Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Smith	c Masters b Craddock	46	83	109	8	0	55.42
Niall O'Brien †	b Mills	51	54	77	8	0	94.44
Ned Eckersley	b Napier	147	277	339	17	2	53.06
Joe Burns	b Mills	8	30	28	0	0	26.66
Shiv Thakor	c Shah b Craddock	36	78	107	4	0	46.15
Matthew Boyce (c)	c †Foster b Napier	54	122	155	8	0	44.26
Josh Cobb	c sub (RJW Topley) b Napier	4	23	28	0	0	17.39
Anthony Ireland	b Napier	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Ollie Freckingham	c †Foster b Smith	1	5	5	0	0	20.00
James Sykes	not out	0	9	12	0	0	0.00
Alex Wyatt	b Napier	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 8, w 2)	18
Total	114.3 Ov (RR: 3.18)	365
Fall of wickets: 1-91 (Niall O'Brien, 18.1 ov), 2-102 (Greg Smith, 26.3 ov), 3-115 (Joe Burns, 34.3 ov), 4-212 (Shiv Thakor, 62.3 ov), 5-359 (Matthew Boyce, 106.1 ov), 6-362 (Ned Eckersley, 110.1 ov), 7-362 (Anthony Ireland, 110.3 ov), 8-363 (Ollie Freckingham, 111.3 ov), 9-365 (Josh Cobb, 112.5 ov), 10-365 (Alex Wyatt, 114.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	25	5	68	0	2.72	120	10	0	0	0
Graham Napier	20.3	3	77	5	3.75	90	12	0	1	0
106.1 to MAG Boyce, . 359/5 110.1 to EJH Eckersley, . 362/6 110.3 to AJ Ireland, . 362/7 112.5 to JJ Cobb, . 365/9 114.3 to ACF Wyatt, . 365/10
Ryan ten Doeschate	5	0	20	0	4.00	19	2	0	0	0
Tymal Mills	20	3	58	2	2.90	95	7	0	1	0
18.1 to NJ O'Brien, . 91/1 34.3 to JA Burns, . 115/3
Tom Craddock	19	1	77	2	4.05	82	9	2	0	0
26.3 to GP Smith, . 102/2 62.3 to SJ Thakor, . 212/4
Greg Smith	25	8	49	1	1.96	126	5	0	0	0
111.3 to OH Freckingham, . 363/8

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Hamish Rutherford	c Wyatt b Ireland	24	52	69	3	0	46.15
Jaik Mickleburgh	b Freckingham	243	434	508	28	1	55.99
Greg Smith	c Burns b Sykes	8	16	19	1	0	50.00
Owais Shah	c †O'Brien b Wyatt	15	26	32	1	1	57.69
Ryan ten Doeschate	c Thakor b Freckingham	23	53	53	2	0	43.39
Ben Foakes	c Freckingham b Sykes	120	198	284	15	3	60.60
James Foster (c)†	lbw b Wyatt	1	8	16	0	0	12.50
Graham Napier	c sub (MA Thornely) b Sykes	41	53	71	4	1	77.35
David Masters	b Sykes	11	35	46	0	0	31.42
Tymal Mills	not out	7	9	20	0	0	77.77
Tom Craddock	c Cobb b Freckingham	20	17	17	3	1	117.64
Extras	(b 1, lb 7)	8
Total	150.1 Ov (RR: 3.46)	521
Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Hamish Rutherford, 18.3 ov), 2-75 (Greg Smith, 23.4 ov), 3-98 (Owais Shah, 32.4 ov), 4-151 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 49.4 ov), 5-421 (Ben Foakes, 123.6 ov), 6-427 (James Foster, 126.5 ov), 7-460 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 134.1 ov), 8-492 (Graham Napier, 145.1 ov), 9-494 (David Masters, 145.5 ov), 10-521 (Tom Craddock, 150.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Alex Wyatt	29	6	108	2	3.72	124	15	0	0	0
32.4 to OA Shah, . 98/3 126.5 to JS Foster, . 427/6
Ollie Freckingham	27.1	11	60	3	2.20	128	6	0	0	0
49.4 to RN ten Doeschate, . 151/4 134.1 to JC Mickleburgh, . 460/7 150.1 to TR Craddock, . 521/10
Anthony Ireland	31	4	109	1	3.51	133	11	2	0	0
18.3 to HD Rutherford, . 62/1
James Sykes	43	6	176	4	4.09	176	17	5	0	0
23.4 to GM Smith, . 75/2 123.6 to BT Foakes, . 421/5 145.1 to GR Napier, . 492/8 145.5 to DD Masters, . 494/9
Josh Cobb	9	1	24	0	2.66	40	3	0	0	0
Shiv Thakor	11	1	36	0	3.27	48	5	0	0	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Smith	c †Foster b Mills	0	10	7	0	0	0.00
Niall O'Brien †	c †Foster b Smith	18	36	51	3	0	50.00
Ned Eckersley	lbw b Smith	13	20	32	2	0	65.00
Joe Burns	c Foakes b Mills	21	45	55	3	0	46.66
Shiv Thakor	c Rutherford b Smith	3	36	38	0	0	8.33
Josh Cobb	lbw b Craddock	1	13	23	0	0	7.69
Matthew Boyce (c)	c †Foster b Napier	19	46	58	1	0	41.30
Anthony Ireland	b Smith	13	13	16	2	0	100.00
Ollie Freckingham	c Masters b Napier	24	24	27	5	0	100.00
James Sykes	not out	1	7	15	0	0	14.28
Alex Wyatt	st †Foster b Smith	10	12	10	1	0	83.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 2)	8
Total	43.3 Ov (RR: 3.01)	131
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Greg Smith, 1.5 ov), 2-31 (Ned Eckersley, 9.1 ov), 3-32 (Niall O'Brien, 11.6 ov), 4-62 (Shiv Thakor, 23.4 ov), 5-62 (Joe Burns, 24.4 ov), 6-73 (Josh Cobb, 28.6 ov), 7-92 (Anthony Ireland, 33.3 ov), 8-120 (Matthew Boyce, 40.1 ov), 9-121 (Ollie Freckingham, 40.3 ov), 10-131 (Alex Wyatt, 43.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	5	2	17	0	3.40	24	3	0	0	0
Tymal Mills	9	2	24	2	2.66	43	3	0	0	1
1.5 to GP Smith, . 1/1 24.4 to JA Burns, . 62/5
Greg Smith	17.3	4	42	5	2.40	84	5	0	0	0
9.1 to EJH Eckersley, . 31/2 11.6 to NJ O'Brien, . 32/3 23.4 to SJ Thakor, . 62/4 33.3 to AJ Ireland, . 92/7 43.3 to ACF Wyatt, . 131/10
Tom Craddock	9	2	29	1	3.22	40	4	0	0	0
28.6 to JJ Cobb, . 73/6
Graham Napier	3	0	13	2	4.33	13	2	0	0	0
40.1 to MAG Boyce, . 120/8 40.3 to OH Freckingham, . 121/9

Close of Play

Wed, 17 Jul - day 1 - Leics 1st innings 328/4 (Ned Eckersley 133*, Matthew Boyce 37*, 96 ov)

Thu, 18 Jul - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 216/4 (Jaik Mickleburgh 121*, Ben Foakes 25*, 75 ov)

Fri, 19 Jul - day 3 - Leics 2nd innings 47/3 (Joe Burns 13*, Shiv Thakor 2*, 18 ov)

Sat, 20 Jul - day 4 - Leics 2nd innings 131 (43.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Leicestershire, 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	17,18,19,20 July 2013 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	James Sykes
Umpires	Chettithody Shamshuddin David Millns
Points	Essex 21, Leicestershire 5

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Leics Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DD Masters	5	2	17	0	3.4
TS Mills	9	2	24	2	2.66 (1 nb)
GM Smith	17.3	4	42	5	2.4
TR Craddock	9	2	29	1	3.22
GR Napier	3	0	13	2	4.33

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