These vintage photos show how sporting endeavours have changed in Essex over the past 100 years. Several of the photos are from 1939 when the annual mixed sex cricket match was played in the county.

Chris Silverwood says one of the main challenges of his return to Essex ... cricket landscape. Silverwood has taken up the post of director of cricket at Chelmsford seven years after he left the ...

Listen to full BBC Essex interview with Chris Silverwood The growth of such leagues provides opportunities but also challenges for county cricket. Silverwood said: "Everything moves on and one of ...