LV= Insurance 4-day First Class Cricket preview With new sponsors, LV Insurance, England’s County Championship returned on Thursday, 8 April but most of the games were either drawn or called off. Supposedly just for this year, due to COVID-19, England’s premier first-class competition has a new format. In this article we will form a County […] READ MORE
Bob Willis Trophy: Essex Triumphant Again Essex clung on for a draw to clinch the Bob Willis Trophy and with it, this summer first-class honours. In a repeat of the 2019 County Championship-deciding clash, it was Essex lead by Tom Westley taking the silverware after beating Somerset. The Essex batsmen had to hold off the […] READ MORE
A Full Preview Of The 2020 Vitality T20 Blast Perhaps for many, the flagship event of the English cricketing summer. The 2020 Vitality Blast begins in earnest on Thursday with eight matches around the country. Albeit a competition bereft of its usual influx of overseas stars, it is bound to be its usual showpiece nevertheless. […] READ MORE
ECB Announces The T20 Blast Schedule The eagerly anticipated T20 Blast competition will begin on Thursday 27 August. It starts with South Group tie with holders Essex hosting Middlesex. This kicks off a full programme of matches around the country, concluding with Yorkshire’s clash with Nottinghamshire at Headingley. The T20 Blast Schedule will be widely […] READ MORE
The Bob Willis Trophy Full Summary Of The Second Round Of Fixtures The second round of matches have now completed in the inaugural Bob Willis Trophy. Much like the first, fixtures they were full of thrills and excitement. Somerset had already completed their Central Group victory over Northamptonshire inside two days. Here is your round-up […] READ MORE
Results And Short Round Up Of The Bob Willis Trophy 2020 After a four-month delay for cricket this summer, the newly formed Bob Willis Trophy has arrived with a bang. In place of regular County Championship action, four-day cricket got back underway this week with counties playing behind closed doors matches split into respective South, […] READ MORE
The Bob Willis Trophy First Round Summary The Bob Willis Trophy got off to an exciting start this week, in the first round, with plenty of results still available coming into the final day. Bob Willis Trophy Fixtures There were some spectacular collapses in the first round of Bob Willis Trophy action. Many games contained […] READ MORE
How did Alastair Cook go from looking so out of form in the first half of the India Test series to a fluent, solid opener again during his farewell Test? READ MORE
India Underwhelm In Tour Match Against Essex India’s batsmen struggled in their Tour Match against Essex, prior to their five match Test series against England. Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara failed twice and have left the composition of India’s top order uncertain. To add to India’s woes, their fast bowling unit were unable to blow […] READ MORE
Essex’s bid for a first County Championship pennant since 1992 was dented by a resilient Somerset on day one at Chelmsford. The healthy Bank Holiday crowd hoped for a strong batting display after the hosts won the toss and chose to bat in the sunshine, but some poor shots and impressive fast bowling from Craig […] READ MORE