Essex County Cricket Club

Essex County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at the County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, though with smaller grounds elsewhere.

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County - Cricket - County Cricket Ground - Chelmsford

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Essex had to wait until the late seventies and the advent of one day cricket to produce a team strong enough to win trophies, but the county had produced many famous players in its former years. Medium pacer and barnacle batsman Trevor Bailey, who later graced Test Match Special for many years, was the antithesis of Ian Botham in style but not far short of his fellow all rounder in performance. Keith Fletcher was a brilliant captain and fine batsman.

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Trevor Bailey - Test Match Special - Ian Botham - Keith Fletcher

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Graham Gooch, one of England's finest ever opening batsmen, began his test career with a pair against Australia in 1975. He didn't return to the team until 1978, but after a slow start began to assert his dominance over test batsmen as he had on the county scene. Dedicated to training, he forced his burly physique through a tough training regime to prolong his career long after some of his contempories had retired.

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Graham Gooch - Australia - 1975 - 1978

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Gooch starred in a powerful Essex outfit in the late seventies, with tireless left arm seamer John Lever, belligerent South African Ken McEwan and spinner and prankster Ray East well to the fore. In the nineteen eighties Essex produced England all rounder Derek Pringleand fast bowler Neil Foster

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John Lever - South Africa - Ken McEwan - Ray East - Derek Pringle - Neil Foster

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In the 1990s, Essex had more internationals, including Nasser Hussain, who was to become a succesful England captain. Bwolers, Ashley Cowan, Mark Illot and Peter Such all earnt caps, as well as wicket keeper James Foster.

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Nasser Hussain - James Foster

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Enjoying a new sponsorship deal at their Chelmsford home, and a pitch which is always full of runs, Essex, led by combative all rounder Ronnie Irani and boasting the excellent Zimbabwe-born batsman Andy Flower in their ranks, have a young team with the talent required to relive their glory days. And they fulfilled those promises by winning the National League title in 2005, their first major title in eight years.

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Zimbabwe - Andy Flower - National League - 2005

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