Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Extras		0
Did not bat Craig Spearman, Kadeer Ali, Grant Hodnett, Hamish Marshall, Alex Gidman, Chris Taylor, Mark Hardinges, Steve Adshead †, Jon Lewis (c), Steve Kirby, Ben Edmondson

Essex 1st Innings(Forfeited)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Extras		0
Did not bat Mark Pettini (c), James Middlebrook, Varun Chopra, Ravi Bopara, Grant Flower, James Foster †, Ryan ten Doeschate, Tom Westley, Andy Bichel, Graham Napier, Tony Palladino

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Spearman	b Palladino	5	14	15	0	0	35.71
Kadeer Ali	c †Foster b Bichel	0	14	22	0	0	0.00
Grant Hodnett	c Flower b Bopara	24	65	91	2	0	36.92
Hamish Marshall	c †Foster b Bichel	1	2	4	0	0	50.00
Alex Gidman	c Middlebrook b Bichel	10	18	18	2	0	55.55
Chris Taylor	c †Foster b Bopara	101	135	187	14	0	74.81
Mark Hardinges	c †Foster b Bichel	5	8	4	1	0	62.50
Steve Adshead †	c Bichel b Bopara	11	16	20	2	0	68.75
Jon Lewis (c)	c Middlebrook b Bichel	1	5	10	0	0	20.00
Steve Kirby	c Bichel b Middlebrook	4	25	31	0	0	16.00
Ben Edmondson	not out	6	34	51	1	0	17.64
Extras	(lb 6, nb 6, w 4)	16
Total	55.3 Ov (RR: 3.31)	184
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Craig Spearman), 2-5 (Kadeer Ali), 3-7 (Hamish Marshall), 4-23 (Alex Gidman), 5-81 (Grant Hodnett), 6-88 (Mark Hardinges), 7-115 (Steve Adshead), 8-122 (Jon Lewis), 9-149 (Steve Kirby), 10-184 (Chris Taylor)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	19	6	55	5	2.89	-	0	0
Tony Palladino	7	2	21	1	3.00	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	16.3	4	60	3	3.63	-	3	3
Graham Napier	7	0	27	0	3.85	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	6	0	15	1	2.50	-	1	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 185 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Pettini (c)	c †Adshead b Kirby	7	8	6	1	0	87.50
James Middlebrook	c Ali b Kirby	13	15	26	1	1	86.66
Varun Chopra	c Edmondson b Lewis	33	68	104	3	0	48.52
Ravi Bopara	c †Adshead b Kirby	6	10	13	1	0	60.00
Grant Flower	b Kirby	8	15	21	2	0	53.33
James Foster †	c Spearman b Hardinges	19	23	51	4	0	82.60
Ryan ten Doeschate	c Hodnett b Hardinges	1	2	-	0	0	50.00
Tom Westley	not out	16	47	63	1	0	34.04
Andy Bichel	not out	22	38	60	1	0	57.89
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2)	4
Total	37.3 Ov (RR: 3.44)	129/7
Did not bat Graham Napier, Tony Palladino
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Mark Pettini), 2-22 (James Middlebrook), 3-32 (Ravi Bopara), 4-44 (Grant Flower), 5-88 (Varun Chopra), 6-89 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 7-89 (James Foster)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	NB
Jon Lewis	8	1	23	1	2.87	-	1
Steve Kirby	12	3	33	4	2.75	-	0
Ben Edmondson	8	1	40	0	5.00	-	0
Mark Hardinges	4	0	12	2	3.00	-	0
Chris Taylor	3	0	9	0	3.00	-	0
Grant Hodnett	2.3	0	10	0	4.00	-	0

Gloucestershire Team

Craig Spearman	Opening Batter
Kadeer Ali	-
Grant Hodnett	-
Hamish Marshall	Batter
Alex Gidman	Allrounder
Chris Taylor	Top order Batter
Mark Hardinges	Allrounder
Steve Adshead †	Wicketkeeper Batter
Jon Lewis (c)	Bowler
Steve Kirby	Bowler
Ben Edmondson	Bowler

Essex Team

Mark Pettini (c)	Opening Batter
James Middlebrook	Bowling Allrounder
Varun Chopra	Top order Batter
Ravi Bopara	Batting Allrounder
Grant Flower	Allrounder
James Foster †	Wicketkeeper Batter
Ryan ten Doeschate	Allrounder
Tom Westley	Top order Batter
Andy Bichel	Bowler
Graham Napier	Bowling Allrounder
Tony Palladino	-

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Close of Play

Wed, 25 Jul

day 1 - no play

Thu, 26 Jul

day 2 - no play

Fri, 27 Jul

day 3 - no play

Sat, 28 Jul

day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 129/7 (37.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Gloucestershire 1st innings

CG Taylor 100 in 176 mins off 125 balls, 14x4

Match Details

GroundCounty Ground, Bristol

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 days25,26,27,28 July 2007 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Rob Bailey

Tim Robinson

PointsGloucestershire 4, Essex 4

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