“He is still a key player for us in all three formats, and his captaincy of the one-day team last season was excellent”
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Essex’s one-day captain, Ryan ten Doeschate, has agreed to sign a new two-year deal, which will keep him with the club until the end of the 2016 county season.
“I’ve no doubt that if Worcestershire didn’t have Ajmal, we would have gone up this year”
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Essex head coach Paul Grayson believes that Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal’s bowling action should have been reported during his stint with Worcestershire during the recently concluded county season.
“I am excited for the next chapter in my career and wish the club all the best moving forward”
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Left-arm pace bowler Tymal Mills has rejected an “attractive” offer to stay with Essex for next year’s County season.
“He has become one of the senior figures in our dressing room, and is a key component of our side in each form of the game”
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England all-rounder Ravi Bopara has signed a new one-year deal with Essex, which will keep him at the club until the end of next year’s County season.
Mahmood only took three wickets in two County Championship matches this season
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Essex have parted ways with former England pace bowler Sajid Mahmood and leg-spinner Tom Craddock following a disappointing County season.
Ryder has excelled with both the bat and ball in this year’s County season
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New Zealand opening batsman Jesse Ryder has signed a new two-year deal with Essex, which will keep him with the club until 2016.
“Monty Panesar has been disciplined by the club after breaching team rules for timekeeping”
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England spinner Monty Panesar has found himself in hot water once again as he was dropped for Essex’s County Championship match against Glamorgan due to disciplinary reasons.
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“If I can give back to anyone – kids, older people it doesn’t matter to me – as long as I can give something back”
Disgraced Essex pace bowler Mervyn Westfield has finally broken his silence over the chain of events that led to him indulging in spot-fixing and being slapped with a five-year ban by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
