Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Miles Hammond	c †Eckersley b Mohammad Abbas	7	64	92	0	0	10.93
Chris Dent (c)	b Griffiths	28	74	87	4	0	37.83
James Bracey	lbw b Mohammad Abbas	76	190	241	11	0	40.00
Benny Howell	c Ackermann b Mohammad Abbas	0	6	10	0	0	0.00
Gareth Roderick †	lbw b Mohammad Abbas	41	113	156	3	0	36.28
Jack Taylor	lbw b Ackermann	21	43	50	2	1	48.83
Ryan Higgins	lbw b Raine	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Ben Charlesworth	lbw b Raine	2	10	10	0	0	20.00
Craig Miles	not out	1	9	23	0	0	11.11
David Payne	c †Eckersley b Raine	0	8	11	0	0	0.00
Matt Taylor	c Cosgrove b Mohammad Abbas	0	7	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 15, lb 5, nb 6)	26
Total	87.3 Ov (RR: 2.30)	202
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Chris Dent, 21.6 ov), 2-50 (Miles Hammond, 22.4 ov), 3-50 (Benny Howell, 24.4 ov), 4-150 (Gareth Roderick, 66.3 ov), 5-191 (Jack Taylor, 79.5 ov), 6-196 (Ryan Higgins, 80.5 ov), 7-200 (Ben Charlesworth, 82.5 ov), 8-200 (James Bracey, 83.4 ov), 9-201 (David Payne, 86.1 ov), 10-202 (Matt Taylor, 87.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mohammad Abbas	20.3	11	30	5	1.46	110	3	0	0	1
22.4 to MAH Hammond, . 50/2 24.4 to BAC Howell, . 50/3 66.3 to GH Roderick, . 150/4 83.4 to JR Bracey, . 200/8 87.3 to MD Taylor, . 202/10
Ben Raine	22	9	44	3	2.00	113	7	0	0	1
80.5 to RF Higgins, . 196/6 82.5 to BG Charlesworth, . 200/7 86.1 to DA Payne, . 201/9
Dieter Klein	10	4	20	0	2.00	51	2	0	0	1
Gavin Griffiths	16	3	37	1	2.31	78	4	0	0	0
21.6 to CDJ Dent, . 50/1
Callum Parkinson	11	2	32	0	2.90	49	2	1	0	0
Neil Dexter	5	2	16	0	3.20	23	2	0	0	0
Colin Ackermann	3	0	3	1	1.00	15	0	0	0	0
79.5 to JMR Taylor, . 191/5

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Harry Dearden	c Hammond b Payne	4	11	16	1	0	36.36
Paul Horton (c)	c †Roderick b Higgins	27	61	81	5	0	44.26
Gavin Griffiths	not out	36	144	220	4	0	25.00
Colin Ackermann	b Higgins	11	13	26	2	0	84.61
Mark Cosgrove	b Miles	6	25	28	1	0	24.00
Neil Dexter	c †Roderick b Miles	2	15	28	0	0	13.33
Ned Eckersley †	c †Roderick b Payne	6	7	15	1	0	85.71
Ben Raine	c & b MD Taylor	8	28	35	1	0	28.57
Callum Parkinson	lbw b Higgins	2	8	11	0	0	25.00
Dieter Klein	c Miles b Higgins	1	8	9	0	0	12.50
Mohammad Abbas	lbw b MD Taylor	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 8)	8
Total	54.2 Ov (RR: 2.04)	111
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Harry Dearden, 4.1 ov), 2-48 (Paul Horton, 19.3 ov), 3-62 (Colin Ackermann, 25.2 ov), 4-70 (Mark Cosgrove, 31.6 ov), 5-78 (Neil Dexter, 37.5 ov), 6-85 (Ned Eckersley, 40.5 ov), 7-105 (Ben Raine, 48.6 ov), 8-108 (Callum Parkinson, 51.1 ov), 9-110 (Dieter Klein, 53.1 ov), 10-111 (Mohammad Abbas, 54.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Payne	18	3	52	2	2.88	85	8	0	0	0
4.1 to HE Dearden, . 10/1 40.5 to EJH Eckersley, . 85/6
Ryan Higgins	15	5	26	4	1.73	77	4	0	0	0
19.3 to PJ Horton, . 48/2 25.2 to CN Ackermann, . 62/3 51.1 to CF Parkinson, . 108/8 53.1 to D Klein, . 110/9
Craig Miles	12	6	18	2	1.50	64	3	0	0	0
31.6 to MJ Cosgrove, . 70/4 37.5 to NJ Dexter, . 78/5
Matt Taylor	9.2	4	7	2	0.75	50	0	0	0	0
48.6 to BA Raine, . 105/7 54.2 to Mohammad Abbas, . 111/10

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Dent (c)	not out	214	290	384	26	2	73.79
Miles Hammond	c Ackermann b Dexter	68	99	126	10	1	68.68
James Bracey	c †Eckersley b Dexter	43	121	137	4	0	35.53
Benny Howell	lbw b Ackermann	56	90	117	4	1	62.22
Jack Taylor	c Mohammad Abbas b Ackermann	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 10, w 2)	21
Total	99.3 Ov (RR: 4.04)	402/4d
Did not bat: Ryan Higgins, Gareth Roderick †, Ben Charlesworth, Craig Miles, David Payne, Matt Taylor
Fall of wickets: 1-107 (Miles Hammond, 30.6 ov), 2-219 (James Bracey, 67.6 ov), 3-402 (Benny Howell, 99.1 ov), 4-402 (Jack Taylor, 99.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mohammad Abbas	16	7	19	0	1.18	85	2	0	0	0
Ben Raine	16	4	53	0	3.31	77	9	0	0	1
Gavin Griffiths	10	2	30	0	3.00	47	5	0	1	0
Dieter Klein	13	0	103	0	7.92	41	14	1	1	4
Neil Dexter	15	2	53	2	3.53	66	7	0	0	0
30.6 to MAH Hammond, . 107/1 67.6 to JR Bracey, . 219/2
Colin Ackermann	8.3	1	26	2	3.05	37	2	0	0	0
99.1 to BAC Howell, . 402/3 99.3 to JMR Taylor, . 402/4
Callum Parkinson	21	1	109	0	5.19	66	5	3	0	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 494 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Harry Dearden	c †Roderick b Miles	5	5	8	1	0	100.00
Paul Horton (c)	lbw b Miles	10	35	41	2	0	28.57
Colin Ackermann	c Higgins b Payne	2	14	15	0	0	14.28
Mark Cosgrove	c †Roderick b Higgins	52	138	230	6	0	37.68
Neil Dexter	c Hammond b Higgins	4	32	48	0	0	12.50
Ned Eckersley †	lbw b Higgins	8	12	18	1	0	66.66
Ben Raine	c MD Taylor b Miles	30	52	64	6	0	57.69
Callum Parkinson	lbw b MD Taylor	17	62	70	2	0	27.41
Dieter Klein	not out	17	29	43	3	0	58.62
Gavin Griffiths	c Bracey b Higgins	2	19	20	0	0	10.52
Mohammad Abbas	c †Roderick b Charlesworth	1	10	15	0	0	10.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 10)	17
Total	67.1 Ov (RR: 2.45)	165
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Harry Dearden, 1.3 ov), 2-12 (Colin Ackermann, 4.6 ov), 3-24 (Paul Horton, 9.5 ov), 4-42 (Neil Dexter, 21.1 ov), 5-52 (Ned Eckersley, 25.1 ov), 6-112 (Ben Raine, 39.6 ov), 7-141 (Callum Parkinson, 56.5 ov), 8-145 (Mark Cosgrove, 59.1 ov), 9-155 (Gavin Griffiths, 63.6 ov), 10-165 (Mohammad Abbas, 67.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Payne	17	4	42	1	2.47	80	5	0	0	1
4.6 to CN Ackermann, . 12/2
Craig Miles	17	4	44	3	2.58	83	7	0	0	0
1.3 to HE Dearden, . 5/1 9.5 to PJ Horton, . 24/3 39.6 to BA Raine, . 112/6
Matt Taylor	17	5	44	1	2.58	85	6	0	0	3
56.5 to CF Parkinson, . 141/7
Ryan Higgins	16	7	28	4	1.75	84	3	0	0	1
21.1 to NJ Dexter, . 42/4 25.1 to EJH Eckersley, . 52/5 59.1 to MJ Cosgrove, . 145/8 63.6 to GT Griffiths, . 155/9
Ben Charlesworth	0.1	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	0	0
67.1 to Mohammad Abbas, . 165/10

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Wed, 29 Aug - day 1 - LEICS 1st innings 11/1 (Paul Horton 6*, Gavin Griffiths 1*, 6 ov)

Thu, 30 Aug - day 2 - Gloucester 2nd innings 152/1 (Chris Dent 61*, James Bracey 17*, 47 ov)

Fri, 31 Aug - day 3 - LEICS 2nd innings 117/6 (Mark Cosgrove 42*, Callum Parkinson 4*, 51 ov)

Sat, 01 Sep - day 4 - LEICS 2nd innings 165 (67.1 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Bristol
Toss	no toss
Series	Specsavers County Championship Division Two
Season	2018
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	29,30,31 August, 01 September 2018 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Billy Taylor Martin Saggers
Points	Gloucestershire 20, Leicestershire 3

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LEICS Innings

Player Name		R	B
HE Dearden	caught	5	5
PJ Horton	lbw	10	35
CN Ackermann	caught	2	14
MJ Cosgrove	caught	52	138
NJ Dexter	caught	4	32
EJH Eckersley	lbw	8	12
BA Raine	caught	30	52
CF Parkinson	lbw	17	62
D Klein	not out	17	29
GT Griffiths	caught	2	19
Mohammad Abbas	caught	1	10
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 10)
Total	165(10 wkts; 67.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DA Payne	17	4	42	1	2.47 (1 nb)
CN Miles	17	4	44	3	2.58
MD Taylor	17	5	44	1	2.58 (3 nb)
RF Higgins	16	7	28	4	1.75 (1 nb)
BG Charlesworth	0.1	0	0	1	0

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	5	Paul Horton	Harry Dearden
2nd	7	Paul Horton	Colin Ackermann
3rd	12	Mark Cosgrove	Paul Horton
4th	18	Mark Cosgrove	Neil Dexter
5th	10	Mark Cosgrove	Ned Eckersley
6th	60	Mark Cosgrove	Ben Raine
7th	29	Mark Cosgrove	Callum Parkinson
8th	4	Mark Cosgrove	Dieter Klein
9th	10	Dieter Klein	Gavin Griffiths
10th	10	Dieter Klein	Mohammad Abbas

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Specsavers County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	14	9	2	3	242
KEN	14	10	3	1	221
SUS	14	6	4	4	186
MID	14	7	4	3	179
GLO	14	5	4	5	157
LEI	14	5	7	2	149
DER	14	4	7	3	147
DUR	14	4	7	2	130
NOR	14	4	8	1	126
GLA	14	2	10	2	92

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	14	9	2	3	242
KEN	14	10	3	1	221
SUS	14	6	4	4	186
MID	14	7	4	3	179
GLO	14	5	4	5	157
LEI	14	5	7	2	149
DER	14	4	7	3	147
DUR	14	4	7	2	130
NOR	14	4	8	1	126
GLA	14	2	10	2	92

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	14	9	2	3	242
KEN	14	10	3	1	221
SUS	14	6	4	4	186
MID	14	7	4	3	179
GLO	14	5	4	5	157
LEI	14	5	7	2	149
DER	14	4	7	3	147
DUR	14	4	7	2	130
NOR	14	4	8	1	126
GLA	14	2	10	2	92

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
WAR	14	9	2	3	242
KEN	14	10	3	1	221
SUS	14	6	4	4	186
MID	14	7	4	3	179
GLO	14	5	4	5	157
LEI	14	5	7	2	149
DER	14	4	7	3	147
DUR	14	4	7	2	130
NOR	14	4	8	1	126
GLA	14	2	10	2	92