Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Billy Godleman	lbw b Lewis	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Tom Westley	c †Coughtrie b Payne	20	54	77	3	0	37.03
Owais Shah	c Dent b Lewis	12	35	46	1	0	34.28
Jaik Mickleburgh	lbw b WRS Gidman	14	27	43	2	0	51.85
Adam Wheater	lbw b Saxelby	135	124	199	17	5	108.87
James Foster (c)†	b WRS Gidman	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Ryan ten Doeschate	not out	124	182	293	10	1	68.13
Graham Napier	c †Coughtrie b Payne	45	68	75	4	2	66.17
David Masters	run out (Lewis)	1	3	2	0	0	33.33
Maurice Chambers	b Lewis	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Tom Craddock	b Lewis	4	20	28	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 2, w 1)	8
Total	86.5 Ov (RR: 4.18)	363
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Billy Godleman, 0.1 ov), 2-26 (Owais Shah, 10.5 ov), 3-39 (Tom Westley, 18.1 ov), 4-55 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 21.2 ov), 5-55 (James Foster, 21.5 ov), 6-259 (Adam Wheater, 59.2 ov), 7-341 (Graham Napier, 77.6 ov), 8-345 (David Masters, 79.2 ov), 9-347 (Maurice Chambers, 80.5 ov), 10-363 (Tom Craddock, 86.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jon Lewis	15.5	4	46	4	2.90	-	-	-	0	1
Will Gidman	17	2	65	2	3.82	-	-	-	0	0
Ian Saxelby	17	1	62	1	3.64	-	-	-	1	0
David Payne	15	1	75	2	5.00	-	-	-	0	0
Hamish Marshall	9	1	35	0	3.88	-	-	-	0	0
Jack Taylor	13	0	75	0	5.76	-	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Hamish Marshall	c Westley b Masters	1	3	10	0	0	33.33
Chris Dent	c Westley b Napier	12	52	65	1	0	23.07
Kane Williamson	lbw b Napier	83	107	140	10	0	77.57
Chris Taylor	c †Foster b Masters	26	49	60	3	0	53.06
Alex Gidman (c)	lbw b Masters	29	26	34	2	2	111.53
Richard Coughtrie †	not out	38	107	161	4	0	35.51
Will Gidman	c †Foster b Masters	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Jack Taylor	c Mickleburgh b Masters	23	36	38	2	1	63.88
Jon Lewis	c Shah b ten Doeschate	23	40	55	3	0	57.50
Ian Saxelby	c †Foster b Napier	27	42	38	3	0	64.28
David Payne	lbw b Masters	0	1	9	0	0	0.00
Extras	(nb 2)	2
Total	77.1 Ov (RR: 3.42)	264
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Hamish Marshall, 2.2 ov), 2-46 (Chris Dent, 15.2 ov), 3-114 (Chris Taylor, 31.5 ov), 4-149 (Kane Williamson, 37.5 ov), 5-157 (Alex Gidman, 40.3 ov), 6-157 (Will Gidman, 40.4 ov), 7-189 (Jack Taylor, 50.5 ov), 8-221 (Jon Lewis, 64.1 ov), 9-263 (Ian Saxelby, 74.6 ov), 10-264 (David Payne, 77.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
David Masters	28.1	5	75	6	2.66	-	-	-	0
Maurice Chambers	15	3	47	0	3.13	-	-	-	1
Graham Napier	15	4	43	3	2.86	-	-	-	0
Tom Craddock	11	0	46	0	4.18	-	-	-	0
Tom Westley	2	0	23	0	11.50	-	-	-	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	6	0	30	1	5.00	-	-	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Westley	c Marshall b Saxelby	30	39	43	7	0	76.92
Billy Godleman	c Marshall b JMR Taylor	50	140	167	7	0	35.71
Owais Shah	lbw b WRS Gidman	18	28	64	2	0	64.28
Jaik Mickleburgh	run out (CG Taylor)	84	115	153	8	0	73.04
Adam Wheater	c Lewis b JMR Taylor	38	40	43	4	1	95.00
James Foster (c)†	not out	46	40	48	5	0	115.00
Extras	(lb 9, w 13)	22
Total	67 Ov (RR: 4.29)	288/5d
Did not bat: Ryan ten Doeschate, Graham Napier, David Masters, Maurice Chambers, Tom Craddock
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Tom Westley, 10.6 ov), 2-67 (Owais Shah, 25.4 ov), 3-134 (Billy Godleman, 42.6 ov), 4-197 (Adam Wheater, 54.6 ov), 5-288 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 66.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Jon Lewis	21	3	75	0	3.57	-	-	-	1
Will Gidman	11	3	26	1	2.36	-	-	-	0
Ian Saxelby	10	0	44	1	4.40	-	-	-	0
David Payne	10	2	38	0	3.80	-	-	-	0
Jack Taylor	15	0	96	2	6.40	-	-	-	5

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings (T: 388 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chris Dent	c Westley b Masters	16	41	64	2	0	39.02
Richard Coughtrie †	c ten Doeschate b Chambers	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Kane Williamson	c †Foster b Masters	19	32	41	1	0	59.37
Chris Taylor	not out	103	138	174	13	0	74.63
Alex Gidman (c)	c †Foster b Napier	18	26	24	3	0	69.23
Hamish Marshall	b Napier	7	13	23	1	0	53.84
Will Gidman	not out	57	114	106	10	0	50.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 2)	11
Total	60.4 Ov (RR: 3.80)	231/5
Did not bat: Jack Taylor, Jon Lewis, Ian Saxelby, David Payne
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Richard Coughtrie, 1.1 ov), 2-35 (Kane Williamson, 10.5 ov), 3-48 (Chris Dent, 14.2 ov), 4-78 (Alex Gidman, 20.6 ov), 5-98 (Hamish Marshall, 26.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
David Masters	17	3	50	2	2.94	-	-	-	0
Maurice Chambers	9	2	29	1	3.22	-	-	-	1
Tom Craddock	17.4	2	67	0	3.79	-	-	-	0
Graham Napier	11	0	61	2	5.54	-	-	-	0
Tom Westley	6	1	15	0	2.50	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Wed, 17 Aug - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 359/9 (Ryan ten Doeschate 120*, Tom Craddock 4*, 85 ov)

Thu, 18 Aug - day 2 - Gloucester 1st innings 176/6 (Richard Coughtrie 8*, Jack Taylor 15*, 45 ov)

Fri, 19 Aug - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 243/4 (Jaik Mickleburgh 68*, James Foster 18*, 61 ov)

Sat, 20 Aug - day 4 - Gloucester 2nd innings 231/5 (60.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Match Details

Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2011
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	17,18,19,20 August 2011 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Stephen Gale Tim Robinson
Points	Essex 10, Gloucestershire 8

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Gloucester Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DD Masters	17	3	50	2	2.94
MA Chambers	9	2	29	1	3.22 (1 nb)
TR Craddock	17.4	2	67	0	3.79
GR Napier	11	0	61	2	5.54
T Westley	6	1	15	0	2.5

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