Topley bidding for a productive season with Essex
Young England fast bowler prepares for third county season
Another record for Cook as England battle in 1st Test
Essex batting star hits third century in three matches as England captain
Disappointment for Edwards in Women's T20 Final
England beaten in Sri Lanka as Australia win World Cup
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Cricket: Bopara named in test squad
Essex batsman Ravi Bopara has been named in the England squad for the first test against South Africa, starting at The Oval on Thursday.
Bopara earned his place with an excellent one-day series against Australia.
He joins Essex colleague and former Bedford school student Alistair Cook in the 13-man squad.
ENGLAND SQUAD
Strauss (Middlesex, captain), Anderson (Lancashire), Bell (Warwickshire), Bopara (Essex), Bresnan (Yorkshire), Broad (Nottinghamshire), Cook (Essex), Finn (Middlesex), Onions (Durham), Pietersen (Surrey), Prior (Sussex, wicketkeeper), Swann (Nottinghamshire), Trott (Warwickshire)
Cricketer's Essex debut
by Donovan Blake
Indian Test spinner in squad to face Gloucestershire
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Cricket: Latest score from Chelmsford
AUSTRALIA
313 for 9 (50 overs)
Michael Clarke 76
Reece Topley 4-46
ESSEX
134 all out (32.4 overs)
James Foster 41
Pat Cummins 3-26
AUSTRALIA won by 179 runs
Cricket: Aussies set for Chelmsford match
The Australian cricket team are in Essex to play a day/night match before the start of a one-day international series with England.
Read the full storyEssex prepare for one-day battle against Australia
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England pair Alastair Cook and Ravi Bopara due to face the tourists at Chelmsford.
Read the full storyBopara retains place in England's One Day squad
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Essex batsman set to face Australia after starring in T20 win over West Indies
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Kaneria handed life suspension
The ECB has found Danish Kaneria guilty of "cajoling and pressurising" Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield to become involved in spot-fixing.
Read the full storyEssex Twenty-20 campaign underway
by Donovan Blake
The Eagles host Kent at Chelmsford. Donovan Blake looks ahead.
Read the full storyEssex cricketer Mervyn Westfield loses appeal
Former Essex cricketer Mervyn Westfield has lost his appeal against match-fixing convictions.
Read the full storyNorthamptonshire buys its cricket ground
After being tenants for more than a century Northamptonshire's county cricket ground in Wantage Road is now owned by the club.
Northants had operated under a long term lease with the Cockerill Masonic Trustees. The opportunity to buy the freehold followed a generous legacy left by the club's former president Lynn Wilson. They now want to create what they call the best non-test playing ground in the country.
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