Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	lbw b Willoughby	44	80	79	5	0	55.00
Mark Pettini (c)	b White	73	194	276	11	0	37.62
Ravi Bopara	c Trego b Caddick	69	78	83	10	1	88.46
Grant Flower	b Caddick	0	24	55	0	0	0.00
James Foster †	lbw b Trego	1	6	18	0	0	16.66
Ryan ten Doeschate	c †Kieswetter b Jones	24	34	61	2	0	70.58
James Middlebrook	c Caddick b White	24	52	61	3	0	46.15
Andy Bichel	c †Kieswetter b Jones	19	25	26	3	0	76.00
Graham Napier	not out	8	13	20	1	0	61.53
Alex Tudor	lbw b White	1	5	5	0	0	20.00
Tony Palladino	lbw b White	0	3	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 7, nb 10, w 1)	19
Total	84.5 Ov (RR: 3.32)	282
Fall of wickets 1-59 (Varun Chopra), 2-152 (Ravi Bopara), 3-185 (Grant Flower), 4-188 (James Foster), 5-221 (Mark Pettini), 6-235 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 7-269 (Andy Bichel), 8-275 (James Middlebrook), 9-282 (Alex Tudor), 10-282 (Tony Palladino)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Andy Caddick	22	3	51	2	2.31	-	0	5
Charl Willoughby	17	1	59	1	3.47	-	1	0
Ian Blackwell	4	0	16	0	4.00	-	0	0
Peter Trego	15	5	39	1	2.60	-	0	0
Steffan Jones	17	0	81	2	4.76	-	0	0
Cameron White	9.5	2	28	4	2.84	-	0	0

Somerset 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matt Wood	lbw b Bichel	20	63	81	3	0	31.74
Neil Edwards	lbw b Palladino	5	8	14	0	0	62.50
Justin Langer (c)	lbw b Bichel	24	32	50	4	0	75.00
James Hildreth	c †Foster b Bichel	38	34	65	7	0	111.76
Cameron White	c †Foster b Bichel	1	9	14	0	0	11.11
Ian Blackwell	c Bopara b Tudor	15	11	14	3	0	136.36
Peter Trego	b Napier	20	35	47	2	0	57.14
Craig Kieswetter †	c Flower b Bichel	0	7	8	0	0	0.00
Steffan Jones	c †Foster b Bichel	4	7	7	1	0	57.14
Andy Caddick	c Middlebrook b Napier	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Charl Willoughby	not out	8	5	15	1	0	160.00
Extras	(lb 14, nb 4)	18
Total	35.1 Ov (RR: 4.35)	153
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Neil Edwards), 2-45 (Justin Langer), 3-76 (Matt Wood), 4-90 (Cameron White), 5-115 (Ian Blackwell), 6-123 (James Hildreth), 7-125 (Craig Kieswetter), 8-133 (Steffan Jones), 9-134 (Andy Caddick), 10-153 (Peter Trego)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Andy Bichel	18	5	63	6	3.50	-	0
Tony Palladino	8	1	38	1	4.75	-	1
Alex Tudor	7	1	27	1	3.85	-	1
Graham Napier	2.1	0	11	2	5.07	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	c †Kieswetter b Caddick	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
Mark Pettini (c)	lbw b Jones	14	24	31	2	0	58.33
Ravi Bopara	c Willoughby b Blackwell	126	171	217	18	0	73.68
Grant Flower	lbw b Willoughby	7	31	44	0	0	22.58
James Foster †	c Langer b Blackwell	71	90	110	11	1	78.88
Ryan ten Doeschate	c †Kieswetter b Blackwell	35	83	69	3	1	42.16
James Middlebrook	not out	29	45	48	2	0	64.44
Andy Bichel	not out	5	7	13	0	0	71.42
Extras	(lb 7)	7
Total	76 Ov (RR: 3.86)	294/6
Did not bat Alex Tudor, Graham Napier, Tony Palladino
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Varun Chopra), 2-30 (Mark Pettini), 3-61 (Grant Flower), 4-202 (James Foster), 5-237 (Ravi Bopara), 6-271 (Ryan ten Doeschate)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s
Andy Caddick	10	1	33	1	3.30	-
Steffan Jones	9	2	36	1	4.00	-
Charl Willoughby	10	3	55	1	5.50	-
Peter Trego	2	0	9	0	4.50	-
Cameron White	22	2	76	0	3.45	-
Ian Blackwell	23	0	78	3	3.39	-

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Fri, 20 Jul

day 1 - Essex 1st innings 155/2 (Mark Pettini 31*, Grant Flower 0*, 41.3 ov)

Sat, 21 Jul

day 2 - Somerset 1st innings 28/1 (Matt Wood 6*, Justin Langer 11*, 9.4 ov)

Sun, 22 Jul

day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 294/6 (James Middlebrook 29*, Andy Bichel 5*, 76 ov)

Mon, 23 Jul

day 4 - no play

Match Flow

Day 3

Essex 2nd innings

RS Bopara 100 in 156 mins off 128 balls, 16x4

Match Details

GroundCounty Ground, Taunton

TossSomerset, 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 days20,21,22,23 July 2007 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Nick Cook

Roy Palmer

PointsEssex 9, Somerset 7

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