By Jon Culley

May 18-21, Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Nottinghamshire 442 (Montgomery 177, Slater 57, Clarke 57) (Critchley 3-33, S Cook 3-58)

Essex 298 (Westley 66, Harmer 46) & 199-1 (Cook 87*, Westley 70*)
Essex lead Nottinghamshire by 55 runs Toss: Notts, who elected to field Officials: T.Lungley, S.O’Shaughnessy, W.Smith Close of play scores Day 1: Notts 1st innings 13-0 Day 2: Notts 1st innings 326-5

Chef’s cooking on gas: Sir Alastair Cook led the Essex fightback with a magnificent unbeaten 87, at the age of 39
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Support: Tom Westley ...