Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Knight	lbw b Irani	26	45	54	4	0	57.77
Tony Frost †	c †Foster b Brant	59	100	143	10	1	59.00
Mark Wagh	c †Foster b Brant	32	52	76	6	0	61.53
Ian Bell	lbw b Brant	18	19	26	4	0	94.73
Jim Troughton	not out	129	221	297	23	0	58.37
Dominic Ostler	lbw b Dakin	18	31	38	3	0	58.06
Dougie Brown	lbw b Napier	120	157	164	16	2	76.43
Ashley Giles (c)	b Irani	1	5	10	0	0	20.00
Mohamed Sheikh	not out	28	57	62	4	0	49.12
Extras	(b 5, lb 6, nb 4)	15
Total	114.1 Ov (RR: 3.90)	446/7d
Did not bat: Melvyn Betts, Alan Richardson
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Nick Knight), 2-122 (Mark Wagh), 3-135 (Tony Frost), 4-154 (Ian Bell), 5-176 (Dominic Ostler), 6-377 (Dougie Brown), 7-386 (Ashley Giles)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Scott Brant	30.1	5	133	3	4.40	-	-	-	1
Jonathan Dakin	23	5	79	1	3.43	-	-	-	0
Ronnie Irani	19	5	51	2	2.68	-	-	-	0
Graham Napier	13	1	62	1	4.76	-	-	-	1
James Middlebrook	19	4	62	0	3.26	-	-	-	0
Paul Grayson	10	1	48	0	4.80	-	-	-	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson	not out	42	15	9	5	3	280.00
Will Jefferson	not out	20	11	9	5	0	181.81
Extras	(nb 4)	4
Total	4 Ov (RR: 16.50)	66/0d
Did not bat: Paul Grayson, Andy Flower, James Middlebrook, Aftab Habib, Ronnie Irani (c), James Foster †, Jonathan Dakin, Scott Brant, Graham Napier

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dominic Ostler	2	0	33	0	16.50	-	-	-	0	2
Nick Knight	2	0	33	0	16.50	-	-	-	0	0

Warwickshire 2nd Innings(Forfeited)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Extras		0
Did not bat: Nick Knight, Tony Frost †, Mark Wagh, Ian Bell, Jim Troughton, Dominic Ostler, Dougie Brown, Ashley Giles (c), Mohamed Sheikh, Melvyn Betts, Alan Richardson

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 381 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson	c †Frost b Betts	56	125	146	10	0	44.80
Will Jefferson	lbw b Sheikh	49	49	69	8	0	100.00
Paul Grayson	b Betts	28	64	62	3	0	43.75
Andy Flower	c Betts b Giles	55	80	121	3	2	68.75
Aftab Habib	lbw b Giles	0	9	6	0	0	0.00
Ronnie Irani (c)	lbw b Giles	87	91	111	9	4	95.60
James Foster †	c †Frost b Betts	24	21	30	3	0	114.28
Jonathan Dakin	lbw b Richardson	23	39	56	2	1	58.97
James Middlebrook	lbw b Giles	25	45	53	2	0	55.55
Graham Napier	b Giles	9	15	21	0	0	60.00
Scott Brant	not out	1	2	2	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 6, nb 2, w 6)	23
Total	89.5 Ov (RR: 4.23)	380
Fall of wickets: 1-88 (Will Jefferson), 2-128 (Paul Grayson), 3-147 (Darren Robinson), 4-148 (Aftab Habib), 5-280 (Andy Flower), 6-300 (Ronnie Irani), 7-330 (James Foster), 8-365 (Jonathan Dakin), 9-379 (James Middlebrook), 10-380 (Graham Napier)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Melvyn Betts	20	2	82	3	4.10	-	-	-	2	0
Alan Richardson	17	0	70	1	4.11	-	-	-	0	1
Mohamed Sheikh	18	5	54	1	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Dougie Brown	7	0	44	0	6.28	-	-	-	0	0
Ashley Giles	27.5	3	115	5	4.13	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Wed, 23 Apr - day 1 - Warwickshire 1st innings 411/7 (Jim Troughton 107*, Mohamed Sheikh 17*, 104 ov)

Thu, 24 Apr - day 2 - Warwickshire 1st innings 446/7 (Jim Troughton 129*, Mohamed Sheikh 28*, 114.1 ov)

Fri, 25 Apr - day 3 - no play

Sat, 26 Apr - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 380 (89.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Match Details

Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss	Warwickshire, elected to bat first
Series	Frizzell County Championship Division One
Season	2003
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	John Steele Roy Palmer
Points	Warwickshire 12, Essex 9

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Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MM Betts	20	2	82	3	4.1
A Richardson	17	0	70	1	4.11 (1 nb)
MA Sheikh	18	5	54	1	3
DR Brown	7	0	44	0	6.28
AF Giles	27.5	3	115	5	4.13

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