Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alastair Cook	c Robinson b Maddy	132	232	293	22	0	56.89
Mark Pettini	c Maddy b Liddle	11	47	58	1	0	23.40
Ravi Bopara	b Masters	11	28	34	1	0	39.28
Andy Flower	c Masters b Maunders	5	17	20	1	0	29.41
Ronnie Irani (c)	lbw b Masters	7	5	3	1	0	140.00
James Foster †	lbw b Walker	103	227	290	18	0	45.37
Ryan ten Doeschate	b Masters	45	76	102	6	0	59.21
James Middlebrook	c Liddle b Henderson	44	78	99	7	0	56.41
Tim Phillips	b Walker	4	16	15	1	0	25.00
Andy Bichel	not out	75	104	126	8	4	72.11
Alex Tudor	b Henderson	22	51	61	4	0	43.13
Extras	(b 8, lb 18, w 1)	27
Total	146.5 Ov (RR: 3.30)	486
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Mark Pettini), 2-64 (Ravi Bopara), 3-75 (Andy Flower), 4-82 (Ronnie Irani), 5-237 (Alastair Cook), 6-322 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 7-335 (James Foster), 8-339 (Tim Phillips), 9-405 (James Middlebrook), 10-486 (Alex Tudor)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
David Masters	32	13	58	3	1.81	-	-	-	0
Nick Walker	27	5	83	2	3.07	-	-	-	1
Chris Liddle	24	6	105	1	4.37	-	-	-	0
Darren Maddy	19	6	52	1	2.73	-	-	-	0
John Maunders	7	0	25	1	3.57	-	-	-	0
Jim Allenby	8	2	23	0	2.87	-	-	-	0
Claude Henderson	29.5	5	114	2	3.82	-	-	-	0

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson (c)	b Bopara	80	120	127	17	0	66.66
John Maunders	lbw b Bichel	7	7	17	0	0	100.00
Tom New †	lbw b Bichel	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
John Sadler	not out	128	254	495	15	3	50.39
Darren Maddy	c ten Doeschate b Bopara	0	9	12	0	0	0.00
Jim Allenby	not out	103	187	372	13	3	55.08
Extras	(b 7, lb 16, nb 30, w 1)	54
Total	93.5 Ov (RR: 3.96)	372/4d
Did not bat: Paul Nixon, Claude Henderson, David Masters, Chris Liddle, Nick Walker
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (John Maunders), 2-21 (Tom New), 3-129 (Darren Robinson), 4-129 (Darren Maddy)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	21	4	86	2	4.09	-	-	-	0	2
Alex Tudor	11.5	3	69	0	5.83	-	-	-	0	7
Tim Phillips	18	3	54	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	21	8	61	2	2.90	-	-	-	1	3
James Middlebrook	8	1	36	0	4.50	-	-	-	0	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	14	4	43	0	3.07	-	-	-	0	3

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alastair Cook	not out	66	32	24	13	1	206.25
Mark Pettini	not out	114	29	24	12	11	393.10
Extras	(nb 6)	6
Total	9.4 Ov (RR: 19.24)	186/0d
Did not bat: Ravi Bopara, Andy Flower, Ronnie Irani (c), James Foster †, James Middlebrook, Andy Bichel, Alex Tudor, Ryan ten Doeschate, Tim Phillips

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Paul Nixon	5	0	69	0	13.80	-	-	-	0	1
Darren Robinson	4.4	0	117	0	25.07	-	-	-	0	2

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 301 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson (c)	c †Foster b Bichel	7	39	39	0	0	17.94
John Maunders	c Cook b Middlebrook	49	101	126	8	0	48.51
Tom New †	b Phillips	51	78	93	9	0	65.38
John Sadler	run out	38	54	61	5	1	70.37
Darren Maddy	lbw b ten Doeschate	39	61	63	5	0	63.93
Paul Nixon	not out	38	40	70	6	0	95.00
Jim Allenby	not out	68	49	59	9	2	138.77
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 2, w 2)	11
Total	70.1 Ov (RR: 4.28)	301/5
Did not bat: Claude Henderson, David Masters, Chris Liddle, Nick Walker
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Darren Robinson), 2-111 (John Maunders), 3-117 (Tom New), 4-189 (John Sadler), 5-199 (Darren Maddy)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	13	4	49	1	3.76	-	-	-	1	0
Alex Tudor	5	1	18	0	3.60	-	-	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	7	0	25	0	3.57	-	-	-	1	1
Ryan ten Doeschate	13.1	1	72	1	5.46	-	-	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	16	1	55	1	3.43	-	-	-	0	0
Tim Phillips	14	2	71	1	5.07	-	-	-	0	0
Alastair Cook	2	1	4	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Wed, 20 Sep - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 322/6 (James Foster 94*, 103.2 ov)

Thu, 21 Sep - day 2 - Leics 1st innings 226/4 (John Sadler 71*, Jim Allenby 37*, 59 ov)

Fri, 22 Sep - day 3 - Leics 1st innings 290/4 (John Sadler 89*, Jim Allenby 70*, 77 ov)

Sat, 23 Sep - day 4 - Leics 2nd innings 301/5 (70.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 4

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2006
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.45pm-1.15, Tea (usually) 3.40-4.00, Close 6.00<br>Final day: Lunch 12.30pm-1.10, Tea 3.10-3.30, Close 5.30
Match days	20,21,22,23 September 2006 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	George Sharp Graham Burgess
Points	Leicestershire 21, Essex 6

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Leics Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AJ Bichel	13	4	49	1	3.76
AJ Tudor	5	1	18	0	3.6
RS Bopara	7	0	25	0	3.57 (1 nb)
RN ten Doeschate	13.1	1	72	1	5.46
JD Middlebrook	16	1	55	1	3.43
TJ Phillips	14	2	71	1	5.07
AN Cook	2	1	4	0	2

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