surrey had an army of leading lights in their 1952 title […]

Alastair Cook: the first two years as captain

6 February 2017 0 comments

Following Alastair Cook’s resignation as England captain, we profile his leadership’s progression and the moments that provided a stern, sometimes […]