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Grayson leaves Essex to end 19-year link

Sep 2, 2015: Essex have confirmed the departure of head coach Paul Grayson, ending weeks of speculation over his position at the club

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Grayson receives Essex backing until end of season

Aug 18, 2015: Paul Grayson has been confirmed as Essex coach until the end of the season after the club's general committee overwhelmingly resisted a recommendation from new cricket chairman chairman Ronnie Irani to remove him

NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals

Defining fixture looms for Essex

Aug 12, 2015: Another misfire in the Championship has increased the pressure on Essex's coach ahead of their NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final against the holders

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Grayson questions umpires on Ajmal

Oct 3, 2014: Paul Grayson, the Essex head coach, said English umpires should have called Saeed Ajmal for chucking this season

Kent v Essex, Canterbury, 4th day

Essex ready if Northants slip - Grayson

Sep 14, 2013: In the end, the two hours that Mother Nature afforded Essex were not enough for them to secure the victory they deserved

Essex v Lancashire, Chelmsford, 3rd day

Chapple, Hogg dismantle Essex for 20

Jun 14, 2013: Essex were bowled out for 20, registering the lowest score in their history in falling to a heavy, three-day defeat on an astonishing afternoon at Chelmsford

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Grayson apologies for 'shambolic' display

Apr 22, 2013: Essex's head coach Paul Grayson has issued a public apology over what he described as the county's "shambolic" display in losing to Northamptonshire by an innings

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Shah could go freelance - Grayson

Feb 13, 2013: Owais Shah could be the first English cricketer to become a full-time freelance player as the growing influence of T20 leagues makes itself felt on county cricket

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Essex defend Petersen signing

Apr 10, 2012: Paul Grayson, Essex's head coach, has defended the club's signing of South Africa opener Alviro Petersen for the first two months of the season

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Essex failed to perform - Grayson

Sep 20, 2011: Paul Grayson, the Essex coach, has admitted the 2011 season fell well below the club's expectations

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Maunders secures Essex deal

Nov 14, 2008: Former Leicestershire opening batsman John Maunders has signed a one-year deal with Essex after a brief spell with the county at the end of the 2008 season

Cheshire v Suffolk, Minor Counties knock-out final, Lord's

Grayson takes Suffolk to title success

Aug 27, 2007: Paul Grayson's 87 proved the difference in the Minor Counties knock-out final, lifting Suffolk to an insurmountable 219 - and the trophy

Reshuffle at Essex

Grayson to coach Essex

Jul 5, 2007: Mark Pettini has been confirmed as Essex captain and Paul Grayson as coach

Retiring players

Farewell and thanks for the memories

Sep 26, 2005: Cricinfo take a look at the major players who have retired after or during the 2005 English season

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Grayson awarded benefit year

Aug 3, 2004: Paul Grayson, the Essex allrounder, has been granted a benefit year by the club for next season

Somerset v Essex, County Championship, 4th day

Bowler denies Essex victory

May 28, 2004: The nous and obduracy of Somerset's Peter Bowler, hitting his 45th first-class hundred, proved too much for a largely anodyne Essex attack, meaning that both these counties remained winless in the Championship

Smith and Sami at it again

Jul 10, 2003: Kent 362 and 418 for 3 dec v Nottinghamshire 156 and 29 for 2 at Maidstone Scorecard Kent took complete charge of their match at Mote Park, setting Notts an unlikely victory target of 625 and removing two batsmen by the close

Yorkshire collapse to Grayson as Essex snatch consolation victory

Sep 15, 2001: Left-arm spinner Paul Grayson returned career-best figures of five for 20 against his former county as bottom club Essex pulled off a remarkable victory over CricInfo Championship winners Yorkshire on the final day of the season at Scarborough today

Resolute Grayson earns Essex a draw with Lancashire

Aug 25, 2001: Essex gained a draw from this match that had seemed so unlikely at the start of play and they were indebted to a magnificent unbeaten century from Paul Grayson who single-handedly dented Lancashire's hopes of the victory that would have eased their

Hussain calls for 'bottle' from England as they take on South Africa in the ICCKnockOut quarter-final

Oct 9, 2000: Nasser Hussain has spoken of the need for his team to show "bottle" in the ICCKnockOut tournament in Nairobi