Essex News

Fergus O'Neill took 5-39 as Nottinghamshire went top

Notts knock Essex off County Championship top spot

Somerset's Craig Overton (centre) is congratulated as he took 5-29 against Nottinghamshire to guide them to a big win at Trent Bridge

Overton puts Somerset in County Championship title race as Essex move top

England Lions' Emilio Gay. England have named the uncapped Sonny Baker, Emilio Gay and James Rew in their first Test squad of the summer, wi

England new boy Gay out for duck on difficult day for Durham

England's Ben Duckett (right) and Zak Crawley walk out to bat on day one of the fourth NRMA Insurance Ashes Series 2025 test at the MCG

Analysis

England top order battle rages on as Duckett and Gay pile on runs

Joe Root scored 96 in his first appearance of the summer for Yorkshire against Sussex at Headingley

Root falls four short of century in first knock of season for Yorkshire

Ben Duckett

Duckett makes first half-century of season for Nottinghamshire

Josh Tongue took 5-91 for Nottinghamshire on day one against Warwickshire at Edgbaston (pic: Simon Trafford)

Tongue takes five-for while Crawley's struggles continue for Kent

Ben McKinney shared in a triple-century opening stand with Alex Lees for Durham against Gloucestershire

McKinney puts himself in England frame with double century for Durham

Tom Westley, Essex

Essex use first injury substitute in County Championship history

Haseeb Hameed captained Nottinghamshire to a first County Championship in 15 years last season

Analysis

Will Notts be County Championship top dogs again?

Peter Siddle playing in the Big Bash for Adelaide Strkers (Associated Press)

Update

County cricket ins and outs: Siddle withdraws from Notts Blast stint

Kate Cross helped lead Lancashire to victory in the Metro Bank One Day Cup this year

Metro Bank One Day Cup: Women's fixtures for 2026

Vitality Blast, Somerset

Vitality Blast: Full men's fixtures for 2026 as Somerset defend title