Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gareth Rees	c Flower b Danish Kaneria	107	317	359	11	0	33.75
Nicky Peng	c Napier b Palladino	13	28	37	3	0	46.42
Jimmy Maher	c †Foster b Palladino	4	12	12	0	0	33.33
Mike Powell	c ten Doeschate b Danish Kaneria	62	138	153	7	1	44.92
David Hemp (c)	c Flower b Danish Kaneria	53	134	172	9	0	39.55
Mark Wallace †	c Pettini b Phillips	34	112	118	4	0	30.35
Alex Wharf	lbw b Danish Kaneria	18	24	18	2	1	75.00
Robert Croft	c Chopra b Phillips	8	23	30	1	0	34.78
James Harris	lbw b Danish Kaneria	1	16	15	0	0	6.25
Dean Cosker	b Phillips	10	32	35	1	0	31.25
Huw Waters	not out	5	12	12	0	0	41.66
Extras	(b 8, lb 8, nb 18, w 3)	37
Total	139.5 Ov (RR: 2.51)	352
Fall of wickets 1-24 (Nicky Peng), 2-38 (Jimmy Maher), 3-155 (Mike Powell), 4-247 (Gareth Rees), 5-270 (David Hemp), 6-294 (Alex Wharf), 7-315 (Robert Croft), 8-330 (James Harris), 9-340 (Mark Wallace), 10-352 (Dean Cosker)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Graham Napier	16	6	41	0	2.56	-	0	0
Tony Palladino	20	9	51	2	2.55	-	0	3
Danish Kaneria	49	14	112	5	2.28	-	1	2
Ravi Bopara	11	3	33	0	3.00	-	2	3
James Middlebrook	27	11	50	0	1.85	-	0	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	6	1	21	0	3.50	-	0	1
Tim Phillips	10.5	3	28	3	2.58	-	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	lbw b Harris	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Mark Pettini (c)	c Rees b Cosker	27	88	115	4	0	30.68
Ravi Bopara	c †Wallace b Wharf	4	15	21	0	0	26.66
Grant Flower	b Waters	44	61	78	8	0	72.13
Tim Phillips	c Maher b Waters	1	5	7	0	0	20.00
James Foster †	c Harris b Wharf	49	74	89	5	0	66.21
Ryan ten Doeschate	c Hemp b Croft	36	82	103	3	1	43.90
James Middlebrook	c Powell b Croft	16	49	57	2	0	32.65
Graham Napier	c & b Croft	8	24	23	2	0	33.33
Danish Kaneria	c Harris b Croft	7	4	8	0	0	175.00
Tony Palladino	not out	1	8	5	0	0	12.50
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 4)	11
Total	68.1 Ov (RR: 2.99)	204
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Varun Chopra), 2-13 (Ravi Bopara), 3-81 (Grant Flower), 4-85 (Tim Phillips), 5-85 (Mark Pettini), 6-165 (James Foster), 7-177 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 8-195 (Graham Napier), 9-203 (Danish Kaneria), 10-204 (James Middlebrook)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
James Harris	14	4	27	1	1.92	-	0
Alex Wharf	12	1	47	2	3.91	-	2
Dean Cosker	17	2	53	1	3.11	-	0
Huw Waters	8	3	18	2	2.25	-	0
Robert Croft	17.1	3	52	4	3.02	-	0

Glamorgan 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gareth Rees	lbw b Danish Kaneria	14	26	14	2	0	53.84
Nicky Peng	b Danish Kaneria	20	34	31	3	0	58.82
Jimmy Maher	lbw b Middlebrook	19	53	60	2	0	35.84
Mike Powell	not out	51	116	151	3	1	43.96
David Hemp (c)	b Middlebrook	36	55	68	1	0	65.45
Mark Wallace †	lbw b Danish Kaneria	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Alex Wharf	not out	22	20	23	2	1	110.00
Extras	(b 7, nb 4)	11
Total	50.5 Ov (RR: 3.42)	174/5d
Did not bat Robert Croft, James Harris, Dean Cosker, Huw Waters
Fall of wickets 1-28 (Gareth Rees), 2-41 (Nicky Peng), 3-73 (Jimmy Maher), 4-133 (David Hemp), 5-136 (Mark Wallace)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Graham Napier	4	1	17	0	4.25	-	0
Tony Palladino	6	1	16	0	2.66	-	1
Danish Kaneria	21.5	5	54	3	2.47	-	0
James Middlebrook	19	2	80	2	4.21	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 323 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	b Harris	0	8	9	0	0	0.00
Mark Pettini (c)	c Maher b Cosker	79	157	173	10	0	50.31
Ravi Bopara	not out	147	217	293	14	0	67.74
Grant Flower	c †Wallace b Wharf	8	12	22	1	0	66.66
Tim Phillips	lbw b Cosker	6	16	23	1	0	37.50
James Foster †	run out	36	36	41	3	1	100.00
Ryan ten Doeschate	run out	0	0	3	0	0	-
James Middlebrook	not out	20	24	33	1	0	83.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 12, w 2)	27
Total	77.2 Ov (RR: 4.17)	323/6
Did not bat Tony Palladino, Graham Napier, Danish Kaneria
Fall of wickets 1-6 (Varun Chopra), 2-175 (Mark Pettini), 3-202 (Grant Flower), 4-220 (Tim Phillips), 5-281 (James Foster), 6-282 (Ryan ten Doeschate)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
James Harris	9	2	44	1	4.88	-	0	0
Alex Wharf	17.2	2	85	1	4.90	-	0	6
Robert Croft	25	2	74	0	2.96	-	0	0
Huw Waters	4	1	19	0	4.75	-	0	0
Dean Cosker	22	4	88	2	4.00	-	2	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 30 May

day 1 - Glamorgan 1st innings 146/2 (Gareth Rees 54*, Mike Powell 54*, 55 ov)

Thu, 31 May

day 2 - Glamorgan 1st innings 352

Fri, 01 Jun

day 3 - Glamorgan 2nd innings 112/3 (Mike Powell 32*, David Hemp 20*, 35 ov)

Sat, 02 Jun

day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 323/6 (77.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 2

Day 4

Essex 2nd innings

RS Bopara 100 in 192 mins off 153 balls, 13x4

Match Details

GroundSt Helen's, Swansea

TossEssex, 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 days30,31 May, 1,2 June 2007 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Allan Jones

John Steele

PointsEssex 17, Glamorgan 6

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