Hogan poops Essex promotion party

Essex v Glamorgan, Specsavers Championship Div Two, Chelmsford, 4th day

Essex went off for a promotion party slightly bashfully after Michael Hogan's five wickets helped Glamorgan inflict an 11-run defeat

Silverwood's dream awakens Essex slumber

County news

Chris Silverwood has taken Essex into Division One of the Championship in his first season as coach. Now the trick will be keeping them there

Craig Meschede, Mark Wallace carry fight against champions

Essex v Glamorgan, Specsavers Championship Div Two, Chelmsford, 3rd day

Essex were brought down to earth after their overnight celebrations on securing promotion to Division One of the Specsavers County Championship as Glamorgan kept them in the field for much of another hot day at Chelmsford

Meschede, Wallace carry fight against champions

Ryan ten Doeschate seals Essex's impressive title run

Essex v Glamorgan, Specsavers Championship Div Two, Chelmsford, 2nd day

Look out Division One, the Essex boys are coming. Ryan ten Doeschate afterwards played down the effect his captaincy has had on Essex winning promotion

Ten Doeschate seals Essex's impressive title run

Kiran Carlson's historic hundred delays Essex promotion party

Essex v Glamorgan, Specsavers Championship Div Two, Chelmsford, 1st day

Kiran Carlson became the youngest player to make a first-class hundred for Glamorgan and held up Essex's planned promotion party in the process

Carlson's historic hundred delays Essex promotion party

V Chopra

MG Hogan

NLJ Browne

T van der Gugten

T Westley

RS Bopara

DW Lawrence

AJA Wheater

RN ten Doeschate

JS Foster

CAJ Meschede

GR Napier

DD Masters

JA Porter

AO Morgan

KS Carlson

DL Lloyd

Essex

England

County Ground

Chelmsford

Specsavers County Championship Division Two

Glamorgan

RJ Evans

SJ O'Shaughnessy

Player Name		R	B
V Chopra	bowled	79	128
NLJ Browne	caught	30	72
T Westley	lbw	0	3
RS Bopara	lbw	1	14
DW Lawrence	bowled	30	66
AJA Wheater	caught	18	66
RN ten Doeschate	caught	23	35
JS Foster	caught	23	42
GR Napier	lbw	12	32
DD Masters	not out	19	44
JA Porter	bowled	2	25
Extras	(lb 15)
Total	252(10 wkts; 87.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
CAJ Meschede	18	0	78	1	4.33
T van der Gugten	29.5	5	56	4	1.88
MG Hogan	22	4	45	5	2.05
AO Morgan	11	1	27	0	2.45
KS Carlson	3	0	17	0	5.67
DL Lloyd	4	1	14	0	3.5

WKT	RUNS	Players
1st	92	Varun Chopra	Nick Browne
2nd	1	Varun Chopra	Tom Westley
3rd	5	Ravi Bopara	Varun Chopra
4th	40	Varun Chopra	Dan Lawrence
5th	9	Adam Wheater	Dan Lawrence
6th	40	Ryan ten Doeschate	Adam Wheater
7th	13	James Foster	Adam Wheater
8th	23	Graham Napier	James Foster
9th	6	David Masters	James Foster
10th	23	David Masters	Jamie Porter

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
Essex	16	6	3	7	235
Kent	16	5	2	8	212
Worcs	16	6	4	5	203
SUX	16	4	2	10	192
Nthnt	16	4	3	8	184
Glouc	16	4	5	7	183
Leics	16	4	4	8	182
Glam	16	3	8	5	148
Derby	16	0	5	10	119
Surr	0	0	0		0
Lancs	0	0	0		0

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Essex Innings

Specsavers County Championship Division Two