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Post by Admin on Sept 18, 2022 13:31:48 GMT
 The Essex County Ground (ECG) is a cricket venue in Chelmsford, Essex, England. It has been used by Essex County Cricket Club for first-class cricket since 1925 and List A matches since 1969, and has been the county's official home ground since 1967.[1] The ground has a capacity of 6,500, mostly in single-tier seating with a single double-tiered stand.[1] Its pavilion was completed in the 1970s.[1] Essex's first match at the ground took place in June 1925 against Oxford University.[2] and their first County Championship game at Chelmsford was against Somerset in 1926.[3] When the club left its headquarters at Leyton Cricket Ground at the end of the 1933 season they began a period of playing games at various venues around the county, with a week allocated to each. Chelmsford was given two weeks a season[4] but poor attendances led to Essex ceasing to play at the ground after 1956.[5] In 1966 the club purchased the Chelmsford ground for £15,000, with some financial assistance from Warwickshire's Supporters Association, and the ground became Essex's headquarters with home matches returning there from the 1967 season.[6] The pavilion was opened during the 1970 season[7] and the permanent scoreboard at the ground was constructed in 1981.[3] Chelmsford is a small ground, and is notoriously difficult to defend a total at in limited overs cricket, demonstrated by the fact that no side has ever defended a score of under 170 in T20 cricket here.[8] Former Essex and England batsman Graham Gooch scored most of his first-class runs there.[1] Graham Napier scored 152 off 58 balls (16 sixes and 10 fours) in a Twenty20 match v Sussex at the ground.[9] The success of Essex County Cricket Club in the shorter versions of the game between 2005 and 2008 led to the attraction of many new fans. Eventually the ground was regularly selling out in Twenty20 and Friends Provident Trophy games. The Ford Motor Company had naming rights for the ground for between 2005 and 2013.[10][11] From 2017 to 2019 the naming rights to the stadium have been bought by Cloudfm and therefore the ground will be known as the Cloudfm County Ground.[12] The large amount of passionate support Essex receive at this ground has led to it being popularly referred to as 'Fortress Chelmsford'.[13] New development to the ground include the building of new apartment blocks, the construction of a new cricket school, public square and an access bridge from the Chelmsford town centre side of the ground.[15] In 2019 the ground's floodlights were replaced by larger, square floodlights. www.essexcricket.org.uk/ |
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Post by lancsdes on Sept 18, 2022 14:27:08 GMT
Chelmsford was always a ground I enjoyed visiting. I always got on well with the fans there even though I’m not a lover of their team. Comments on the Somerset forum after the game at Chelmsford this year was that it was very run down. They aren’t generally negative about other grounds and all said how much they enjoyed Southport apart from the bag search on the first day. No mention above of the 20 all out which I watched with Oldham Exile in 2013 , followed by several splendid pints nearby. I think an equally good Essex memory for me, even though it was on TV rather than at the ground was Glen Chapple’s six for 18 in the 1996 Nat West final when all the Southern commentators were writing us off after our innings. It’s strange how afterwards, the narrative became that Essex had the worst of the conditions. Was simply a matter of Martin, Chapple and Austin being a better attack than Ilott, Cowan and Irani. I seem to think we were a bit lucky with a John Crawley LBW decision. youtu.be/zUzBn-Q0N_0youtu.be/ma6T4e3chaU |
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Post by Dave Towers on Sept 18, 2022 14:34:49 GMT
With England’s Test season over, are we likely to see James Anderson play again this year, or is he injured, rested, not bothered, or preparing for an arduous winter tour?
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Post by Admin on Sept 18, 2022 15:32:04 GMT
With England’s Test season over, are we likely to see James Anderson play again this year, or is he injured, rested, not bothered, or preparing for an arduous winter tour? Anderson will not play again this season |
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Post by Dave Towers on Sept 19, 2022 11:22:24 GMT
What’s the reason? Or perhaps I should just assume Lancashire or the ECB are not obliged to give a reason.
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Post by Admin on Sept 19, 2022 12:43:12 GMT
What’s the reason? Or perhaps I should just assume Lancashire or the ECB are not obliged to give a reason. Modern day reason probably play to much |
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Post by Admin on Sept 19, 2022 16:30:53 GMT
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Post by alanw on Sept 19, 2022 16:36:35 GMT
No Lavelle assuming that Vilas and not Bell will keep wicket.
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Post by denno97 on Sept 19, 2022 16:39:04 GMT
No Lavelle assuming that Vilas and not Bell will keep wicket. Think if Vilas was fit to keep he would have done on Saturday. Looks to me like Bell makes his FC debut with the gloves. Very harsh on Lavelle but is his numbers with the bat good enough |
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Post by alanw on Sept 19, 2022 17:45:16 GMT
No Lavelle assuming that Vilas and not Bell will keep wicket. Think if Vilas was fit to keep he would have done on Saturday. Looks to me like Bell makes his FC debut with the gloves. Very harsh on Lavelle but is his numbers with the bat good enough
Having said that with us effectively out of the championship I would use the last two games to give a young wicket keeper an opportunity. |
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Post by Dave Towers on Sept 20, 2022 9:16:57 GMT
Won the toss (it’s becoming a habit) and batting. Always thought batting at 10:30 in September a bit risky, but the openers did well against Yorkshire.
Bell plays; Hartley listed at 8 so a long tail.
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Post by Admin on Sept 20, 2022 9:47:28 GMT
 Menhile Foakes and Pope play for Surrey |
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Post by MickeyG on Sept 20, 2022 10:08:04 GMT
2 out already. Bohannon just for 1.
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Post by Admin on Sept 20, 2022 11:44:10 GMT
Presently getting Harmer ed 83-6
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Post by Dave Towers on Sept 20, 2022 11:47:13 GMT
I expressed a doubt about Hartley at 8. A chance now to show what he can do.
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