Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jaik Mickleburgh	c †Roderick b McCarter	26	53	58	4	0	49.05
Gautam Gambhir	b WRS Gidman	0	8	19	0	0	0.00
Greg Smith	b Miles	177	303	412	21	1	58.41
Owais Shah	lbw b Miles	34	72	104	7	0	47.22
Ryan ten Doeschate	c †Roderick b Howell	24	33	44	4	0	72.72
Ben Foakes	c Dent b WRS Gidman	32	84	108	4	0	38.09
James Foster (c)†	c Klinger b Payne	26	38	45	5	0	68.42
Graham Napier	c Dent b Payne	10	13	15	2	0	76.92
Monty Panesar	c Smith b Payne	22	29	32	4	0	75.86
Tymal Mills	c Klinger b Smith	17	18	20	3	0	94.44
Reece Topley	not out	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 7, nb 6, w 11)	32
Total	108.2 Ov (RR: 3.69)	400
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Gautam Gambhir, 4.4 ov), 2-46 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 14.3 ov), 3-126 (Owais Shah, 41.1 ov), 4-171 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 50.5 ov), 5-265 (Ben Foakes, 80.4 ov), 6-316 (James Foster, 91.4 ov), 7-333 (Graham Napier, 95.2 ov), 8-375 (Monty Panesar, 103.4 ov), 9-400 (Tymal Mills, 107.4 ov), 10-400 (Greg Smith, 108.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Will Gidman	26	4	92	2	3.53	115	13	0	0	0
4.4 to G Gambhir, . 9/1 80.4 to BT Foakes, . 265/5
Craig Miles	19.2	2	92	2	4.75	79	14	0	1	0
41.1 to OA Shah, . 126/3 108.2 to GM Smith, . 400/10
David Payne	23	5	75	3	3.26	106	12	0	1	0
91.4 to JS Foster, . 316/6 95.2 to GR Napier, . 333/7 103.4 to MS Panesar, . 375/8
Graeme McCarter	13	0	74	1	5.69	51	11	0	0	3
14.3 to JC Mickleburgh, . 46/2
Benny Howell	17	4	33	1	1.94	85	3	0	1	0
50.5 to RN ten Doeschate, . 171/4
Tom Smith	10	2	19	1	1.90	50	1	1	0	0
107.4 to TS Mills, . 400/9

Gloucestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Klinger (c)	c †Foster b Topley	13	13	15	1	0	100.00
Chris Dent	c †Foster b Napier	8	8	10	2	0	100.00
Gareth Roderick †	c Shah b Napier	10	25	33	1	0	40.00
Alex Gidman	b ten Doeschate	63	93	125	11	0	67.74
Hamish Marshall	c †Foster b Topley	54	90	125	8	0	60.00
Benny Howell	run out (Topley)	8	14	18	0	0	57.14
Will Gidman	c †Foster b Topley	8	17	29	2	0	47.05
Tom Smith	c Shah b Napier	7	10	12	1	0	70.00
David Payne	b Napier	0	5	10	0	0	0.00
Graeme McCarter	run out (Topley)	20	74	91	2	0	27.02
Craig Miles	not out	50	63	86	10	0	79.36
Extras	(lb 5, nb 8)	13
Total	68.2 Ov (RR: 3.71)	254
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Chris Dent, 2.5 ov), 2-21 (Michael Klinger, 3.4 ov), 3-41 (Gareth Roderick, 10.5 ov), 4-142 (Alex Gidman, 34.2 ov), 5-151 (Benny Howell, 38.6 ov), 6-161 (Hamish Marshall, 41.1 ov), 7-172 (Tom Smith, 44.2 ov), 8-176 (Will Gidman, 45.4 ov), 9-176 (David Payne, 46.1 ov), 10-254 (Graeme McCarter, 68.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Graham Napier	23.2	5	77	4	3.30	107	12	0	0	0
2.5 to CDJ Dent, . 19/1 10.5 to GH Roderick, . 41/3 44.2 to TMJ Smith, . 172/7 46.1 to DA Payne, . 176/9
Reece Topley	20	3	76	3	3.80	92	12	0	0	0
3.4 to M Klinger, . 21/2 41.1 to HJH Marshall, . 161/6 45.4 to WRS Gidman, . 176/8
Tymal Mills	8	3	37	0	4.62	35	5	0	0	2
Ryan ten Doeschate	13	2	51	1	3.92	54	8	0	0	0
34.2 to APR Gidman, . 142/4
Monty Panesar	4	1	8	0	2.00	19	1	0	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jaik Mickleburgh	c Marshall b Smith	86	160	205	7	1	53.75
Gautam Gambhir	c Marshall b Miles	106	149	198	12	1	71.14
Greg Smith	c APR Gidman b Smith	40	25	23	2	2	160.00
Owais Shah	lbw b Miles	8	12	26	0	0	66.66
Ryan ten Doeschate	not out	23	23	20	1	1	100.00
James Foster (c)†	not out	1	3	9	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 3, lb 6, nb 12)	21
Total	61 Ov (RR: 4.67)	285/4d
Did not bat: Ben Foakes, Graham Napier, Monty Panesar, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley
Fall of wickets: 1-201 (Gautam Gambhir, 50.2 ov), 2-215 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 51.6 ov), 3-250 (Greg Smith, 55.6 ov), 4-266 (Owais Shah, 58.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Will Gidman	13	3	38	0	2.92	56	4	0	0	1
David Payne	11	2	31	0	2.81	48	4	0	0	0
Craig Miles	11	0	86	2	7.81	31	6	3	0	4
50.2 to G Gambhir, . 201/1 58.4 to OA Shah, . 266/4
Graeme McCarter	6	0	13	0	2.16	28	0	0	0	1
Tom Smith	10	0	61	2	6.10	24	6	0	0	0
51.6 to JC Mickleburgh, . 215/2 55.6 to GM Smith, . 250/3
Benny Howell	10	2	47	0	4.70	38	2	2	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings (T: 432 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Dent	lbw b Topley	27	48	64	2	1	56.25
Michael Klinger (c)	b Panesar	62	181	220	4	1	34.25
Gareth Roderick †	c †Foster b Napier	136	199	265	19	0	68.34
Alex Gidman	b Panesar	9	14	19	2	0	64.28
Hamish Marshall	c Gambhir b Topley	42	57	74	5	0	73.68
Benny Howell	lbw b Topley	0	12	14	0	0	0.00
Will Gidman	not out	16	65	70	3	0	24.61
Tom Smith	not out	33	55	65	7	0	60.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 8, nb 8, w 6)	30
Total	104.3 Ov (RR: 3.39)	355/6
Did not bat: Graeme McCarter, David Payne, Craig Miles
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Chris Dent, 15.6 ov), 2-180 (Michael Klinger, 57.3 ov), 3-196 (Alex Gidman, 61.2 ov), 4-304 (Hamish Marshall, 81.6 ov), 5-306 (Gareth Roderick, 84.2 ov), 6-306 (Benny Howell, 85.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Graham Napier	22	6	56	1	2.54	105	8	0	0	0
84.2 to GH Roderick, . 306/5
Reece Topley	25	6	70	3	2.80	120	8	1	0	0
15.6 to CDJ Dent, . 43/1 81.6 to HJH Marshall, . 304/4 85.1 to BAC Howell, . 306/6
Monty Panesar	25	6	56	2	2.24	123	5	0	2	0
57.3 to M Klinger, . 180/2 61.2 to APR Gidman, . 196/3
Greg Smith	9.3	2	57	0	6.00	40	10	1	0	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	12	0	50	0	4.16	41	5	0	0	0
Tymal Mills	11	3	50	0	4.54	47	6	0	0	4

Close of Play

Wed, 28 Aug - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 333/7 (Greg Smith 149*, 95.2 ov)

Thu, 29 Aug - day 2 - Gloucester 1st innings 211/9 (Graeme McCarter 6*, Craig Miles 29*, 56 ov)

Fri, 30 Aug - day 3 - Gloucester 2nd innings 19/0 (Chris Dent 16*, Michael Klinger 2*, 7 ov)

Sat, 31 Aug - day 4 - Gloucester 2nd innings 355/6 (104.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 3

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Bristol
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to field 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	28,29,30,31 August 2013 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Nigel Cowley Peter Hartley
Points	Essex 11, Gloucestershire 8

Match Coverage

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Gambhir ton leaves Gloucs up against it

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Gloucester Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GR Napier	22	6	56	1	2.54
RJW Topley	25	6	70	3	2.8
MS Panesar	25	6	56	2	2.24
GM Smith	9.3	2	57	0	6
RN ten Doeschate	12	0	50	0	4.16
TS Mills	11	3	50	0	4.54 (4 nb)

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