(Source: ECB - England and Wales Cricket Board) England Test captain Alastair Cook will make a welcomed return to Essex when they host Derbyshire in an LV= County Championship match starting on Sunday. Cook will turn out for his county for the first time since he passed fellow Essex batsman, and his mentor, Graham Gooch to become England's leading Test runscorer. The 30-year-old left-hander returned to peak form during the New Zealand series and his presence will be keenly felt by an Essex batting line-up without a bonus point in four home Championship matches this summer. Even more significantly Essex sit at the foot of Division Two and will look to Cook, who is also set to play at...
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