BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Billy Godleman	lbw b Claydon	9	17	13	2	0	52.94
Alastair Cook	c Claydon b Plunkett	33	46	69	5	0	71.73
Jaik Mickleburgh	c Benkenstein b Borthwick	72	191	221	9	1	37.69
Matt Walker	c Stoneman b Blackwell	32	77	83	6	0	41.55
Mark Pettini	c Plunkett b Borthwick	10	47	56	1	0	21.27
Tom Westley	run out (Rushworth)	16	30	43	3	0	53.33
James Foster (c)†	lbw b Plunkett	42	58	74	7	0	72.41
Michael Comber	b Blackwell	0	25	22	0	0	0.00
Tony Palladino	b Rushworth	10	23	20	2	0	43.47
Chris Wright	not out	28	29	30	5	0	96.55
Max Osborne	c †Mustard b Plunkett	5	20	25	1	0	25.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 6, w 1)	11
TOTAL	93.2 Ov (RR: 2.87)	268
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Billy Godleman, 3.2 ov), 2-53 (Alastair Cook, 16.5 ov), 3-127 (Matt Walker, 41.6 ov), 4-151 (Mark Pettini, 59.3 ov), 5-174 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 65.3 ov), 6-197 (Tom Westley, 71.2 ov), 7-213 (Michael Comber, 79.2 ov), 8-234 (Tony Palladino, 84.5 ov), 9-236 (James Foster, 85.6 ov), 10-268 (Max Osborne, 93.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Rushworth	22	8	69	1	3.13	-	-	-	0	0
Mitchell Claydon	12	1	60	1	5.00	-	-	-	0	2
Ben Harmison	8	2	20	0	2.50	-	-	-	0	0
Ian Blackwell	16	3	30	2	1.87	-	-	-	0	0
Liam Plunkett	14.2	4	33	3	2.30	-	-	-	1	1
Dale Benkenstein	7	4	11	0	1.57	-	-	-	0	0
Scott Borthwick	14	5	41	2	2.92	-	-	-	0	0

Durham 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Di Venuto	lbw b Palladino	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Mark Stoneman	lbw b Palladino	0	3	11	0	0	0.00
Gordon Muchall	c Mickleburgh b Wright	3	7	5	0	0	42.85
Dale Benkenstein	b Wright	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Ben Harmison	c Wright b Comber	66	158	224	8	0	41.77
Ian Blackwell	b Palladino	24	26	47	4	0	92.30
Phil Mustard (c)†	lbw b Palladino	31	53	68	4	0	58.49
Scott Borthwick	lbw b Wright	3	5	10	0	0	60.00
Liam Plunkett	c Godleman b Wright	0	10	9	0	0	0.00
Mitchell Claydon	not out	38	63	81	5	0	60.31
Chris Rushworth	c Mickleburgh b Wright	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 6, w 1)	12
TOTAL	55.5 Ov (RR: 3.17)	177
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Michael Di Venuto, 0.2 ov), 2-3 (Gordon Muchall, 1.5 ov), 3-3 (Mark Stoneman, 2.1 ov), 4-5 (Dale Benkenstein, 3.3 ov), 5-58 (Ian Blackwell, 14.1 ov), 6-103 (Phil Mustard, 30.6 ov), 7-106 (Scott Borthwick, 33.3 ov), 8-108 (Liam Plunkett, 35.4 ov), 9-170 (Ben Harmison, 54.4 ov), 10-177 (Chris Rushworth, 55.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tony Palladino	21	3	57	4	2.71	-	-	-	0	1
Chris Wright	17.5	2	70	5	3.92	-	-	-	1	0
Max Osborne	7	1	31	0	4.42	-	-	-	0	1
Tom Westley	7	2	10	0	1.42	-	-	-	0	0
Matt Walker	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Comber	2	0	4	1	2.00	-	-	-	0	1

Essex 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Billy Godleman	c Muchall b Rushworth	9	15	23	1	0	60.00
Alastair Cook	lbw b Blackwell	68	123	144	9	0	55.28
Jaik Mickleburgh	b Rushworth	34	97	115	4	0	35.05
Matt Walker	c Benkenstein b Blackwell	105	202	232	16	1	51.98
Mark Pettini	b Rushworth	2	13	10	0	0	15.38
Tom Westley	lbw b Rushworth	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
James Foster (c)†	c Di Venuto b Borthwick	64	122	139	8	0	52.45
Michael Comber	c Di Venuto b Borthwick	0	17	12	0	0	0.00
Tony Palladino	c Di Venuto b Blackwell	66	61	82	11	1	108.19
Chris Wright	c Benkenstein b Blackwell	12	13	12	2	0	92.30
Max Osborne	not out	0	4	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2, w 2)	7
TOTAL	111.1 Ov (RR: 3.30)	367
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Billy Godleman, 5.5 ov), 2-113 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 38.5 ov), 3-113 (Alastair Cook, 39.2 ov), 4-120 (Mark Pettini, 42.4 ov), 5-120 (Tom Westley, 42.5 ov), 6-253 (James Foster, 84.1 ov), 7-257 (Michael Comber, 88.6 ov), 8-323 (Matt Walker, 105.3 ov), 9-359 (Chris Wright, 109.2 ov), 10-367 (Tony Palladino, 111.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mitchell Claydon	9	1	32	0	3.55	-	-	-	1	0
Chris Rushworth	20	4	90	4	4.50	-	-	-	0	0
Dale Benkenstein	18	10	26	0	1.44	-	-	-	0	0
Liam Plunkett	15	1	54	0	3.60	-	-	-	0	1
Scott Borthwick	19	4	75	2	3.94	-	-	-	0	0
Ian Blackwell	23.1	4	70	4	3.02	-	-	-	0	0
Ben Harmison	7	2	17	0	2.42	-	-	-	1	0

Durham 2nd Innings (T: 459 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Stoneman	b Palladino	5	33	37	0	0	15.15
Michael Di Venuto	b Wright	58	94	133	8	0	61.70
Gordon Muchall	c Mickleburgh b Osborne	6	28	43	1	0	21.42
Dale Benkenstein	b Westley	2	11	10	0	0	18.18
Ben Harmison	c Palladino b Cook	96	197	200	14	0	48.73
Ian Blackwell	lbw b Westley	22	38	47	3	0	57.89
Phil Mustard (c)†	not out	24	103	111	2	0	23.30
Extras	(lb 7, nb 12, w 2)	21
TOTAL	83 Ov (RR: 2.81)	234/6
Did not bat: Scott Borthwick, Liam Plunkett, Chris Rushworth, Mitchell Claydon
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Mark Stoneman, 8.6 ov), 2-56 (Gordon Muchall, 19.1 ov), 3-60 (Dale Benkenstein, 21.4 ov), 4-95 (Michael Di Venuto, 31.4 ov), 5-143 (Ian Blackwell, 44.4 ov), 6-234 (Ben Harmison, 82.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tony Palladino	15	2	41	1	2.73	-	-	-	1	5
Chris Wright	17	4	48	1	2.82	-	-	-	1	0
Max Osborne	9	1	25	1	2.77	-	-	-	0	1
Tom Westley	29	5	68	2	2.34	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Comber	6	1	12	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Alastair Cook	7	1	33	1	4.71	-	-	-	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Tue, 07 Sep - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 248/9 (Chris Wright 14*, Max Osborne 0*, 89 ov)

Wed, 08 Sep - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 103/1 (Alastair Cook 61*, Jaik Mickleburgh 31*, 34 ov)

Thu, 09 Sep - day 3 - Durham 2nd innings 31/1 (Michael Di Venuto 21*, Gordon Muchall 0*, 10 ov)

Fri, 10 Sep - day 4 - Durham 2nd innings 234/6 (83 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2010
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	7,8,9,10 September 2010 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mark Benson Nigel Llong
Points	Essex 8, Durham 6

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Durham Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
AP Palladino	15	2	41	1	2.73 (5 nb)
CJC Wright	17	4	48	1	2.82
M Osborne	9	1	25	1	2.77 (1 nb)
T Westley	29	5	68	2	2.34
MA Comber	6	1	12	0	2
AN Cook	7	1	33	1	4.71

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