Nigel Chapman

+ Alison, Emily, Chloe & Matthew
Sporting enthusiast...Essex CC Life Member...Acton CC President....Hintlesham Golfer....Speckles (Springer Spaniel) walker

[Andrew Langley @saintdiamond1]

The ECB have pulled off a blinder. Create a format you own, give it loads of attention, sell it at a massive price to Indian franchises. Thereby effectively bank rolling English cricket for 20 years off the back of it.
Now the monies in, it’s our turn to play our part. Ignore it and get behind the Blast and the Metro Cup.

I wonder how long it will take for the Indian investors to recoup, trying to buy our summer sport and destroy test cricket.

[Stick to Cricket @StickToCricket]

Sir Alastair backs English cricket over franchises. 🗣️

Do you agree with the ex-Test captain? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 👇

[Andrew Baldock @balders2]

Do the commentators and pundits on The Hundred coverage sign some kind of oath that means they must remind us how “great” it is at every given opportunity. Desperate stuff for a desperate tournament.

[Iona Stephen @Iona_Stephen]

Retweet if you’re coming to @TheOpen - like if you’re watching on 📺!!

https://t.co/XRFrscJurp

[Nigel Chapman @NigelRav]

@EssexCricket @John_M100 Cox for England!

[Nigel Chapman @NigelRav]

@EssexCricket Mark Waugh

[Nigel Chapman @NigelRav]

@EssexCricket Uplifting

[The_Grumbler 🏏 @The_Grumbler]

The job of academia (apart from teaching) is to be an independent analytical voice

Here's an industrial economist on the effects of the H*ndred sales

Echoes what we have been saying for so long

Unbalanced 💰 leads to lack of competition and interest

https://t.co/yFz2w3OqDi

[Iona Stephen @Iona_Stephen]

If you retweet this post, you could win a chance to go to the 154th Open Championship!! (Plus some merch)

https://t.co/eyO6TVSlYf

[James @Surreycricfan]

Time for everyone involved in England cricket to realise we need a proper competitive 50 over tournament in the County Cricket circuit to practice for completion like this and future World Cups 🏏

[Alison Mitchell @AlisonMitchell]

A real concern for Eng should be that these defeats are with players who grew up learning the craft of 50 over cricket. Since 2020, there has been no 50 over domestic cricket for Eng’s best young white ball cricketers. Nowhere for future players to learn the craft of the format.

[Annie Chave @AnnieChave]

You know… there was a time we actually used to play 50 overs seriously in this country - yep, about the time we won the World Cup in 2019.
And then…

[WG RumblePants @WG_RumblePants]

He’s good enough for England. It’s been clear for a while now. He just doesn’t tick Rob Key’s “express pace” box.

Not everything in bowling is about express pace though. Control and guile are useful too. Some bloke called Jimmy demonstrated that pretty conclusively.

[Nigel Chapman @NigelRav]

@Graham_Napier Congrats! Hope all goes well. Enjoyed meeting you in Lavenham this morning.

[James @Surreycricfan]

Long live the County Championship and all 18 Counties 🏏

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Goodbye Gove. You were wrong about almost everything.

[The_Grumbler 🏏 @The_Grumbler]

Can we vote out the ECB on July 4 while we are at it?

[Ian Lomax @ianlomaxlag]

Nick Hoult again promoting @ECB_cricket stating T20 ticket sales are down. Of course they are! The ECB have deliberately given Clubs a far worse schedule + reduced marketing with Sky happily playing along. FACT - T20 had its biggest ever crowds the year before the 100 started.

[WG RumblePants @WG_RumblePants]

Today’s beautiful cricket ground is Colchester Castle Park in Essex