Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	lbw b O'Brien	5	16	46	0	0	31.25
John Maunders	c †New b Gurney	56	99	199	7	0	56.56
Hashim Amla	c †New b Allenby	118	166	221	17	0	71.08
Matt Walker	not out	116	236	295	15	0	49.15
Mark Pettini (c)	b Walker	24	55	57	2	0	43.63
James Foster †	c †New b Allenby	85	121	162	10	0	70.24
Ryan ten Doeschate	c Dippenaar b Allenby	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 19, nb 2, w 2)	23
Total	115.3 Ov (RR: 3.69)	427/6d
Did not bat: Graham Napier, David Masters, Chris Wright, Tony Palladino
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Varun Chopra), 2-143 (John Maunders), 3-212 (Hashim Amla), 4-269 (Mark Pettini), 5-427 (James Foster), 6-427 (Ryan ten Doeschate)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Iain O'Brien	24	6	82	1	3.41	-	-	-	0	1
Andrew Harris	25	6	75	0	3.00	-	-	-	1	0
Harry Gurney	22	1	96	1	4.36	-	-	-	0	0
Jim Allenby	20.3	6	70	3	3.41	-	-	-	1	0
George Walker	23	0	84	1	3.65	-	-	-	0	0
Josh Cobb	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-	0	0

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Josh Cobb	c Walker b Palladino	14	31	68	3	0	45.16
Matthew Boyce	lbw b Palladino	4	8	11	1	0	50.00
Boeta Dippenaar (c)	c †Foster b Masters	7	20	48	1	0	35.00
HD Ackerman	b Wright	15	38	170	2	0	39.47
Jim Allenby	c †Foster b Masters	71	97	284	11	0	73.19
James Taylor	c Masters b ten Doeschate	88	129	218	14	1	68.21
Tom New †	c †Foster b Palladino	9	15	29	0	0	60.00
George Walker	lbw b Palladino	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Iain O'Brien	c †Foster b Wright	1	11	16	0	0	9.09
Andrew Harris	b Wright	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Harry Gurney	not out	8	26	44	2	0	30.76
Extras	(b 2, lb 10, nb 8, w 1)	21
Total	62.2 Ov (RR: 3.81)	238
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Matthew Boyce), 2-25 (Boeta Dippenaar), 3-27 (Josh Cobb), 4-81 (HD Ackerman), 5-135 (Jim Allenby), 6-162 (Tom New), 7-162 (George Walker), 8-173 (Iain O'Brien), 9-173 (Andrew Harris), 10-238 (James Taylor)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	18	6	49	2	2.72	-	-	-	1	0
Tony Palladino	18	3	68	4	3.77	-	-	-	0	1
Chris Wright	16	3	52	3	3.25	-	-	-	0	1
Graham Napier	9	1	53	0	5.88	-	-	-	0	2
Ryan ten Doeschate	1.2	0	4	1	3.00	-	-	-	0	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Josh Cobb	lbw b Masters	6	19	24	1	0	31.57
Matthew Boyce	not out	45	79	104	9	0	56.96
Boeta Dippenaar (c)	lbw b Palladino	9	17	17	1	0	52.94
HD Ackerman	b Wright	19	18	20	4	0	105.55
Jim Allenby	not out	34	25	32	6	0	136.00
Extras	(nb 4, w 6)	10
Total	26 Ov (RR: 4.73)	123/3
Did not bat: James Taylor, Tom New †, George Walker, Iain O'Brien, Andrew Harris, Harry Gurney
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Josh Cobb), 2-30 (Boeta Dippenaar), 3-62 (HD Ackerman)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	5	2	13	1	2.60	-	-	-	0	0
Tony Palladino	7	3	26	1	3.71	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Wright	7	1	38	1	5.42	-	-	-	1	2
Ryan ten Doeschate	4	0	33	0	8.25	-	-	-	1	0
Graham Napier	3	1	13	0	4.33	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 21 Jul - day 1 - no play

Wed, 22 Jul - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 294/4 (Matt Walker 67*, James Foster 10*, 86.2 ov)

Thu, 23 Jul - day 3 - LEICS 1st innings 61/3 (HD Ackerman 8*, Jim Allenby 26*, 18 ov)

Fri, 24 Jul - day 4 - LEICS 2nd innings 123/3 (26 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 2

Day 3

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester
Toss	Leicestershire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2009
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	21,22,23,24 July 2009 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	John Holder Steve Garratt
Points	Essex 12, Leicestershire 7

Match Coverage

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LEICS Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DD Masters	5	2	13	1	2.6
AP Palladino	7	3	26	1	3.71
CJC Wright	7	1	38	1	5.42 (2 nb)
RN ten Doeschate	4	0	33	0	8.25
GR Napier	3	1	13	0	4.33

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