Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	c †Read b Footitt	32	72	81	6	0	44.44
Mark Pettini (c)	c Ealham b Shreck	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
Ravi Bopara	c Shreck b Franks	1	31	45	0	0	3.22
Tim Phillips	c †Read b Franks	1	8	16	0	0	12.50
James Foster †	c Hussey b Footitt	7	33	50	1	0	21.21
Ryan ten Doeschate	c Fleming b Ealham	33	48	59	6	0	68.75
James Middlebrook	c Franks b Footitt	81	130	182	11	0	62.30
Graham Napier	c Hussey b Swann	40	47	74	5	2	85.10
Danish Kaneria	c Shreck b Footitt	65	55	59	10	1	118.18
Andre Nel	lbw b Footitt	8	10	8	2	0	80.00
Andrew McGarry	not out	5	11	16	1	0	45.45
Extras	(b 5, lb 8, nb 22, w 9)	44
Total	73.4 Ov (RR: 4.30)	317
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Mark Pettini), 2-29 (Ravi Bopara), 3-41 (Tim Phillips), 4-43 (Varun Chopra), 5-85 (James Foster), 6-94 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 7-197 (Graham Napier), 8-286 (Danish Kaneria), 9-298 (Andre Nel), 10-317 (James Middlebrook)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Charlie Shreck	24	8	84	1	3.50	-	0	0
Mark Ealham	18	4	66	1	3.66	-	0	1
Paul Franks	11	0	75	2	6.81	-	4	6
Mark Footitt	15.4	3	59	5	3.76	-	1	1
Graeme Swann	5	1	20	1	4.00	-	0	0

Nottinghamshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jason Gallian	c Phillips b Nel	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
Bilal Shafayat	lbw b Bopara	67	142	205	11	0	47.18
Mark Wagh	c Middlebrook b Nel	68	135	183	12	0	50.37
Stephen Fleming (c)	c Pettini b Danish Kaneria	32	72	103	1	1	44.44
David Hussey	b Bopara	275	227	280	27	14	121.14
Chris Read †	not out	165	201	238	12	5	82.08
Mark Ealham	lbw b Danish Kaneria	2	12	18	0	0	16.66
Paul Franks	c Pettini b Danish Kaneria	1	12	11	0	0	8.33
Graeme Swann	not out	6	6	6	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 14, nb 20, w 8)	48
Total	134 Ov (RR: 4.95)	664/7d
Did not bat Mark Footitt, Charlie Shreck
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Jason Gallian), 2-145 (Mark Wagh), 3-149 (Bilal Shafayat), 4-236 (Stephen Fleming), 5-595 (David Hussey), 6-626 (Mark Ealham), 7-648 (Paul Franks)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Andre Nel	31	8	103	2	3.32	-	0	1
Graham Napier	23	3	128	0	5.56	-	1	0
Andrew McGarry	2.1	0	8	0	3.69	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	22.5	5	98	2	4.29	-	0	1
Danish Kaneria	29	2	131	3	4.51	-	0	3
Ryan ten Doeschate	11	1	63	0	5.72	-	3	2
James Middlebrook	7	0	54	0	7.71	-	0	0
Tim Phillips	7	0	48	0	6.85	-	0	0
Varun Chopra	1	0	11	0	11.00	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	c †Read b Ealham	1	20	137	0	0	5.00
Mark Pettini (c)	c †Read b Shreck	1	5	9	0	0	20.00
Ravi Bopara	b Franks	50	87	215	10	0	57.47
Tim Phillips	c †Read b Ealham	0	12	14	0	0	0.00
James Foster †	c Fleming b Ealham	12	28	31	2	0	42.85
Ryan ten Doeschate	c Ealham b Franks	102	112	158	14	1	91.07
James Middlebrook	c Swann b Shreck	4	20	25	0	0	20.00
Graham Napier	c Franks b Ealham	37	73	101	6	0	50.68
Danish Kaneria	b Franks	4	3	1	1	0	133.33
Andre Nel	not out	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Andrew McGarry	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 12, w 1)	24
Total	59.2 Ov (RR: 3.96)	235
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Mark Pettini), 2-11 (Varun Chopra), 3-15 (Tim Phillips), 4-35 (James Foster), 5-80 (Ravi Bopara), 6-99 (James Middlebrook), 7-229 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 8-235 (Danish Kaneria), 9-235 (Graham Napier)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Charlie Shreck	18	6	48	2	2.66	-	0	0
Mark Ealham	18.2	5	47	4	2.56	-	0	0
Mark Footitt	7	0	51	0	7.28	-	1	0
Paul Franks	7	0	42	3	6.00	-	0	6
Graeme Swann	7	1	28	0	4.00	-	0	0
David Hussey	2	0	8	0	4.00	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 23 May

day 1 - Notts 1st innings 106/1 (Bilal Shafayat 62*, Mark Wagh 43*, 30 ov)

Thu, 24 May

day 2 - Notts 1st innings 664/7 (Chris Read 165*, Graeme Swann 6*, 134 ov)

Fri, 25 May

day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 235 (59.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 2

Day 3

Essex 2nd innings

RN ten Doeschate 100 in 154 mins off 109 balls, 14x4, 1x6

Notts deducted 0.5 point for slow over rate

Match Details

GroundTrent Bridge, Nottingham

TossNottinghamshire, elected to field first

Series

County Championship Division Two

Season2007

Hours of play (local time)11am start, Lunch 13.15-13.55, Tea (usually) 16.10-16.30, Close 18.30<br>Final day: Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00.

Match days23,24,25 May 2007 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Graham Burgess

Vanburn Holder

PointsNottinghamshire 21.5, Essex 5

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