BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	lbw b Willoughby	5	17	19	0	0	29.41
Mark Pettini (c)	c Langer b Willoughby	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Tom Westley	c †Kieswetter b Willoughby	72	129	155	13	0	55.81
Tim Phillips	c Trescothick b Willoughby	2	13	23	0	0	15.38
James Foster †	lbw b Trego	15	32	40	2	0	46.87
Ryan ten Doeschate	c Trescothick b Trego	5	5	5	1	0	100.00
James Middlebrook	lbw b Munday	8	26	33	0	0	30.76
Andy Bichel	c †Kieswetter b Willoughby	12	10	6	2	0	120.00
Graham Napier	c Trescothick b Blackwell	0	11	9	0	0	0.00
Danish Kaneria	c Hildreth b Blackwell	8	21	25	0	0	38.09
Jahid Ahmed	not out	7	8	10	0	0	87.50
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 2)	10
TOTAL	46.1 Ov (RR: 3.11)	144
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Mark Pettini), 2-5 (Varun Chopra), 3-13 (Tim Phillips), 4-53 (James Foster), 5-59 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 6-91 (James Middlebrook), 7-103 (Andy Bichel), 8-104 (Graham Napier), 9-126 (Tom Westley), 10-144 (Danish Kaneria)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andy Caddick	8	2	22	0	2.75	-	-	-	0
Charl Willoughby	18	8	36	5	2.00	-	-	-	0
Ian Blackwell	15.1	3	47	2	3.09	-	-	-	0
Peter Trego	4	0	22	2	5.50	-	-	-	1
Mike Munday	1	0	9	1	9.00	-	-	-	0

Somerset 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	c Ahmed b Danish Kaneria	59	50	72	13	0	118.00
Neil Edwards	c †Foster b Danish Kaneria	55	52	77	9	0	105.76
Justin Langer (c)	c Ahmed b Danish Kaneria	43	37	63	6	0	116.21
James Hildreth	c Napier b Danish Kaneria	61	80	92	9	1	76.25
Neil McKenzie	run out	49	71	112	4	0	69.01
Ian Blackwell	c ten Doeschate b Danish Kaneria	9	10	9	2	0	90.00
Peter Trego	st †Foster b Danish Kaneria	11	12	13	2	0	91.66
Craig Kieswetter †	b Bichel	14	42	43	2	0	33.33
Andy Caddick	b Bichel	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Mike Munday	not out	4	3	13	1	0	133.33
Charl Willoughby	b Danish Kaneria	7	6	4	0	1	116.66
Extras		0
TOTAL	60.4 Ov (RR: 5.14)	312
Fall of wickets: 1-114 (Marcus Trescothick), 2-114 (Neil Edwards), 3-197 (Justin Langer), 4-236 (James Hildreth), 5-246 (Ian Blackwell), 6-260 (Peter Trego), 7-293 (Craig Kieswetter), 8-293 (Andy Caddick), 9-301 (Neil McKenzie), 10-312 (Charl Willoughby)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Andy Bichel	19	2	100	2	5.26	-	-	-
Jahid Ahmed	8	0	58	0	7.25	-	-	-
Graham Napier	2	0	19	0	9.50	-	-	-
Danish Kaneria	24.4	5	95	7	3.85	-	-	-
James Middlebrook	7	0	40	0	5.71	-	-	-

Essex 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	c Trescothick b Willoughby	8	19	21	1	0	42.10
Mark Pettini (c)	lbw b Willoughby	4	10	13	1	0	40.00
Tom Westley	c McKenzie b Willoughby	10	25	33	2	0	40.00
Tim Phillips	lbw b Blackwell	68	132	147	9	0	51.51
James Foster †	lbw b Munday	96	138	195	15	0	69.56
Ryan ten Doeschate	lbw b Caddick	34	50	62	5	0	68.00
James Middlebrook	b Caddick	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Andy Bichel	not out	60	68	83	7	0	88.23
Graham Napier	c †Kieswetter b Munday	10	9	10	1	1	111.11
Danish Kaneria	c Blackwell b Munday	27	34	35	2	0	79.41
Jahid Ahmed	c Trescothick b Willoughby	7	15	27	0	0	46.66
Extras	(b 12, lb 11, nb 2)	25
TOTAL	83.3 Ov (RR: 4.17)	349
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Mark Pettini), 2-13 (Varun Chopra), 3-26 (Tom Westley), 4-161 (Tim Phillips), 5-235 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 6-235 (James Middlebrook), 7-239 (James Foster), 8-253 (Graham Napier), 9-313 (Danish Kaneria), 10-349 (Jahid Ahmed)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andy Caddick	25	4	95	2	3.80	-	-	-	0
Charl Willoughby	13.3	1	53	4	3.92	-	-	-	0
Peter Trego	8	2	46	0	5.75	-	-	-	1
Ian Blackwell	18	5	46	1	2.55	-	-	-	0
Mike Munday	19	0	86	3	4.52	-	-	-	0

Somerset 2nd Innings (T: 182 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	c Phillips b Bichel	6	10	12	1	0	60.00
Neil Edwards	c Phillips b Bichel	35	39	65	5	0	89.74
Peter Trego	lbw b Bichel	44	30	42	8	1	146.66
Justin Langer (c)	st †Foster b Danish Kaneria	28	30	35	4	0	93.33
James Hildreth	not out	32	42	71	2	0	76.19
Neil McKenzie	not out	33	40	44	4	1	82.50
Extras	(lb 5, w 1)	6
TOTAL	31.5 Ov (RR: 5.78)	184/4
Did not bat: Ian Blackwell, Craig Kieswetter †, Mike Munday, Andy Caddick, Charl Willoughby
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Marcus Trescothick), 2-90 (Peter Trego), 3-93 (Neil Edwards), 4-130 (Justin Langer)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Andy Bichel	9	1	65	3	7.22	-	-	-	0
Graham Napier	7.5	0	36	0	4.59	-	-	-	1
Danish Kaneria	12	2	56	1	4.66	-	-	-	0
James Middlebrook	3	1	22	0	7.33	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 05 Sep - day 1 - Somerset 1st innings 284/6 (Neil McKenzie 35*, Craig Kieswetter 11*, 55 ov)

Thu, 06 Sep - day 2 - Somerset 2nd innings 50/1 (Neil Edwards 20*, Peter Trego 19*, 10 ov)

Fri, 07 Sep - day 3 - Somerset 2nd innings 184/4 (31.5 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2007
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.45-3.15, Tea (usually) 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00<br>Final day: Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30.
Match days	5,6,7 September 2007 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Peter Willey Richard Illingworth
Points	Somerset 20, Essex 2.5

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Somerset Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
AJ Bichel	9	1	65	3	7.22
GR Napier	7.5	0	36	0	4.59
Danish Kaneria	12	2	56	1	4.66
JD Middlebrook	3	1	22	0	7.33

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