Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Steve Hubbard/BBC Finley has received weekly lipid infusions directly into his heart since he was four Like most teenagers his age, Finley is given a cake every year to celebrate his birthday, but he can never eat it – or any other food. If he did, he would bleed internally....
Tammy Beaumont’s second century in three days led The Blaze to a fourth straight win as they continue to set the pace in the One-Day Cup women’s competition. Essex captain Grace Scrivens impressed with a fine unbeaten 120 but 231-9 from 50 overs always looked a difficult total to defend against their top-of-the-table opponents. The...
A serious diagnosis would be a cruel blow to Cox, who was set to make his Test debut last year against New Zealand only to break a thumb in the build-up to the first Test. “Jordan doesn’t seem to have much luck when it comes to England call-ups, but his century here on a testing...
James Rew’s 10th first-class century guided Somerset to an unlikely first County Championship victory of the season, a three-wicket success against Essex at Taunton. Having been 78-5 at one stage in their second innings, chasing 321 to win, the home side began the final day on 216-6, still needing 105. But Rew took his score...
Durham were bowled out for 216 after morning rain at Chester-le-Street had reduced their match with Somerset to 39 overs per side. Ellie Anderson (3-49) had the hosts wobbling on 49-4 before 89 off 94 balls from captain Hollie Armitage gave the Durham bowlers something to work with, despite Chloe Skelton’s 3-16. Somerset opener Rebecca...
Jordan Cox scored a chanceless half-century as Essex assumed control at the halfway stage of the County Championship Division One match against Somerset at Taunton. The England batter finished day two unbeaten on 61, shared in partnerships of 57 and 61 for the third and fourth wickets with Tom Westley and Matt Critchley respectively and...
Jack Leach took centre stage in a dramatic Essex batting collapse on the opening day of the County Championship Division One match with Somerset at Taunton. The visitors looked to be coping well with a green pitch when progressing to 115-2 early in the afternoon session, having lost what looked likely to prove an important...
Heather Knight produced an outstanding all-round performance to propel Somerset to a comfortable five-wicket victory over Essex in the One-Day Cup women’s competition at Taunton Vale. The former England captain claimed 3-7 with the ball and then made 45 crucial runs with the bat as they ultimately made light work of chasing a target of...
Essex have re-signed Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir for this season’s T20 Blast. The 33-year-old, who previously played for the club from 2017 to 2019, has taken 371 wickets in 322 T20 games around the world. He also claimed 119 wickets in 36 Tests for Pakistan and has played 61 one-day internationals and 62 T20...
Essex Women have signed England-capped opening batter Lauren Winfield-Hill on loan from Yorkshire ahead of the 2025 Vitality Blast. Winfield-Hill, 34, has played over 100 matches for England across Test, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket, wining the 2017 ODI World Cup. She has scored almost 4,000 T20 runs, playing in Australia’s Big Bash and...
One of the new faces in the Essex squad is Sophia Smale, who played for Western Storm last season and Scrivens expects her to make a big impact. She added: “We are lucky to keep a lot of the (Sunrisers) team together which is nice but we’ve added Soph Smale, she’s a left-arm spinner and...
Jamie Porter helped wrap up a nervy first County Championship victory of the season for Essex on the final day against Worcestershire with the 22nd five-wicket haul of his career. The 31-year-old pace bowler, the leading wicket-taker in Division One last season, added three more wickets to the three he had taken the day before...
Shivani Chaudhari BBC News, Essex Grove Gallery Alexandra Johnson has sold her works for tens of thousands of pounds Alexandra Johnson was already grieving her mother’s death when Covid-19 hit the UK in 2020. As a former city trader, she had no formal art qualifications, but she nonetheless decided to manage the boredom and channel...
Paul Walter scored his third career first-class century to steady a listing Essex ship and help towards setting up a run chase for Worcestershire at Chelmsford. The 30-year-old left-hander has been auditioning in the first three County Championship matches for the vacant opening spot alongside Dean Elgar when the South African returns for paternity leave...
Jacob Duffy and Matthew Waite took advantage of a seam-friendly pitch to skittle Essex for 179 at Chelmsford. New Zealand’s Duffy led the way with a fine display of fast, accurate bowling that was rewarded with figures of 4-39 while Waite took out three middle-order wickets as Essex were dismissed inside 59 overs. Only Simon...