In 2024, Essex Cricket’s Official Partner, Tiptree, is rewarding players who stand out with an individual performance on the field with one of their luxury hampers.
Across four out of the first five games of the season, seven players have produced an eye-catching showing to earn themselves a Tiptree hamper, including two men who already have two apiece.
Nottinghamshire (A)
Sam Cook bowled a stunning spell with the Kookaburra ball in the second innings at Trent Bridge to return figures of 6/14, skittling the hosts for just 80 as Essex recorded a 254-run win.
Kent (H)
Dean Elgar was the first of a trio to earn themselves a hamper in the first home game of the season against Kent, hitting his first Essex century with an innings of 120 from 176 balls that featured 18 fours.
He was followed by Matt Critchley, who took home two hampers as he made the match his own in first hitting an unbeaten 151 off 212 deliveries with five fours and four sixes.
The all-rounder then shone with the ball too, claiming 5/105 in the visitors’ first innings with his leg-breaks and removing Matt Parkinson to complete his haul.
Former Kent man Jordan Cox then became the final member of the three to take home a Tiptree hamper by blasting a whirlwind 85-ball century in the hosts’ second innings, ending on 116 not out.
Durham (A)
The long trip to the north-east failed to deter two further batters from chalking up scores that earned themselves hampers, with Feroze Khushi’s 107 off 165 balls, with 16 fours, making him the first.
Nick Browne then followed him with a mammoth 184 on his return to the side, soaking up 321 deliveries and hitting 20 fours as he spent six hours and 37 minutes at the crease.
Somerset (A)
Deadly seam duo Sam Cook, for the second time this season, and Jamie Porter ran riot in Taunton in skittling Somerset to both earn themselves Tiptree hampers.
Their figures were remarkably similar, as Porter took 5/37 and Cook claimed 5/38 in the hosts’ first-innings 128 all out
The Eagles Have Landed: The 2024 Vitality Blast at The Cloud County Ground
Fresh from a Finals Day appearance last summer, Essex return to shortest-format action in Chelmsford from Sunday 02 June.
Demand remains exceptionally high, and there are now only 15% of tickets remaining across all seven home fixtures, with two already sold out.
With the Eagles aiming to go one better in 2024, there is no time to waste to snap up your seats.
Sunday 02 June, 4:00pm: Essex v Middlesex – buy here
Friday 07 June, 7:00pm: Essex v Glamorgan – buy here (LAST FEW TICKETS)
Friday 14 June, 7:00pm: Essex v Sussex Sharks – SOLD OUT
Thursday 20 June, 7:00pm: Essex v Hampshire Hawks – buy here
Friday 05 July, 7:00pm: Essex v Somerset – SOLD OUT
Thursday 11 July, 7:00pm: Essex v Kent Spitfires – buy here
Sunday 14 July, 2:30pm: Essex v Surrey – buy here
