Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	lbw b Swann	35	64	96	5	0	54.68
Mark Pettini (c)	c †Read b Franks	11	57	69	1	0	19.29
Ravi Bopara	c Sidebottom b Swann	59	119	144	6	1	49.57
Grant Flower	c †Read b Ealham	34	61	64	7	0	55.73
James Foster †	c Shafayat b Swann	204	302	400	23	3	67.54
Ryan ten Doeschate	c Patel b Swann	17	22	33	3	0	77.27
James Middlebrook	c Ealham b Franks	13	23	20	2	0	56.52
Andy Bichel	lbw b Ferley	148	152	185	18	3	97.36
Graham Napier	c Ealham b Shafayat	125	101	123	11	8	123.76
Alex Tudor	not out	19	17	20	1	0	111.76
Danish Kaneria	not out	0	0	-	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 20, nb 14, w 1)	35
Total	151.5 Ov (RR: 4.61)	700/9d
Fall of wickets 1-42 (Mark Pettini), 2-60 (Varun Chopra), 3-129 (Grant Flower), 4-163 (Ravi Bopara), 5-199 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 6-224 (James Middlebrook), 7-478 (Andy Bichel), 8-673 (James Foster), 9-696 (Graham Napier)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Ryan Sidebottom	30	7	101	0	3.36	-	0	0
Mark Ealham	30	8	110	1	3.66	-	1	0
Paul Franks	19	1	91	2	4.78	-	0	7
Graeme Swann	38	5	166	4	4.36	-	0	0
Robert Ferley	27	3	151	1	5.59	-	0	0
Samit Patel	3	0	30	0	10.00	-	0	0
Bilal Shafayat	3.5	0	24	1	6.26	-	0	0
Mark Wagh	1	0	7	0	7.00	-	0	0

Nottinghamshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jason Gallian	b Bichel	21	38	36	3	0	55.26
Bilal Shafayat	c Chopra b Danish Kaneria	24	58	87	1	0	41.37
Mark Wagh	b Danish Kaneria	107	180	227	17	1	59.44
Samit Patel	c †Foster b Bopara	117	165	205	15	2	70.90
David Hussey (c)	c †Foster b Bichel	36	51	67	7	0	70.58
Chris Read †	c Middlebrook b ten Doeschate	240	328	431	23	8	73.17
Mark Ealham	lbw b Middlebrook	54	147	180	3	1	36.73
Paul Franks	lbw b Danish Kaneria	1	11	9	0	0	9.09
Graeme Swann	c Middlebrook b Flower	97	127	173	13	1	76.37
Robert Ferley	not out	43	103	119	5	0	41.74
Ryan Sidebottom	c Napier b Tudor	10	75	95	1	0	13.33
Extras	(b 16, lb 9, nb 14, w 2)	41
Total	212.5 Ov (RR: 3.71)	791
Fall of wickets 1-29 (Jason Gallian), 2-70 (Bilal Shafayat), 3-262 (Mark Wagh), 4-296 (Samit Patel), 5-343 (David Hussey), 6-498 (Mark Ealham), 7-501 (Paul Franks), 8-717 (Graeme Swann), 9-735 (Chris Read), 10-791 (Ryan Sidebottom)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	32	5	127	2	3.96	-	0	0
Alex Tudor	16.5	1	89	1	5.28	-	1	3
Ryan ten Doeschate	20	6	65	1	3.25	-	1	1
Graham Napier	23	3	72	0	3.13	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	45	11	140	1	3.11	-	0	0
Danish Kaneria	42	5	153	3	3.64	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	17	4	61	1	3.58	-	0	3
Grant Flower	14	4	50	1	3.57	-	0	0
Varun Chopra	3	0	9	0	3.00	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	not out	29	94	68	1	0	30.85
Mark Pettini (c)	c Swann b Patel	1	12	10	0	0	8.33
Ravi Bopara	not out	33	50	56	4	0	66.00
Extras		0
Total	26 Ov (RR: 2.42)	63/1
Did not bat Grant Flower, James Foster †, Ryan ten Doeschate, Andy Bichel, James Middlebrook, Graham Napier, Alex Tudor, Danish Kaneria
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Mark Pettini)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
Graeme Swann	1	0	1	0	1.00	-
Samit Patel	10.1	1	29	1	2.85	-
Robert Ferley	12	2	25	0	2.08	-
David Hussey	0.5	0	2	0	2.40	-
Chris Read	2	0	6	0	3.00	-

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Close of Play

Sun, 08 Jul

day 1 - Essex 1st innings 404/6 (James Foster 116*, Andy Bichel 91*, 104 ov)

Mon, 09 Jul

day 2 - Notts 1st innings 191/2 (Mark Wagh 81*, Samit Patel 58*, 54 ov)

Tue, 10 Jul

day 3 - Notts 1st innings 579/7 (Chris Read 161*, Graeme Swann 37*, 157.5 ov)

Wed, 11 Jul

day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 63/1 (26 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

CMW Read 200 in 358 mins off 285 balls, 22x4, 5x6

Match Details

GroundCounty Ground, Chelmsford

TossEssex, elected to bat 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 days8,9,10,11 July 2007 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Barry Dudleston

Jeff Evans

PointsEssex 10, Nottinghamshire 11

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