Dan Lawrence

Essex allrounder takes three wickets in four balls to leave Cricket Australia XI reeling before adding 35 with the bat

Derbyshire and Essex have never played one another in T20 cricket ... here's where the game will be won and lost

Lawrence's 147 follows five-wicket hauls for Jamie Porter and Sam Cook as Ryan ten Doeschate remains 78 not out

Lancashire go into their quarter-final at Chester-le-Street as favourites, but will be wary of an in-form Essex side

Essex and Hampshire share the points for the second time in two years, as they maintain their slim quarter-final hopes

Sussex beaten for only the second time this season as Essex keep faint knockout hopes alive

Combative half-century takes toll on Liam Plunkett in particular, to keep Essex in the contest

Only Kyle Abbott had much of an impact with the ball as Essex made brisk progress after the opening-day washout

Dan Lawrence and Varun Chopra totalled more half-centuries than Essex had managed all season as a hapless Middlesex attack again failed to defend a big total

Essex and Kent both qualified for the play-offs in the Royal London Cup but it was Essex who were by far the most bouyant after dishing out a thrashing at Chelmsford

England Lions have been hit with further withdrawals after Essex's Dan Lawrence suffered a hand fracture while batting in the nets ahead of the third unofficial Test against West Indies A

Essex dominated awards at the Cricket Writers' Club lunch in Kensington with Jamie Porter also picking up the Championship award

Tom Westley's 108 not out, and an equally fine innings of 77 from Nick Browne, took Essex to an emphatic eight-wicket victory against Surrey at Guildford which takes them to the top of the Specsavers County Championship Division One table

Dan Lawrence scored his second century of the season as Essex gained a slender first-innings lead over Surrey before rain curtailed the day

Sometimes, the feeling in county cricket is that the moments to savour come from the same old faces. That's not necessarily a complaint when Kumar Sangakkara is the face

James Vince has been named as captain of England Lions for their one-day series with South Africa A next month

Sometimes a teenager just won't be budged. Lancashire went into the final day at Chelmsford needing eight wickets for victory but they foundered on the rock of Dan Lawrence

Farcical bowling, the helmet fielder, chess interruptions, batting for pints - ten instances of when matches weren't cricket