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Paul Nixon column – Tykes can make it a triple but Bears are prowling

12 April 2016 0 comments

…real handful and on flatter pitches with the toss being done away with, he has that extra pace that can run through sides. For me though, Essex are the county…

Trevor has released the handbrake, just like Eddie

12 April 2016 0 comments

…if you get to 34, 35, it will be on your mind, you can’t possibly not think about it.” For now, Cook will try to kickstart Essex’s County Championship campaign,…

Pace and spin can be at the heart of county game’s revival

12 April 2016 0 comments

…the trial was canned probably due to the amount of games spoiled by the weather. Essex drew 17 of their 24 games to finish 12th, their lowest finish during my…

Yasir Arafat moves back to Somerset on loan

22 March 2016 0 comments

…world-class player. Hampshire signed Reece Topley from Essex and felt Yasir would not play a huge amount for them. The agreement was reached, it works well for both parties and…

Where are they now? Northamptonshire – 2000 Division Two County Champions

22 March 2016 0 comments

…he was released by Essex in 1998 following six operations in seven seasons. He had been due to join Surrey in 2000 until Northants offered him a two-year contract and…

Derek Pringle column – When the panic sets in there is nowhere to hide…

28 February 2016 0 comments

…betray underlying problems, such as team disunity and a coach who is slow to spot the danger. One collapse I saw, but was not involved in, was when Essex bowled…

Greg Smith retires from first-class cricket

25 February 2016 0 comments

Former Derbyshire and Essex all-rounder Greg Smith has announced his retirement from all first-class cricket to take up a new role as director of cricket development and head coach of…

Don’t Bash Blast, franchise system won’t work for us

20 February 2016 0 comments

…county every year, pairing each first-class county with a county deprived of the pro game: Somerset could be paired with Devon; Essex with Cambridgeshire; Northants with Norfolk and so on….

Where are they now? Surrey – County Champions 2002

16 February 2016 0 comments

…Reed’s School, Cobham, and director of cricket at Purley CC. Alan Butcher: One-Test England batsman is the father of Mark and Gary. Went on to coach Surrey and Essex before…

Anthony McGrath named Essex assistant coach

12 February 2016 0 comments

ANTHONY McGrath has left Yorkshire to join Essex as assistant coach and admitted it was “strange” to leave the place he has called home for 28 years. McGrath, 40, spent…

Opening Up: The search for Captain Cook’s partner goes on

11 February 2016 0 comments

…or Gary Ballance waiting to resume their test careers. Looking further ahead, the likes of Vince and Essex’s Dan Lawrence may be long term successors but will we see another…

Adam Milne signs for Essex

29 January 2016 0 comments

ESSEX will have the services of Adam Milne this summer after the New Zealand bowler signed a deal to play in seven t20 Blast group games. The 23-year-old quick has…

James Foster signs new deal at Essex

22 January 2016 0 comments

JAMES Foster has signed a new two-year contract at Essex, weeks after stepping down as captain. Foster, 35, has made seven Test appearances for England and his spent his entire…

Where are they now? Zimbabwe’s 1992 World Cup win over England

19 January 2016 1 comment

…now lives in Saffron Walden and coaches in local schools, for his local club and district cricket in Essex. Andy Flower: Opening batsman who kept wicket. Led England to three…

Graham Napier to retire at end of 2016 season

12 January 2016 0 comments

…made his Essex debut in 1997 and has played 157 first-class matches. He has also appeared in 97 twenty20 matches for Essex and was included in England’s squad for the…

Ashar Zaidi joins Essex

12 January 2016 0 comments

ASHAR Zaidi has joined Essex on a one-year deal following his release from Sussex in September. The 34-year-old was let go after two seasons at Hove and was named the…

Where are they now? Essex – NatWest Trophy finalists 1996

29 December 2015 1 comment

…about to happen nobody could have predicted as cloud cover completely turned the game on its head and Essex were bowled out for just 57. Essex had won the toss…

England’s Joe Root on his rise to World No.1

21 December 2015 0 comments

…the former England and Yorkshire captain who also played cricket at the Root family club, Sheffield Collegiate. Before he made his debut for Yorkshire, in a one-day match against Essex…

Ravi Patel signs new deal at Middlesex

18 December 2015 0 comments

…until the end of the 2018 season despite only appearing just once in the County Championship as well as having a spell on loan at Essex. Middlesex’s managing director of…

Where are they now? Warwickshire – County Championship runners-up 1971

18 December 2015 0 comments

…I remember rightly it was a Saturday start and we went to Essex the following day for a Sunday League match. “As we drove back it was into rain and…

Where are they now? Worcestershire – Benson & Hedges Cup runners-up 1973

8 December 2015 0 comments

…then, after a lean spell, they re-discovered their winning touch in 1971, beating Essex to land the John Player Sunday League for the first time. Two years later they reached…

2016 County cricket fixtures

4 December 2015 0 comments

…went down, making the trip to Northamptonshire. The other match in the second tier sees Essex, who will begin the season under a new head coach following Paul Grayson’s departure,…

Where are they now? Lancashire – NatWest Trophy and Benson & Hedges Cup winners 1990

1 December 2015 0 comments

…on.” BACK ROW (left-right): Jason Gallian: An opening batsman who settled in Essex where he is a geography teacher and director of cricket at Felsted College. Dextor Fitton: A spinner…

Where are they now? Sussex – Gillette Cup finalists 1970

10 November 2015 2 comments

…three-time winners. Sussex had knocked out Essex in the second round by four wickets knocking off the 175 needed thanks to 72 from Mike Buss. The third round at Canterbury…

…v Essex, County Ground, Taunton Sussex v Surrey, County Ground, Hove Wednesday June 8 Kent v Hampshire, St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Friday June 10 Essex v Middlesex, County Ground, Chelmsford…

Search Results for "essex"

Paul Nixon column – Tykes can make it a triple but Bears are prowling

Trevor has released the handbrake, just like Eddie

Pace and spin can be at the heart of county game’s revival

Yasir Arafat moves back to Somerset on loan

Where are they now? Northamptonshire – 2000 Division Two County Champions

Derek Pringle column – When the panic sets in there is nowhere to hide…

Greg Smith retires from first-class cricket

Don’t Bash Blast, franchise system won’t work for us

Where are they now? Surrey – County Champions 2002

Anthony McGrath named Essex assistant coach

Opening Up: The search for Captain Cook’s partner goes on

Adam Milne signs for Essex

James Foster signs new deal at Essex

Where are they now? Zimbabwe’s 1992 World Cup win over England

Graham Napier to retire at end of 2016 season

Ashar Zaidi joins Essex

Where are they now? Essex – NatWest Trophy finalists 1996

England’s Joe Root on his rise to World No.1

Ravi Patel signs new deal at Middlesex

Where are they now? Warwickshire – County Championship runners-up 1971

Where are they now? Worcestershire – Benson & Hedges Cup runners-up 1973

2016 County cricket fixtures

Where are they now? Lancashire – NatWest Trophy and Benson & Hedges Cup winners 1990

Where are they now? Sussex – Gillette Cup finalists 1970

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