BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Phil Weston	c Bopara b ten Doeschate	62	166	213	7	0	37.34
Craig Spearman	c †Foster b Adams	19	29	43	2	0	65.51
Matt Windows	c Chopra b Bopara	12	42	66	2	0	28.57
Chris Taylor	b Phillips	66	111	162	10	0	59.45
Alex Gidman (c)	c †Foster b ten Doeschate	4	17	45	1	0	23.52
Ian Harvey	b Adams	114	139	207	16	0	82.01
Steve Adshead †	c †Foster b ten Doeschate	36	44	98	5	0	81.81
Mark Hardinges	lbw b Tudor	16	36	35	3	0	44.44
Martyn Ball	not out	33	59	89	5	0	55.93
Carl Greenidge	c †Foster b Phillips	8	20	19	1	0	40.00
Steve Kirby	lbw b Adams	3	15	13	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 7, nb 10)	23
TOTAL	112.1 Ov (RR: 3.53)	396
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Craig Spearman), 2-58 (Matt Windows), 3-130 (Phil Weston), 4-174 (Alex Gidman), 5-196 (Chris Taylor), 6-279 (Steve Adshead), 7-319 (Mark Hardinges), 8-368 (Ian Harvey), 9-385 (Carl Greenidge), 10-396 (Steve Kirby)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Alex Tudor	19	2	74	1	3.89	-	-	-	0
Tony Palladino	27	4	80	0	2.96	-	-	-	1
Andre Adams	26.1	5	71	3	2.71	-	-	-	0
Ravi Bopara	13	3	56	1	4.30	-	-	-	2
Ryan ten Doeschate	19	6	75	3	3.94	-	-	-	2
Tim Phillips	8	2	27	2	3.37	-	-	-	0

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	c Greenidge b Hardinges	106	162	228	16	0	65.43
Mark Pettini	b Kirby	33	51	60	6	0	64.70
Ravi Bopara	lbw b Hardinges	1	6	10	0	0	16.66
Andy Flower	c Spearman b Greenidge	0	9	12	0	0	0.00
Ronnie Irani (c)	b Gidman	87	186	246	8	1	46.77
James Foster †	c †Adshead b Gidman	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Ryan ten Doeschate	lbw b Ball	30	70	84	3	1	42.85
Tim Phillips	c †Adshead b Kirby	37	89	104	5	0	41.57
Alex Tudor	c Spearman b Gidman	21	40	39	2	1	52.50
Andre Adams	not out	44	46	56	5	2	95.65
Tony Palladino	lbw b Kirby	0	3	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 18, w 1)	29
TOTAL	109.2 Ov (RR: 3.54)	388
Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Mark Pettini), 2-76 (Ravi Bopara), 3-85 (Andy Flower), 4-218 (Varun Chopra), 5-221 (James Foster), 6-267 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 7-283 (Ronnie Irani), 8-327 (Alex Tudor), 9-375 (Tim Phillips), 10-388 (Tony Palladino)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Steve Kirby	23.2	5	91	3	3.90	-	-	-	1	2
Carl Greenidge	23	4	91	1	3.95	-	-	-	0	3
Mark Hardinges	21	4	77	2	3.66	-	-	-	0	0
Ian Harvey	12	3	31	0	2.58	-	-	-	0	1
Alex Gidman	19	8	38	3	2.00	-	-	-	0	3
Martyn Ball	11	0	50	1	4.54	-	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Spearman	c Flower b Adams	30	24	42	6	0	125.00
Phil Weston	c Phillips b Adams	23	48	51	2	0	47.91
Matt Windows	c Phillips b Adams	0	4	12	0	0	0.00
Chris Taylor	c †Foster b Phillips	27	37	53	2	0	72.97
Alex Gidman (c)	b ten Doeschate	10	41	39	1	0	24.39
Ian Harvey	c Chopra b Adams	27	69	76	4	0	39.13
Steve Adshead †	c Palladino b ten Doeschate	58	108	118	8	0	53.70
Mark Hardinges	not out	107	93	126	17	1	115.05
Martyn Ball	c ten Doeschate b Tudor	29	44	63	4	0	65.90
Carl Greenidge	c †Foster b Tudor	4	6	8	1	0	66.66
Steve Kirby	c †Foster b Tudor	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 4)	8
TOTAL	78.5 Ov (RR: 4.09)	323
Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Craig Spearman), 2-54 (Phil Weston), 3-57 (Matt Windows), 4-87 (Alex Gidman), 5-95 (Chris Taylor), 6-149 (Ian Harvey), 7-208 (Steve Adshead), 8-305 (Martyn Ball), 9-323 (Carl Greenidge), 10-323 (Steve Kirby)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Alex Tudor	9.5	1	61	3	6.20	-	-	-	0
Tony Palladino	16	4	66	0	4.12	-	-	-	1
Andre Adams	19	2	72	4	3.78	-	-	-	0
Tim Phillips	12	6	28	1	2.33	-	-	-	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	16	2	57	2	3.56	-	-	-	0
Ravi Bopara	6	0	35	0	5.83	-	-	-	1

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 332 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	not out	50	76	89	7	0	65.78
Mark Pettini	c †Adshead b Greenidge	8	14	24	1	0	57.14
Ravi Bopara	lbw b Hardinges	19	29	44	3	0	65.51
Andy Flower	not out	19	28	20	3	0	67.85
Extras	(nb 6)	6
TOTAL	24 Ov (RR: 4.25)	102/2
Did not bat: Ronnie Irani (c), James Foster †, Ryan ten Doeschate, Tim Phillips, Alex Tudor, Andre Adams, Tony Palladino
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Mark Pettini), 2-63 (Ravi Bopara)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Steve Kirby	8	1	39	0	4.87	-	-	-	0
Carl Greenidge	5	0	24	1	4.80	-	-	-	3
Mark Hardinges	4	2	5	1	1.25	-	-	-	0
Alex Gidman	4	0	30	0	7.50	-	-	-	0
Chris Taylor	3	1	4	0	1.33	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Tue, 23 May - day 1 - Gloucs 1st innings 296/6 (Ian Harvey 72*, Mark Hardinges 6*, 86 ov)

Wed, 24 May - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 172/3 (Varun Chopra 80*, Ronnie Irani 42*, 40.2 ov)

Thu, 25 May - day 3 - Gloucs 2nd innings 114/5 (Ian Harvey 10*, Steve Adshead 13*, 36 ov)

Fri, 26 May - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 102/2 (24 ov) - end of match

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MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2006
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Jeremy Lloyds Mark Benson
Points	Gloucestershire 11, Essex 11

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Essex Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
SP Kirby	8	1	39	0	4.87
CG Greenidge	5	0	24	1	4.8 (3 nb)
MA Hardinges	4	2	5	1	1.25
APR Gidman	4	0	30	0	7.5
CG Taylor	3	1	4	0	1.33

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