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County Championship: Essex deducted 12 points for oversized bat to crush title hopes | Cricket News
Essex’s slim hopes of winning the Vitality County Championship appear to be over following a 12-point deduction for one of their players using an oversized bat. Opener Feroze Khushi failed an arbitrary bat gauge test in the second innings of the Division One clash against Nottinghamshire in April, where Essex took 20 points following a…
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Essex considers granting Jahid Ahmed access to independent report into racism at the club | Cricket News
Essex are considering granting Jahid Ahmed access to an independent report into racism at the club. Allegations of racial discrimination from Ahmed, along with Zoheb Sharif and Maurice Chambers, led to Essex commissioning Katharine Newton KC to investigate back in 2021. Her report, published last Friday, found former Essex players including Ahmed, were subject to…
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Vitality Blast: Somerset triumph on Finals Day with 14-run win over Essex in final at Edgbaston
Somerset edged out Essex by 14 runs to win the 2023 Vitality Blast, their first triumph in the competition for 18 years following their Finals Day win in 2005. Somerset twice defended modest totals, of 142-7 against Surrey in the second semi-final and 145 all out in the final, with an inspired bowling effort from…
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