BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Jefferson	b Blackwell	93	110	368	17	1	84.54
Alastair Cook	lbw b Woodman	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Grant Flower	c †Gazzard b Langeveldt	5	36	311	1	0	13.88
Ravi Bopara	b Blackwell	42	139	165	6	0	30.21
Andy Flower	lbw b Munday	14	58	77	1	0	24.13
Ronnie Irani (c)	run out	86	150	220	9	4	57.33
James Foster †	not out	107	196	292	13	1	54.59
James Middlebrook	not out	42	71	75	6	0	59.15
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 8)	11
TOTAL	126.1 Ov (RR: 3.17)	400/6d
Did not bat: Graham Napier, Danish Kaneria, Andre Nel
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Alastair Cook), 2-33 (Grant Flower), 3-124 (Will Jefferson), 4-156 (Andy Flower), 5-158 (Ravi Bopara), 6-315 (Ronnie Irani)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Charl Langeveldt	33	12	71	1	2.15	-	-	-	3
Rob Woodman	24	8	78	1	3.25	-	-	-	1
Keith Parsons	16.1	4	56	0	3.46	-	-	-	0
Ian Blackwell	38	10	105	2	2.76	-	-	-	0
Mike Munday	14	0	77	1	5.50	-	-	-	0
James Hildreth	1	0	10	0	10.00	-	-	-	0

Somerset 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matt Wood	b Nel	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
John Francis	not out	31	93	127	4	0	33.33
Arul Suppiah	lbw b Nel	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
James Hildreth	not out	76	116	122	12	0	65.51
Extras	(lb 1, nb 4)	5
TOTAL	35 Ov (RR: 3.20)	112/2d
Did not bat: Keith Parsons, Ian Blackwell (c), Wes Durston, Carl Gazzard †, Charl Langeveldt, Rob Woodman, Mike Munday
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Matt Wood), 2-0 (Arul Suppiah)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andre Nel	6	2	12	2	2.00	-	-	-	0
Graham Napier	6	3	13	0	2.16	-	-	-	0
Danish Kaneria	14	2	46	0	3.28	-	-	-	0
Ravi Bopara	4	0	20	0	5.00	-	-	-	2
James Middlebrook	5	0	20	0	4.00	-	-	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings(Forfeited)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Extras		0
Did not bat: Will Jefferson, Alastair Cook, Grant Flower, Ravi Bopara, Andy Flower, Ronnie Irani (c), James Foster †, James Middlebrook, Graham Napier, Danish Kaneria, Andre Nel

Somerset 2nd Innings (T: 289 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matt Wood	lbw b Nel	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
John Francis	c Nel b Danish Kaneria	51	103	154	8	0	49.51
Arul Suppiah	lbw b Bopara	29	27	41	5	0	107.40
James Hildreth	not out	125	186	211	16	2	67.20
Wes Durston	c †Foster b Nel	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Ian Blackwell (c)	c Cook b GW Flower	59	63	77	7	3	93.65
Keith Parsons	not out	12	13	18	2	0	92.30
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 4, w 2)	16
TOTAL	66.1 Ov (RR: 4.41)	292/5
Did not bat: Carl Gazzard †, Charl Langeveldt, Rob Woodman, Mike Munday
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Matt Wood), 2-49 (Arul Suppiah), 3-147 (John Francis), 4-147 (Wes Durston), 5-256 (Ian Blackwell)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andre Nel	17	1	76	2	4.47	-	-	-	0	0
Graham Napier	6	1	21	0	3.50	-	-	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	10	0	40	1	4.00	-	-	-	1	2
Danish Kaneria	24	4	80	1	3.33	-	-	-	1	0
James Middlebrook	7.1	0	39	0	5.44	-	-	-	0	0
Grant Flower	2	0	26	1	13.00	-	-	-	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 24 Aug - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 6/1 (Will Jefferson 4*, Grant Flower 0*, 3 ov)

Thu, 25 Aug - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 220/5 (Ronnie Irani 43*, James Foster 20*, 73.4 ov)

Fri, 26 Aug - day 3 - Somerset 1st innings 112/2 (John Francis 31*, James Hildreth 76*, 35 ov)

Sat, 27 Aug - day 4 - Somerset 2nd innings 292/5 (66.1 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

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MATCH DETAILS

Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester
Toss	Somerset, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2005
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Pasty Harris Vanburn Holder
Points	Somerset 16, Essex 5

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Somerset Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Nel	17	1	76	2	4.47
GR Napier	6	1	21	0	3.5
RS Bopara	10	0	40	1	4 (2 nb)
Danish Kaneria	24	4	80	1	3.33
JD Middlebrook	7.1	0	39	0	5.44
GW Flower	2	0	26	1	13

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