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Carlson's historic hundred delays Essex promotion party

Kiran Carlson became the youngest player to make a first-class hundred for Glamorgan and held up Essex's planned promotion party in the process

12-Sep-2016•Alan Gardner at Chelmsford

Kent feel shockwaves of thumping Essex win

Kent were level with Essex at the top of Division Two for a few heady hours before a thumping innings win for Essex against Worcestershire reasserted the superiority of the long-time leaders

02-Sep-2016•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Chelmsford

Napier on course for perfect finish

Graham Napier boosted his chances of bowing out of the game on a high with a four-wicket haul as Essex moved closer to promotion by crushing Derbyshire.

16-Aug-2016•ECB Reporters Network

Napier leaves Colchester a big-hitting farewell

Graham Napier's big-hitting exploits have been a feature of a long county career and he have his home Colchester crowd a treat with a big-hitting farewell hundred

07-Aug-2016•Will Macpherson at Colchester

Napier and Porter's hard yards revive Essex

At one stage in this match, it looked as if Sussex were disappearing off into the distance over the South Downs. Building on a second significant score from opener Chris Nash, the lead at tea was 210 with seven wickets standing

19-Apr-2016•Alan Gardner at Hove

Napier to retire after 2016 season

Graham Napier, the Essex allrounder, has announced he will retire at the end of 2016 English season to take up a position running his cricket academy

11-Jan-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

Napier and Porter dismantle Gloucestershire

Graham Napier and James Porter bowled Essex into a winning position on the second day of the Championship match with Gloucestershire at Bristol

22-Jun-2015•ECB/PA

Bopara, Napier shine to keep Essex alive

Essex got back on the winning trail to keep alive their slim hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the NatWest Twenty20 Blast, beating Glamorgan by 16 runs

19-Jun-2015•ECB/PA

Napier highlights Essex desire for momentum

A second Championship win for Essex, this one by an in innings, sees them get off the bottom of Division Two. Their 23 points achieved in three days work here takes them to sixth in the table, with nine left to play.

16-Jun-2015•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Chelmsford

Northeast knock leaves match in balance

Essex launched a fine recovery to leave themselves slight favourites to beat Kent in their County Championship Division Two duel at Chelmsford

20-Apr-2015•Press Association

Essex troubled by run of near misses

ESPNcricinfo assesses Essex's prospects for 2015

31-Mar-2015•Alan Gardner

Essex left to rue another near miss

As on the first morning, Essex's bowlers tore through Worcestershire, finishing the job they had started two days ago

25-Sep-2014•Alan Gardner at Chelmsford

Napier hounds Derbyshire to turn day

Essex's Graham Napier doesn't have the look at first sight of the archetype fast bowler but he changed the complexion of the first day's play at Chesterfield in the space of 31 balls immediately after tea

07-Jul-2014•Les Smith at Queen's Park

Murdoch, Napier set up Wellington win

Wellington opened a four-point lead at the top of the table after beating Northern Districts by 21 runs

04-Jan-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Foakes can break Essex mould

It seems not a day goes by that a former Essex academy product leaves the confines of Chelmsford to yield performances above and beyond anything they produced before

04-Sep-2013•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Chelmsford

Smith best, Napier gives Essex control

Greg Smith finished with a career-best 177 as Essex clinched maximum batting points for the first time this season and took a firm grip at Bristol.

29-Aug-2013

Napier, ten Doeschate down Durham

Essex maintained their hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the Yorkshire Bank 40 competition after crushing Durham by six wickets at Chelmsford

13-Aug-2013

Essex stumble towards last-eight lifeline

Essex's qualification courtesy of Middlesex's defeat at Hampshire presents them a generous lifeline to rescue their season, though a transformed batting effort will be needed in the quarter-finals

31-Jul-2013•Alex Winter at Chelmsford

Mickleburgh and Napier take control

Graham Napier's superb bowling and Jaik Mickleburgh's unbeaten century enabled Essex to enjoy the better of their second day against Leicestershire.

18-Jul-2013

Shah assault keeps Kent winless

Owais Shah clattered six sixes in a match-defining innings of 59 as Essex opened their Friends Life t20 win account with a 47-run success over Kent in Canterbury

05-Jul-2013

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