Essex ease to opening victory
Essex opened their Specsavers County Championship campaign with an easy 10-wicket victory over Division Two rivals Gloucestershire at the Essex County Ground. They entered the final day just 59 short of their 93-run target and needed just under an hour to claim success. Alastair Cook and Nick Browne suffered a few anxious moments before Essex completed the task. The visitors thought they had Browne taken at slip by Chris Dent…