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Essex County Cricket Club
Cricketing legends Keith Fletcher and West-Indian Keith Boyce comment on the season ahead, and there's a ball through the clubhouse window!
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Anglia TV report with all the cricket action from Chelmsford where Essex County Cricket Club warm up for the season ahead. Robin Hobbs and East Bergholt local Ray East bowl, meanwhile David Henshaw for Anglia chats with team captain Keith Fletcher, who wears the countyβs emblem of three swords on his traditional white cable-knit jumper. Henshaw also interviews Fletchβs team player the West-Indian Keith Boyce, and lastly Graham Seville, Secretary of the Club.
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