WORCS vs Essex, at Worcester, , Aug 30 2006 - Full Scorecard

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lou Vincent	c Flower b Tudor	114	120	143	18	1	95.00
Stephen Moore	lbw b Bichel	16	30	46	2	0	53.33
Vikram Solanki (c)	c Chopra b Phillips	122	202	250	15	1	60.39
Ben Smith	c †Foster b Bichel	19	24	41	3	0	79.16
Graeme Hick	c †Foster b Middlebrook	104	113	135	18	0	92.03
Steven Davies †	c Middlebrook b Bichel	46	67	72	6	0	68.65
Gareth Batty	not out	16	41	56	1	0	39.02
Roger Sillence	not out	1	5	7	0	0	20.00
Extras	(lb 12, nb 22, w 1)	35
TOTAL	98.3 Ov (RR: 4.80)	473/6d
Did not bat: Kabir Ali, Zaheer Khan, Nadeem Malik
Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Stephen Moore), 2-187 (Lou Vincent), 3-234 (Ben Smith), 4-386 (Vikram Solanki), 5-410 (Graeme Hick), 6-469 (Steven Davies)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	21.3	0	111	3	5.16	-	-	-	0	0
Alex Tudor	15	1	72	1	4.80	-	-	-	0	9
Mervyn Westfield	6	1	28	0	4.66	-	-	-	0	1
Ravi Bopara	12	2	63	0	5.25	-	-	-	1	1
Tim Phillips	28	2	110	1	3.92	-	-	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	16	2	77	1	4.81	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	c Smith b Malik	70	157	197	10	0	44.58
Mark Pettini	c †Davies b Khan	6	28	52	1	0	21.42
Ravi Bopara	c Hick b Malik	12	13	19	2	0	92.30
Andy Flower	b Ali	5	49	64	0	0	10.20
Ronnie Irani (c)	c †Davies b Solanki	66	150	202	7	1	44.00
James Foster †	st †Davies b Batty	80	126	138	11	0	63.49
James Middlebrook	b Khan	13	28	31	2	0	46.42
Tim Phillips	c †Davies b Ali	20	52	87	3	0	38.46
Andy Bichel	c Ali b Khan	9	10	31	1	0	90.00
Alex Tudor	b Batty	12	36	54	1	0	33.33
Mervyn Westfield	not out	9	19	25	1	0	47.36
Extras	(b 12, lb 10, nb 4, w 2)	28
TOTAL	111 Ov (RR: 2.97)	330
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Mark Pettini), 2-56 (Ravi Bopara), 3-88 (Andy Flower), 4-129 (Varun Chopra), 5-266 (James Foster), 6-268 (Ronnie Irani), 7-286 (James Middlebrook), 8-304 (Andy Bichel), 9-314 (Tim Phillips), 10-330 (Alex Tudor)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	26	4	95	3	3.65	-	-	-	1	0
Kabir Ali	24	7	49	2	2.04	-	-	-	0	1
Roger Sillence	16	1	45	0	2.81	-	-	-	0	1
Nadeem Malik	19	6	41	2	2.15	-	-	-	1	0
Gareth Batty	17	3	58	2	3.41	-	-	-	0	0
Lou Vincent	2	0	5	0	2.50	-	-	-	0	0
Vikram Solanki	7	0	15	1	2.14	-	-	-	0	0

Worcestershire 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lou Vincent	b Bichel	32	33	41	6	0	96.96
Stephen Moore	c †Foster b Tudor	3	13	22	0	0	23.07
Vikram Solanki (c)	c †Foster b Middlebrook	30	48	67	2	0	62.50
Ben Smith	lbw b Westfield	42	87	91	4	0	48.27
Graeme Hick	not out	105	133	191	9	1	78.94
Steven Davies †	st †Foster b Phillips	33	76	66	4	0	43.42
Gareth Batty	not out	46	66	80	6	0	69.69
Extras	(b 8, lb 17, nb 12, w 3)	40
TOTAL	75 Ov (RR: 4.41)	331/5d
Did not bat: Roger Sillence, Kabir Ali, Zaheer Khan, Nadeem Malik
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Stephen Moore), 2-59 (Lou Vincent), 3-94 (Vikram Solanki), 4-132 (Ben Smith), 5-219 (Steven Davies)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	19	4	77	1	4.05	-	-	-	0	0
Alex Tudor	9	0	47	1	5.22	-	-	-	1	4
Tim Phillips	13	0	49	1	3.76	-	-	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	24	8	71	1	2.95	-	-	-	1	0
Mervyn Westfield	3	0	18	1	6.00	-	-	-	0	2
Ravi Bopara	7	0	44	0	6.28	-	-	-	1	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 475 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	lbw b Malik	5	29	33	0	0	17.24
Mark Pettini	c Hick b Khan	26	75	129	3	0	34.66
Andy Bichel	c Smith b Ali	6	11	15	1	0	54.54
Ravi Bopara	not out	28	86	165	1	0	32.55
Andy Flower	lbw b Batty	29	32	44	4	0	90.62
Ronnie Irani (c)	not out	8	37	38	0	0	21.62
Extras	(b 8, lb 4, nb 2)	14
TOTAL	44.5 Ov (RR: 2.58)	116/4
Did not bat: James Foster †, James Middlebrook, Tim Phillips, Alex Tudor, Mervyn Westfield
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Varun Chopra), 2-29 (Andy Bichel), 3-55 (Mark Pettini), 4-98 (Andy Flower)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Zaheer Khan	13.5	3	35	1	2.53	-	-	-	0
Kabir Ali	12	1	36	1	3.00	-	-	-	1
Nadeem Malik	3	1	10	1	3.33	-	-	-	0
Gareth Batty	10	6	10	1	1.00	-	-	-	0
Vikram Solanki	6	1	13	0	2.16	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 30 Aug - day 1 - Worcs 1st innings 473/6 (Gareth Batty 16*, Roger Sillence 1*, 98.3 ov)

Thu, 31 Aug - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 296/7 (Tim Phillips 8*, Andy Bichel 9*, 97 ov)

Fri, 01 Sep - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 19/1 (Mark Pettini 10*, Andy Bichel 0*, 11 ov)

Sat, 02 Sep - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 116/4 (44.5 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

Day 3

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Toss	Worcestershire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2006
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 1.15pm-1.55, Tea (usually) 4.10-4.30, Close 6.30<br>Final day: Lunch 1.00pm-1.40, Tea 3.40-4.00, Close 6.00
Match days	30,31 August, 1,2 September 2006 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Barry Dudleston John Holder
Points	Worcestershire 12, Essex 9

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Essex Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	13.5	3	35	1	2.53
Kabir Ali	12	1	36	1	3 (1 nb)
MN Malik	3	1	10	1	3.33
GJ Batty	10	6	10	1	1
VS Solanki	6	1	13	0	2.16

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