Nick Browne

Khushi produced a chanceless ton while Browne is 94 not out with Essex just 44 runs behind

Opener makes 170, his highest score for Kent but draw looms with bad weather lurking

Limited play frustrates visitors as Kent struggle to make inroads in 32 overs of action

Unbeaten Tom Westley, Nick Browne dominate rain-hit day after Alastair Cook's flying start

Nick Browne 49 sets visitors off well but Northamptonshire bowlers do some damage

Somerset trail by 400-plus as Essex's South African spinner looks the likelier threat

Essex opener proves his partnership with Alastair Cook remains a double-act to be reckoned with

Four wickets late in the day help wrest advantage away from Essex

Former England opener offers latest reminder of what the Test team is currently missing

Browne, Pepper give Essex commanding lead as Glamorgan stare down heavy defeat

Big hundred puts Derbyshire on the back foot in week before Test selection

Warwickshire quick leads fightback after Alastair Cook impersonates Gower

Browne labours against consistent Kent attack in bid to provide a backbone to Essex innings

Essex press advantage as R Ashwin sends down 41 overs in an attritional day at Trent Bridge

The defending champions made sizeable inroads into a demanding chase, but still face the prospect of combatting Jack Leach and Dom Bess on the final day

Essex knew the Championship was theirs last night and it was confirmed as they drove down the motorway back to Chelmsford where they were greeted by supporters and started to reflect on what the title means

Essex rediscovered the grit that has taken them to the top of Division One under cheerless Chelmsford skies

On the same pitch where 743 runs were scored in one of the greatest run-fests in domestic cricket history, three days later Essex staunchly committed themselves to a day of unremitting toil on a soporific summer's day

Tom Westley's 108 not out, and an equally fine innings of 77 from Nick Browne, took Essex to an emphatic eight-wicket victory against Surrey at Guildford which takes them to the top of the Specsavers County Championship Division One table