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Aaron Beard signed an initial two-year professional contract in 2015, after good performances for the Essex Academy.

Debuting in May 2016, Aaron first attracted attention in a Sri Lankan Tour of England game where he took wickets in each of his first two overs and saw him take four in the innings, including Wisden Cricketers of the years for 2017 and 2019: Kusal Mendis and Dimuth Karunaratne.

In 2019, Beard took career-best match figures of 7/45 as Essex dominated eventual title-rivals Somerset at The Cloud County Ground, on the way to winning Division 1 in Essex’s double-winning season.

He would be deployed in white-ball cricket more often than not in 2022. Beard would take career-best T20 figures of 4/29 against Surrey, removing England-regular Jason Roy in the first over.

Date of Birth:	15/10/97
Squad No:	14
Nationality:
Debut:	2016
Capped:	–
Role in Team:	Bowler
Batting:	Left-Hand
Bowling:	Right-Arm Medium
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James Foster’s career began with a meteoric rise to fame when he was called into the England squad for the tours to India and Sri Lanka in 2001/02 after just a handful of County Championship appearances. An injury in 2002 forced him to miss much of the domestic campaign although he was able to continue his international involvement, figuring in the Melbourne Test in December of that year. He returned to regular action in 2003 but was denied further international opportunities. Widely acclaimed as one of the world’s top keepers, James represented England impressively in the World Twenty20 in 2009 but failed to win a further Test cap.

He has taken 816 dismissals in his Essex career so far, some way behind Taylor, but so far clear in second that he will unlikely ever be beaten. In 2010 he took over full Essex captaincy duties from Mark Pettini. The limited-overs side under Foster were consistently impressive and Foster has developed into a skillful and innovative finisher.

Ryan ten Doeschate took the reins, but Foster’s consistency and longevity at the highest level was finally rewarded in 2016, as Essex clinched the Division Two title and a return to the promise land. He once again bounced back from adversity in 2017, after Adam Wheater was handed the gloves for Essex’s assault on Division One. Foster soon returned though and was an integral part of the Club’s first Championship success for 25 years, scoring valuable runs down the order and being his consistent best with the gloves in hand.

Date of Birth:	15/04/80
Squad No:	7
Nationality:
Debut	2000
Capped	2001
Role in Team:	Wicket-Keeper
Batting:	Right-Hand
Bowling:	–
	@JamesFoster07
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Ryan ten Doeschate joined the County in June 2003. A hard hitting batsman and skiddy bowler, he is an accomplished all-rounder and match winner for both Club and Country.

Possibly his finest innings for Essex came in 2009 when he scored an unbeaten 108 from 58 balls away to Derbyshire which secured promotion to the LV=CC Division I. He also has a reputation around the world as a Twenty20 specialist, and over the 2014/15 winter, he played in the Georgie Pie Super Smash in New Zealand, The Big Bash in Australia, and the IPL in India.

He was appointed the County’s Limited Overs captain at the start of 2014, and led the County to consecutive Quarter-Finals in both the NatWest T20 Blast, and the Royal London One-Day Cup.

In 2016, Ryan was appointed as Club Captain of Essex, taking over the role from James Foster. In his first season as Captain, ten Doeschate led the Club back to the promise land of Division One, helping the team clinch the solitary promotion slot. His team then defied all odds, and clinched a first County Championship for 25 years, with ten Doeschate an integral part of it.

Ryan etched his name in the Club’s history by captaining the side to a second Championship title in three years after a nail-biting conclusion to the 2019 season against Somerset.

He will go down as one of the best leaders in the Club’s history and stood down from the Captaincy later that year.

The Dutchman continues to be an integral part of the squad and was instrumental in the route to the Bob Willis Trophy.

Date of Birth:	30/06/80
Squad No:	27
Nationality:
Debut	2003
Capped	2006
Role in Team:	All-Rounder
Batting:	Right-Hand
Bowling:	Right-Arm Medium
	@rtendo27
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Callum Taylor is a young all-rounder who made his debut for the First XI in 2015. Due to IPL commitments and injuries, Callum was drafted into the side, and he certainly has a bright future. Primarily a batsman who bowls medium pace, Taylor comes from Norfolk, but came through the Essex Academy under the guidance of John Childs.

After his debut in 2015, Callum has played mainly Second XI cricket, but has also featured in a number of First XI squads, due to his electric fielding ability.

Date of Birth:	26/06/97
Squad No:	67
Nationality:
Debut	2015
Capped	–
Role in Team:	All-Rounder
Batting:	Right-Hand
Bowling:	Right-Arm Medium
	@Callumjtaylor12
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Dan Lawrence made his First-Class debut in 2015 and, in only his second County Championship match, the right hander scored 161 against Surrey at the Kia Oval. This made him the third youngest ever scorer of a century in County Championship history, at the age of just 17 years and 290 days.

Further progress followed in 2016 and 2017 with the 20-year-old emerging as one of the finest talents in the English game.

In 2017, he was named as Young Cricketer of the Year by the Cricket Writers’ Club after his 761 runs at 44.76, which including three hundreds, helping the Club to the first County Championship in 25 years. The year also saw Lawrence make his England Lions debut when being selected for Lions’ training camps in both Australia and the Caribbean.

The batter was an important player in the double-winning season; with a top score of 147 (245) in the penultimate game guiding Essex to victory and setting up a final against Somerset to conclude the season.

Lawrence made his England debut in January 2021 against Sri Lanka in Galle, hitting an impressive half-century.

However, half-centuries away in India and at home to World Test Champions New Zealand could not retain his place in the side that would go on to be turned over in an away Ashes tour during the Winter of 2021. Lawrence would be recalled to face the West Indies, where he batted beautifully to score his current test high score of 91 (150); in the second test.

Date of Birth:	12/07/97
Squad No:	28
Nationality:
Debut:	2015
Capped:	2017
Role in Team:	Batter
Batting:	Right-Hand
Bowling:	Right-Arm Off-Spin
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Tom Westley progressed to the First Team squad from the Academy in 2006. A former England Under-19 player, he was still a student at Durham University when he recorded his maiden First-Class century, scoring 132 at Derby in 2009.

He staked a real claim in the first team during the 2014 season where he was named the Player of the Year, alongside the Players’ Player of the Year and the Batter of the Year. Westley recorded centuries in each format (The 5th Essex player reach the milestone), including his maiden 100 in Twenty20 cricket, when he smashed 105 against Kent at Colchester. He followed it up with 109 against Sussex at Chelmsford.

In 2015, Westley became the first player to hit two hundreds in each of the three formats for Essex.

His fantastic year was rewarded with a call-up to the England Performance programme trip over the winter to Sri Lanka and scored 100 for the Lions against South Africa in 2017, as Essex also won a first County Championship title in 25 years.

Westley shone in all three formats during the 2019 season to help the Club clinch the Specsavers County Championship and Vitality Blast trophies. His knock of 141 against Warwickshire in the Championship was his standout performance of the season, which secured a vital draw at Edgbaston.

At the start of 2020, Westley was appointed Club Captain after Ryan ten Doeschate stepped down from the role, which started with him leading the team to an inaugural Bob Willis Trophy win after overcoming Somerset at Lord’s, in which he scored a half-century in a 170-run partnership with Alastair Cook.

The club captain continued to be Essex’s stalwart at the No.3 in all formats. In 2021, Westley scored a determined 213 against Worcestershire in April, taking him to 3rd in the list of players with the most double centuries for Essex.

Date of Birth:	13/03/89
Squad No:	21
Nationality:
Debut:	2007
Capped:	2013
Role in Team:	Batter
Batting:	Right-Hand
Bowling:	Right-Arm Off-Spin
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