Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	lbw b Dakin	24	65	66	3	0	36.92
Anurag Singh	b Stephenson	60	97	134	9	1	61.85
Graeme Hick (c)	lbw b Irani	30	62	80	6	0	48.38
Ben Smith	lbw b Stephenson	61	114	142	10	0	53.50
Vikram Solanki	b Irani	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
David Leatherdale	lbw b Stephenson	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
Gareth Batty	c Grayson b Grant	32	53	80	4	0	60.37
Steve Rhodes †	lbw b Dakin	30	75	88	5	0	40.00
Andy Bichel	c Cowan b Grant	65	83	116	7	3	78.31
Kabir Ali	c Habib b Cowan	40	38	41	6	0	105.26
Alamgir Sheriyar	not out	0	6	11	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 14, w 4)	25
Total	99.5 Ov (RR: 3.67)	367
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Stephen Peters), 2-111 (Anurag Singh), 3-125 (Graeme Hick), 4-125 (Vikram Solanki), 5-130 (David Leatherdale), 6-215 (Gareth Batty), 7-229 (Ben Smith), 8-300 (Steve Rhodes), 9-364 (Kabir Ali), 10-367 (Andy Bichel)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ashley Cowan	21	4	72	1	3.42	-	-	-	0	0
Joe Grant	14.5	4	66	2	4.44	-	-	-	2	6
Ronnie Irani	19	4	60	2	3.15	-	-	-	0	0
Jonathan Dakin	16	5	76	2	4.75	-	-	-	0	0
John Stephenson	19	5	60	3	3.15	-	-	-	0	1
James Middlebrook	5	2	9	0	1.80	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Grayson	5	1	17	0	3.40	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson	c Peters b Leatherdale	71	181	213	8	0	39.22
Paul Grayson	c †Rhodes b Sheriyar	15	53	79	1	0	28.30
Richard Clinton	c Bichel b Batty	4	39	46	0	0	10.25
Aftab Habib	run out	117	296	358	18	0	39.52
Andy Flower †	c Peters b Sheriyar	45	48	65	6	0	93.75
Ronnie Irani (c)	lbw b Sheriyar	48	107	139	3	2	44.85
John Stephenson	c Hick b Sheriyar	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
Jonathan Dakin	b Batty	24	48	53	3	1	50.00
James Middlebrook	not out	4	19	29	0	0	21.05
Ashley Cowan	c Hick b Sheriyar	1	25	23	0	0	4.00
Joe Grant	b Batty	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 18, nb 21, w 4)	44
Total	135.5 Ov (RR: 2.74)	373
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Paul Grayson), 2-80 (Richard Clinton), 3-139 (Darren Robinson), 4-218 (Andy Flower), 5-321 (Ronnie Irani), 6-321 (John Stephenson), 7-367 (Jonathan Dakin), 8-368 (Aftab Habib), 9-372 (Ashley Cowan), 10-373 (Joe Grant)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	12	6	22	0	1.83	-	-	-	0	2
Alamgir Sheriyar	42	15	111	5	2.64	-	-	-	2	6
Kabir Ali	32	9	75	0	2.34	-	-	-	0	2
Gareth Batty	41.5	13	109	3	2.60	-	-	-	0	0
David Leatherdale	8	1	37	1	4.62	-	-	-	0	0

Worcestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Vikram Solanki	c †Flower b Stephenson	15	30	34	3	0	50.00
Anurag Singh	lbw b Stephenson	23	35	43	5	0	65.71
Graeme Hick (c)	lbw b Irani	10	10	130	2	0	100.00
Ben Smith	b Stephenson	14	48	204	3	0	29.16
David Leatherdale	lbw b Stephenson	1	2	1	0	0	50.00
Gareth Batty	b Stephenson	4	6	27	1	0	66.66
Steve Rhodes †	c Robinson b Stephenson	22	55	92	4	0	40.00
Kabir Ali	lbw b Stephenson	24	29	33	5	0	82.75
Andy Bichel	not out	2	6	13	0	0	33.33
Alamgir Sheriyar	run out	4	4	6	1	0	100.00
Stephen Peters	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 6, w 2)	21
Total	37 Ov (RR: 3.78)	140
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Vikram Solanki), 2-54 (Anurag Singh), 3-58 (Graeme Hick), 4-59 (David Leatherdale), 5-63 (Gareth Batty), 6-98 (Ben Smith), 7-129 (Steve Rhodes), 8-134 (Kabir Ali), 9-140 (Alamgir Sheriyar)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ashley Cowan	7	0	31	0	4.42	-	-	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	-	-	0	0
Ronnie Irani	15	5	48	1	3.20	-	-	-	1	3
John Stephenson	14	5	44	7	3.14	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 135 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson	b Ali	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Paul Grayson	c †Rhodes b Sheriyar	26	46	83	2	0	56.52
Richard Clinton	lbw b Sheriyar	2	12	12	0	0	16.66
Aftab Habib	c Leatherdale b Sheriyar	4	12	9	0	0	33.33
Andy Flower †	lbw b Ali	47	62	96	9	0	75.80
Ronnie Irani (c)	not out	32	56	69	4	0	57.14
John Stephenson	not out	13	19	19	3	0	68.42
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 2)	11
Total	34.4 Ov (RR: 3.89)	135/5
Did not bat: Jonathan Dakin, James Middlebrook, Ashley Cowan, Joe Grant
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Darren Robinson), 2-9 (Richard Clinton), 3-13 (Aftab Habib), 4-66 (Paul Grayson), 5-117 (Andy Flower)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Kabir Ali	16	5	52	2	3.25	-	-	-	1
Alamgir Sheriyar	11.4	3	46	3	3.94	-	-	-	0
Gareth Batty	4	0	18	0	4.50	-	-	-	0
David Leatherdale	3	0	10	0	3.33	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Wed, 15 May - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 9/0 (Darren Robinson 6*, Paul Grayson 3*, 2 ov)

Thu, 16 May - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 316/4 (Aftab Habib 96*, Ronnie Irani 46*, 106 ov)

Fri, 17 May - day 3 - Worcs 2nd innings 98/6 (Steve Rhodes 14*, 27.5 ov)

Sat, 18 May - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 135/5 (34.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 3

Match Details

County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Toss	Worcestershire, elected to bat first
Series	Frizzell County Championship Division Two
Season	2002
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	John Steele Ken Palmer
Points	Essex 19, Worcestershire 6

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Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kabir Ali	16	5	52	2	3.25 (1 nb)
A Sheriyar	11.4	3	46	3	3.94
GJ Batty	4	0	18	0	4.5
DA Leatherdale	3	0	10	0	3.33

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