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Worcestershire secure last promotion spot

News of an early victory for rivals Hampshire was all the incentive Worcestershire needed to clinch the last promotion place in the Norwich Union League

16-Sep-2001•Roy Bradley

Yorkshire collapse to Grayson as Essex snatch consolation victory

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

15-Sep-2001•David Warner

Yorkshire declaration sets up exciting finish

Yorkshire paved the way for an exciting climax to the season by making a surprise declaration against Essex at Scarborough when trailing by 146 runs on the first innings

14-Sep-2001•David Warner

Yorkshire receive CricInfo Championship trophy

New CricInfo County Champions Yorkshire received the Lord's Taverners Trophy from CricInfo managing director Peter Griffiths during the lunch interval on the first day of their last match of the season against Essex at Scarborough today

12-Sep-2001•David Warner

Essex brush aside Derbyshire in NUL

Essex beat Derbyshire by five wickets with nearly 14 overs to spare at Chelmsford to ensure that they would avoid the wooden spoon in the Norwich Union Second Division

09-Sep-2001•Paul Hiscock

Somerset despatch Essex with some ease

With some formality, Somerset completed their fifth win of the season, beating relegated Essex by nine wickets to take 19 points and enhance their quest for runners-up position in the Cricinfo Championship

07-Sep-2001•Paul Hiscock

Essex follow on for eighth time this season

Somerset took total control of this match when they dismissed Essex for 172 to gain a first innings lead of 219 at Chelmsford before the home side safely negotiated the remaining 12 overs of the day

06-Sep-2001•Paul Hiscock

Skipper Cox leads Somerset recovery

The batting of Somerset captain Jamie Cox was the feature on the opening day of this Cricinfo Championship match against Essex which saw the Australian batting throughout the day to finish unbeaten on 175 before bad light stopped play with 10

05-Sep-2001•Paul Hiscock

Promotion and relegation at stake in new round of CricInfo Championship action

Yorkshire may have secured the trophy, but there is still plenty to play for in a fresh round of CricInfo Championship games

04-Sep-2001•George Dobell

Essex deliver blow to Durham's promotion hopes

Durham's hopes of promotion in the Norwich Union League suffered a big setback when they lost by three wickets to Essex at Chester-le-Street today

02-Sep-2001•Tim Wellock

Law hints at leaving Essex

Australian batsman Stuart Law has intimated that it is unlikely he will be playing for Essex next season

31-Aug-2001•CricInfo

ECB annouces rest periods for contracted players

The England team management today announced the availability of England contracted players to their counties for the rest of the domestic cricket season

28-Aug-2001•Media Release

Irani leads from the front as Essex defeat Middlesex in NUL

Essex skipper Ronnie Irani steered his side to their third NUL win of the season with an unbeaten 56 that helped secure a four-wicket victory over Middlesex with more than six overs to spare in their day/night match at Colchester

28-Aug-2001•Paul Hiscock

Essex stay bottom after 'no result' against Lancashire

Only 11 overs of play were possible before a thunderstorm, followed by torrential rain saturated the Castle Park ground in Colchester

26-Aug-2001•Paul Hiscock

Resolute Grayson earns Essex a draw with Lancashire

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

25-Aug-2001•Paul Hisock

Chapple helps ease Lancashire relegation fears

Lancashire will be confident of completing victory tomorrow after ending the third day in firm control of this match

24-Aug-2001•Paul Hiscock

Lancashire enjoy best of relegation battle with Essex

Lancashire enjoyed a fruitful day with both bat and ball against relegation doomed Essex with the visitors taking a major step forward to fashioning the win that would virtually ensure their First Division status

23-Aug-2001•Paul Hiscock

Promotion and relegation issues intensify in new round of CricInfo Championship games

Middlesex host Warwickshire in a crucial promotion tussle in Division Two of the CricInfo Championship

21-Aug-2001•CricInfo

Glamorgan beat Essex by huge margin

One-day bests from Robert Croft (92) and Andrew Davies (5-39) were the backbone of Glamorgan's 178--run Norwich Union League Division Two victory over bottom-placed Essex at Sophia Gardens

19-Aug-2001•Richard Thomas of the South Wales Evening Post

Shah clinches young player of year award

Middlesex batsman Owais Shah, who made his debut for England this summer in the NatWest series, has beaten seven rivals to win the prestigious Cricket Writers' Young Player of the Year award

18-Aug-2001•CricInfo

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