ESSEX’S right-arm fast-medium bowler Chris Wright has joined Warwickshire on loan until the end of the 2011 season.

Wright, 26, has played 16 matches for Essex this season, taking 24 wickets.

He made his debut for Warwickshire on Tuesday in the LV= County Championship versus Yorkshire, bowling 21 overs and taking two wickets in the first innings.

Wright has been playing for Bury St Edmunds in the Gibbs Denley East Anglian Premier League when available this season.