Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alastair Cook	c Robinson b Maddy	132	232	293	22	0	56.89
Mark Pettini	c Maddy b Liddle	11	47	58	1	0	23.40
Ravi Bopara	b Masters	11	28	34	1	0	39.28
Andy Flower	c Masters b Maunders	5	17	20	1	0	29.41
Ronnie Irani (c)	lbw b Masters	7	5	3	1	0	140.00
James Foster †	lbw b Walker	103	227	290	18	0	45.37
Ryan ten Doeschate	b Masters	45	76	102	6	0	59.21
James Middlebrook	c Liddle b Henderson	44	78	99	7	0	56.41
Tim Phillips	b Walker	4	16	15	1	0	25.00
Andy Bichel	not out	75	104	126	8	4	72.11
Alex Tudor	b Henderson	22	51	61	4	0	43.13
Extras	(b 8, lb 18, w 1)	27
Total	146.5 Ov (RR: 3.30)	486
Fall of wickets 1-42 (Mark Pettini), 2-64 (Ravi Bopara), 3-75 (Andy Flower), 4-82 (Ronnie Irani), 5-237 (Alastair Cook), 6-322 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 7-335 (James Foster), 8-339 (Tim Phillips), 9-405 (James Middlebrook), 10-486 (Alex Tudor)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD
David Masters	32	13	58	3	1.81	-	0
Nick Walker	27	5	83	2	3.07	-	1
Chris Liddle	24	6	105	1	4.37	-	0
Darren Maddy	19	6	52	1	2.73	-	0
John Maunders	7	0	25	1	3.57	-	0
Jim Allenby	8	2	23	0	2.87	-	0
Claude Henderson	29.5	5	114	2	3.82	-	0

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson (c)	b Bopara	80	120	127	17	0	66.66
John Maunders	lbw b Bichel	7	7	17	0	0	100.00
Tom New †	lbw b Bichel	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
John Sadler	not out	128	254	495	15	3	50.39
Darren Maddy	c ten Doeschate b Bopara	0	9	12	0	0	0.00
Jim Allenby	not out	103	187	372	13	3	55.08
Extras	(b 7, lb 16, nb 30, w 1)	54
Total	93.5 Ov (RR: 3.96)	372/4d
Did not bat Paul Nixon, Claude Henderson, David Masters, Chris Liddle, Nick Walker
Fall of wickets 1-21 (John Maunders), 2-21 (Tom New), 3-129 (Darren Robinson), 4-129 (Darren Maddy)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	21	4	86	2	4.09	-	0	2
Alex Tudor	11.5	3	69	0	5.83	-	0	7
Tim Phillips	18	3	54	0	3.00	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	21	8	61	2	2.90	-	1	3
James Middlebrook	8	1	36	0	4.50	-	0	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	14	4	43	0	3.07	-	0	3

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alastair Cook	not out	66	32	24	13	1	206.25
Mark Pettini	not out	114	29	24	12	11	393.10
Extras	(nb 6)	6
Total	9.4 Ov (RR: 19.24)	186/0d
Did not bat Ravi Bopara, Andy Flower, Ronnie Irani (c), James Foster †, James Middlebrook, Andy Bichel, Alex Tudor, Ryan ten Doeschate, Tim Phillips

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Paul Nixon	5	0	69	0	13.80	-	0	1
Darren Robinson	4.4	0	117	0	25.07	-	0	2

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 301 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson (c)	c †Foster b Bichel	7	39	39	0	0	17.94
John Maunders	c Cook b Middlebrook	49	101	126	8	0	48.51
Tom New †	b Phillips	51	78	93	9	0	65.38
John Sadler	run out	38	54	61	5	1	70.37
Darren Maddy	lbw b ten Doeschate	39	61	63	5	0	63.93
Paul Nixon	not out	38	40	70	6	0	95.00
Jim Allenby	not out	68	49	59	9	2	138.77
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 2, w 2)	11
Total	70.1 Ov (RR: 4.28)	301/5
Did not bat Claude Henderson, David Masters, Chris Liddle, Nick Walker
Fall of wickets 1-25 (Darren Robinson), 2-111 (John Maunders), 3-117 (Tom New), 4-189 (John Sadler), 5-199 (Darren Maddy)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	13	4	49	1	3.76	-	1	0
Alex Tudor	5	1	18	0	3.60	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	7	0	25	0	3.57	-	1	1
Ryan ten Doeschate	13.1	1	72	1	5.46	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	16	1	55	1	3.43	-	0	0
Tim Phillips	14	2	71	1	5.07	-	0	0
Alastair Cook	2	1	4	0	2.00	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 20 Sep

day 1 - Essex 1st innings 322/6 (James Foster 94*, 103.2 ov)

Thu, 21 Sep

day 2 - Leics 1st innings 226/4 (John Sadler 71*, Jim Allenby 37*, 59 ov)

Fri, 22 Sep

day 3 - Leics 1st innings 290/4 (John Sadler 89*, Jim Allenby 70*, 77 ov)

Sat, 23 Sep

day 4 - Leics 2nd innings 301/5 (70.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 4

Leicestershire 1st innings

JL Sadler 100 in 302 mins off 225 balls, 10x4 and 3x6

J Allenby 100 in 218 mins off 187 balls, 13x4 and 3x6

Essex 2nd innings

ML Pettini 100 in 24 mins off 27 balls, 11x4 and 10x6

Match Details

GroundGrace Road, Leicester

TossEssex, elected to bat first

Series

County Championship Division Two

Season2006

Hours of play (local time)10.30am start, Lunch 12.45pm-1.15, Tea (usually) 3.40-4.00, Close 6.00<br>Final day: Lunch 12.30pm-1.10, Tea 3.10-3.30, Close 5.30

Match days20,21,22,23 September 2006 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

George Sharp

Graham Burgess

PointsLeicestershire 21, Essex 6

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