Essex County Cricket Club

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Essex County Cricket Club

One Day name	Essex
Personnel
Captain	Tom Westley
Coach	Chris Silverwood
Overseas player(s)	Simon Harmer
Team information
Founded	1876
Home ground	County Ground, Chelmsford
Capacity	5,500
History
First-class debut	Leicestershire in 1894 at Leyton
Championship wins	8
Pro40 wins	5
FP Trophy wins	3
Twenty20 Cup wins	1
B&H Cup wins	2
Bob Willis Trophy wins	1
Official website	EssexCricket

Essex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Essex.

Founded in 1876, the club had minor county status until 1894 when it was promoted to first-class status pending its entry into the County Championship in 1895. Since then, the team has played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England.

Essex currently play all their home games at the County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford. The club has formerly used other venues throughout the county including Lower Castle Park in Colchester, Valentines Park in Ilford, Leyton Cricket Ground, the Gidea Park Sports Ground in Romford, and Garon Park and Southchurch Park, both in Southend.

The limited overs team has previously been known as the Essex Eagles but now play simply as Essex.