Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lou Vincent	c Flower b Tudor	114	120	143	18	1	95.00
Stephen Moore	lbw b Bichel	16	30	46	2	0	53.33
Vikram Solanki (c)	c Chopra b Phillips	122	202	250	15	1	60.39
Ben Smith	c †Foster b Bichel	19	24	41	3	0	79.16
Graeme Hick	c †Foster b Middlebrook	104	113	135	18	0	92.03
Steven Davies †	c Middlebrook b Bichel	46	67	72	6	0	68.65
Gareth Batty	not out	16	41	56	1	0	39.02
Roger Sillence	not out	1	5	7	0	0	20.00
Extras	(lb 12, nb 22, w 1)	35
Total	98.3 Ov (RR: 4.80)	473/6d
Did not bat Kabir Ali, Zaheer Khan, Nadeem Malik
Fall of wickets 1-61 (Stephen Moore), 2-187 (Lou Vincent), 3-234 (Ben Smith), 4-386 (Vikram Solanki), 5-410 (Graeme Hick), 6-469 (Steven Davies)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	21.3	0	111	3	5.16	-	0	0
Alex Tudor	15	1	72	1	4.80	-	0	9
Mervyn Westfield	6	1	28	0	4.66	-	0	1
Ravi Bopara	12	2	63	0	5.25	-	1	1
Tim Phillips	28	2	110	1	3.92	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	16	2	77	1	4.81	-	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	c Smith b Malik	70	157	197	10	0	44.58
Mark Pettini	c †Davies b Khan	6	28	52	1	0	21.42
Ravi Bopara	c Hick b Malik	12	13	19	2	0	92.30
Andy Flower	b Ali	5	49	64	0	0	10.20
Ronnie Irani (c)	c †Davies b Solanki	66	150	202	7	1	44.00
James Foster †	st †Davies b Batty	80	126	138	11	0	63.49
James Middlebrook	b Khan	13	28	31	2	0	46.42
Tim Phillips	c †Davies b Ali	20	52	87	3	0	38.46
Andy Bichel	c Ali b Khan	9	10	31	1	0	90.00
Alex Tudor	b Batty	12	36	54	1	0	33.33
Mervyn Westfield	not out	9	19	25	1	0	47.36
Extras	(b 12, lb 10, nb 4, w 2)	28
Total	111 Ov (RR: 2.97)	330
Fall of wickets 1-39 (Mark Pettini), 2-56 (Ravi Bopara), 3-88 (Andy Flower), 4-129 (Varun Chopra), 5-266 (James Foster), 6-268 (Ronnie Irani), 7-286 (James Middlebrook), 8-304 (Andy Bichel), 9-314 (Tim Phillips), 10-330 (Alex Tudor)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	26	4	95	3	3.65	-	1	0
Kabir Ali	24	7	49	2	2.04	-	0	1
Roger Sillence	16	1	45	0	2.81	-	0	1
Nadeem Malik	19	6	41	2	2.15	-	1	0
Gareth Batty	17	3	58	2	3.41	-	0	0
Lou Vincent	2	0	5	0	2.50	-	0	0
Vikram Solanki	7	0	15	1	2.14	-	0	0

Worcestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Lou Vincent	b Bichel	32	33	41	6	0	96.96
Stephen Moore	c †Foster b Tudor	3	13	22	0	0	23.07
Vikram Solanki (c)	c †Foster b Middlebrook	30	48	67	2	0	62.50
Ben Smith	lbw b Westfield	42	87	91	4	0	48.27
Graeme Hick	not out	105	133	191	9	1	78.94
Steven Davies †	st †Foster b Phillips	33	76	66	4	0	43.42
Gareth Batty	not out	46	66	80	6	0	69.69
Extras	(b 8, lb 17, nb 12, w 3)	40
Total	75 Ov (RR: 4.41)	331/5d
Did not bat Roger Sillence, Kabir Ali, Zaheer Khan, Nadeem Malik
Fall of wickets 1-27 (Stephen Moore), 2-59 (Lou Vincent), 3-94 (Vikram Solanki), 4-132 (Ben Smith), 5-219 (Steven Davies)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	19	4	77	1	4.05	-	0	0
Alex Tudor	9	0	47	1	5.22	-	1	4
Tim Phillips	13	0	49	1	3.76	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	24	8	71	1	2.95	-	1	0
Mervyn Westfield	3	0	18	1	6.00	-	0	2
Ravi Bopara	7	0	44	0	6.28	-	1	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 475 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	lbw b Malik	5	29	33	0	0	17.24
Mark Pettini	c Hick b Khan	26	75	129	3	0	34.66
Andy Bichel	c Smith b Ali	6	11	15	1	0	54.54
Ravi Bopara	not out	28	86	165	1	0	32.55
Andy Flower	lbw b Batty	29	32	44	4	0	90.62
Ronnie Irani (c)	not out	8	37	38	0	0	21.62
Extras	(b 8, lb 4, nb 2)	14
Total	44.5 Ov (RR: 2.58)	116/4
Did not bat James Foster †, James Middlebrook, Tim Phillips, Alex Tudor, Mervyn Westfield
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Varun Chopra), 2-29 (Andy Bichel), 3-55 (Mark Pettini), 4-98 (Andy Flower)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Zaheer Khan	13.5	3	35	1	2.53	-	0
Kabir Ali	12	1	36	1	3.00	-	1
Nadeem Malik	3	1	10	1	3.33	-	0
Gareth Batty	10	6	10	1	1.00	-	0
Vikram Solanki	6	1	13	0	2.16	-	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 30 Aug

day 1 - Worcs 1st innings 473/6 (Gareth Batty 16*, Roger Sillence 1*, 98.3 ov)

Thu, 31 Aug

day 2 - Essex 1st innings 296/7 (Tim Phillips 8*, Andy Bichel 9*, 97 ov)

Fri, 01 Sep

day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 19/1 (Mark Pettini 10*, Andy Bichel 0*, 11 ov)

Sat, 02 Sep

day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 116/4 (44.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 3

Worcestershire 2nd innings

GA Hick 100 in 189 mins off 130 balls, 9x4 and 1x6

Match Details

GroundCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester

TossWorcestershire, 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 days30,31 August, 1,2 September 2006 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Barry Dudleston

John Holder

PointsWorcestershire 12, Essex 9

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