Hogan poops Essex promotion party
Essex went off for a promotion party slightly bashfully after Michael Hogan's five wickets helped Glamorgan inflict an 11-run defeat
Essex went off for a promotion party slightly bashfully after Michael Hogan's five wickets helped Glamorgan inflict an 11-run defeat
Essex were brought down to earth after their overnight celebrations on securing promotion to Division One of the Specsavers County Championship as Glamorgan kept them in the field for much of another hot day at Chelmsford
Look out Division One, the Essex boys are coming. Ryan ten Doeschate afterwards played down the effect his captaincy has had on Essex winning promotion
Kiran Carlson became the youngest player to make a first-class hundred for Glamorgan and held up Essex's planned promotion party in the process
Chris Silverwood has taken Essex into Division One of the Championship in his first season as coach. Now the trick will be keeping them there