Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfield	c †O'Brien b Louw	28	49	59	5	0	57.14
Craig Spearman	c †O'Brien b van der Wath	1	9	16	0	0	11.11
Hamish Marshall	c Hall b Louw	23	39	61	4	0	58.97
Marcus North	b van der Wath	96	227	345	14	0	42.29
Alex Gidman	lbw b Hall	68	142	223	8	0	47.88
Chris Taylor	lbw b Lucas	24	39	84	4	1	61.53
Steve Snell †	hit wicket b Boje	78	177	195	11	0	44.06
Mark Hardinges	c White b Boje	55	77	130	9	0	71.42
Matthew Gitsham	c Peters b Boje	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
Jon Lewis (c)	c Sales b Brown	51	37	49	4	3	137.83
Anthony Ireland	not out	0	9	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 19, nb 24, w 4)	51
Total	133.4 Ov (RR: 3.55)	475
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Craig Spearman), 2-56 (William Porterfield), 3-77 (Hamish Marshall), 4-228 (Alex Gidman), 5-277 (Chris Taylor), 6-284 (Marcus North), 7-382 (Mark Hardinges), 8-382 (Matthew Gitsham), 9-453 (Steve Snell), 10-475 (Jon Lewis, 133.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Johan van der Wath	16	5	53	2	3.31	-	-	-	0	0
David Lucas	16	2	47	1	2.93	-	-	-	3	4
Johann Louw	19	4	73	2	3.84	-	-	-	1	2
Nicky Boje	24	5	87	3	3.62	-	-	-	0	0
Andrew Hall	24	8	68	1	2.83	-	-	-	0	3
Lance Klusener	10	0	48	0	4.80	-	-	-	0	1
Jason Brown	24.4	5	76	1	3.08	-	-	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c sub (WD Rudge) b Ireland	122	254	332	16	0	48.03
Niall O'Brien †	c Porterfield b Gidman	53	65	99	8	0	81.53
Rob White	lbw b Gidman	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
David Sales	c Porterfield b Lewis	18	17	18	4	0	105.88
David Lucas	c North b Hardinges	35	60	48	5	1	58.33
Nicky Boje (c)	c Hardinges b North	22	44	64	4	0	50.00
Lance Klusener	lbw b North	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Andrew Hall	c Spearman b Lewis	38	56	65	6	0	67.85
Johann Louw	c †Snell b Lewis	18	32	44	1	1	56.25
Jason Brown	b Lewis	2	5	6	0	0	40.00
Johan van der Wath	not out	4	9	15	0	0	44.44
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 10, w 1)	17
Total	90.2 Ov (RR: 3.64)	329
Fall of wickets: 1-89 (Niall O'Brien), 2-91 (Rob White), 3-121 (David Sales), 4-180 (David Lucas), 5-219 (Nicky Boje), 6-219 (Lance Klusener), 7-294 (Andrew Hall), 8-308 (Stephen Peters), 9-316 (Jason Brown), 10-329 (Johann Louw, 90.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jon Lewis	20.2	8	65	4	3.19	-	-	-	0	1
Anthony Ireland	17	2	74	1	4.35	-	-	-	0	2
Mark Hardinges	9	1	38	1	4.22	-	-	-	1	2
Alex Gidman	12	1	46	2	3.83	-	-	-	0	0
Matthew Gitsham	18	2	59	0	3.27	-	-	-	0	0
Marcus North	14	1	41	2	2.92	-	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Spearman	c Hall b Lucas	6	19	22	1	0	31.57
William Porterfield	c †O'Brien b Lucas	1	25	33	0	0	4.00
Hamish Marshall	c †O'Brien b Boje	46	118	148	7	0	38.98
Marcus North	c Sales b Louw	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Alex Gidman	c †O'Brien b Boje	21	41	45	2	0	51.21
Chris Taylor	b Boje	34	63	65	5	0	53.96
Steve Snell †	c Hall b Lucas	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Mark Hardinges	not out	14	30	39	1	0	46.66
Matthew Gitsham	c & b Boje	3	18	19	0	0	16.66
Jon Lewis (c)	c Hall b Lucas	1	3	3	0	0	33.33
Anthony Ireland	c †O'Brien b Lucas	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 8, w 1)	16
Total	53.4 Ov (RR: 2.64)	142
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Craig Spearman), 2-13 (William Porterfield), 3-14 (Marcus North), 4-58 (Alex Gidman), 5-118 (Chris Taylor), 6-121 (Steve Snell), 7-127 (Hamish Marshall), 8-141 (Matthew Gitsham), 9-142 (Jon Lewis), 10-142 (Anthony Ireland, 53.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Johann Louw	8	2	27	1	3.37	-	-	-	1	2
David Lucas	14.4	3	30	5	2.04	-	-	-	0	2
Nicky Boje	16	4	32	4	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Andrew Hall	5	0	13	0	2.60	-	-	-	0	0
Jason Brown	7	2	22	0	3.14	-	-	-	0	0
Lance Klusener	3	0	11	0	3.66	-	-	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 289 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c Marshall b Ireland	34	65	80	3	0	52.30
Niall O'Brien †	lbw b Gitsham	22	57	90	1	0	38.59
Rob White	not out	132	156	177	18	1	84.61
David Sales	lbw b Lewis	29	48	64	4	0	60.41
Nicky Boje (c)	run out	59	65	85	7	0	90.76
Lance Klusener	not out	10	15	12	1	0	66.66
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2, w 1)	6
Total	67.3 Ov (RR: 4.32)	292/4
Did not bat: Andrew Hall, Johan van der Wath, Johann Louw, David Lucas, Jason Brown
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Stephen Peters), 2-60 (Niall O'Brien), 3-124 (David Sales), 4-270 (Nicky Boje)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jon Lewis	19	4	71	1	3.73	-	-	-	0	0
Anthony Ireland	10	0	56	1	5.60	-	-	-	0	1
Matthew Gitsham	22.3	2	81	1	3.60	-	-	-	1	0
Mark Hardinges	4	0	34	0	8.50	-	-	-	0	0
Marcus North	12	1	47	0	3.91	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Fri, 06 Jun - day 1 - Gloucester 1st innings 258/4 (Marcus North 84*, Chris Taylor 12*, 73 ov)

Sat, 07 Jun - day 2 - Northants 1st innings 135/3 (Stephen Peters 49*, David Lucas 9*, 35 ov)

Sun, 08 Jun - day 3 - Gloucester 2nd innings 115/4 (Hamish Marshall 43*, Chris Taylor 33*, 41 ov)

Mon, 09 Jun - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 292/4 (67.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 3

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2008
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	6,7,8,9 June 2008 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Allan Jones Vanburn Holder
Points	Northamptonshire 19, Gloucestershire 8

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Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Lewis	19	4	71	1	3.73
AJ Ireland	10	0	56	1	5.6 (1 nb)
MT Gitsham	22.3	2	81	1	3.6
MA Hardinges	4	0	34	0	8.5
MJ North	12	1	47	0	3.91

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