Essex Cricket News

Friends Life t20 Ticket Update - Surrey Lions Reserved Seating Now Sold Out!

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:34:42 +0100

The Friends Life t20 season is almost upon us and tickets are selling fast! With only 5 home matches at The Ford County Ground now is the time to secure your tickets for the Essex Eagles.

Reserved Seating Availability

We are now SOLD OUT of all reserved seating for the visit of Surrey Lions on Friday 22 June – only ground entrance only tickets available.

We now have very limited availability for reserved seating on Friday 29 June against Hampshire Royals so make sure you purchase your tickets to avoid disappoinment.

The Kent Spitfires match on Wednesday 20 June is now selling fast – only selected seating sections available to reserve.

An exciting new addition to the world of cricket is launched TODAY

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:58:24 +0100

The Cricket Paper, a weekly publication packed with news, reports and features about the sport, will be launched by the same stable that brings readers the highly-regarded Sunday newspapers The Rugby Paper, The Non-League Paper and The Football League Paper and the football fans' magazine, Late Tackle.

The Cricket Paper, a national newspaper in England and Wales, will be the UK's only all cricketing newspaper covering cricket matches from around the world, from elite level to local domestic cricket. Chief correspondent will be Peter Hayter, the award-winning writer with The Mail on Sunday.

One of the unique aspects of The Cricket Paper's 40 page coverage of the cricket scene is its depth - with more than 60 match reports, round-ups from all 25 ECB county leagues and comprehensive results service.

Targeted at the millions of fans and spectators who enjoy the game, and specifically for the estimated 1.2million active participants in the game and their 15,000 cricket clubs in the UK, The Cricket Paper, at £1.50, will be available every Wednesday in newsagents and supermarkets.

David Emery, MD of Greenways Publishing, and the publisher of The Cricket Paper, commented, "Like our other publications, specifically, The Rugby Paper and The Non-League Paper, we will offer unrivalled coverage of the game from the grass-roots up to professional cricket, and we think that appeals to a lot of passionate and dedicated players and fans of the sport. I'm delighted to be launching The Cricket Paper.

Leicestershire v Essex - Match Preview

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:53:06 +0100

Essex travel to Grace Road to face Leicestershire in their next LV= County Championship match which starts on Wednesday hoping for a marked improvement in the weather than they have experienced of late in the competition.

With the bad weather having a serious effect on a number of their encounters, Essex have only been able to record one win in their five matches although a number of their other games been ruined.

They will start the match on Wednesday in fifth position in Division Two, 19 points behind leaders Derbyshire whilst hosts Leicestershire have 35 points and sit just one place above bottom county Glamorgan.

Head Coach Paul Grayson said: "It's been a tough three or four weeks, not losing matches, apart from the CB40 game on Sunday against Worcestershire Royals. Maybe one more session at Cardiff the other week would have allowed us to beat Glamorgan and rain has ruined our last two Championship matches at Chelmsford, but the weather has not been kind to anyone.

"I am looking though for a huge improvement in both our skill levels and thinking than we showed in the game with Worcestershire, we were really poor and got what we deserved. But we are not going to go around and feel sorry for ourselves, we'll just have to work that bit harder and hope that we come back stronger this week.

"We've got a 12-man squad going to Leicester. Adam Wheater comes in for Alastair Cook and Graham Napier comes in for Ravi Bopara plus we've included Tom Craddock in the squad. We are looking for the win to get amongst the leaders at the top of the division and it will also serve as a good morale-booster after that awful display against Worcestershire when we got exactly what we deserved, which was nothing."

Essex squad to face Leicestershire:

James Foster (7) (captain/wicket-keeper)

Alviro Petersen (73)

Billy Godleman (34)

Tom Westley (21)

Adam Wheater (31)

Mark Pettini (24)

Greg Smith (83)

Graham Napier (17)

David Masters (9)

Charl Willoughby (1)

Tymal Mills (5)

Tom Craddock (20)

Essex Cricket Piri-Piri Cricket Coaching Courses - bookings available now

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:30:42 +0100

Essex Cricket have partenered with Piri Piri Cricket to bring great coaching courses across Essex during half term and the 6 week school holidays. These are taking place at a range of locations in the county including Loughton, Southend & Saffron Walden!

The courses are run by ECB/Essex Cricket coaches and you go home also with an Essex Coaching Camp t-shirt, £5 voucher to spend in the Essex Club Shop plus a FREE Junior Eagles Membership!

More details & to reserve your place online

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FL t20 Future Star? Time for Something Completely Different

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:25:28 +0100

Tickets are selling fast for the 2012 Friends Life t20 campaign and with just 5 home matches at The Ford County Ground guaranteed to be snapped up, make sure you do not miss out! There is now VERY LIMITED availability on reserved seating for some matches:

SURREY LIONS (22nd June) - Last remaining reserved seats - book now to avoid disappointment

HAMPSHIRE ROYALS (29th June) - Limited availability on reserved seats

KENT SPITFIRES, SUSSEX SHARKS & MIDDLESEX PANTHERS - tickets selling fast so purchase yours now!

Essex V Worcestershire- Match Shots

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:58:56 +0100

Essex Eagles faced Worcestershire Royals in the first CB40 match at The Ford County Ground in a Family Sunday Funday.

View the images from the match:

Alastair Cook & Mark Pettini come out to the crease before putting on a first wicket partnership of 84.

Mark Pettini on his way to top scoring for the Eagles with 64 runs from 76 balls including two 4s & two 6s.

Alastair Cook playing his last game for Essex before he gears up for the Investec Test Series for England.

Tim Phillips took 2 wickets for 32 with Eagles highest wicket taker of the match.

Cook showing the Eagles crowd his fielding abilities.

Eagles mascot's Harry Schminke & Cameron Ash with the captain's during the toss.

Essex Eagles taking part in the signing session in the Pavilion after the game.

The Young Ambassadors with Tymal Mills who is supporting the scheme.

Oliver Grinling presenting the Man of the Match award to Mark Pettini.

Get into Street20 Cricket Over 50's- Don't Miss Out!

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:46:07 +0100

Get into Street20 Cricket - Over 50's

Following the ongoing success of over 50's street20 cricket, we have organised an additional session for anyone over the age of 50 to join! We will again have two coaches on hand to help with all your cricketing needs. Perfect for beginners or those looking to get back into the game.

12:15 – 13:45 at the Essex Auto Group Graham Gooch Cricket Centre

15th & 22nd June
6th, 13th, 20th & 27th July

Places are again limited so please return the application form and payment (NB all cheques made payable to ECCB) to Chris Drummond; The Ford County Ground, New Writtle Street, Chelmsford, CM1 0PG.

For more information on Get into Street20 Cricket- Over 50's click here

Downloadable Application Form