England managing director of men’s cricket Rob Key and selector Luke Wright have both publicly praised Cook in recent weeks. Last year, Key said Cook would have been the replacement had Woakes been injured at the end the summer, filling the role as another skilful fast-medium bowler with England keen to have variety in their...
Essex have signed Sri Lankan seamer Kasun Rajitha for the next five County Championship matches. Rajitha, 31, has played for his country in all three formats, including 18 Test matches, taking a total of 55 wickets at an average of 29.58. He previously played under Essex director of cricket Chris Silverwood, who had a two-year...
Jack Haynes’ career-best 142 ensured Nottinghamshire’s County Championship Division One game against Essex ended in a draw at Trent Bridge. The 24-year old batter who moved to Nottinghamshire last season, not only surpassed a previous best of 77 for the county, posted in his maiden innings, but continued to a crucial first century to add...
With Essex surrendering their five remaining wickets for 66 runs in the day’s opening 90 minutes to claim a bare 20-run first-innings lead, Nottingamshire threatened to take hold of their County Championship Division One match at Trent Bridge. But after Ben Slater, who made 67, and skipper Haseeb Hameed (92) had posted a rapid 113...
A third-wicket stand of 123, after Nottinghamshire had ended on 347, proved the platform for what looks a clear, if hardly decisive, Essex advantage at Trent Bridge. Jordan Cox, cruelly denied a Test debut when fracturing his thumb in the nets on England’s tour of New Zealand last November, continued to a sweetly timed 82...
Nottinghamshire began their County Championship meeting with Essex as early leaders of Division One following last week’s opening round of the campaign. They immediately faced deep trouble, however, after being asked to bat at Trent Bridge. But Kyle Verreynne, who flew in from South Africa only three days before, would finish with a superb unbeaten...
Jessica Ure BBC Investigations BBC Eathan Cooper received the first of many fines last summer for a bus lane violation in Essex while he was on a trip to Madrid A 24-year-old car cloning victim has told how he ended up dreading the morning post after fines demanding thousands of pounds started to pour through...
Dom Sibley remained immovable for 77 overs to underpin Surrey’s successful fight to salvage a draw in their opening match in the defence of the County Championship title. Surrey had started the final day with a target of 217 to avoid an innings defeat and Sibley appeared determined to make sure the reigning champions batted...
Ben Foakes defied his former county for four hours and 41 minutes but could not prevent Essex asking reigning champions Surrey to follow on in the County Championship at Chelmsford. The one-time England wicketkeeper, an Essex academy graduate, stood resolutely while wickets fell all around him to remain unbeaten on 92 as Surrey were dismissed...
Rory Burns and Ollie Pope retreated into survival mode as Surrey chased an initial target of 433 to make Essex bat again after a chastening day for the reigning champions in the County Championship at Chelmsford. Surrey were still 473 runs adrift of Essex’s formidable first-innings total in the 42 overs they faced under lengthening...
Jordan Cox made sure his name remained on the England selectors’ radar with the ninth first-class century of his career, and fifth inside a year since joining Essex, as reigning champions Surrey toiled under bright Chelmsford skies. Cox was on the cusp of an England debut in New Zealand last autumn before the 24-year-old suffered...
Essex, who finished fourth in Division One last season, will again rely heavily on the quality of prolific seam bowlers Jamie Porter and Sam Cook and off-spinner Simon Harmer, while Westley – now 36 – and South African Dean Elgar provide the experience in the batting line-up. But they also have the likes of Noah...
Apart from last summer’s final, Coppack has a couple of other more notable achievements on her cricketing CV. When she was 13, she became the first girl to play for the first XI at King’s School in Chester and also made six appearances as a guest for Peru at the 2018 South American Women’s Cricket...
The largest road tunnel in the UK will be built after an £8.3bn plan was approved by the government. The Lower Thames Crossing would link Tilbury, Essex, and Gravesend in Kent by two tunnels running underneath the River Thames. National Highways hoped the road would reduce traffic at the Dartford Crossing by 20% and open...
England’s Jordan Cox is unlikely to keep wicket for Essex in the early months of the season following a broken thumb. Cox was three days away from making his Test debut in New Zealand last November when he suffered the injury in a net session. And his hopes of returning to the England squad will...
