Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	lbw b Kirby	155	246	348	21	0	63.00
John Maunders	c †Snell b Ireland	17	32	39	2	0	53.12
Ravi Bopara	c Dawson b Ireland	16	21	31	3	0	76.19
Mark Pettini (c)	c Marshall b Ireland	22	76	130	4	0	28.94
Jaik Mickleburgh	c †Snell b Woodman	17	33	44	3	0	51.51
James Foster †	c Porterfield b Kirby	122	192	252	9	0	63.54
Ryan ten Doeschate	lbw b Kirby	15	25	60	1	0	60.00
James Middlebrook	c Ali b Woodman	75	117	166	9	2	64.10
Chris Wright	c Brown b Woodman	22	22	29	5	0	100.00
Tony Palladino	c †Snell b Woodman	5	10	10	1	0	50.00
Jahid Ahmed	not out	16	19	22	3	0	84.21
Extras	(b 11, lb 5, nb 8, w 4)	28
Total	131.3 Ov (RR: 3.87)	510
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (John Maunders), 2-52 (Ravi Bopara), 3-122 (Mark Pettini), 4-172 (Jaik Mickleburgh), 5-310 (Varun Chopra), 6-342 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 7-439 (James Foster), 8-466 (Chris Wright), 9-479 (Tony Palladino), 10-510 (James Middlebrook)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Steve Kirby	30	8	74	3	2.46	-	-	-	0	0
Jon Lewis	26	6	72	0	2.76	-	-	-	0	2
Anthony Ireland	29	4	133	3	4.58	-	-	-	0	0
David Brown	15	3	52	0	3.46	-	-	-	4	1
Rob Woodman	11.3	0	65	4	5.65	-	-	-	0	0
Richard Dawson	16	2	84	0	5.25	-	-	-	0	1
Chris Taylor	4	0	14	0	3.50	-	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfield	lbw b Ahmed	69	196	260	11	0	35.20
Kadeer Ali	lbw b Palladino	6	20	34	1	0	30.00
Hamish Marshall	b Ahmed	13	38	42	2	0	34.21
Rob Woodman	c Mickleburgh b Wright	2	12	18	0	0	16.66
Chris Taylor	c †Foster b Wright	16	24	38	2	0	66.66
David Brown	c ten Doeschate b Wright	7	19	26	1	0	36.84
Steve Snell †	c Chopra b ten Doeschate	32	91	95	3	0	35.16
Richard Dawson	lbw b ten Doeschate	12	8	13	3	0	150.00
Jon Lewis (c)	c †Foster b ten Doeschate	12	17	22	2	0	70.58
Steve Kirby	c Mickleburgh b Ahmed	1	15	19	0	0	6.66
Anthony Ireland	not out	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 15, nb 6)	25
Total	73.4 Ov (RR: 2.64)	195
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Kadeer Ali), 2-42 (Hamish Marshall), 3-49 (Rob Woodman), 4-75 (Chris Taylor), 5-89 (David Brown), 6-165 (William Porterfield), 7-173 (Steve Snell), 8-186 (Richard Dawson), 9-195 (Jon Lewis), 10-195 (Steve Kirby)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Tony Palladino	11	5	20	1	1.81	-	-	-	0
Chris Wright	20	7	44	3	2.20	-	-	-	1
Jahid Ahmed	14.4	5	42	3	2.86	-	-	-	0
Ravi Bopara	8	3	22	0	2.75	-	-	-	2
James Middlebrook	12	1	30	0	2.50	-	-	-	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	8	2	18	3	2.25	-	-	-	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kadeer Ali	c †Foster b Wright	100	186	212	12	0	53.76
William Porterfield	b Ahmed	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Hamish Marshall	lbw b Ahmed	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Rob Woodman	c & b Palladino	13	50	61	2	0	26.00
Chris Taylor	b Wright	60	87	145	8	0	68.96
David Brown	lbw b ten Doeschate	48	73	91	8	0	65.75
Steve Snell †	not out	70	161	220	8	0	43.47
Richard Dawson	c Palladino b ten Doeschate	40	57	72	5	0	70.17
Jon Lewis (c)	c Mickleburgh b Bopara	26	32	32	4	0	81.25
Steve Kirby	not out	0	14	27	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 10, nb 6, w 7)	28
Total	110 Ov (RR: 3.50)	385/8
Did not bat: Anthony Ireland
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (William Porterfield), 2-3 (Hamish Marshall), 3-46 (Rob Woodman), 4-184 (Kadeer Ali), 5-185 (Chris Taylor), 6-270 (David Brown), 7-340 (Richard Dawson), 8-370 (Jon Lewis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jahid Ahmed	20	0	85	2	4.25	-	-	-	1	2
Chris Wright	21	5	59	2	2.80	-	-	-	0	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	22	2	67	2	3.04	-	-	-	1	0
Tony Palladino	16	6	43	1	2.68	-	-	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	20	2	83	1	4.15	-	-	-	1	1
James Middlebrook	11	1	33	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Wed, 24 Sep - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 318/5 (James Foster 68*, Ryan ten Doeschate 3*, 83.4 ov)

Thu, 25 Sep - day 2 - Gloucs 1st innings 72/3 (William Porterfield 31*, Chris Taylor 14*, 31 ov)

Fri, 26 Sep - day 3 - Gloucs 2nd innings 175/3 (Kadeer Ali 92*, Chris Taylor 58*, 51 ov)

Sat, 27 Sep - day 4 - Gloucs 2nd innings 385/8 (110 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Bristol
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2008
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30.
Match days	24,25,26,27 September 2008 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Peter Willey Tim Robinson
Points	Essex 9, Gloucestershire 7

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Gloucs Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JS Ahmed	20	0	85	2	4.25 (2 nb)
CJC Wright	21	5	59	2	2.8
RN ten Doeschate	22	2	67	2	3.04
AP Palladino	16	6	43	1	2.68
RS Bopara	20	2	83	1	4.15 (1 nb)
JD Middlebrook	11	1	33	0	3

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