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If Durham are to get their season going they must start soon

Tickets for the above match will go on sale from 2.00 pm on Sunday 26th May at the County Ground during the match against Derbyshire

The England and Wales Cricket Board have confirmed that the Benson and Hedges Quarter Final match between Essex and Yorkshire will take place on Wednesday 22nd May

Hampshire's outside chance of qualifying for the quarter final stage of the Benson & Hedges Cup in it's last season fell after a poor defeat in the hands of Essex at Chelmsford on Sunday.

Essex County Cricket Club today announced a profit of £64,312 for the year ended 31st December 2001

First Great Eastern has pledged their support of Essex County Cricket Club with a two-year sponsorship deal

Former Leicestershire player Jonathan Dakin has become the latest player to join Essex as part of the Club's rebuilding programme in their quest to regain their mantle as one of the country's leading counties.

Essex County Cricket Club has revealed their new main Sponsor for 2002-2004

Essex have completed their first signing for next season with the capture of 24-year-old James Middlebrook

Essex County Cricket Club are pleased to announce that Mark Ilott has been granted a Benefit Year for 2002

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

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

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

Just minutes after seeing his side end the first day of their penultimate CricInfo Championship match against Essex on 304 for 5 Somerset Coach Kevin Shine told me, "It was an excellent recovery by the boys, it was very good

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

Bottom of the table Essex pulled off a shock win against league leaders Worcestershire by 33-runs at Chelmsford with Graham Napier grabbing the headlines with a magnificent all-round performance

Essex ended a dismal run of four successive defeats in the CricInfo County Championship with a draw against Leicestershire after Darren Robinson had completed a century for the second time in the match

Centuries from Stuart Law and Darren Robinson contributed the bulk of the Essex endeavours to stave off the follow on target of 410 and at the close, the home side still required another 81 runs with three wickets remaining

Leicestershire batsman plundered the Essex bowlers on the second day of this CricInfo Championship match despite a truncated day that saw the loss of 52 overs due to rain

Leicestershire took full advantage of the ideal conditions with Iain Sutcliffe and Aftab Habib capitalising to maximum effect as both reached unbeaten centuries on a benign pitch in ideal conditions after the visitors won the toss