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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Culled staff had written to board deploring reputational damage Rafiq allegations had inflicted on club https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/330000/330080.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1292274.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1292274.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/yorkshire-racism-crisis-sacked-staff-seek-legal-action-after-purge-1292274 Mon, 20 Dec 2021 11:04:09 GMT Diamonds and former Essex head coach to mentor Yorkshire batsmen  https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/220400/220463.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1172257.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1172257.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1172257 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Paul Grayson has been named as the new head coach of Yorkshire Diamonds on a three-year deal. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/220400/220463.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1080763.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1080763.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1080763 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Essex have confirmed the departure of head coach Paul Grayson, ending weeks of speculation over his position at the club https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/220400/220463.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/916801.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/916801.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-916801 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/220400/220463.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/910807.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/910807.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-910807 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Another misfire in the Championship has increased the pressure on Essex's coach ahead of their NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final against the holders https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/213900/213981.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/908893.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/908893.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-908893 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Paul Grayson, the Essex head coach, said English umpires should have called Saeed Ajmal for chucking this season https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/184500/184501.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/787063.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/787063.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-787063 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In the end, the two hours that Mother Nature afforded Essex were not enough for them to secure the victory they deserved https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/162400/162465.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/671723.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/671723.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-671723 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/149400/149424.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/642005.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/642005.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-642005 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/157000/157069.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/631595.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/631595.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-631595 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/141400/141477.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/604754.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/604754.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-604754 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/560618.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2012/content/story/560618.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-560618 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Paul Grayson, the Essex coach, has admitted the 2011 season fell well below the club's expectations https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/131300/131305.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/533171.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/533171.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-533171 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/378273.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/378273.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-378273 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Paul Grayson's 87 proved the difference in the Minor Counties knock-out final, lifting Suffolk to an insurmountable 219 - and the trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/308461.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/308461.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-308461 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mark Pettini has been confirmed as Essex captain and Paul Grayson as coach https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/300844.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/300844.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-300844 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricinfo take a look at the major players who have retired after or during the 2005 English season https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/220144.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/220144.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-220144 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Paul Grayson, the Essex allrounder, has been granted a benefit year by the club for next season https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/134915.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/134915.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-134915 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/141274.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/141274.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141274 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/128768.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/128768.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-128768 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/110473.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/110473.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-110473 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 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 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/96778.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/96778.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-96778 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Nasser Hussain has spoken of the need for his team to show "bottle" in the ICCKnockOut tournament in Nairobi https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/93028.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/93028.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-93028 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Paul Grayson is preparing himself for an England debut on Tuesday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/92999.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/92999.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-92999 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Paul Grayson has been called up to join the England squad in Kenya https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/92894.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/92894.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-92894 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT