🚨 NEW PODCAST 🚨 The latest episode of Framed features a new face on the WST circuit. Ishpreet Singh Chadha is now one of two Indians on tour and tells Shabnam Y-Jewell💎 he hopes his presence will create a boom in popularity of #snooker in his country. Hear more on #BBCSounds ⬇

TONIGHT 🏏 How did she manage to get up there?! Victoria Polley is going behind the scenes at Chelmsford on tonight's Around The Wicket. Join us live 6-7pm.

"Sometimes you have to pull the plug and say 'he's not ready.'" The Essex Cricket physio Vishal Kanji on joining the club, keeping the squad fit on Finals Day and why he sometimes has to be 'bad cop' when it comes to injuries.

Guest of Sir Stephen Fry at Lords ✅ Appears on Test Match Special ✅ Rings the bell at Essex Cricket ✅ Jonathan Mills, who made headlines with a century for Brookweald Cricket Club after a terminal cancer diagnosis, tells Victoria Polley how busy life has been since that moment went viral.

"It was an amazing game to be involved in." Brendan Moore ended his 19-year refereeing career on an absolute high with one of the most memorable World #Snooker Championship finals ever. He tells Shabnam Y-Jewell💎 all about it on the latest episode of our Framed podcast.

COMING UP: On Around The Wicket with Victoria Polley from 6pm.....🎙 🏏 The latest on Essex Cricket v Hampshire 🏏 Beth Barrett-Wild on #TheHundred 🏏 @ColchesterEECC's Adi Ashok on BLACKCAPS call-up 🏏 Bedfordshire CCC on #Essex showcase Join us from 6pm on BBC Essex 🎧

"Definitely a surprise and definitely a shock." @ColchesterEECC's Adi Ashok on receiving his maiden BLACKCAPS call up for the T20I tour of the UAE in August.

"Kelvedon & Feering, it's a very special place." England and Wales Cricket Board's Director of the Women’s Professional Game, Beth Barrett-Wild, on how she's seeing the impact of The Hundred at clubs like her own local Kelvedon&Feering CC.

ICYMI 🏏 Read more about @ColchesterEECC's Adi Ashok receiving his maiden BLACKCAPS call up for the T20I tour of the UAE in August.

Good luck to four year old Noah from Chelmsford who is competing at this weekend's British Transplant Games 🏆

"If I can get on a roll, I'm hard to beat." Barry Hawkins joins the Framed podcast for our latest serving of #snooker chat. Having missed the World Championships for the first time in 17 years and dropped out of the top-16, he tells Shabnam Y-Jewell💎 how plans to get back there.

Cricket 🤝 Football Fifty years ago it wasn't uncommon for cricketers to don their whites AND their shin pads. One of those was Essex Cricket's Gordan Barker, who also played for Southend United FC. Essex team-mate Graham Saville remembers 'Barks' all-round skills.

ICYMI: Last night's Around The Wicket with Victoria Polley featured..... 🏏#Essex in the One Day Cup 🏏 Essex Women's Cricket 🏏 with Grace Poole 🏏 Remembering Essex Cricket and Southend United FC star Gordon Barker 🏏 The Silver Ashes preview 🏏 75 years of Benfleet CC Listen on #BBCSounds ⬇

"I'm not the easiest coach to work with.... I can be not nice." Former player, turned #snooker coach, Ian McCulloch joins Shabnam Y-Jewell💎 for our latest episode of the Framed podcast. He explains why work ethic is just as important as talent. Listen now on #BBCSounds

"From the moment I met Jimmy, he took me under his wing." Former footballer Alfie joins Shabnam Y-Jewell💎 to have an honest chat about his snooker career on the Framed Podcast including his friendship with Jimmy White. Listen now on #BBCSounds

ICYMI 🏏 Last night's ATW with Victoria Polley featured... 🏏 Essex Cricket's Allison brothers 🏏 One Day Cup review 🏏 Youth County Cup finals 🏏 Meeting the Essex expat getting involved in progressing cricket in Mexico

COMING UP: Tune in to BBC Essex at 10pm for the latest episode of Framed. Joining Shabnam Y-Jewell💎 is the grinder Cliff Thorburn. In part two, they talk about him failing a drugs test and how much snooker means to him. ⬇

COMING UP: Tonight's show with Victoria Polley features... 🏏 Essex Cricket preview against Hampshire 🏏 Halstead Cricket Club big playoff match 🏏 Hornchurch CC winning the Essex League Cricket title 🏏 Matching Green CC clinching the treble 🏏 @ColchesterEECC

COMING UP 📻 It's the final show of the series and Victoria Polley will be reviewing the season with thoughts from... 🏏 Essex Cricket's Anthony McGrath, Jamie Porter, Matt Critchley and Dan Lawrence 🏏 BBC Essex cricket commentators 🏏 Around the Wicket fans' panel

COMING UP: Tune in to BBC Essex at 6pm for the latest episode of Framed. Snooker legend and now DJ Steve Davis joins Shabnam Y-Jewell💎. He talks about #Glastonbury and the future of the game at the UK Championship in York.