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By Tom Chambers, Matthew Murphy, Daniel Bentley, Harry Phillips, Harry Briffa

Essex Aiming For The Title

Despite turmoil off the pitch this winter the Eagles will be dreaming of a ninth county championship title. Head Coach Anthony McGrath will want...

Essex Duo Named In Lions Squad

Dan Lawrence and Sam Cook have been selected for England Lions. The duo will head to training camp in the UAE which runs between...

U19 World Cup Calls For Scrivens

Sunrisers Star girl Grace Scrivens and new head coach Laura Marsh are heading to the U19 T20 World Cup in South Africa next January. England...

England’s T20 Cricket Team Select Former UEL student Tymall Mills for Up and Coming World Cup

Former University of East London student and Sussex seamer Tymal Mills has been added to England’s squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia...

‘It’s About the Game Coming Together’

Sir Andrew Strauss’ High Performance review has arrived and, despite everyone broadly agreeing with its recommendations, it appears nobody wants to implement any of...

ECB’s High Performance Review: Initial Outcomes

Essex County Cricket Club are ‘pleased with the initial outcome’ of Andrew Strauss' much-anticipated high performance review of English cricket. The former England test captain...

Sunrisers At Threat As No Progress Is Made

The saying is” it can only be up from here,” that must ring true among the Sunrisers camp after finishing rock bottom in both...

Essex Aim High For Next Season

After a series of near-misses and what-ifs in the 2022 season, Essex will be determined to secure honours next summer. Despite the disappointment of losing...

Essex Fight To Hard-Earned Draw With Yorkshire

Essex’s County Championship Division One game at Chelmsford against an unbeaten Yorkshire side, featuring former England captain Joe Root for the first time this...

Essex Secure First Win Of The Season

Essex won their first county match of the season after they survived a morning scare from Somerset’s bowling attack to beat them by one...

Essex Take On Somerset In Second Week Clash

Essex return to action in the LV= Insurance County Championship away to Somerset at The Cooper Associates County Ground on Thursday 14th April. After last...

Ahmed The Latest To Accuse Of Essex Racism

Jahid Ahmed is the now third former Essex County cricketer to allege that he suffered racist abuse whilst playing for the club. The former fast...

Player Profile: Dan Lawrence

Dan Lawrence, born in Leyton, is currently in Brisbane preparing to take on Australia in an Ashes series Down Under. It's what every young...

Spirit Stars Light Up T10 League

The Abu Dhabi T10 League is an annual cricket tournament, which sees some of the best players on the planet come together for what...

UEL’s Arfan Akram On Rafiq Tackling the “Ignorance” in Cricket

University of East London cricket coach, Arfan Akram, says the recent investigations into the historic racism at Yorkshire Cricket Club has caused “everyone in...

Eagles Claw Their Way To First Win Of Season

Essex completed their first win of the 2021 County Championship season on Sunday, beating Durham by 44 runs at Chelmsford. For large portions of the...

REVIEW: Howzat For A Return?

Last Friday morning, I did something I don’t think I’ve ever done at 3.45 am: I smiled. I’d be willing to wager than anybody else...

Essex Duo Win Pakistan Super League

Pakistan superstar batsman Babar Azam continued his exceptional T20 form, scoring a match-winning unbeaten 63, to coast the Kings to victory with eight balls...

Essex’s Dan Lawrence Turns Up The Brisbane Heat

The 23-year-old Englishman has been called up as a replacement for young Somerset batsman Tom Banton, who has been named as a reserve player...

East London Cricket Embark On South Championship Run

The East London Cricket first team will travel to Canterbury Christ Church University on Saturday to play the South Championships, hoping to make it...

New Essex Captain With Eyes On Glory

In a busy 24 hours for the club, Essex CCC have announced Tom Westley is to succeed Ryan Ten Doeschate as captain of the...

East London Cricket Aim For Six

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db8KiYnBGLk&feature=emb_title Last season left East London Men’s Cricket team feeling disappointed, with the team struggling to win matches due to a lack of players and...

Essex looking For Strong Start Against Royals

Essex get their County Championship season underway today as they face Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl. Anthony McGrath told the Essex ccc website: "I’m looking for...

UEL Cricket Player Profile – Ihtisham Mir

What inspired you to start playing cricket?  “Motivation came from when I went to my first cricket game with my dad. It was Pakistan Vs....

Essex Look To Emulate 2017

After finishing 3rd in last season's County Championship, Essex are hoping to reclaim county cricket glory by claiming the title back from last years...

Akram’s Sights On Success

UEL Cricket coach, Arfan Akram, has insisted his side are “only focusing on promotion” prior to the start of the outdoor season. The UEL men’s...

UEL Cricket Club Chairman Hopeful for Women’s Cricket Future

UEL women’s indoor cricket 1st is at the brink of terminating for the 2018/19 season after the past few months has seen participation numbers dwindle. The...

Debut For UEL Indoor Cricket

UEL women’s indoor cricket are to make their first appearance as a team this Saturday in an away game at Christ Church Sports Centre,...

Women’s Cricket Kicks Off At UEL

The first ever season for the University of East London women’s indoor cricket commenced earlier this month. As with any new sports club, recruitment...

UEL Cricket Head Indoors

The Indoor Cricket season is back, with the first round of the BUCS league taking place in Canterbury on Saturday. The UEL first team made...

Essex Make The Grades

2017 was a triumphant season for Essex, storming to their seventh County Championship title. This meant that 2018 was unlikely to top that -...

‘We Have The Quality To Prevail’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eSm-oisqp0&t=20s The UEL men's 1st XI cricket team had a successful indoor season which saw the boys reach the last-eight stage. Amongst fierce competition, UEL fought...

Dimi Aims To Light Up Essex

Essex have named Dimitri Mascarenhas as their new assistant coach ahead of the 2018 season. Mascarenhas joins Essex as Anthony McGrath’s right-hand man for the...

Siddle And Zampa Sign For Essex

Essex have signed Australians Peter Siddle and Adam Zampa ahead of the 2018 cricket season. The 33-year-old Siddle has played 62 tests and taken over...

UEL Cricket With Eyes On The Silverware

Cricket is the UK’s most popular summer sport, but the UEL Men’s Cricket team have been kicking up a storm this winter. The East Londoners...

‘Westley Running Out Of Time’

Essex academy graduate Tom Westley has had a whirlwind summer. The Englishman was key to Essex’s County Championship win, and has since received his first...

How Strength and Conditioning is Changing UEL Scholars

When sport was first created, the key element to being good at an activity was to grasp the skill and then apply it in the arena of the...

Top-Flight Essex Ready to Make Impact

In his second year as head coach, Chris Silverwood will be looking to guide his Essex side to a successful campaign after their exploits...

Essex Man Cook Resigns as England Skipper

In a much-anticipated move, Alastair Cook has quit his position as captain of the England Test side. Cook, 32, skippered a record 59 Tests for...

Roy Reaches Milestone But Van der Gugten’s Brilliance Lifts Glamorgan

Don McDermott pinpoints where Surrey fell short in their T20 defeat. Jason Roy became the first Surrey batsman to score 2000 T20 runs, but it...

New Captain, New Expectations

Don McDermott reports on how Essex Women’s Cricket are looking to build on last season’s late surge as skipper Cordelia Griffith takes charge of...

Hyam Welcomes ‘Progressive’ Women’s Super League

  The County Ground in Essex will host the inaugural Women’s Cricket Super League final, and the club’s head coach sees it as a positive...

Velani Hoping To Climb Essex Batting Order

Kishen Velani is one of many young promising cricket players currently working their way through the Essex County Cricket academy and into the first...