Captain Tom Westley, spinner Simon Harmer, tempo bowlers Jamie Porter and Sam Cook dinner, batsman Nick Browne and all-rounder Paul Walter stay at Essex from the squad who gained the title below Silverwood in 2017, having been promoted the earlier yr.
His first recreation in cost subsequent summer time can be a house Championship recreation towards Surrey, title winners for the final three years, beginning on 4 April.
“We had been clear all through that we had been targeted on making the best choice, not only a fast one, and following this course of, we firmly consider we have now caught to that and appointed the most effective candidate,” mentioned Cricket Committee chair Jason Gallian.
“Having spoken to Chris, I understand how motivated he’s to make his mark within the coming years, and his need is as excessive as ever to tackle the function of director of cricket and lead on the strategic facet.”
Essex did the Championship/T20 Blast double in 2019 and added the Bob Willis Trophy the next yr, however haven’t gained something since then.
They completed fourth within the Championship this summer time and failed to achieve the knockout stage in both the 20 or 50-over white-ball competitions.
Former tempo bowler Silverwood took 577 first-class wickets throughout his enjoying profession, which included spells with residence county Yorkshire and Middlesex, and he performed six Exams between 1996 and 2002 and 7 one-day internationals.
He first joined Essex as bowling coach in 2010 and was promoted to move coach in December 2015, succeeding Paul Grayson.
“Individuals fairly rightly concentrate on the success round 2016-2017 however they overlook that Chris was right here for various years earlier than doing a number of work within the second eleven,” common supervisor Dan Feist instructed BBC Essex.
“He recognized Jamie Porter and labored with him on his abilities and Sam Cook dinner, when he was developing by the pathway, so he is aware of what that appears like.
“He’s received two of his personal boys within the pathway in the mean time so he’s actually purchased into that chance.”
“He’s actually eager to get his tooth not solely into teaching the facet and ensuring the primary group keep aggressive but additionally taking a look at that longer-term image that ties into the way in which the sport is altering and adapting to that, serving to us keep aggressive over the subsequent 5, 10, 15 years with gamers coming by, each for the lads’s group and the ladies’s group, we’ve all the time had that success of manufacturing gamers proper by the programme,” added Feist.
