Well, a very mixed week for Essex and England cricket fans.
Good T20 wins for Essex over Surrey and Kent then thumpings from Sussex and Hampshire.
It seems like they are missing Bopara, Foster, Napier and ten Doeschate after all which, of course, is inevitable. What team wouldn't miss four of their best players.
I wasn't sure that was the case on Monday night watching Cook, Pettini and Flower in full flow, but if any of those misfires now, it seems like there's no-one able to step up with a big innings at the moment.
Ryan ten Doeschate saw Holland home against England in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup opener last night in what was a nail-biting game that England conspired to lose somehow.
They got off to a great start with Bopara and Wright but lost their way towards the end of their innings and then were sloppy in the field. That last over from Broad was agonising.
I had a good feeling about England's prospects in the tournament after some good showings against the Windies in one-dayers. Ho hum, that's cricket for you.
This was the cricketing highlight of the week though, a superb programme about cricket, history and culture; this one was on England, others to follow...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00l16vk/b00l16v5/Empire_of_Cricket_England/
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