Sussex vs Essex, at Brighton, , Apr 17 2016 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

Hove, April 17 - 20, 2016, Specsavers County Championship Division Two

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Sussex

360 & 288

Essex

(T:329) 320 & 266/7

Match drawn

Matt Dixon, Essex's new signing, in action•Apr 19, 2016•Getty Images

Chris Nash gets checked over by the physio, Sussex v Essex, County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 3rd day, April 19, 2016

Chris Nash gets checked over by the physio•Apr 19, 2016•Getty Images

Chris Nash took a nasty blow on the helmet, Sussex v Essex, County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 3rd day, April 19, 2016

Chris Nash took a nasty blow on the helmet•Apr 19, 2016•Getty Images

Tom Westley anchored Essex's innings with 86, Sussex v Essex, Specsavers County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 2nd day, April 18, 2016

Tom Westley anchored Essex's innings with 86•Apr 18, 2016•Getty Images

Ollie Robinson celebrates the dismissal of Nick Browne, Sussex v Essex, Specsavers County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 2nd day, April 18, 2016

Ollie Robinson celebrates the dismissal of Nick Browne•Apr 18, 2016•Getty Images

Alastair Cook trudges off after making 1 from five balls in his first innings with his ECB-approved new helmet, Sussex v Essex, Specsavers County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 2nd day, April 18, 2016

Alastair Cook trudges off after making 1 from five balls in his first innings with his ECB-approved new helmet•Apr 18, 2016•Getty Images

Ryan ten Doeschate struck twice in an over, Sussex v Essex, Specsavers County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 1st day, April 17, 2016

Ryan ten Doeschate struck twice in an over•Apr 17, 2016•Getty Images

Ryan ten Doeschate was brilliantly caught by Danny Briggs, Sussex v Essex, County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 3rd day, April 19, 2016

Ryan ten Doeschate was brilliantly caught by Danny Briggs•Apr 19, 2016•Getty Images

The Essex players and the umpires check on Chris Nash, Sussex v Essex, County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 3rd day, April 19, 2016

The Essex players and the umpires check on Chris Nash•Apr 19, 2016•Getty Images

Plenty of effort from George Garton, Sussex v Essex, Specsavers County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 2nd day, April 18, 2016

Plenty of effort from George Garton•Apr 18, 2016•Getty Images

Essex's Dan Lawrence plays a cover drive, Sussex v Essex, Specsavers County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 2nd day, April 18, 2016

Essex's Dan Lawrence plays a cover drive•Apr 18, 2016•Getty Images

Steve Magoffin celebrates the dismissal of Alastair Cook for 1, Sussex v Essex, Specsavers County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 2nd day, April 18, 2016

Steve Magoffin celebrates the dismissal of Alastair Cook for 1•Apr 18, 2016•Getty Images

Alastair Cook made 1 from five balls in his first innings with his ECB-approved new helmet, Sussex v Essex, Specsavers County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 2nd day, April 18, 2016

Alastair Cook made 1 from five balls in his first innings with his ECB-approved new helmet•Apr 18, 2016•Getty Images

In memory: Chris Nash batted in Matthew Hobden's number, Sussex v Essex, Specsavers County Championship, Division Two, Hove, 1st day, April 17, 2016

In memory: Chris Nash batted in Matthew Hobden's number•Apr 17, 2016•Getty Images

Match Coverage

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Dropped catch helps Cook 'get on with it'

Alastair Cook rose to meet his particular challenge of recent days by scoring a second Championship hundred in as many matches, this time wearing the new-style helmet that has unexpectedly become the source of some bother

Napier and Porter's hard yards revive Essex

At one stage in this match, it looked as if Sussex were disappearing off into the distance over the South Downs. Building on a second significant score from opener Chris Nash, the lead at tea was 210 with seven wickets standing

Westley impresses after Cook's grilling

Alastair Cook's exploratory first outing in a new helmet ended after five balls but that was the worst of the impermanence from Essex

Emotional Nash hundred as Sussex remember Hobden

There was emotion before play at Hove in a memorial for Matthew Hobden and Chris Nash followed that with a fitting innings

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Essex Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
NLJ Browne	lbw	3	8
AN Cook	not out	127	250
T Westley	lbw	16	33
RS Bopara	caught	28	44
DW Lawrence	lbw	22	58
JD Ryder	bowled	35	98
RN ten Doeschate	caught	4	15
JS Foster	lbw	5	10
GR Napier	not out	6	30
Extras	(b 6, lb 10, nb 4)
Total	266(7 wkts; 90.4 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Magoffin	18	5	40	1	2.22
OE Robinson	13	5	28	1	2.15
GHS Garton	6	1	23	0	3.83
DR Briggs	24	6	58	0	2.41
A Shahzad	20.4	2	68	3	3.29 (2 nb)
LWP Wells	9	0	33	2	3.66

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	4	Alastair Cook	Nick Browne
2nd	28	Alastair Cook	Tom Westley
3rd	48	Ravi Bopara	Alastair Cook
4th	48	Alastair Cook	Dan Lawrence
5th	103	Jesse Ryder	Alastair Cook
6th	10	Ryan ten Doeschate	Alastair Cook
7th	10	James Foster	Alastair Cook
8th	15	Graham Napier	Alastair Cook

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Specsavers County Championship Division Two

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT
ESSEX	16	6	3	7	235
KENT	16	5	2	8	212
WORCS	16	6	4	5	203
SUSS	16	4	2	10	192
NHNTS	16	4	3	8	184
GLOUC	16	4	5	7	183
LEICS	16	4	4	8	182
GLAM	16	3	8	5	148
DERBS	16	0	5	10	119
LANCS	-	-	-	-	-
SUR	-	-	-	-	-

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