ESSEX will be without bowler David Masters when they meet Northamptonshire at Wantage Road tomorrow.
While ten of the players who played in last week's drawn match with Gloucestershire are named again, seamer Masters is suffering with a slight side strain picked up in that match.
Reece Topley is named as a replacement in the 12-man squad together with leg-spinner Tom Craddock.
Head coach Paul Grayson said: "It's not a tear and by leaving him out against Northamptonshire, it gives him a couple of weeks to recover before we play Hampshire in our next home game, which is followed by Lancashire at Old Trafford.
"We are looking forward to the Northamptonshire match and it's good to be able to get Reece back into the squad as well.
"We need good back-up players and competition for places so it's good to be able to bring a quality bowler into the squad."
