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Surrey defeat Essex - a fan's view at The Oval

There are many things that people will tell you are the highlights of a year

05-May-2001•Jeff Green

Ramprakash in magnificent form for victorious Surrey

Chasing 223 for victory, Ramprakash and Stewart made it look so easy on reaching 171 for one before Essex got the breakthrough with Stewart, playing his first match of the season, being caught on the mid-wicket boundary

05-May-2001•Andy Jalil

Walker leads Kent to amazing success

Kent pulled off an astonishing victory by three wickets after they had been left facing apparent defeat when they lost their seventh wicket still 77 runs short of their victory target with 11 overs remaining

04-May-2001•Paul Hiscock

Hampshire's first game at £17m new ground washed out

Hampshire's big day was ruined when umpires Trevor Jesty and John Holder decided it would be impossible to stage the first ever scheduled match at their new £17 million ground at the Rose Bowl, West End

02-May-2001•Andy Ford

Rain denies Essex victory hopes

Essex hopes of recording their second successive victory in the County Championship were finally dented by heavy rain which swept across the ground with 11 statutory overs still remaining

28-Apr-2001•Paul Hiscock

Northants collapse to rampant Irani

Essex ended the third day in a strong position to achieve their second win of the season, leading by 313 runs with two wickets intact

27-Apr-2001•Paul Hiscock

Evenly matched encounter between Northants and Essex

At the end of a day when 42 overs were lost to rain, Northamptonshire finished the day trailing Essex by 87 runs with six first innings wickets standing in this compelling encounter between two of last season's promoted teams

26-Apr-2001•Paul Hiscock

Northants on top despite Robinson's obdurate knock

Although Essex were well served by a vigilant 61 from Darren Robinson, it was the visitors that enjoyed the better of the opening day's play

25-Apr-2001•Paul Hiscock

Hussain joins centrally contracted players back in CricInfo Championship action

Nasser Hussain is to play his first competitive game since returning home from England's triumphant Test series victory in Sri Lanka

24-Apr-2001•George Dobell

Anderson bowls Essex to innings victory over Leicestershire

Ricky Anderson bowled Essex to a magnificent victory over Leicestershire with a day-and-a-half to spare in the opening CricInfo Championship game of the season at Grace Road

22-Apr-2001•Neville Fulger

Ilott and Anderson skittle Leicestershire as Essex chase innings victory

Promoted Essex bowled themselves within sight of an innings victory in their opening CricInfo Championship game of the season against Leicestershire at Grace Road

21-Apr-2001•Neville Fulger

Irani plays captain's innings as Essex end day on top

Essex closed the first day of their CricInfo Championship match against Leicestershire at Grace Road on 276-5, with captain Ronnie Irani unbeaten on 87.

20-Apr-2001•Neville Fulger

Australian county imports for 2001: a guide

It's that time of year again

19-Apr-2001•John Polack

Surrey take on Kent as they begin defence of title

The CricInfo Championship starts today with Surrey launching their bid to be the first team since the 1960s to win the title in three successive years

19-Apr-2001•Graham Holburn

Assertive batting from Irani and Peters gains Essex promotion

Essex gained promotion to the First Division with a six-wicket victory over contenders Warwickshire after the two captains had agreed to declare innings in an attempt to set up a positive finish

17-Sep-2000•Paul Hiscock

Warwickshire gain consolation for championship defeat at Chelmsford

Warwickshire gained consolation for their championship defeat when they cruised to a six wicket win against Essex in their National League encounter at Chelmsford

17-Sep-2000•Paul Hiscock

Grayson and Law stage batting recovery for Essex

Playing on the pitch that had been used for the Championship match between the two sides, Essex won the toss and elected to bat

17-Sep-2000•Paul Hiscock

Essex set 201 to beat Warwickshire

Drizzle delayed the resumption until 1.30 and with play underway in the other three promotion matches, both captains, Ronnie Irani and Neil Smith agreed to declarations to set up the possibility of a positive conclusion

16-Sep-2000•Paul Hiscock

Warwickshire narrow gap on third placed Essex

Warwickshire declared immediately on reaching 400 which gained them their first batting point as they narrowed the gap on third placed Essex to just two points

14-Sep-2000•Paul Hiscock

Essex begin reply to Warwickshire's 400-8 declared

The home side were given an immediate boost this morning when Mark Ilott bowled Dougie Brown with the first ball of the day

14-Sep-2000•Paul Hiscock

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