Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Hussey (c)	c †Foster b Adams	8	28	30	0	0	28.57
Gary Scott	c Bopara b Adams	19	86	115	2	0	22.09
Gordon Muchall	c †Foster b Middlebrook	37	71	77	6	0	52.11
Dale Benkenstein	c †Foster b Adams	36	62	57	4	1	58.06
Nicky Peng	c †Foster b Adams	0	12	12	0	0	0.00
Gareth Breese	c A Flower b Danish Kaneria	24	60	70	2	0	40.00
Phil Mustard †	st †Foster b Danish Kaneria	17	16	16	3	0	106.25
Liam Plunkett	b Danish Kaneria	7	34	42	0	0	20.58
Mark Davies	c Cook b Napier	5	23	22	0	0	21.73
Mick Lewis	c Palladino b Adams	20	19	22	2	0	105.26
Graham Onions	not out	0	13	19	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 18)	23
Total	69.1 Ov (RR: 2.83)	196
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Michael Hussey), 2-80 (Gordon Muchall), 3-80 (Gary Scott), 4-86 (Nicky Peng), 5-133 (Dale Benkenstein), 6-158 (Phil Mustard), 7-163 (Gareth Breese), 8-174 (Mark Davies), 9-174 (Liam Plunkett), 10-196 (Mick Lewis)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Tony Palladino	6	0	23	0	3.83	-	-	-	5
Andre Adams	25.1	11	60	5	2.38	-	-	-	0
Ravi Bopara	3	1	6	0	2.00	-	-	-	0
Graham Napier	9	1	47	1	5.22	-	-	-	3
Danish Kaneria	19	9	30	3	1.57	-	-	-	1
James Middlebrook	7	1	25	1	3.57	-	-	-	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Grant Flower	c †Mustard b Lewis	15	17	16	3	0	88.23
Alastair Cook	c Plunkett b Breese	107	214	272	14	0	50.00
Ravi Bopara	c †Mustard b Lewis	11	16	22	1	0	68.75
Andy Flower	c Scott b Benkenstein	14	34	50	1	0	41.17
Ronnie Irani (c)	c Scott b Lewis	4	11	13	1	0	36.36
James Foster †	c Muchall b Lewis	8	18	24	2	0	44.44
Tony Palladino	c Hussey b Davies	17	39	38	2	0	43.58
James Middlebrook	run out	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Graham Napier	lbw b Breese	51	51	67	8	0	100.00
Andre Adams	c Plunkett b Breese	6	4	2	0	1	150.00
Danish Kaneria	not out	0	12	25	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 8)	12
Total	69.2 Ov (RR: 3.53)	245
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Grant Flower), 2-40 (Ravi Bopara), 3-71 (Andy Flower), 4-80 (Ronnie Irani), 5-102 (James Foster), 6-133 (Tony Palladino), 7-134 (James Middlebrook), 8-220 (Graham Napier), 9-226 (Andre Adams), 10-245 (Alastair Cook)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Mick Lewis	20	4	69	4	3.45	-	-	-	1
Liam Plunkett	11	2	45	0	4.09	-	-	-	2
Mark Davies	11	4	17	1	1.54	-	-	-	0
Graham Onions	11	2	54	0	4.90	-	-	-	1
Dale Benkenstein	3	1	7	1	2.33	-	-	-	0
Gareth Breese	7.2	1	22	3	3.00	-	-	-	0
Paul Collingwood	6	1	27	0	4.50	-	-	-	0

Durham 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Hussey (c)	c Irani b Adams	0	7	4	0	0	0.00
Gary Scott	c A Flower b Adams	1	8	15	0	0	12.50
Paul Collingwood	c Adams b Middlebrook	46	58	64	7	0	79.31
Gordon Muchall	b Middlebrook	34	72	76	5	0	47.22
Dale Benkenstein	c Adams b Napier	124	198	254	14	0	62.62
Gareth Breese	c Bopara b Middlebrook	42	67	62	4	0	62.68
Phil Mustard †	lbw b Middlebrook	20	67	59	2	0	29.85
Liam Plunkett	run out	20	48	45	2	0	41.66
Mark Davies	c sub b Danish Kaneria	17	118	125	0	0	14.40
Mick Lewis	lbw b Danish Kaneria	10	35	41	1	0	28.57
Graham Onions	not out	9	20	22	1	0	45.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 3, nb 10, w 4)	24
Total	115.3 Ov (RR: 3.00)	347
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Michael Hussey), 2-13 (Gary Scott), 3-73 (Paul Collingwood), 4-94 (Gordon Muchall), 5-186 (Gareth Breese), 6-232 (Phil Mustard), 7-276 (Liam Plunkett), 8-313 (Dale Benkenstein), 9-334 (Mick Lewis), 10-347 (Mark Davies)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tony Palladino	3	1	31	0	10.33	-	-	-	0	3
Andre Adams	29	9	83	2	2.86	-	-	-	0	0
Danish Kaneria	40.3	7	103	2	2.54	-	-	-	0	2
James Middlebrook	34	7	92	4	2.70	-	-	-	1	0
Graham Napier	9	2	28	1	3.11	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 299 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ravi Bopara	c sub b Plunkett	9	9	12	1	0	100.00
Alastair Cook	c †Mustard b Davies	44	66	85	5	0	66.66
Andy Flower	not out	132	278	383	11	0	47.48
Ronnie Irani (c)	c Hussey b Collingwood	48	122	142	2	1	39.34
James Foster †	c Collingwood b Lewis	2	7	11	0	0	28.57
James Middlebrook	b Breese	8	45	46	0	0	17.77
Grant Flower	c †Mustard b Plunkett	1	14	12	0	0	7.14
Graham Napier	c sub b Lewis	10	29	37	0	0	34.48
Andre Adams	c Benkenstein b Breese	17	28	38	0	0	60.71
Tony Palladino	not out	1	10	13	0	0	10.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 15)	27
Total	100.1 Ov (RR: 2.98)	299/8
Did not bat: Danish Kaneria
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Ravi Bopara), 2-85 (Alastair Cook), 3-192 (Ronnie Irani), 4-203 (James Foster), 5-231 (James Middlebrook), 6-240 (Grant Flower), 7-264 (Graham Napier), 8-289 (Andre Adams)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Mick Lewis	33	3	85	2	2.57	-	-	-	1
Liam Plunkett	16	4	74	2	4.62	-	-	-	5
Graham Onions	7	0	30	0	4.28	-	-	-	0
Mark Davies	5	2	9	1	1.80	-	-	-	0
Gareth Breese	32.1	6	73	2	2.26	-	-	-	0
Paul Collingwood	7	2	16	1	2.28	-	-	-	1

Close of Play

Wed, 03 Aug - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 107/5 (Alastair Cook 47*, Tony Palladino 3*, 36 ov)

Thu, 04 Aug - day 2 - Durham 2nd innings 275/6 (Dale Benkenstein 96*, Liam Plunkett 19*, 75 ov)

Fri, 05 Aug - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 129/2 (Andy Flower 48*, Ronnie Irani 18*, 37 ov)

Sat, 06 Aug - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 299/8 (100.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

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Match Details

Garon's Park, Southend-on-Sea
Toss	Durham, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2005
Match days	day (4-day match)
DUR Player Replacement	Substitute: Paul Collingwood in, Nicky Peng out ()
Umpires	George Sharp Richard Illingworth
Points	Essex 18, Durham 3

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Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
ML Lewis	33	3	85	2	2.57 (1 nb)
LE Plunkett	16	4	74	2	4.62 (5 nb)
G Onions	7	0	30	0	4.28
M Davies	5	2	9	1	1.8
GR Breese	32.1	6	73	2	2.26
PD Collingwood	7	2	16	1	2.28 (1 nb)

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