Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jaik Mickleburgh	b Rashid	38	90	93	7	0	42.22
Alastair Cook	c †Brophy b Patterson	44	52	97	5	0	84.61
Tom Westley	lbw b Patterson	6	18	26	1	0	33.33
Ravi Bopara	c Rashid b Best	142	193	244	19	0	73.57
Matt Walker	c Bairstow b Rashid	26	84	105	4	0	30.95
James Foster (c)†	c Patterson b Hannon-Dalby	61	85	97	8	0	71.76
Grant Flower	c McGrath b Rashid	5	78	102	1	0	6.41
Tim Phillips	b Rashid	30	75	101	4	0	40.00
Chris Wright	not out	13	15	26	3	0	86.66
Maurice Chambers	b Best	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Andy Carter	c Hannon-Dalby b Rashid	8	6	5	0	1	133.33
Extras	(b 10, lb 6, nb 2, w 8)	26
Total	116.5 Ov (RR: 3.41)	399
Fall of wickets: 1-97 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 22.6 ov), 2-97 (Alastair Cook, 23.3 ov), 3-120 (Tom Westley, 29.6 ov), 4-200 (Matt Walker, 58.3 ov), 5-324 (James Foster, 84.3 ov), 6-336 (Ravi Bopara, 87.5 ov), 7-368 (Grant Flower, 110.4 ov), 8-381 (Tim Phillips, 114.2 ov), 9-386 (Maurice Chambers, 115.4 ov), 10-399 (Andy Carter, 116.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tim Bresnan	28	8	73	0	2.60	-	-	-	0	0
Tino Best	16	1	63	2	3.93	-	-	-	4	1
Steven Patterson	23	5	89	2	3.86	-	-	-	0	0
Adil Rashid	25.5	7	87	5	3.36	-	-	-	0	0
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	14	3	54	1	3.85	-	-	-	0	0
Anthony McGrath	10	4	17	0	1.70	-	-	-	0	0

Yorkshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Lyth	b Wright	75	140	170	11	0	53.57
Jacques Rudolph	c Cook b Carter	32	79	98	3	1	40.50
Anthony McGrath	c Mickleburgh b Phillips	11	24	23	0	0	45.83
Andrew Gale (c)	c †Foster b Westley	47	106	119	4	0	44.33
Jonny Bairstow	b Phillips	18	18	18	4	0	100.00
Gerard Brophy †	b Carter	33	77	90	4	0	42.85
Tim Bresnan	c & b Phillips	5	55	58	0	0	9.09
Adil Rashid	not out	52	103	127	8	0	50.48
Steven Patterson	c Flower b Phillips	16	58	62	3	0	27.58
Tino Best	b Carter	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	run out (Wright)	1	23	38	0	0	4.34
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 22)	34
Total	112.1 Ov (RR: 2.88)	324
Fall of wickets: 1-81 (Jacques Rudolph, 26.5 ov), 2-104 (Anthony McGrath, 33.3 ov), 3-146 (Adam Lyth, 46.3 ov), 4-177 (Jonny Bairstow, 51.5 ov), 5-215 (Andrew Gale, 66.6 ov), 6-236 (Gerard Brophy, 78.6 ov), 7-254 (Tim Bresnan, 85.4 ov), 8-304 (Steven Patterson, 101.6 ov), 9-304 (Tino Best, 102.1 ov), 10-324 (Oliver Hannon-Dalby, 112.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Maurice Chambers	17	6	39	0	2.29	-	-	-	2
Chris Wright	15	3	64	1	4.26	-	-	-	0
Tim Phillips	44	15	94	4	2.13	-	-	-	0
Tom Westley	10	2	25	1	2.50	-	-	-	0
Andy Carter	24.1	3	77	3	3.18	-	-	-	9
Grant Flower	2	0	13	0	6.50	-	-	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jaik Mickleburgh	b Bresnan	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Alastair Cook	c Bairstow b Bresnan	102	189	251	13	0	53.96
Tom Westley	b Patterson	7	22	29	1	0	31.81
Ravi Bopara	b Rashid	102	138	182	10	3	73.91
Matt Walker	b Rashid	38	43	52	6	0	88.37
James Foster (c)†	not out	22	13	21	3	0	169.23
Grant Flower	c Best b Patterson	2	3	5	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 6, lb 10, nb 4)	20
Total	67.5 Ov (RR: 4.31)	293/6d
Did not bat: Tim Phillips, Chris Wright, Maurice Chambers, Andy Carter
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 0.1 ov), 2-15 (Tom Westley, 7.5 ov), 3-214 (Ravi Bopara, 54.1 ov), 4-264 (Alastair Cook, 63.2 ov), 5-282 (Matt Walker, 66.4 ov), 6-293 (Grant Flower, 67.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Tim Bresnan	18	2	44	2	2.44	-	-	-	0
Steven Patterson	7.5	2	30	2	3.82	-	-	-	0
Adil Rashid	16	2	76	2	4.75	-	-	-	1
Tino Best	9	0	45	0	5.00	-	-	-	1
Jacques Rudolph	5	1	26	0	5.20	-	-	-	0
Oliver Hannon-Dalby	6	0	35	0	5.83	-	-	-	0
Anthony McGrath	6	0	21	0	3.50	-	-	-	0

Yorkshire 2nd Innings (T: 369 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Lyth	st †Foster b Phillips	42	68	61	5	0	61.76
Jacques Rudolph	b Phillips	106	153	221	10	0	69.28
Anthony McGrath	c & b Carter	16	29	28	1	0	55.17
Andrew Gale (c)	b Westley	41	97	104	2	0	42.26
Jonny Bairstow	c Flower b Wright	62	66	89	5	1	93.93
Gerard Brophy †	c Walker b Wright	28	43	65	0	0	65.11
Adil Rashid	not out	19	23	39	3	0	82.60
Tim Bresnan	st †Foster b Flower	1	4	4	0	0	25.00
Steven Patterson	not out	0	15	27	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 11, nb 4, w 2)	18
Total	82.4 Ov (RR: 4.02)	333/7
Did not bat: Tino Best, Oliver Hannon-Dalby
Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Adam Lyth, 15.5 ov), 2-106 (Anthony McGrath, 24.3 ov), 3-199 (Andrew Gale, 55.3 ov), 4-218 (Jacques Rudolph, 59.4 ov), 5-310 (Gerard Brophy, 74.6 ov), 6-315 (Jonny Bairstow, 76.2 ov), 7-319 (Tim Bresnan, 77.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Maurice Chambers	13	1	59	0	4.53	-	-	-	0	2
Chris Wright	7	1	42	2	6.00	-	-	-	0	0
Tim Phillips	28.4	3	116	2	4.04	-	-	-	1	0
Andy Carter	15	1	55	1	3.66	-	-	-	0	0
Tom Westley	12	1	30	1	2.50	-	-	-	0	0
Grant Flower	7	0	19	1	2.71	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 20 Jul - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 353/6 (Grant Flower 5*, Tim Phillips 11*, 96 ov)

Wed, 21 Jul - day 2 - Yorkshire 1st innings 227/5 (Gerard Brophy 25*, Tim Bresnan 3*, 76 ov)

Thu, 22 Jul - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 229/3 (Alastair Cook 90*, Matt Walker 13*, 57 ov)

Fri, 23 Jul - day 4 - Yorkshire 2nd innings 333/7 (82.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

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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)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	20,21,22,23 July 2010 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mark Benson Nigel Llong
Points	Essex 10, Yorkshire 8

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Yorkshire Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Chambers	13	1	59	0	4.53 (2 nb)
CJC Wright	7	1	42	2	6
TJ Phillips	28.4	3	116	2	4.04
A Carter	15	1	55	1	3.66
T Westley	12	1	30	1	2.5
GW Flower	7	0	19	1	2.71

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