Essex beat Kent yesterday to secure the Division 2 title. As an Essex fan this is pretty awesome news especially coming so soon after we beat Kent to win the 50 0ver Friends Provident Trophy.
The current team are pretty young and have recovered well from losing many of their senior players over the past few years - Ronnie Irani, Darren Gough, Alex Tudor and Andy Flower being some of the main examples. Essex went from winning the Pro40 Division 1 title two years in a row to being relegated the next season so this recovery by the younger players is impressive.
Pettini has started to get a feel for the captaincy, Napier has really developed as a one-day player this year, James Foster has been brilliant behind the stumps again and the younger bowlers such as Maurice Chambers and Chris Wright have gained experience in all forms of the game. With a few older players around such as Grant Flower, the team should do well next year.
Paul Grayson has taken over as coach this year from Graham Gooch (who is still involved with the team) and in my opinion done brilliantly. The team have looked good in the field, have bowling plans which they stick to and the batsmen have played in partnerships. Long may it continue :)
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