Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c APR Gidman b Lewis	9	18	35	0	0	50.00
Mal Loye	c APR Gidman b Payne	9	37	39	1	0	24.32
Rob White	lbw b WRS Gidman	48	71	87	9	0	67.60
Alex Wakely	c Taylor b Miles	32	88	114	3	0	36.36
David Sales	c & b Saxelby	10	38	53	1	0	26.31
Andrew Hall (c)	c Taylor b Saxelby	90	128	159	12	0	70.31
Niall O'Brien †	c Lewis b Miles	166	206	307	20	1	80.58
James Middlebrook	c Payne b Taylor	109	208	227	12	0	52.40
David Lucas	not out	34	49	60	2	1	69.38
Lee Daggett	b Saxelby	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 23, lb 19, nb 2, w 6)	50
Total	140.4 Ov (RR: 3.95)	557/9d
Did not bat: Jack Brooks
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Stephen Peters, 8.4 ov), 2-18 (Mal Loye, 9.3 ov), 3-98 (Rob White, 31.6 ov), 4-115 (Alex Wakely, 39.4 ov), 5-125 (David Sales, 44.5 ov), 6-307 (Andrew Hall, 81.5 ov), 7-494 (Niall O'Brien, 124.1 ov), 8-554 (James Middlebrook, 139.6 ov), 9-557 (Lee Daggett, 140.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jon Lewis	25	5	72	1	2.88	-	-	-	0	0
Ian Saxelby	29.4	1	117	3	3.94	-	-	-	0	0
David Payne	20	3	97	1	4.85	-	-	-	2	0
Craig Miles	19	1	80	2	4.21	-	-	-	0	0
Will Gidman	24	2	96	1	4.00	-	-	-	0	1
Kane Williamson	20	4	46	0	2.30	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Taylor	3	0	7	1	2.33	-	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ian Cockbain	b Lucas	12	20	19	2	0	60.00
Richard Coughtrie	c †O'Brien b Brooks	7	25	33	1	0	28.00
Kane Williamson	c Sales b Lucas	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Chris Taylor	c †O'Brien b Daggett	54	87	119	8	0	62.06
Alex Gidman (c)	c †O'Brien b Brooks	5	5	5	1	0	100.00
Jonathan Batty †	c Hall b Brooks	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Will Gidman	not out	116	207	265	16	0	56.03
Ian Saxelby	lbw b Brooks	8	23	25	1	0	34.78
Jon Lewis	c †O'Brien b Daggett	18	32	43	3	0	56.25
David Payne	c Peters b Hall	5	25	30	0	0	20.00
Craig Miles	c Sales b Lucas	19	66	62	2	0	28.78
Extras	(b 13, lb 11, nb 18, w 2)	44
Total	81.2 Ov (RR: 3.54)	288
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Ian Cockbain, 5.4 ov), 2-15 (Kane Williamson, 5.6 ov), 3-25 (Richard Coughtrie, 8.5 ov), 4-31 (Alex Gidman, 10.2 ov), 5-31 (Jonathan Batty, 10.5 ov), 6-146 (Chris Taylor, 37.5 ov), 7-167 (Ian Saxelby, 44.6 ov), 8-210 (Jon Lewis, 57.3 ov), 9-229 (David Payne, 64.6 ov), 10-288 (Craig Miles, 81.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jack Brooks	21	5	54	4	2.57	-	-	-	1	0
David Lucas	20.2	5	72	3	3.54	-	-	-	0	1
Andrew Hall	11	1	39	1	3.54	-	-	-	0	5
Lee Daggett	16	4	55	2	3.43	-	-	-	0	1
James Middlebrook	12	5	36	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Rob White	1	0	8	0	8.00	-	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ian Cockbain	lbw b Lucas	7	15	8	1	0	46.66
Richard Coughtrie	c Hall b Brooks	1	3	12	0	0	33.33
Kane Williamson	c Hall b Brooks	26	66	85	5	0	39.39
Chris Taylor	c †O'Brien b Daggett	15	43	48	2	0	34.88
Alex Gidman (c)	b Brooks	6	46	55	1	0	13.04
Jonathan Batty †	c Hall b Lucas	0	10	11	0	0	0.00
Will Gidman	not out	81	111	195	11	0	72.97
Ian Saxelby	b Middlebrook	24	89	99	3	0	26.96
Jon Lewis	b Hall	59	49	46	6	2	120.40
David Payne	c Hall b Daggett	1	18	13	0	0	5.55
Craig Miles	b Daggett	5	27	21	1	0	18.51
Extras	(b 5, lb 11, nb 18, w 4)	38
Total	78.2 Ov (RR: 3.35)	263
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Ian Cockbain, 2.3 ov), 2-10 (Richard Coughtrie, 3.2 ov), 3-53 (Chris Taylor, 16.3 ov), 4-66 (Kane Williamson, 24.2 ov), 5-67 (Jonathan Batty, 27.4 ov), 6-73 (Alex Gidman, 30.6 ov), 7-163 (Ian Saxelby, 57.2 ov), 8-243 (Jon Lewis), 9-249 (David Payne, 72.4 ov), 10-263 (Craig Miles, 78.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Lucas	18	4	77	2	4.27	-	-	-	1	2
Jack Brooks	17	9	43	3	2.52	-	-	-	1	2
Lee Daggett	18.2	6	42	3	2.29	-	-	-	0	0
Andrew Hall	14	4	39	1	2.78	-	-	-	1	3
James Middlebrook	11	2	46	1	4.18	-	-	-	1	0

Close of Play

Wed, 11 May - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 381/6 (Niall O'Brien 123*, James Middlebrook 24*, 96 ov)

Thu, 12 May - day 2 - Gloucs 1st innings 172/7 (Will Gidman 72*, Jon Lewis 0*, 49 ov)

Fri, 13 May - day 3 - Gloucs 2nd innings 248/8 (Will Gidman 76*, David Payne 1*, 71 ov)

Sat, 14 May - day 4 - Gloucs 2nd innings 263 (78.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Match Details

County Ground, Bristol
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2011
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	11,12,13,14 May 2011 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Craig Miles
Umpires	Richard Illingworth Steve O'Shaughnessy
Points	Northamptonshire 24, Gloucestershire 4

Match Coverage

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Gloucs Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DS Lucas	18	4	77	2	4.27 (2 nb)
JA Brooks	17	9	43	3	2.52 (2 nb)
LM Daggett	18.2	6	42	3	2.29
AJ Hall	14	4	39	1	2.78 (3 nb)
JD Middlebrook	11	2	46	1	4.18

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