Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Grant Flower	c Edwards b Trego	27	78	93	5	0	34.61
Mark Pettini	lbw b Willoughby	37	66	87	6	0	56.06
Ravi Bopara	b Willoughby	4	10	15	0	0	40.00
Andy Flower	lbw b Caddick	19	25	37	3	0	76.00
Ronnie Irani (c)	c Trego b Caddick	80	165	222	8	1	48.48
James Foster †	b Caddick	3	17	23	0	0	17.64
James Middlebrook	c Hildreth b Willoughby	1	5	6	0	0	20.00
Tim Phillips	b White	44	85	117	7	0	51.76
Alex Tudor	lbw b Caddick	0	10	7	0	0	0.00
Darren Gough	b Caddick	12	26	24	2	0	46.15
Mervyn Westfield	not out	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 14, w 1)	25
Total	81 Ov (RR: 3.11)	252
Fall of wickets 1-68 (Mark Pettini), 2-72 (Grant Flower), 3-78 (Ravi Bopara), 4-111 (Andy Flower), 5-123 (James Foster), 6-126 (James Middlebrook), 7-228 (Tim Phillips), 8-229 (Alex Tudor), 9-249 (Darren Gough), 10-252 (Ronnie Irani)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Andy Caddick	25	6	82	5	3.28	-	0	6
Charl Willoughby	22	10	46	3	2.09	-	0	0
Peter Trego	21	4	74	1	3.52	-	1	1
Mike Munday	7	1	24	0	3.42	-	0	0
Cameron White	6	2	16	1	2.66	-	0	0

Somerset 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matt Wood	c †Foster b Gough	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
Neil Edwards	c †Foster b Gough	44	149	196	4	0	29.53
Arul Suppiah	c Pettini b Gough	5	22	27	0	0	22.72
James Hildreth	c Westfield b Bopara	11	13	16	2	0	84.61
Cameron White (c)	b Tudor	26	35	40	4	0	74.28
Wes Durston	c Gough b Tudor	10	14	18	2	0	71.42
Peter Trego	c †Foster b Tudor	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Carl Gazzard †	c A Flower b Tudor	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
Andy Caddick	b Gough	21	22	28	4	0	95.45
Mike Munday	c Pettini b Tudor	4	6	7	1	0	66.66
Charl Willoughby	not out	1	9	27	0	0	11.11
Extras	(lb 1, nb 10)	11
Total	46.3 Ov (RR: 2.86)	133
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Matt Wood), 2-10 (Arul Suppiah), 3-31 (James Hildreth), 4-65 (Cameron White), 5-81 (Wes Durston), 6-85 (Peter Trego), 7-87 (Carl Gazzard), 8-112 (Andy Caddick), 9-119 (Mike Munday), 10-133 (Neil Edwards)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Darren Gough	19.3	4	41	4	2.10	-	1
Alex Tudor	19	4	67	5	3.52	-	4
Ravi Bopara	4	1	22	1	5.50	-	0
James Middlebrook	3	2	2	0	0.66	-	0
Tim Phillips	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Grant Flower	c Durston b Caddick	42	107	108	5	0	39.25
Mark Pettini	c Wood b Caddick	23	24	51	2	0	95.83
Ravi Bopara	c †Gazzard b Munday	33	51	93	3	0	64.70
Andy Flower	lbw b Willoughby	60	64	90	9	0	93.75
Ronnie Irani (c)	c Wood b Durston	61	112	143	7	0	54.46
Mervyn Westfield	c †Gazzard b Munday	32	76	84	3	0	42.10
James Foster †	not out	39	81	101	3	0	48.14
James Middlebrook	c Durston b Munday	24	37	29	3	1	64.86
Tim Phillips	c Durston b Caddick	29	38	37	6	0	76.31
Alex Tudor	not out	26	24	24	4	0	108.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 16, w 2)	30
Total	101 Ov (RR: 3.95)	399/8d
Did not bat Darren Gough
Fall of wickets 1-55 (Mark Pettini), 2-91 (Grant Flower), 3-152 (Ravi Bopara), 4-201 (Andy Flower), 5-277 (Mervyn Westfield), 6-277 (Ronnie Irani), 7-316 (James Middlebrook), 8-354 (Tim Phillips)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Andy Caddick	26	5	110	3	4.23	-	0	8
Charl Willoughby	20	4	68	1	3.40	-	1	0
Peter Trego	13	1	48	0	3.69	-	1	0
Mike Munday	21	1	83	3	3.95	-	0	0
Wes Durston	14	1	57	1	4.07	-	0	0
Cameron White	4	1	8	0	2.00	-	0	0
Arul Suppiah	3	0	13	0	4.33	-	0	0

Somerset 2nd Innings (T: 519 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Neil Edwards	c Phillips b Middlebrook	20	56	62	4	0	35.71
Matt Wood	b Westfield	50	79	109	4	0	63.29
Arul Suppiah	b Westfield	20	42	51	3	0	47.61
James Hildreth	c Pettini b Middlebrook	43	71	81	6	0	60.56
Cameron White (c)	lbw b Phillips	111	134	159	11	2	82.83
Carl Gazzard †	c Pettini b Tudor	16	30	39	3	0	53.33
Wes Durston	c †Foster b Westfield	31	38	67	5	1	81.57
Peter Trego	c †Foster b Westfield	1	8	4	0	0	12.50
Andy Caddick	c †Foster b Phillips	1	9	10	0	0	11.11
Mike Munday	c A Flower b Phillips	0	7	8	0	0	0.00
Charl Willoughby	not out	0	0	1	0	0	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 6, w 2)	14
Total	78.3 Ov (RR: 3.91)	307
Fall of wickets 1-57 (Neil Edwards), 2-96 (Matt Wood), 3-97 (Arul Suppiah), 4-198 (James Hildreth), 5-230 (Carl Gazzard), 6-289 (Cameron White), 7-290 (Peter Trego), 8-303 (Andy Caddick), 9-307 (Wes Durston), 10-307 (Mike Munday)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Darren Gough	9	2	32	0	3.55	-	0	0
Alex Tudor	12	1	47	1	3.91	-	0	2
Mervyn Westfield	18	1	72	4	4.00	-	2	1
James Middlebrook	22	2	97	2	4.40	-	0	0
Tim Phillips	17.3	4	53	3	3.02	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 02 Aug

day 1 - Somerset 1st innings 57/3 (Neil Edwards 18*, Cameron White 18*, 21 ov)

Thu, 03 Aug

day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 208/4 (Ronnie Irani 30*, Mervyn Westfield 4*, 50 ov)

Fri, 04 Aug

day 3 - Somerset 2nd innings 203/4 (Cameron White 61*, Carl Gazzard 0*, 55 ov)

Sat, 05 Aug

day 4 - Somerset 2nd innings 307 (78.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Somerset 2nd innings

CL White 100 in 140 mins off 111 balls, 10x4 and 2x6

Match Details

GroundGaron's Park, Southend-on-Sea

TossEssex, elected to bat first

Series

County Championship Division Two

Season2006

Hours of play (local time)11am start, Lunch 1.15pm-1.55, Tea (usually) 4.10-4.30, Close 6.30<br>Final day: Lunch 1.00pm-1.40, Tea 3.40-4.00, Close 6.00

Match days2,3,4,5 August 2006 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Barrie Leadbeater

Jeff Evans

PointsEssex 19, Somerset 3

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