Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Spearman	c Sadler b Masters	38	47	57	6	0	80.85
Kadeer Ali	lbw b Allenby	92	182	269	12	0	50.54
Grant Hodnett	run out	67	134	164	11	0	50.00
Marcus North	c Rosenberg b Broad	86	102	128	11	3	84.31
Alex Gidman (c)	c New b Allenby	17	24	20	4	0	70.83
Chris Taylor	b Broad	8	33	47	1	0	24.24
Steve Adshead †	b Allenby	81	158	189	10	0	51.26
Mark Hardinges	c Allenby b Broad	36	89	134	4	0	40.44
Ashley Noffke	c Sadler b Allenby	2	6	9	0	0	33.33
Steve Kirby	b Allenby	22	61	66	2	0	36.06
Anthony Ireland	not out	4	28	32	1	0	14.28
Extras	(b 10, lb 31, nb 8, w 5)	54
Total	143.2 Ov (RR: 3.53)	507
Fall of wickets 1-59 (Craig Spearman), 2-197 (Grant Hodnett), 3-249 (Kadeer Ali), 4-273 (Alex Gidman), 5-330 (Chris Taylor), 6-337 (Marcus North), 7-446 (Mark Hardinges), 8-457 (Ashley Noffke), 9-482 (Steve Adshead), 10-507 (Steve Kirby)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Stuart Broad	33	6	111	3	3.36	-	0	1
Charl Langeveldt	35	8	97	0	2.77	-	1	1
David Masters	17	3	62	1	3.64	-	0	0
Jim Allenby	34.2	6	125	5	3.64	-	0	2
Claude Henderson	23	4	69	0	3.00	-	0	0
Darren Robinson	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	0	0

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom New	c Ali b North	98	249	315	12	0	39.35
Darren Robinson (c)	lbw b Noffke	14	24	33	3	0	58.33
HD Ackerman	c †Adshead b North	59	80	112	10	0	73.75
John Sadler	c Noffke b Gidman	45	128	148	3	0	35.15
Paul Nixon †	lbw b Kirby	30	89	118	3	0	33.70
Jim Allenby	c Spearman b Kirby	0	9	13	0	0	0.00
Marc Rosenberg	not out	64	131	173	9	0	48.85
Stuart Broad	c Hodnett b Noffke	22	40	58	2	0	55.00
David Masters	c Gidman b North	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Charl Langeveldt	c Taylor b Kirby	9	14	19	1	0	64.28
Claude Henderson	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 19, lb 6, nb 6, w 4)	35
Total	127.3 Ov (RR: 2.94)	376
Fall of wickets 1-32 (Darren Robinson), 2-131 (HD Ackerman), 3-232 (John Sadler), 4-240 (Tom New), 5-245 (Jim Allenby), 6-316 (Paul Nixon), 7-357 (Stuart Broad), 8-358 (David Masters), 9-376 (Charl Langeveldt)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Ashley Noffke	32	10	94	2	2.93	-	3	0
Steve Kirby	28.3	9	75	3	2.63	-	1	2
Anthony Ireland	19	1	71	0	3.73	-	0	0
Mark Hardinges	16	5	54	0	3.37	-	0	1
Marcus North	26	2	53	3	2.03	-	0	0
Alex Gidman	6	2	4	1	0.66	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kadeer Ali	c New b Allenby	43	85	121	5	0	50.58
Craig Spearman	c Rosenberg b Broad	26	24	43	4	0	108.33
Grant Hodnett	run out	55	121	153	3	2	45.45
Marcus North	c Allenby b Robinson	106	77	72	14	1	137.66
Alex Gidman (c)	not out	0	4	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 3, nb 6, w 4)	19
Total	51.2 Ov (RR: 4.85)	249/4d
Did not bat Chris Taylor, Steve Adshead †, Mark Hardinges, Ashley Noffke, Steve Kirby, Anthony Ireland
Fall of wickets 1-45 (Craig Spearman), 2-107 (Kadeer Ali), 3-248 (Marcus North), 4-249 (Grant Hodnett)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Charl Langeveldt	14	1	53	0	3.78	-	2	1
Stuart Broad	7	1	23	1	3.28	-	0	1
Jim Allenby	14	3	71	1	5.07	-	0	1
Marc Rosenberg	9.2	1	45	0	4.82	-	0	0
Darren Robinson	7	0	48	1	6.85	-	2	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 381 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom New	b Kirby	16	17	23	3	0	94.11
Darren Robinson (c)	c †Adshead b Ireland	36	70	105	7	0	51.42
HD Ackerman	lbw b Ireland	28	37	51	5	0	75.67
John Sadler	c Spearman b Taylor	32	68	95	4	0	47.05
Paul Nixon †	lbw b Ireland	15	27	36	3	0	55.55
Jim Allenby	not out	47	139	166	6	0	33.81
Marc Rosenberg	c Taylor b Noffke	17	56	48	1	0	30.35
Stuart Broad	c Ireland b Hardinges	9	22	32	1	0	40.90
David Masters	not out	5	45	50	1	0	11.11
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 4, w 1)	13
Total	79.5 Ov (RR: 2.73)	218/7
Did not bat Claude Henderson, Charl Langeveldt
Fall of wickets 1-22 (Tom New), 2-77 (HD Ackerman), 3-100 (Darren Robinson), 4-122 (Paul Nixon), 5-140 (John Sadler), 6-177 (Marc Rosenberg), 7-199 (Stuart Broad)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Ashley Noffke	21	5	66	1	3.14	-	1	0
Steve Kirby	20.5	5	56	1	2.68	-	0	1
Mark Hardinges	7	1	21	1	3.00	-	0	1
Anthony Ireland	14	4	39	3	2.78	-	0	0
Marcus North	6	1	15	0	2.50	-	0	0
Chris Taylor	11	6	13	1	1.18	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 02 May

day 1 - Gloucs 1st innings 387/6 (Steve Adshead 22*, Mark Hardinges 16*, 104 ov)

Thu, 03 May

day 2 - Leics 1st innings 191/2 (Tom New 76*, John Sadler 28*, 62 ov)

Fri, 04 May

day 3 - Gloucs 2nd innings 146/2 (Grant Hodnett 30*, Marcus North 32*, 38 ov)

Sat, 05 May

day 4 - Leics 2nd innings 218/7 (79.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Gloucestershire 2nd innings

MJ North 100 in 65 mins off 73 balls, 13x4, 1x6

Match Details

GroundCounty Ground, Bristol

TossLeicestershire, elected to field first

Series

County Championship Division Two

Season2007

Hours of play (local time)11am start, Lunch 13.15-13.55, Tea (usually) 16.10-16.30, Close 18.30<br>Final day: Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00.

Match days2,3,4,5 May 2007 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Graham Burgess

Jeremy Lloyds

PointsGloucestershire 12, Leicestershire 10

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