Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Di Venuto	c Steyn b Bopara	23	44	56	3	0	52.27
Steve Stubbings	run out	92	206	245	10	0	44.66
James Bryant	c A Flower b Chambers	0	9	18	0	0	0.00
Ben France	b Middlebrook	42	119	151	5	0	35.29
Jon Moss	c Cook b Bopara	38	109	166	6	0	34.86
Luke Sutton (c)†	c A Flower b Bopara	11	44	48	0	0	25.00
Graeme Welch	c Bopara b GW Flower	112	193	301	12	2	58.03
Ant Botha	lbw b Bopara	40	80	100	6	0	50.00
Mohamed Sheikh	c A Flower b GW Flower	45	77	89	7	0	58.44
Andy Gray	not out	0	8	14	0	0	0.00
Nick Walker	b Gough	11	8	5	1	0	137.50
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 34, w 4)	48
Total	146.4 Ov (RR: 3.15)	462
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Michael Di Venuto), 2-53 (James Bryant), 3-172 (Ben France), 4-182 (Steve Stubbings), 5-211 (Luke Sutton), 6-269 (Jon Moss), 7-360 (Ant Botha), 8-439 (Mohamed Sheikh), 9-449 (Graeme Welch), 10-462 (Nick Walker)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Darren Gough	30.4	6	90	1	2.93	-	-	-	0	7
Dale Steyn	28	8	78	0	2.78	-	-	-	1	6
Ravi Bopara	29	7	93	4	3.20	-	-	-	2	2
Maurice Chambers	15	1	73	1	4.86	-	-	-	0	2
Will Jefferson	6	2	19	0	3.16	-	-	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	36	7	95	1	2.63	-	-	-	0	0
Grant Flower	2	1	4	2	2.00	-	-	-	1	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Jefferson	c Di Venuto b Welch	19	34	40	3	0	55.88
Alastair Cook	c †Sutton b Sheikh	6	13	14	0	0	46.15
Grant Flower	c Welch b Sheikh	7	25	34	1	0	28.00
Ravi Bopara	lbw b Welch	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
Andy Flower	b Welch	29	83	127	4	0	34.93
Ronnie Irani (c)	c Di Venuto b Welch	67	119	130	11	0	56.30
James Foster †	c France b Gray	67	131	141	11	0	51.14
James Middlebrook	lbw b Sheikh	71	125	157	9	2	56.80
Darren Gough	c Botha b Sheikh	36	47	47	4	1	76.59
Dale Steyn	c †Sutton b Welch	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Maurice Chambers	not out	2	10	21	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 11, w 1)	16
Total	99.5 Ov (RR: 3.20)	320
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Alastair Cook), 2-32 (Will Jefferson), 3-34 (Ravi Bopara), 4-34 (Grant Flower), 5-136 (Andy Flower), 6-137 (Ronnie Irani), 7-276 (James Foster), 8-295 (James Middlebrook), 9-296 (Dale Steyn), 10-320 (Darren Gough)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Nick Walker	10	0	51	0	5.10	-	-	-	1
Mohamed Sheikh	26.5	10	67	4	2.49	-	-	-	0
Graeme Welch	20	5	63	5	3.15	-	-	-	0
Jon Moss	15	5	51	0	3.40	-	-	-	0
Andy Gray	21	3	53	1	2.52	-	-	-	0
Ant Botha	7	3	20	0	2.85	-	-	-	0

Derbyshire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Di Venuto	not out	110	154	262	8	0	71.42
Ben France	b GW Flower	56	164	193	6	0	34.14
Jon Moss	c & b GW Flower	29	38	36	2	1	76.31
Nick Walker	b Steyn	21	14	16	3	1	150.00
James Bryant	not out	9	10	10	1	0	90.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 4, w 3)	11
Total	63 Ov (RR: 3.74)	236/3d
Did not bat: Steve Stubbings, Luke Sutton (c)†, Graeme Welch, Ant Botha, Andy Gray, Mohamed Sheikh
Fall of wickets: 1-147 (Ben France), 2-196 (Jon Moss), 3-222 (Nick Walker)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Darren Gough	8	4	8	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0
Dale Steyn	11	2	60	1	5.45	-	-	-	0	2
James Middlebrook	18	1	64	0	3.55	-	-	-	0	0
Grant Flower	19	0	64	2	3.36	-	-	-	2	0
Ravi Bopara	6	0	25	0	4.16	-	-	-	1	0
Maurice Chambers	1	0	11	0	11.00	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 379 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Jefferson	lbw b Welch	12	21	16	2	0	57.14
Alastair Cook	b Moss	59	104	183	9	0	56.73
Grant Flower	c †Sutton b Welch	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Ravi Bopara	not out	105	149	226	14	2	70.46
Andy Flower	c †Sutton b Walker	41	30	30	6	1	136.66
James Foster †	b Walker	15	19	18	3	0	78.94
James Middlebrook	not out	2	12	12	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, w 1)	11
Total	56 Ov (RR: 4.37)	245/5
Did not bat: Ronnie Irani (c), Maurice Chambers, Darren Gough, Dale Steyn
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Will Jefferson), 2-14 (Grant Flower), 3-141 (Alastair Cook), 4-204 (Andy Flower), 5-232 (James Foster)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Graeme Welch	6	3	13	2	2.16	-	-	-	0
Mohamed Sheikh	6	1	22	0	3.66	-	-	-	0
Nick Walker	14	0	76	2	5.42	-	-	-	0
Andy Gray	11	2	38	0	3.45	-	-	-	0
Ant Botha	14	1	66	0	4.71	-	-	-	1
Jon Moss	5	1	20	1	4.00	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Wed, 01 Jun - day 1 - Derbyshire 1st innings 246/5 (Jon Moss 26*, Graeme Welch 22*, 87 ov)

Thu, 02 Jun - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 123/4 (Andy Flower 25*, Ronnie Irani 58*, 44 ov)

Fri, 03 Jun - day 3 - Derbyshire 2nd innings 90/0 (Michael Di Venuto 53*, Ben France 34*, 30 ov)

Sat, 04 Jun - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 245/5 (56 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 2

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2005
Match days	day (4-day match)
FC debut	Maurice Chambers
Umpires	Mark Benson Nigel Cowley
Points	Derbyshire 11, Essex 9

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Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
G Welch	6	3	13	2	2.16
MA Sheikh	6	1	22	0	3.66
NGE Walker	14	0	76	2	5.42
AKD Gray	11	2	38	0	3.45
AG Botha	14	1	66	0	4.71
J Moss	5	1	20	1	4

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