Essex knew the Championship was theirs last night and it was confirmed as they drove down the motorway back to Chelmsford where they were greeted by supporters and started to reflect on what the title means
The former India opener also said he only applied for the India coach job after being asked to by the BCCI secretary, the move was supported by Virat Kohli, and he did it because Ravi Shastri told him he would not apply for the position
Graeme Labrooy, who presently serves as an ICC match referee, represented Sri Lanka in nine Tests and 44 ODIs between 1986 and 1992
Middlesex do not have the walk of a team fraught with relegation nerves, suggests Vithushan Ehantharajah
Yorkshire would have slipped into the bottom two if they had lost after following-on against Surrey but hundreds by Shaun Marsh and Alex Lees guarded against calamity
Gloucestershire's website pronounced that Gareth Roderick was out for the season. With wickets falling at Bristol, it proved to be far from the case
Lancashire loanee Simon Kerrigan struck a career-best 62 and Rob Newton pronounced himself king of the half-centuries as Northants achieved a hard-won victory in Cardiff
Hardus Viljoen took the first eight wickets to give Derbyshire a rare victory and leave Sussex's outside hopes of promotion in tatters
Worcestershire have given themselves an excellent chance of securing promotion after a third successive County Championship victory
The last time these two sides met in a T20, Carlos Brathwaite wrote himself a place in West Indies cricket history
Pakistan produced a clinical performance in all three departments to beat Faf du Plessis' men by 33 runs in the third and final T20I and clinch the series 2-1
Tom Abell's leadership singled out by coach as Somerset ease relegation fears, and end Lancashire's title bid, with seven-wicket victory
The fast bowler is in the final phase of rehabilitation from the back injury he sustained during the England tour, and has been ruled out of the Cobras' season-opening first-class fixture against the Knights
With the opener sidelined for the 'first few ODIs' against India, Peter Handscomb has made it back to the Australia squad, and Travis Head is expected to bat at the top of the order
The board is attempting to schedule three T20I matches for the women's team to coincide with the men's T20I matches when India tour South Africa early next year
The 23-year old batsman from Tamil Nadu took India red from 205 for 9 to 383 to give them a chance in the Duleep Trophy game against India Blue
USA secured the Auty Cup for the first time in 26 years after defeating Canada by 23 runs in the series decider at King City
Fast bowler played for seven years between 1993 and 2000 for Border and moved to Britain at the end of his career, 17 years ago
A record last-wicket stand of 178 helped India Red to a strong finish to their first innings, but India Blue's Hanuma Vihari and Suresh Raina helped pull the advantage back at stumps
They talk a lot about the Gooch-Fletcher era in Essex, but Chris Silverwood has overseen an Essex revival now worthy of a conversation or two
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