Plus updates from other sporting fixtures around Essex. Between April and September we'll also have exclusive cricket commentary of every ball, run and wicket of Essex County Cricket Club in the ...

In July last year, Essex was still in the throes of perpetual crisis. With further penalties looming from the Cricket Discipline Commission, at the conclusion of a long investigation into historic ...

This will be Thakur's first taste of County cricket and the bowling all-rounder is understandably elated about the challenge. "I am feeling excited to join Essex this summer," said Thakur.

And yet, Essex's relevance in the grander scheme of English cricket received a huge boost last April, when they were unveiled ...