JamesFosterproducedagrittyinningstohelpdefendingchampionsEssexsetLancashire320runstowininDivisionOneoftheCountyChampionship.TomWestleymade49beforeFoster(69)andS
ChampionsEssexwillbeginthedefenceoftheirCountyChampionshiptitleagainstYorkshireatHeadingley.The2018seasonstartsonFriday,13AprilwiththreegamesinDivisionOneandthr
EssexhavewontheCountyChampionshipforthefirsttimesince1992afterclosestchallengersLancashirelosttoSomersetbysevenwicketsatTaunton.Onlyanunlikelyvictorywouldhavebe