Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daryl Mitchell (c)	c Newby b Napier	97	128	154	17	0	75.78
Matthew Pardoe	lbw b Smith	45	75	101	8	0	60.00
Tom Kohler-Cadmore	lbw b Ryder	9	19	26	1	0	47.36
Tom Fell	b Napier	0	15	18	0	0	0.00
Alexei Kervezee	c †Foster b Newby	25	32	47	5	0	78.12
Ross Whiteley	c Mickleburgh b Newby	27	17	30	4	1	158.82
Ben Cox †	c †Foster b Salisbury	38	50	54	6	0	76.00
Joe Leach	b Panesar	17	28	51	2	0	60.71
Jack Shantry	not out	18	35	47	3	0	51.42
Saeed Ajmal	b Panesar	4	4	3	1	0	100.00
Charlie Morris	b Ryder	7	46	39	1	0	15.21
Extras	(b 1, lb 3)	4
Total	74.5 Ov (RR: 3.88)	291
Fall of wickets: 1-117 (Matthew Pardoe, 26.6 ov), 2-136 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 33.6 ov), 3-143 (Tom Fell, 38.4 ov), 4-156 (Daryl Mitchell, 40.1 ov), 5-205 (Ross Whiteley, 47.1 ov), 6-210 (Alexei Kervezee, 49.1 ov), 7-262 (Ben Cox, 60.2 ov), 8-262 (Joe Leach, 61.2 ov), 9-266 (Saeed Ajmal, 61.6 ov), 10-291 (Charlie Morris, 74.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Oliver Newby	10	1	52	2	5.20	41	9	0	0	0
47.1 to RA Whiteley, . 205/5 49.1 to AN Kervezee, . 210/6
Matt Salisbury	15	4	67	1	4.46	63	12	0	0	0
60.2 to OB Cox, . 262/7
Graham Napier	16	3	61	2	3.81	69	9	1	0	0
38.4 to TC Fell, . 143/3 40.1 to DKH Mitchell, . 156/4
Monty Panesar	16	4	57	2	3.56	75	11	0	0	0
61.2 to J Leach, . 262/8 61.6 to Saeed Ajmal, . 266/9
Greg Smith	12	2	25	1	2.08	57	2	0	0	0
26.6 to MG Pardoe, . 117/1
Jesse Ryder	5.5	1	25	2	4.28	26	5	0	0	0
33.6 to T Kohler-Cadmore, . 136/2 74.5 to CAJ Morris, . 291/10

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Westley	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	24	49	55	4	0	48.97
Jaik Mickleburgh	lbw b Leach	39	125	146	4	0	31.20
Matt Salisbury	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	1	8	8	0	0	12.50
Greg Smith	st †Cox b Leach	31	71	91	5	0	43.66
Jesse Ryder	c Fell b Saeed Ajmal	45	81	97	7	0	55.55
Mark Pettini	c †Cox b Saeed Ajmal	11	24	28	1	0	45.83
Ben Foakes	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	1	16	18	0	0	6.25
James Foster (c)†	lbw b Shantry	1	17	21	0	0	5.88
Graham Napier	b Saeed Ajmal	37	48	52	5	2	77.08
Oliver Newby	c Saeed Ajmal b Morris	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Monty Panesar	not out	1	10	28	0	0	10.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, w 2)	12
Total	75.2 Ov (RR: 2.69)	203
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Tom Westley, 15.2 ov), 2-43 (Matt Salisbury, 17.5 ov), 3-87 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 40.6 ov), 4-96 (Greg Smith, 42.6 ov), 5-115 (Mark Pettini, 51.1 ov), 6-127 (Ben Foakes, 55.5 ov), 7-146 (James Foster, 62.3 ov), 8-164 (Jesse Ryder, 67.5 ov), 9-165 (Oliver Newby, 68.5 ov), 10-203 (Graham Napier, 75.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jack Shantry	16	2	50	1	3.12	71	8	0	0	0
62.3 to JS Foster, . 146/7
Charlie Morris	18	8	33	1	1.83	93	2	2	2	0
68.5 to OJ Newby, . 165/9
Joe Leach	15	4	35	2	2.33	73	6	0	0	0
40.6 to JC Mickleburgh, . 87/3 42.6 to GM Smith, . 96/4
Saeed Ajmal	26.2	5	75	6	2.84	123	10	0	0	0
15.2 to T Westley, . 39/1 17.5 to MET Salisbury, . 43/2 51.1 to ML Pettini, . 115/5 55.5 to BT Foakes, . 127/6 67.5 to JD Ryder, . 164/8 75.2 to GR Napier, . 203/10

Worcestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daryl Mitchell (c)	lbw b Panesar	38	46	74	4	0	82.60
Matthew Pardoe	lbw b Salisbury	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Tom Kohler-Cadmore	lbw b Panesar	3	20	23	0	0	15.00
Tom Fell	st †Foster b Salisbury	14	29	25	3	0	48.27
Alexei Kervezee	c †Foster b Salisbury	0	4	9	0	0	0.00
Ross Whiteley	c †Foster b Ryder	10	25	49	0	0	40.00
Ben Cox †	b Panesar	7	17	18	1	0	41.17
Joe Leach	lbw b Panesar	25	78	84	4	0	32.05
Jack Shantry	b Panesar	11	40	35	1	0	27.50
Saeed Ajmal	b Salisbury	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Charlie Morris	not out	2	14	22	0	0	14.28
Extras	(b 2, lb 8)	10
Total	46.4 Ov (RR: 2.57)	120
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Matthew Pardoe, 1.2 ov), 2-21 (Tom Kohler-Cadmore, 6.2 ov), 3-46 (Tom Fell, 13.3 ov), 4-52 (Alexei Kervezee, 15.4 ov), 5-58 (Daryl Mitchell, 18.2 ov), 6-72 (Ben Cox, 22.2 ov), 7-82 (Ross Whiteley, 27.4 ov), 8-105 (Jack Shantry, 38.2 ov), 9-108 (Saeed Ajmal, 39.5 ov), 10-120 (Joe Leach, 46.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Oliver Newby	4.1	3	5	0	1.20	21	0	0	0	0
Matt Salisbury	16	1	50	4	3.12	74	5	0	0	0
1.2 to MG Pardoe, . 0/1 13.3 to TC Fell, . 46/3 15.4 to AN Kervezee, . 52/4 39.5 to Saeed Ajmal, . 108/9
Monty Panesar	18.4	9	23	5	1.23	100	3	0	0	0
6.2 to T Kohler-Cadmore, . 21/2 18.2 to DKH Mitchell, . 58/5 22.2 to OB Cox, . 72/6 38.2 to JD Shantry, . 105/8 46.4 to J Leach, . 120/10
Jesse Ryder	6.5	0	31	1	4.53	25	5	0	0	0
27.4 to RA Whiteley, . 82/7
Greg Smith	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 209 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Pettini	c Pardoe b Shantry	17	16	27	1	0	106.25
Tom Westley	lbw b Shantry	18	34	33	2	0	52.94
Jaik Mickleburgh	st †Cox b Shantry	10	34	46	1	0	29.41
Jesse Ryder	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	20	46	56	3	0	43.47
Greg Smith	b Saeed Ajmal	5	7	5	1	0	71.42
Ben Foakes	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	34	54	74	6	0	62.96
James Foster (c)†	b Saeed Ajmal	3	9	9	0	0	33.33
Graham Napier	c Whiteley b Saeed Ajmal	0	4	7	0	0	0.00
Matt Salisbury	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	19	33	35	3	0	57.57
Oliver Newby	not out	0	7	11	0	0	0.00
Monty Panesar	c & b Saeed Ajmal	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 5)	10
Total	40.5 Ov (RR: 3.33)	136
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Mark Pettini, 6.6 ov), 2-35 (Tom Westley, 8.4 ov), 3-59 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 19.4 ov), 4-68 (Greg Smith, 20.5 ov), 5-75 (Jesse Ryder, 24.4 ov), 6-79 (James Foster, 26.6 ov), 7-85 (Graham Napier, 28.6 ov), 8-135 (Matt Salisbury, 38.4 ov), 9-136 (Ben Foakes, 40.4 ov), 10-136 (Monty Panesar, 40.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jack Shantry	14	1	55	3	3.92	59	9	0	0	0
6.6 to ML Pettini, . 24/1 8.4 to T Westley, . 35/2 19.4 to JC Mickleburgh, . 59/3
Charlie Morris	7	1	24	0	3.42	28	1	0	0	0
Joe Leach	6	0	28	0	4.66	24	5	0	0	0
Saeed Ajmal	13.5	6	19	7	1.37	73	2	0	0	0
20.5 to GM Smith, . 68/4 24.4 to JD Ryder, . 75/5 26.6 to JS Foster, . 79/6 28.6 to GR Napier, . 85/7 38.4 to MET Salisbury, . 135/8 40.4 to BT Foakes, . 136/9 40.5 to MS Panesar, . 136/10

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Sun, 18 May - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 52/2 (Jaik Mickleburgh 21*, Greg Smith 5*, 21 ov)

Mon, 19 May - day 2 - Worcs 2nd innings 105/8 (Joe Leach 14*, 38.2 ov)

Tue, 20 May - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 136 (40.5 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Toss	Worcestershire, elected to bat first
Series	LV= County Championship Division Two
Season	2014
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	18,19,20 May 2014 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Ben Debenham Neil Mallender
Points	Worcestershire 21, Essex 4

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Essex Innings

Player Name		R	B
ML Pettini	caught	17	16
T Westley	lbw	18	34
JC Mickleburgh	stumped	10	34
JD Ryder	lbw	20	46
GM Smith	bowled	5	7
BT Foakes	lbw	34	54
JS Foster	bowled	3	9
GR Napier	caught	0	4
MET Salisbury	lbw	19	33
OJ Newby	not out	0	7
MS Panesar	caught	0	1
Extras	(b 5, lb 5)
Total	136(10 wkts; 40.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JD Shantry	14	1	55	3	3.92
CAJ Morris	7	1	24	0	3.42
J Leach	6	0	28	0	4.66
Saeed Ajmal	13.5	6	19	7	1.37

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	24	Mark Pettini	Tom Westley
2nd	11	Tom Westley	Jaik Mickleburgh
3rd	24	Jesse Ryder	Jaik Mickleburgh
4th	9	Jesse Ryder	Greg Smith
5th	7	Jesse Ryder	Ben Foakes
6th	4	James Foster	Ben Foakes
7th	6	Graham Napier	Ben Foakes
8th	50	Ben Foakes	Matt Salisbury
9th	1	Oliver Newby	Ben Foakes
10th	0	Monty Panesar	Oliver Newby

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LV= County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
HAM	16	7	1	8	240
WOR	16	8	3	5	237
ESS	16	7	2	7	229
DER	16	6	5	5	188
SUR	16	4	5	7	183
KEN	16	4	6	6	171
GLO	16	4	5	7	163
GLA	16	3	6	7	153
LEI	16	0	10	6	108
DUR	-	-	-	-	-
LAN	-	-	-	-	-
MID	-	-	-	-	-
NOT	-	-	-	-	-
SOM	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WAR	-	-	-	-	-
YOR	-	-	-	-	-

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
HAM	16	7	1	8	240
WOR	16	8	3	5	237
ESS	16	7	2	7	229
DER	16	6	5	5	188
SUR	16	4	5	7	183
KEN	16	4	6	6	171
GLO	16	4	5	7	163
GLA	16	3	6	7	153
LEI	16	0	10	6	108
DUR	-	-	-	-	-
LAN	-	-	-	-	-
MID	-	-	-	-	-
NOT	-	-	-	-	-
SOM	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WAR	-	-	-	-	-
YOR	-	-	-	-	-

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
HAM	16	7	1	8	240
WOR	16	8	3	5	237
ESS	16	7	2	7	229
DER	16	6	5	5	188
SUR	16	4	5	7	183
KEN	16	4	6	6	171
GLO	16	4	5	7	163
GLA	16	3	6	7	153
LEI	16	0	10	6	108
DUR	-	-	-	-	-
LAN	-	-	-	-	-
MID	-	-	-	-	-
NOT	-	-	-	-	-
SOM	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WAR	-	-	-	-	-
YOR	-	-	-	-	-

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
HAM	16	7	1	8	240
WOR	16	8	3	5	237
ESS	16	7	2	7	229
DER	16	6	5	5	188
SUR	16	4	5	7	183
KEN	16	4	6	6	171
GLO	16	4	5	7	163
GLA	16	3	6	7	153
LEI	16	0	10	6	108
DUR	-	-	-	-	-
LAN	-	-	-	-	-
MID	-	-	-	-	-
NOT	-	-	-	-	-
SOM	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WAR	-	-	-	-	-
YOR	-	-	-	-	-