A sparrow hawk in my garden feasting on a poor pigeon. Quite a meal. Quite a sight.

Here is my Editorial in this current edition of County Cricket Matters - it’s from the heart. Editions of this & all other CCM’s can be obtained from my website 🙏 www.countycricketmatters.com/shop

Well, well 👀👀… www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025...

View from my London accommodation yesterday ❤️

The sun sets on another @Erratscc season as we play our final game & say a sad farewell to Teign Valley.

A wedding photo… not sure about my costume but my son & his girlfriend look cool 😎

A few surprising omissions - especially Saif Zaib, Haseeb Hameed and George Hill but looks a strong & exciting squad.

My morning. Coffee, watching the Women’s Cricket World Cup & tackling some of these great women’s cricket puzzles book. Ain’t so bad the end of the England domestic cricket season after all…

Women’s Cricket World Cup begins this morning now. Good luck to all the teams 👏🏏 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Fabulous Flintoff watches his son play for his county

Quite right too - www.rydercup.com/news-media/t...

Well that was exhausting enough to watch - the players must be hanging! #TheRyderCup

It was a totally different temperature for The Erratics CC game at The Coaver Club against Sunsets - the sun was out & so was the amazing Bernie Wilson. My son used a bike as a stand for the IPad score & both Chaves leave the field together not out.

The last day of the county season it may be but Erratics CC are still going strong with another 3 games to go this season. Today we had a delightful (if a tad chilly) game with a great tea against Chulmleigh CC ❤️🏏

Enjoy the last day of a wonderful championship season. Congrats to Notts & to Leicestershire & Glamorgan. Thank you to my fellow BBC commentators for their brilliance & knowledge, to the livestreams for keeping us in touch with the game, for players, ground staff, scorers, umpires, admin👏 🏏

Europe winning holes in New York is similar to visiting teams getting wickets against India - deathly quiet crowd. #TheRyderCup

Congratulations to Nottinghamshire & Hameed on winning the title - the cream of the crop 👏👏👏 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

A good day for @Middlesex and Leus du Plooy as Lord’s remembers Dickie Bird. And so does @tonybishop1.bsky.social here guerillacricket.com/77558,leus-du-…#OneMiddlesexex @anniechave.bsky.social#CountyCrickete#cricketet

Because I don’t have room to write this here I just want to post my message to my County Cricket Matters Facebook Group about the County Championship structure vote -

My niece is autistic. She is also a twin. Her twin is not autistic. How does that work with the link to paracetamol? 🤦‍♀️

Dickie Bird has always been the umpire I conjure up when I think of one. He epitomises that role & he will remain doing so. Condolences to all that knew & loved him.

This is a real time thief for me. Here I am in 1980 at Teign Valley, Devon & again last month. Same cricket team & same photographer - such a special place - so many special memories.

Thanks @missingintheslips.bsky.social ☺️

Tea (the sweet end) and our captain @mark_hailwood makes himself useful pouring the tea… The ground is looking green again after two weeks of rain!

My short assessment of the year of the championship 2025 - full article available in The Cricket Paper

Huge congratulations to @WorcsCCC - the best team in the @onedaycup 👏👏 Looking forward to the women’s final tomorrow 🏏

What a shame that the @onedaycup final is rain-affected. Fantastic from Ali Orr getting a brilliant century but so few there to watch it. #WorcsvHants Theses are photos from 25 May 2019 - a packed sun drenched Lord’s. This isn’t the scheduling this fine cup deserves.

That was a fantastic game & brilliant win by Notts against Surrey. What a priceless advertisement for the game! #countycricketmatters #survNotts

Just read about that in the June edition of the brilliant County Cricket Matters (Editor @anniechave.bsky.social). About Lansdown Cricket Club and the birth of @somersetccc.bsky.social. The article by David Dolman notes the irony that Lansdown CC may have also started Bath Rugby too. A great read.

Just a tad chuffed for my book to have been long listed for the Cricket Writers’ book award… some fantastic books out there but I’m waving the women’s flag amid a sea of prize Blue Marlin 🙏 fairfieldbooks.co.uk

15 September marks 50 years since Chris Balderstone scored 51 no for Leicestershire v Derbyshire, played for Doncaster v Brentford in the evening, and then completed his 100 next day and took 3 wickets as Leics won the championship. A proper shift @acscricket.bsky.social @anniechave.bsky.social

What damp Sept weather it’s been - so much disruption in the Women’s Metrobank One Day Cup, the Toyota Disabilty Premier games, the county championship & the T20 Internationals.🤞for the next couple of vital weeks in the championship, for #IrevEng & the finals of the One Days.

Enjoying a Guinness in the #BishopandBear is Curtis Campher. A lad who's making a real habit of breaking records. Will he break more against England? Listen here: megaphone.link/COMG5353826604 @essexcricket.bsky.social @cricketireland.ie @tonybishop1.bsky.social @anniechave.bsky.social #EngvsIre

I like this podcast for 3 reasons - 1. they’re delighted for Leicestershire. 2. it bigs up the final two rounds of the championship & how there’s still lots to play for. And thirdly they talk very sensibly about the structure. Have a listen… youtu.be/A7IdWcBS5sk?...

Short format cricket can be such a dull game 😬

It’s actually quite insulting to imply England’s players are exhausted due to our domestic schedule. ‘We have to look at the schedule. We're reducing the number of T20 Blast games we're playing. We're looking to potentially reduce the amount of Championship cricket.’ www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

I love this photo of a 3 year old member of Leicestershire CCC entering the ground. Apparently he loves his foxes team & he’s very excited about their promotion to the first division 👏👏👏😍🏏

These are 2 of the most inspirational & impressive women I have ever spoken to. It’s truly lovely to see them both holding my book & to know how genuinely delighted they are to feature in it. Wishing them all the best for their future & congratulations to the wonderful work of the Alsama project. 👏

For those of you who have been tearing your hair out over the crossword. Here is a link to the correct grid Big apologies 😬🙏🙏 www.countycricketmatters.com/post/v24-cor...

Spent a frustrating day @SomersetCCC watching the covers come on & off. September certainly isn’t ideal for the longer form of the game. I only managed to be on air for 2 overs… Certainly not the day Somerset wanted.

Dear magazine subscribers- I’m so sorry to admit to editor error with the CCM crossword. Thanks to all of you fine folk that have messaged me whilst pulling your hair out! Many apologies - I’ll put the correct one on the website! To the woman that has made her own grid & successfully completed it 👏👏

The championship is back for a few precious weeks 🏏❤️ Don’t forget 10.30 starts… see you @somersetccc.bsky.social

County Cricket Matters - a magazine for everyone 😜❤️ #countycricketmatters

It was an absolute pleasure to spend the day with the wonderful actor & director - Samuel West at Lord’s yesterday as he scored the entire match & we chatted about his incredible life. The game was pretty good too! #ENGvSA

Great to talk to Andrew Radd for County Cricket Matters on his life in cricket - BBC commentator, county historian and one of the most distinctive and knowledgeable voices on the county game. County Cricket Matters 24 out now: www.countycricketmatters.com/product-page... @anniechave.bsky.social

Out Now 'County Cricket Matters' #magazine Vol. 24, September, 2025. www.countycricketmatters.com Includes my sketch on page 26 - 'Between Overs at Darley Dale.' @anniechave.bsky.social @chriswaller11.bsky.social @kenashley.bsky.social

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I’m really excited to be doing @guerillacricket.bsky.social commentary this afternoon for the ODI #ENGvSA It’s been a long break. Come & join us on YouTube 🙏🙏

Good news!! Edition 24 of County Cricket Matters is out now! Available online 🙏🏏 www.countycricketmatters.com/shop

Looking forward to this series…