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Cricket => Essex Second XI => Topic started by: Perov on November 18, 2019, 11:39:01 AM
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Not content with wrecking first class cricket, the ECB are now tampering with the seconds.
Next season there will be no one day Trophy matches, and only five Championship games (which will be 4 days).
For those of us who like to take in a few days of the seconds,this is a further reduction in competitive cricket.
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Not content with wrecking first class cricket, the ECB are now tampering with the seconds.
Next season there will be no one day Trophy matches, and only five Championship games (which will be 4 days).
For those of us who like to take in a few days of the seconds,this is a further reduction in competitive cricket.
Since we seem to have abandoned proper 1st XI 50 over cricket- having at last won the World Cup-by running it as a "development" tournament alongside the 100, I suppose it's logical to give up the 2nd XI version as well-and presumably this acknowledges that many 2nd XI players will be appearing in the alleged 1st XI competition.
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You may be right but reducing a potential 10 match red ball Championship season down to five, also shows the value the ECB place on the longer form of cricket.
Depending on the fixture schedule, we could end up with just two home Championship all season. Will be lose the Coggeshall week? Maybe.
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Time to vote with your wallet. Don't renew your membership.
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Time to vote with your wallet. Don't renew your membership.
How does that help? 2nd XI matches are free anyway ... we need to support Essex!
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This is bad news indeed, for those of us who like to watch cricket played on out grounds in relatively quiet environment.
Will they retain the Coggeshall week, I hope so.
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This is bad news indeed, for those of us who like to watch cricket played on out grounds in relatively quiet environment.
Will they retain the Coggeshall week, I hope so.
So do I. Will make inquiries locally.
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This is bad news indeed, for those of us who like to watch cricket played on out grounds in relatively quiet environment.
Will they retain the Coggeshall week, I hope so.
So do I. Will make inquiries locally.
Does anyone know when the fixtures are out - and most importantly for Mr Square and others (including me) when and if Coggeshall gets a game?
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As I understand they will be released very shortly. A mixture of 4 day/T20 games
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I am informed that the 2nd xi fixtures have been delayed because the counties asked for more changes than the ECB anticipated. They are expected to be out at the end of this week
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Some Counties already have published a list, like Surrey
https://www.kiaoval.com/2nd-xi-fixtures-results/
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Good news Slogger.
Essex will play Kent at Coggeshall in a 4 day game, starting Mon 24 August.
I got this from the Kent fixture list, so Kent, Surrey, and Yorkshire have published theirs, and as usual we lag behind.
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Excellent news - thanks
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Great news, it's always an enjoyable week at Coggeshall, been going for 5 years now.
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I spoke with a fellow that has some connections to Halstead CC - he said they were hoping Essex may give them the chance to host a friendly fixture this season so maybe all is not lost there also.
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Great news, it's always an enjoyable week at Coggeshall, been going for 5 years now.
The club were celebrating this news a week or so ago.
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Great news, it's always an enjoyable week at Coggeshall, been going for 5 years now.
The club were celebrating this news a week or so ago.
But you thought it best not to tell us?
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Apologies. Life hasn't always been entirely fair recently. It is to be hoped that it's getting better now.
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My comment was tongue in cheek.
I hope things are on the up for you now.
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No worries, Perov. Didn’t take it amiss.
Coggeshall Week is w/b 24th August. I believe there will be a beer festival, as usual, and of course entry is free, and there’s quite a lot of parking.
I’ll post more details when I get them; might even try and sort out an Outfielder meet there if anyone’s interested.
Edited.... predictive text had a brain-spasm.
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A grand plan SLU, keep us all informed .
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24th August ? Exquisite fixture planning as per usual !
Many of our faithful followers will be re-visiting the scene of our exciting final triumph last season.
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Fixtures are now on club website.
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Making use of the new floodlights. Two T20s at Chelmsford starting at 6.30.
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I suppose the evening fixtures are to give second team players experience of playing in twilight/under lights? The timing won't be great for the second XI's core support!
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It was always customary to show the home team first in fixtures.
Therefore in the newly released fixtures are Glamorgan, Hampshire and Middlesex seconds playing home games in Essex, or is it just shoddy administration? ;)
A trip to Woolpit looks attractive, nice ground and easy access.
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We're waiting to see where the Durham v Essex match is going to be: 4 days, so provided it's not all the way up into Northumberland we might be able to get to it.
Lynda and Steve