By Ross Lawson
IN THE end, David Masters knew it all along – just one decent spinner stood in the way of Essex and a first County Championship title in a quarter of a century.

But for the club stalwart, embarking on his first year postretirement, just having the chance to watch Simon Harmer made the 25-year itch very pleasurable to scratch.
Plucked as a Kolpak signing at the end of last season, very few in Chelmsford had heard of the offie who had played a smattering of Test matches for South Africa.
He had been steady without pulling up trees but, by the time June had finished wit...