Jordan Cox gives England reminder with opening-day century in Championship

Jordan Cox gives England reminder with opening-day century in Championship

Cox’s ninth first-class century and fifth inside a year helped Essex to 355 for four.

Tireless Surrey take four wickets on opening day

2025 Membership Surrey toiled hard on the first day of the 2025 season that saw Jordan Cox score his ninth first-class century of his career as Essex finished on 356/4 at Chelmsford. The 24-year-old Cox was on the cusp of an England debut in New Zealand last autumn before suffering another injury setback. But a swashbuckling 117 from 148 balls in the opening Rothesay County Championship match of the season can only have helped his cause ahe…

Jordan Cox, Paul Walter make champions Surrey toil at Chelmsford

New-look opening pair set stage before middle-order put big runs on the board against visitors