Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Jefferson	c Westley b Masters	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Matthew Boyce	b Masters	4	16	28	1	0	25.00
Greg Smith	b Willoughby	22	30	37	3	0	73.33
Ramnaresh Sarwan	lbw b Masters	117	205	306	14	0	57.07
Josh Cobb	c Napier b Masters	80	197	237	12	0	40.60
Wayne White	c Petersen b Willoughby	53	111	133	7	0	47.74
Ned Eckersley †	c †Foster b Masters	31	73	81	4	0	42.46
Claude Henderson	b Willoughby	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Robbie Joseph	not out	4	14	31	1	0	28.57
Nathan Buck	b Napier	6	15	15	1	0	40.00
Matthew Hoggard (c)	b Masters	7	11	11	1	0	63.63
Extras	(b 13, lb 9, nb 20, w 6)	48
Total	112.2 Ov (RR: 3.31)	372
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Will Jefferson, 0.1 ov), 2-25 (Matthew Boyce, 6.2 ov), 3-29 (Greg Smith, 9.1 ov), 4-245 (Josh Cobb, 69.4 ov), 5-299 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 84.4 ov), 6-351 (Wayne White, 103.5 ov), 7-355 (Ned Eckersley, 104.6 ov), 8-355 (Claude Henderson, 105.4 ov), 9-365 (Nathan Buck, 109.3 ov), 10-372 (Matthew Hoggard, 112.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	33.2	8	82	6	2.46	162	11	0	0	0
0.1 to WI Jefferson, . 0/1 6.2 to MAG Boyce, . 25/2 69.4 to JJ Cobb, . 245/4 84.4 to RR Sarwan, . 299/5 104.6 to EJH Eckersley, . 355/7 112.2 to MJ Hoggard, . 372/10
Charl Willoughby	27	5	99	3	3.66	118	13	0	0	0
9.1 to GP Smith, . 29/3 103.5 to WA White, . 351/6 105.4 to CW Henderson, . 355/8
Graham Napier	23	4	69	1	3.00	108	8	0	1	1
109.3 to NL Buck, . 365/9
Tymal Mills	17	5	55	0	3.23	84	6	0	1	3
Tom Westley	11	1	41	0	3.72	41	5	0	0	0
Alviro Petersen	1	0	4	0	4.00	5	1	0	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Billy Godleman	lbw b Hoggard	28	75	80	2	0	37.33
Alviro Petersen	lbw b Hoggard	13	38	69	2	0	34.21
Tom Westley	lbw b White	81	172	237	12	0	47.09
Mark Pettini	b White	57	128	159	6	0	44.53
Adam Wheater	c †Eckersley b Buck	8	24	30	1	0	33.33
Ben Foakes	c †Eckersley b White	93	139	167	14	0	66.90
James Foster (c)†	c †Eckersley b Hoggard	26	64	89	3	0	40.62
Graham Napier	c †Eckersley b Henderson	35	62	75	3	1	56.45
David Masters	c †Eckersley b White	16	40	47	1	0	40.00
Tymal Mills	not out	2	7	16	0	0	28.57
Charl Willoughby	b White	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 21, nb 19, w 2)	50
Total	124 Ov (RR: 3.29)	409
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Alviro Petersen, 16.5 ov), 2-55 (Billy Godleman, 18.6 ov), 3-190 (Mark Pettini, 60.4 ov), 4-211 (Adam Wheater, 67.5 ov), 5-239 (Tom Westley, 76.5 ov), 6-326 (James Foster, 99.6 ov), 7-369 (Ben Foakes, 111.2 ov), 8-397 (Graham Napier, 120.2 ov), 9-409 (David Masters, 123.2 ov), 10-409 (Charl Willoughby, 123.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Hoggard	22	3	66	3	3.00	103	7	0	0	2
16.5 to AN Petersen, . 54/1 18.6 to BA Godleman, . 55/2 99.6 to JS Foster, . 326/6
Robbie Joseph	22	1	76	0	3.45	99	7	0	1	6
Nathan Buck	23	4	89	1	3.86	98	13	0	1	0
67.5 to AJA Wheater, . 211/4
Wayne White	30	5	74	5	2.46	145	9	0	0	1
60.4 to ML Pettini, . 190/3 76.5 to T Westley, . 239/5 111.2 to BT Foakes, . 369/7 123.2 to DD Masters, . 409/9 123.6 to CM Willoughby, . 409/10
Claude Henderson	27	6	75	1	2.77	122	8	1	0	0
120.2 to GR Napier, . 397/8

Leicestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Jefferson	c †Foster b Willoughby	49	111	-	7	0	44.14
Matthew Boyce	c †Foster b Willoughby	3	16	33	0	0	18.75
Greg Smith	c Foakes b Masters	7	10	46	1	0	70.00
Ramnaresh Sarwan	c Mills b Pettini	98	103	135	15	1	95.14
Josh Cobb	c Westley b Wheater	9	20	23	1	0	45.00
Ned Eckersley †	not out	70	19	23	13	2	368.42
Wayne White	not out	50	12	11	4	4	416.66
Extras	(lb 15, nb 4, w 1)	20
Total	48.1 Ov (RR: 6.35)	306/5d
Did not bat: Claude Henderson, Robbie Joseph, Nathan Buck, Matthew Hoggard (c)
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Matthew Boyce, 7.4 ov), 2-29 (Greg Smith, 10.5 ov), 3-126 (Will Jefferson, 34.6 ov), 4-149 (Josh Cobb, 41.2 ov), 5-229 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 44.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	11	2	25	1	2.27	50	2	0	0	1
10.5 to GP Smith, . 29/2
Charl Willoughby	14	2	60	2	4.28	56	9	0	0	0
7.4 to MAG Boyce, . 20/1 34.6 to WI Jefferson, . 126/3
Graham Napier	5	0	22	0	4.40	20	4	0	0	0
Tymal Mills	5	0	19	0	3.80	21	2	0	0	1
Tom Westley	6	2	7	0	1.16	30	0	0	0	0
Adam Wheater	4	0	86	1	21.50	1	14	3	1	0
41.2 to JJ Cobb, . 149/4
Mark Pettini	3.1	0	72	1	22.73	1	10	4	0	0
44.5 to RR Sarwan, . 229/5

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 270 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Billy Godleman	c †Eckersley b Joseph	13	38	55	1	0	34.21
Alviro Petersen	run out (Cobb)	2	12	20	0	0	16.66
Tom Westley	not out	14	23	35	2	0	60.86
Mark Pettini	not out	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	12.2 Ov (RR: 2.43)	30/2
Did not bat: Adam Wheater, Ben Foakes, James Foster (c)†, Graham Napier, David Masters, Tymal Mills, Charl Willoughby
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Alviro Petersen, 4.6 ov), 2-29 (Billy Godleman, 12.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Hoggard	6	1	17	0	2.83	27	1	0	0	0
Nathan Buck	6	3	12	0	2.00	31	2	0	0	0
Robbie Joseph	0.2	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	0	0
12.1 to BA Godleman, . 29/2

Close of Play

Wed, 16 May - day 1 - Leics 1st innings 323/5 (Wayne White 41*, Ned Eckersley 11*, 96 ov)

Thu, 17 May - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 239/5 (Ben Foakes 16*, 76.5 ov)

Fri, 18 May - day 3 - Leics 2nd innings 148/3 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 61*, Josh Cobb 9*, 40.4 ov)

Sat, 19 May - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 30/2 (12.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester
Toss	Leicestershire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2012
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	16,17,18,19 May 2012 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Jeremy Lloyds Peter Willey
Points	Leicestershire 9, Essex 10

Match Coverage

Contrived chase comes to nothing

Foakes debut educates Essex

Westley wicket tips balance

Sarwan sends West Indies reminder

Instant answers to T20 questions

Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Hoggard	6	1	17	0	2.83
NL Buck	6	3	12	0	2
RH Joseph	0.2	0	0	1	0

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