Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Maunders	c †Foster b Middlebrook	44	83	108	7	0	53.01
Darren Stevens	c & b Sharif	149	212	279	24	0	70.28
Darren Maddy (c)	lbw b Sharif	41	52	60	7	0	78.84
Brad Hodge	c Flower b Sharif	74	113	137	12	0	65.48
Trevor Ward	lbw b McCoubrey	168	172	216	24	1	97.67
Paul Nixon †	lbw b Middlebrook	30	77	94	3	0	38.96
Jeremy Snape	not out	52	77	98	7	0	67.53
David Masters	b Middlebrook	8	9	6	2	0	88.88
Extras	(lb 18, nb 8, w 8)	34
Total	131.5 Ov (RR: 4.55)	600/7d
Did not bat: Charlie Dagnall, Matthew Whiley, Rupesh Amin
Fall of wickets: 1-108 (John Maunders), 2-184 (Darren Maddy), 3-314 (Darren Stevens), 4-350 (Brad Hodge), 5-471 (Paul Nixon), 6-591 (Trevor Ward), 7-600 (David Masters)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Graham Napier	22	3	115	0	5.22	-	-	-	0	1
Adrian McCoubrey	16	2	102	1	6.37	-	-	-	1	0
James Middlebrook	41.5	6	150	3	3.58	-	-	-	0	0
Tony Palladino	28	8	76	0	2.71	-	-	-	0	0
Zoheb Sharif	17	1	103	3	6.05	-	-	-	1	0
Ravi Bopara	7	0	36	0	5.14	-	-	-	2	3

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Jefferson	lbw b Dagnall	7	27	24	0	0	25.92
Ravi Bopara	c Maunders b Amin	18	58	102	3	0	31.03
Andy Flower	c †Nixon b Whiley	127	292	349	20	0	43.49
Aftab Habib	c †Nixon b Maddy	7	21	19	1	0	33.33
Ronnie Irani (c)	b Maddy	9	13	12	1	0	69.23
James Foster †	b Hodge	50	94	145	10	0	53.19
Tony Palladino	b Dagnall	5	19	8	1	0	26.31
James Middlebrook	not out	82	122	147	14	1	67.21
Graham Napier	b Maddy	17	39	56	3	0	43.58
Zoheb Sharif	lbw b Maddy	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Adrian McCoubrey	c Whiley b Masters	1	3	3	0	0	33.33
Extras	(lb 6, nb 18, w 4)	28
Total	113.2 Ov (RR: 3.09)	351
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Will Jefferson), 2-68 (Ravi Bopara), 3-87 (Aftab Habib), 4-97 (Ronnie Irani), 5-215 (James Foster), 6-227 (Tony Palladino), 7-291 (Andy Flower), 8-346 (Graham Napier), 9-346 (Zoheb Sharif), 10-351 (Adrian McCoubrey)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Charlie Dagnall	22	5	58	2	2.63	-	-	-	1	0
Matthew Whiley	19	3	62	1	3.26	-	-	-	2	8
David Masters	18.2	4	53	1	2.89	-	-	-	0	0
Rupesh Amin	23	3	82	1	3.56	-	-	-	0	0
Darren Maddy	17	9	42	4	2.47	-	-	-	1	1
Brad Hodge	9	2	35	1	3.88	-	-	-	0	0
Jeremy Snape	5	2	13	0	2.60	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Will Jefferson	not out	54	143	154	11	0	37.76
James Middlebrook	c Ward b Dagnall	13	27	32	3	0	48.14
Andy Flower	not out	39	108	119	5	0	36.11
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 2, w 1)	5
Total	46.1 Ov (RR: 2.40)	111/1
Did not bat: Ravi Bopara, Aftab Habib, Ronnie Irani (c), James Foster †, Graham Napier, Zoheb Sharif, Tony Palladino, Adrian McCoubrey
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (James Middlebrook)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	9	5	17	0	1.88	-	-	-	0	0
Darren Maddy	6	3	8	0	1.33	-	-	-	0	0
Rupesh Amin	11.1	2	38	0	3.40	-	-	-	0	0
Charlie Dagnall	5	2	13	1	2.60	-	-	-	1	0
Matthew Whiley	3	0	8	0	2.66	-	-	-	0	1
Jeremy Snape	8	2	19	0	2.37	-	-	-	0	0
Brad Hodge	4	1	6	0	1.50	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Wed, 23 Jul - day 1 - LEICS 1st innings 471/5 (Trevor Ward 103*, 103.5 ov)

Thu, 24 Jul - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 227/5 (Andy Flower 115*, Tony Palladino 5*, 75 ov)

Fri, 25 Jul - day 3 - Essex 1st innings 271/6 (Andy Flower 125*, James Middlebrook 28*, 91 ov)

Sat, 26 Jul - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 111/1 (46.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Match Details

Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
Toss	Leicestershire, elected to bat first
Series	Frizzell County Championship Division One
Season	2003
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Ian Gould Neil Mallender
Points	Leicestershire 12, Essex 9

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Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DD Masters	9	5	17	0	1.88
DL Maddy	6	3	8	0	1.33
RM Amin	11.1	2	38	0	3.4
CE Dagnall	5	2	13	1	2.6
MJA Whiley	3	0	8	0	2.66 (1 nb)
JN Snape	8	2	19	0	2.37
BJ Hodge	4	1	6	0	1.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	16	James Middlebrook	Will Jefferson
2nd	95	Andy Flower	Will Jefferson

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