vs Surrey

[stickyboy]

Anyone planning on going tomo? £1 for kids is great value considering its £15 at Essex!

[Stringbok]

I am going with Stringbok Jnr and some colleagues from work. I work in an IT department where much of our work has been outsourced to India. I thought I'd organise a works outing to a T20 game on the condition it was an Essex one.  Got a very poor response from the onshore Indian colleagues. which makes me think that India is not a nation of cricket lovers but a nation of lovers of Indian cricket. Not even the chance to see the mighty Tim Phillips would tempt them out.

[IanS]

I wonder if it is narower than that with some/many Indian fans more interested in personalities? The adulation of Tendulkar is extraordinary. As an anecdote, I recall being at the India v England Test in Mumbai in 2006. On the last morning a group arrived after the start and it became evident that they were there solely to see M S Dhoni. He had a short innings and as soon as he was out, they left. OK, India were being hammered, but they had little interest in anything else.

[Valentines Park]

Cricket is a battle of individuals within a team format.

In this country KP has even managed to forge an anti cult of personality.

[stickyboy]

we are in Block 19, hopefully plenty of Essex around as usual!

[Andy]

I wonder if it is narower than that with some/many Indian fans more interested in personalities? The adulation of Tendulkar is extraordinary.

What do you expect from a society built on massive inequalities from the caste system?

[IanS]

I wonder if it is narower than that with some/many Indian fans more interested in personalities? The adulation of Tendulkar is extraordinary.

What do you expect from a society built on massive inequalities from the caste system?

Are we talking India or England? 

[Valentines Park]

Are we talking India or England? 

Seeing as social mobility is a thing of the past I'm not sure the smilie is required.

[Andy]

KP holes out for 5. What a pity...a pity that emoticons don't have a jeering face with appropriate hand gesture.

[nat]

KP holes out for 5. What a pity...a pity that emoticons don't have a jeering face with appropriate hand gesture.

Let's hope he doesn't have the last laugh.

[Andy]

KP holes out for 5. What a pity...a pity that emoticons don't have a jeering face with appropriate hand gesture.

Let's hope he doesn't have the last laugh.

KP cares if slurrey win? Well, he doesn't give a s#@* about anyone other than himself.

[ytsejam]

Well done Essex on an excellent all round performance tonight to easily dismiss Surrey.

[nat]

Well done to the team on an excellent win. Wish I was there.

[CostaDelEssex]

Great win. Looking a strong T20 outfit, especially with Napes still to return (still not fit for the first team but fit enough for Cookie's big bash)

Ryder really did give us a flying start, but just like Rutherford, he tries to knock the leather off everything! Must be a left-handed Kiwi trait

[stickyboy]

easy win for the boys, surrounded by plenty of Essex which was good fun. Crowd around me seemed to makes Friday nights at the "Fortress" very tame!