The Essex squad for the 2008 season - back row (l-r): Jahid Sheikh Ahmed, David Masters, Chris Wright, Tim Phillips, Tom Westley, Maurice Chambers, Mervyn Westfield, Varun Chopra, Tony Palladino, Jaik Mickleburgh. Front: Grant Flower, Jason Gallian, James Middlebrook, Alastair Cook, Alex Tudor, Mark Pettini (capt), James Foster, Ryan ten Doeschate, Ravinder Bopara, Graham Napier. Picture: STEVE ARGENT (76744-25)

ESSEX CCC 2008 FIXTURES

APRIL

THU 3-4 FR MIDDLESEX CHELMSFORD
WED 9-10 FR WORCESTERSHIRE CHELMSFORD
Sat 12-14 UNI Cambridge UCCE Fenner's
WED 16-19 LVCC NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CHELMSFORD
Sun 20 FPT Kent Canterbury
Wed 23-26 LVCC Derbyshire Derby
SUN 27 FPT SUSSEX CHELMSFORD

MAY

FRI 2-5 TOM NEW ZEALAND CHELMSFORD
WED 7-10 LVCC MIDDLESEX CHELMSFORD
Sun 11 FPT Surrey Brit Oval
FRI 16 FPT F KENT CHELMSFORD
SUN 18 FPT MIDDLESEX CHELMSFORD
WED 21-24 LVCC LEICESTERSHIRE CHELMSFORD
SUN 25 FPT SURREY CHELMSFORD
Mon 26 FPT Sussex Hastings
Wed 28 FPT Middlesex Lord’s
Fri 30-June 2 LVCC Worcestershire New Road

JUNE

Wed 4 FPT P Quarter-Final TBC
Fri 6-9 LVCC Middlesex Lord’s
Wed 11 T20 Surrey Brit Oval
Thu 12 T20 Middlesex Lord’s
SUN 15 T20 MIDDLESEX CHELMSFORD
Tue 17 T20 F Sussex Hove
WED 18 T20 F KENT CHELMSFORD
FRI 20 T20 F SURREY CHELMSFORD
Sun 22 T20 Kent Beckenham
TUE 24 T20 F SUSSEX CHELMSFORD
Wed 25 T20 F Hampshire Rose Bowl
FRI 27 T20 HAMPSHIRE CHELMSFORD
SUN 29-JULY 2 LVCC DERBYSHIRE CHELMSFORD

JULY

Fri 4 FPT P Semi-Final TBC
FRI 4-6 TOM P SOUTH AFRICA CHELMSFORD*
Sat 5 FPT P Semi-Final TBC
Mon 7 T20 P Quarter-Final TBC
Tues 8 T20 P Quarter-Final TBC
Wed 9 T20 P Quarter-Final TBC
Fri 11-14 LVCC Glamorgan Cardiff
WED 16 NWP40 F YORKSHIRE CHELMSFORD
Sun 20 NWP40 Leicestershire Grace Road
TUE 22-25 LVCC GLOUCESTERSHIRE CHELMSFORD
Sat 26 T20 PF Semi-Final/Final Rose Bowl
Mon 28 NWP40 F Derbyshire Derby
WED 30-AUGUST 2 LVCC GLAMORGAN SOUTHEND

AUGUST

SUN 3 NWP40 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE SOUTHEND
TUE 5 NWP40 F SURREY CHELMSFORD
Tue 12-15 LVCC Warwickshire Edgbaston
Sat 16 FPT P Final Lord’s
WED 20-23 LVCC WORCESTERSHIRE COLCHESTER
SUN 24 NWP40 GLAMORGAN COLCHESTER
Wed 27-30 LVCC Leicestershire Grace Road

SEPTEMBER

Wed 3 T20FC Hampshire Rose Bowl
FRI 5 T20FC HAMPSHIRE CHELMSFORD
Sun 7 NWP40 Warwickshire Edgbaston
Tue 9-12 LVCC Northamptonshire Northampton
Sat 13 NWP40 Kent Canterbury
WED 17-20 LVCC WARWICKSHIRE CHELMSFORD
Sun 21 NWP40 P Play-Off TBC
Wed 24-27 LVCC Gloucestershire Bristol

KEY

FR = Friendly
UNI = University Centre of
Cricketing Excellence v 1st Class
Counties
LVCC = LV County Championship,
Division 2
FPT = Friends Provident Trophy
TOM = Tourist Match
T20 = Twenty20 Cup
NWP40 = NatWest Pro40 League
T20FC = Twenty20 Floodlit
Challenge
F = Floodlit
P = Possible
CAPS = Home Match
TBC = Venue To Be Confirmed
* = Essex will host South Africa in a three-day tourist match if they fail to progress to the Friends Provident Trophy semi-finals and Middlesex and Sussex both reach that stage of the competition.

LIKELY MATCH TIMES (Provisional)

LVCC
11:00am – 6:00pm
(September 10:30am – 5:30pm)

FPT
10:45am – 6:30pm
Day-Night TBC

TOM
11:00am – 6:00pm

T20 (Home only)
Floodlit 7:00pm – 9:45pm
Middlesex 2:30pm – 5:15pm
Hampshire 5:30pm – 8:15pm

NWP40
1:45pm – 7:25pm (September 1:00pm – 6:40pm)
Day-Night 4:40pm – 10:20pm

(All timings are approximate)