TOM WESTLEY FACTFILE

Age: 28 County: Essex Bats: Right-handed Bowls: Right-arm off spin

254 HIS career high score, for Essex against Worcestershire in 2016

8,050 FIRST-CLASS runs, including 18 centuries

55 FIRST-CLASS wickets he’s taken. His best figures were four for 55, for Durham University against Durham in 2010

37.44 CAREER batting average

53.11 HIS batting average this season

243 WESTLEY’S partnership with Alastair Cook against Hampshire in May