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Browne in record ton, Derbys hold edge

Nick Browne wrote his name in the Essex record books but Derbyshire hold the initiative after another absorbing day at Chesterfield.

09-Jul-2014•Press Association

Browne digs in again for Essex

Nick Browne produced his second career-best innings in a week as he held Essex together against Derbyshire at Queen's Park

08-Jul-2014•Les Smith at Queen's Park

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

Essex romp to sixth straight win

Essex moved one step closer to a home quarter-final with a sixth consecutive victory in the South Group

04-Jul-2014•Ryan Bailey at Chelmsford

Foster equals record in Essex romp

02-Jul-2014•Press Association

Alex Gidman leads Gloucestershire rearguard

Gloucestershire are a side that, judging by recent evidence, relish a rescue mission, having dropped anchor twice in as many weeks to stymie ascendant opposition

01-Jul-2014•Ryan Bailey in Chelmsford

Gloucs flattened by Ryder and Bopara

Essex demonstrated the benefits of attritional batting as they amassed a considerable lead over Gloucestershire

30-Jun-2014•Ryan Bailey in Chelmsford

Familiar failings undermine Essex

After subsiding to 56 for 6 in the face of an early Essex onslaught, Gloucestershire provided a late-order rally to keep themselves afloat

29-Jun-2014•Ryan Bailey in Chelmsford

Pettini takes Essex top

Mark Pettini's perfectly paced half-century helped Essex to top spot in the NatWest T20 Blast South Division and inflicted Somerset's fifth defeat in eight matches.

27-Jun-2014•Press Association

Phillips sees Essex through

Tim Phillips staged a late assault as Essex pipped Middlesex at Chelmsofrd to keep up their challenge in the NatWest Blast South Group

20-Jun-2014•Ryan Bailey

Vince double helps crush Essex

At the end of the match, an attendant struggled for almost 45 minutes to remove an Essex flag that had been on display for the last three days. It was at odds with the resistance the team had showed in a record-equalling defeat

17-Jun-2014•Vithushan Ehantharajah at the Ageas Bowl

Abbott, Vince show Hampshire class

Hampshire built on a superb bowling display with a brutal last two sessions on day two with the bat to lead Essex by 429. In Kyle Abbott and James Vince, they boast two exceptional players of international class.

16-Jun-2014•Vithushan Ehantharajah at the Ageas Bowl

Bopara limits Hants but host on top

Ravi Bopara slipped through the Hampshire middle order to reduce the hosts to 286 but Essex finished the opening day on the back foot after being reduced to 55 for 2.

15-Jun-2014•Press Association

Bopara inspires Essex once more

Ravi Bopara continued his blissful run of form as Essex dismantled Gloucestershire to head the South Group in the NatWest Blast

13-Jun-2014•Press Association

Brilliant Bopara takes Essex joint top

Ravi Bopara's non selection for England is very much Essex's gain who have him in the form of his life. He smashed 81 in just 44 balls to send Essex joint top of the South Group of the NatWest T20

11-Jun-2014•Ryan Bailey at Canterbury

Bell-Drummond buckles down

Kent earned the draw that had looked odds-on the night before but could so easily have eluded them once the visitors scented blood during a morning session of pressure cricket that was wonderful to watch

10-Jun-2014•David Lloyd at Canterbury

Bonus points dash costs Essex

Essex's limited-overs style pursuit of 400 cost them any chance of establishing a daunting first-innings lead over Kent

09-Jun-2014•David Lloyd at Canterbury

Bopara, Westley answer coach's call

Ravi Bopara and Tom Westley both recorded unbeaten centuries as Essex made a strong statement in reply to Kent's first-innings 387

08-Jun-2014•David Lloyd at Canterbury

Time is of the essence for Mills

Time-keeping has been a bit of an issue for Essex of late. So when Tymal Mills trotted onto the field some 80 minutes after his colleagues, a few in the crowd may have wondered whether another disciplinary ruling could be expected.

07-Jun-2014•David Lloyd at Canterbury

Pietersen fails on return as Surrey lose

Kevin Pietersen was greeted with several boos on his return to cricket in England and did not quell the naysayers with just an eight-ball stay in his first match for Surrey since being sacked by the ECB in February.

06-Jun-2014•Alex Winter at The Oval

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