Essex chief executive Derek Bowden has revealed an agreement “in principle” has been reached with regard to the club playing Twenty20 cricket at the London Olympic Stadium from 2016.
Essex County Cricket Club continued training for the upcoming season with a high-energy session at University of East London’s (UEL) world class SportsDock facility.
Ravi Bopara has signed a new one-year contract with the Club, which will run until the end of the 2014 season. Bopara, 28, made his debut for Essex in 2002, playing 138 First-Class matches and hitting over 8,000 runs.
Graham Napier took seven for 32, the second best-ever List A bowling figures for any Essex player, as his side beat Surrey by 178 runs in their YB40 match.
