County Championship: Tom Westley scores century for Essex against Nottinghamshire

Essex batter Tom Westley scores an unbeaten century against Nottinghamshire on day one at Chelmsford. - www.bbc.com

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Tom Westley and Paul Walter rescued Essex with a 142-run fifth-wicket stand in their County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at Chelmsford. Westley's unbeaten 108 from 214 balls, his highest score of the season so far, held together an Essex innings that was in danger of collapse at 86-4 when the pair came together. Westley had arrived in the sixth over and was still there 68 overs later with Essex 262-5 at the close.

Walter's big hitting bought him 10 fours and a six in his 72 as it became a day of...



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