In spite of some of the things life has thrown at me it's hard to find me without a smile on my face.I have 2 beautiful children and now 3 lovely grandsons, I love sport and writing about it; which I do at debsknigsport.com Here I want to share with you my thoughts on life, some sadness but hopefully a lot of happiness too. To show people that life can be wonderful even after tough times.
This roiund brought every county up to 5 games played. Every single captain who won the toss, bar one, put their opposition in to bat. That was Derbyshire who were playing Northamptonshire and it proved to be the right choice! Th egame at Trent Bridge turned into batting practice, I really think the points system … More County Championship Round 6 – 2026
A sunny Friday with a Bank Holiday coming and my team, Essex, were sitting this round out, having played overf a rainy weekend at Edgbaston. Another week with 4 Division 1 matches and 3 in Division 2. Division 1 Hampshire v Glamorgan – Utilita Bowl, Southampton. Ben Brown won the toss for Hampshire and put … More County Championship Round 5 – 2026
Having spent a chilly 3 days at Edgbaston I couldn’t face a tube strike while trying to get to the Oval on Day 1 of Essex’s match. Typically the weather was glorious and several Essex batters remembered how to use that thing in their hands! There were 4 matches in Division 1 and 3 in … More County Championship Round 4 – 2026
The header should be – Round 3, Sort of! There are only 4 matches in this round, 2 in each division. I’m still struggling to understand why that happens, the weather has affected play in at least 2 of those games on Day 1, it would surely be fairer if everyone played at the same … More County Championship – Round 3 – 2026
In the few days before Round 2 started we saw some record high temperatures, of course those had long disappeared by game day. This was a day when winning the toss would make a huge difference that worked for some, not for others. Esssex were the 1st team to win in Round 1, they were … More County Championship 2026 – Round 2
The Easter Weekend brought the opening of the County Championship 2026, sadly sun didn’t arrive with it! My cricket watching season started a week earlier with a warm up match between Essex and Yorkshire. That was a decent run out for both teams, if a bit crazy, it would surely have made sense to play … More County Championship 2026 – Round 1
Round 2 of the PWR saw a host of World Cup stars at the Stonex Stadium as Harlequins travelled across London for the London Derby. A crowd of 4000 mostly filled the 1 open stand. Somewhat short of the 80000 that saw the Final. But a decent crowd all the same. Quins kicked off and … More Saracens Women v Harlequins
The ‘local derby weekend’ saw Saracens heading to The Stoop in West London to play Harlequins. Quins has the bragging rights after 2 victories last season. Saracens had 2 wins to start the season, Quins were yet to win their 1st game in the new Prem season. Both teams had their teams boosted by returning … More Harlequins v Saracens – Prem Rugby
Having watched England win the World Cup at the Allianz Stadium in front of nearly 82k, it was back to the Stonex Stadium for thir semifinal. Taking place in front of a disappointingly small crowd. Saracens opened the scoring through Deborah Wills out on the left wing, she had an easy run through after we’d … More Saracens Women v Exeter Chiefs – the PWR Cup Semi-Final
Wow those 6 month have flown by and this week sees the final round of the County Championship! Just before Day 1 started it was confirmed that there will be no change in 2026, putting relegation firmly on the table! Realistically any one of 5 teams could take the drop alongside Worcestershire. Sussex, (150), Essex … More County Championship Round Round 14 – the Finale! 2025
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