Championship chasing: Alastair Cook hopes to help Essex to back-to-back first and second division titles REX FEATURESEssex could field their strongest team since early June when they face bottom-placed Warwickshire at Edgbaston on Tuesday seeking the win that might deliver them their first county championship title since 1992. England batsmen Alastair Cook and Tom Westley are awaiting clearance from head coach Trevor Bayliss to rejoin their county even though they have been involved in an intense programme of Test matches. Neil Wagner has returned to take over from Mohammad Amir as overseas paceman and Ryan ten Doeschate could well be available to lead the side having flown home to South Africa for personal reasons and missed the game at Lancashire. With three rounds left, Essex need just 37 points to become only the second side after Nottinghamshire (in 2004 and 2005)…

Source: The Times September 10, 2017 00:11 UTC