Alastair Cook is this weeks’ Cricket World Player of the Week.

The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Wright comments on Alastair Cook's retirement from international cricket.

Essex County Cricket Club are pleased to announce that New Zealand fast bowler, Matt Quinn, has signed a contract extension that will see him remain with the Club until the conclusion of the 2019 season.

The Eagles will be looking to end their losing streak in the Vitality Blast when they entertain Gloucestershire on Friday at The Cloudfm County Ground (start time 7pm).

Kent Spitfires are amongst the leading teams in the Vitality Blast South Group, however,Essex Eagles Head Coach Anthony McGrath still thinks that his team can reach the knock out stages.

You can watch live cricket streaming of India v Essex and the Vitality Blast matches today via either the county websites.

With Essex trailing by 158 runs, two of India's chief weapons in Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav are yet to be unleashed.

Kicking off the preparation for the Test series after the limited-overs leg, India won the toss and decided to bat first.

Essex Cricket and the England & Wales Cricket Board have today agreed, at the request of the BCCI Management Team, that the scheduled Tourist match between Essex and India will now be played over three days.

We had a great night last night ,picking at least one winning cricket betting tip from each of the 8 matches in the Vitality Blast, in our Bash the Bookies campaign.

There were two Vitality Blast matches today – Surrey against Essex at the Kia Oval and Hampshire against Sussex at the Ageas Bowl.

Essex Eagles are set for back-to-back matches this week when the Vitality Blast campaign continues.

Jason Gillespie has named an unchanged squad for Sunday's visit to Glamorgan in the Vitality Blast -Watch highlights from our win over Essex Eagles

Essex Eagles entertain Middlesex at The Cloudfm County Ground on Friday having started the Vitality Blast campaign with a disappointing defeat to Sussex Sharks on Wednesday night.

Essex Eagles return on Wednesday evening to commence the Vitality Blast campaign with two home fixtures at The Cloudfm County Ground this week starting with a visit from the Sussex Sharks on Wednesday evening.

Round up of Day 4 of the Specsavers County Championship Division 1 matches including Yorkshire v Surrey, Lancashire v Hampshire, Essex v Somerset and Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire.

Round up of Day 3 Specsavers County Championship fixtures in Division 1 matches including Yorkshire v Surrey, Lancashire v Hampshire, Essex v Somerset and Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire

Essex-based leading housebuilder Weston Homes has signed a five-year Platinum Sponsor partnership with Essex Cricket, joining in the highest sponsorship category possible as a reflection of their commitment to the first-class county club.

Round up of Day 2 Specsavers County Championship fixtures in Division 1 matches including Yorkshire v Surrey, Lancashire v Hampshire, Essex v Somerset and Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire

Round up of Day 1 Specsavers County Championship fixtures in Division 1 matches including Yorkshire v Surrey, Lancashire v Hampshire, Essex v Somerset and Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire.