Essex's gaze now turns to Taunton where Lancashire must beat Somerset to take the Division One title race into the penultimate week
HJH Brookes c Chopra b Harmer 11 (43m 39b 1x4 0x6) SR: 28.20
They talk a lot about the Gooch-Fletcher era in Essex, but Chris Silverwood has overseen an Essex revival now worthy of a conversation or two
Essex's gaze now turns to Taunton where Lancashire must beat Somerset to take the Division One title race into the penultimate week
Varun Chopra made 98 against his former county as Essex gradually made their superiority tell and the result of that might be that they are one day from the title
Essex could wrap up the Championship this week and Warwickshire could be relegated. Both scenarios moved a step closer on the opening day with only Dom Sibley standing firm
