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.
At the start of the 2024 season I looked into start times for the competition, it seems a good time to check finish times over the same period of time, with the majority of games this week ruined by the weather. These are the dates for Day 4 each year. September matches have been in … More County Championship Round 13 (14) – 2025
The business end of the season kicked off on September 8th, a week that promised a couple of good days weather wise and a lot of rain! Surrey sat at the top of the table 9 points ahead of Nottinghamshire. Notts were playing at New Road against a Worcestershire team somewhat adrift at the bottom … More County Championship Round 12 (13) – 2025
Another Kookaburra round, the last and only round of the County Championship in the school holidays. The next set of 3 rounds starts on September 8th. There were 3 Centuries in the first innings in Chelmsford, how many more will I find? I’m starting my write up at the end of Day 2. In spite … More County Championship Round 12 (11) – 2025
With the T20 Blast done and dusted it was time to fit in a couple of County Championship games. The weather at the start of the week suggested there would be some rain about across the country. I was watching Day 3 of the match between England and India U19’s on Day 1 and at … More County Championship Round 11 (10) – 2025
I had intended to be at Edgbaston for all 5 days, but a combination of picking the wrong place to stay and too many days in the full sun meant I drove home at the end of Day 3. Happily Sky offered me a month of Sky Sports for free, which was timely! A short … More England v India – Edgbaston – 2025
Welcome to another scintillating round of the County Championship – Kookaburra Style! Records were set and not necessarily in a good way! In Division 1 on Day 1 1758 runs were scored, only 22 wickets taken! As an Essex member and fan whose team had a very difficult game it’s quite hard to write about … More County Championship Round 10 (9) – 2025
In the midst of the T20 Blast we have 2 rounds of the County Championship to be played with the Kookaburra ball. My team, Essex have had a woeful T20 time, being without a win so far, it felt like a relief to get back to the 4 day stuff. Only one captain winning the … More County Championship Round 9 – 2025
Division 1 I spent Day 1 of this round at the Oval and saw a good day of cricket, I’m starting to write on the morning of Day 2. Every team in Division 1 that batted first was bowled out on Day 1. 2 Division 1 matches were finished on Day 3 as were 2 … More County Championship Round 8 – 2025
A full round in both Divisions this week, happily weather didn’t have an effect on the rounds where teams sat out. 3 Counties started the round without a win to show for their efforts, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Lancashire. That would change, but only for 2 of the teams! I was at New Road for the … More County Championship Round 7 – 2025
Day 1 of this round saw a positively hot day at Chelmsford which is where I was, for the match between Essex and Yorkshire. I had been hoping to see Joe Root, but neither he or Harry Brook were present. A look around the country on Day 1 saw a mixed bag runs wise. There … More County Championship Round 6 – 2025
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