Cook tunes up for another demanding summer
Alastair Cook looked to have suffered no lasting effects from a testing winter as he returned to Essex's Championship side with familiar certainty
27/04Result
Specsavers County Championship Division One at Southampton, Apr 27-30 2018
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![Hampshire]( "Hampshire")
351/7d -
![Essex]( "Essex")
300/6 (70.5 ov)
27/04Result
Specsavers County Championship Division One at Southampton, Apr 27-30 2018
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![Hampshire]( "Hampshire")
351/7d -
![Essex]( "Essex")
300/6 (70.5 ov)
Day 4
Day 3
Adams grinds down Essex in rain-wrecked affair
Jimmy Adams admitted it was "a hard slog" and added: "I would not teach my kids to bat like me"
Day 1
Northeast finger injury hits England ambitions
Hampshire and Essex could only manage an hour's play before rain stunted progress during the first day at the Ageas Bowl
James Vince misses chances to impress but Jimmy Adams digs in
Hampshire captain James Vince failed to capitalise on a good start in front of England selector Ed Smith, but Jimmy Adams scored a watchful half-century on another truncated day