BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Klinger (c)	c †Murphy b Crook	23	62	79	3	0	37.09
Chris Dent	c Sales b Willey	6	9	15	1	0	66.66
Dan Housego	b Willey	2	10	11	0	0	20.00
Alex Gidman	c Hall b Crook	20	46	63	3	0	43.47
Hamish Marshall	c †Murphy b Willey	8	35	42	0	0	22.85
Benny Howell	b Crook	31	48	66	3	1	64.58
Will Gidman	c Sales b Willey	5	25	19	0	0	20.00
Cameron Herring †	st †Murphy b Middlebrook	43	81	102	8	0	53.08
Jack Taylor	c Copeland b Middlebrook	31	42	51	4	0	73.80
David Payne	st †Murphy b Hall	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Liam Norwell	not out	8	21	29	2	0	38.09
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 10)	15
TOTAL	63.1 Ov (RR: 3.03)	192
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Chris Dent, 4.1 ov), 2-9 (Dan Housego, 6.5 ov), 3-50 (Michael Klinger, 20.2 ov), 4-57 (Alex Gidman, 22.4 ov), 5-70 (Hamish Marshall, 30.5 ov), 6-90 (Will Gidman, 36.4 ov), 7-111 (Benny Howell, 40.3 ov), 8-159 (Jack Taylor, 54.1 ov), 9-159 (David Payne, 55.3 ov), 10-192 (Cameron Herring, 63.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Willey	18	3	71	4	3.94	79	9	0	0	1
4.1 to CDJ Dent, . 7/1 6.5 to DM Housego, . 9/2 30.5 to HJH Marshall, . 70/5 36.4 to WRS Gidman, . 90/6
Trent Copeland	18	7	26	0	1.44	92	3	0	0	0
Steven Crook	12	2	47	3	3.91	54	6	1	0	0
20.2 to M Klinger, . 50/3 22.4 to APR Gidman, . 57/4 40.3 to BAC Howell, . 111/7
Andrew Hall	12	2	39	1	3.25	57	5	0	0	2
55.3 to DA Payne, . 159/9
James Middlebrook	3.1	2	4	2	1.26	18	1	0	0	0
54.1 to JMR Taylor, . 159/8 63.1 to CL Herring, . 192/10

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters (c)	c WRS Gidman b Norwell	34	62	77	7	0	54.83
Kyle Coetzer	c †Herring b WRS Gidman	24	25	39	5	0	96.00
David Sales	c Housego b Norwell	5	9	13	1	0	55.55
Alex Wakely	lbw b WRS Gidman	88	166	223	11	3	53.01
Rob Newton	c Taylor b Howell	39	76	87	5	1	51.31
Andrew Hall	lbw b WRS Gidman	28	78	85	6	0	35.89
James Middlebrook	c †Herring b Taylor	62	95	127	9	0	65.26
David Murphy †	c †Herring b Payne	16	35	44	2	0	45.71
David Willey	b Payne	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Steven Crook	c Dent b WRS Gidman	53	78	100	8	0	67.94
Trent Copeland	not out	27	42	48	4	0	64.28
Extras	(b 12, lb 6, nb 10)	28
TOTAL	111 Ov (RR: 3.63)	404
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Kyle Coetzer, 10.2 ov), 2-58 (David Sales, 13.3 ov), 3-75 (Stephen Peters, 19.3 ov), 4-149 (Rob Newton, 42.6 ov), 5-227 (Andrew Hall, 66.3 ov), 6-242 (Alex Wakely, 72.6 ov), 7-283 (David Murphy, 83.2 ov), 8-283 (David Willey, 83.5 ov), 9-358 (James Middlebrook, 97.3 ov), 10-404 (Steven Crook, 110.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Will Gidman	28	5	109	4	3.89	120	18	0	0	1
10.2 to KJ Coetzer, . 41/1 66.3 to AJ Hall, . 227/5 72.6 to AG Wakely, . 242/6 110.6 to SP Crook, . 404/10
David Payne	22	6	64	2	2.90	107	11	0	0	1
83.2 to D Murphy, . 283/7 83.5 to DJ Willey, . 283/8
Liam Norwell	20	1	80	2	4.00	82	11	0	0	1
13.3 to DJG Sales, . 58/2 19.3 to SD Peters, . 75/3
Benny Howell	17	6	29	1	1.70	88	5	0	0	0
42.6 to RI Newton, . 149/4
Alex Gidman	13	2	55	0	4.23	57	9	1	0	0
Jack Taylor	11	1	49	1	4.45	45	4	3	0	0
97.3 to JD Middlebrook, . 358/9

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Dent	b Willey	50	105	138	6	0	47.61
Michael Klinger (c)	c †Murphy b Copeland	1	9	13	0	0	11.11
Dan Housego	c †Murphy b Copeland	6	37	45	0	0	16.21
Alex Gidman	c Copeland b Hall	87	167	210	9	1	52.09
Hamish Marshall	c Copeland b Hall	4	20	23	1	0	20.00
Benny Howell	c Sales b Hall	56	161	200	5	0	34.78
Will Gidman	c †Murphy b Crook	6	22	21	0	0	27.27
Cameron Herring †	c Wakely b Crook	32	94	109	5	0	34.04
Jack Taylor	b Crook	48	67	75	7	1	71.64
David Payne	b Crook	2	7	10	0	0	28.57
Liam Norwell	not out	1	16	26	0	0	6.25
Extras	(lb 2, nb 4)	6
TOTAL	117.1 Ov (RR: 2.55)	299
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Michael Klinger, 3.1 ov), 2-34 (Dan Housego, 15.5 ov), 3-90 (Chris Dent, 36.2 ov), 4-109 (Hamish Marshall, 41.5 ov), 5-178 (Alex Gidman, 69.3 ov), 6-186 (Will Gidman, 75.2 ov), 7-240 (Benny Howell, 96.5 ov), 8-268 (Cameron Herring, 105.6 ov), 9-272 (David Payne, 109.2 ov), 10-299 (Jack Taylor, 117.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Willey	23	3	74	1	3.21	99	8	0	0	0
36.2 to CDJ Dent, . 90/3
Trent Copeland	31	7	69	2	2.22	151	7	1	0	1
3.1 to M Klinger, . 2/1 15.5 to DM Housego, . 34/2
Andrew Hall	21	4	69	3	3.28	96	11	0	0	0
41.5 to HJH Marshall, . 109/4 69.3 to APR Gidman, . 178/5 96.5 to BAC Howell, . 240/7
Steven Crook	26.1	6	48	4	1.83	126	2	0	0	1
75.2 to WRS Gidman, . 186/6 105.6 to CL Herring, . 268/8 109.2 to DA Payne, . 272/9 117.1 to JMR Taylor, . 299/10
James Middlebrook	16	5	37	0	2.31	81	5	1	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 88 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters (c)	c sub b WRS Gidman	7	19	27	1	0	36.84
Kyle Coetzer	c Taylor b Payne	6	13	21	1	0	46.15
David Sales	not out	29	42	63	5	0	69.04
Alex Wakely	c Dent b Taylor	20	26	25	2	1	76.92
Rob Newton	not out	15	37	32	3	0	40.54
Extras	(b 8, lb 1, nb 4)	13
TOTAL	22.3 Ov (RR: 4.00)	90/3
Did not bat: Andrew Hall, James Middlebrook, David Murphy †, David Willey, Steven Crook, Trent Copeland
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Kyle Coetzer, 5.1 ov), 2-18 (Stephen Peters, 6.1 ov), 3-51 (Alex Wakely, 11.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Will Gidman	6	1	21	1	3.50	27	2	0	0	2
6.1 to SD Peters, . 18/2
David Payne	7	0	29	1	4.14	29	5	0	0	0
5.1 to KJ Coetzer, . 14/1
Jack Taylor	6	3	12	1	2.00	32	1	1	0	0
11.4 to AG Wakely, . 51/3
Alex Gidman	3.3	0	19	0	5.42	14	4	0	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 24 Apr - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 107/3 (Alex Wakely 23*, Rob Newton 14*, 32 ov)

Thu, 25 Apr - day 2 - Gloucs 2nd innings 34/1 (Chris Dent 27*, Dan Housego 6*, 15 ov)

Fri, 26 Apr - day 3 - Gloucs 2nd innings 280/9 (Jack Taylor 30*, Liam Norwell 0*, 111 ov)

Sat, 27 Apr - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 90/3 (22.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Bristol
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2013
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	24,25,26,27 April 2013 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Michael Gough Richard Kettleborough
Points	Northamptonshire 24, Gloucestershire 3

Match Coverage

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Northants Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
WRS Gidman	6	1	21	1	3.5 (2 nb)
DA Payne	7	0	29	1	4.14
JMR Taylor	6	3	12	1	2
APR Gidman	3.3	0	19	0	5.42

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