Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Martin Love	c Ali b Malik	53	64	88	11	0	82.81
Bilal Shafayat	c Solanki b Shoaib Akhtar	1	5	10	0	0	20.00
Rob White	b Mason	30	22	28	5	1	136.36
Usman Afzaal	st †Pipe b Batty	41	51	82	6	0	80.39
David Sales (c)	b Shoaib Akhtar	31	53	71	7	0	58.49
Riki Wessels †	c †Pipe b Shoaib Akhtar	13	33	45	3	0	39.39
Damien Wright	b Shoaib Akhtar	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Ben Phillips	c †Pipe b Malik	5	18	37	1	0	27.77
Monty Panesar	c Moore b Malik	5	20	23	1	0	25.00
Johann Louw	c †Pipe b Shoaib Akhtar	0	18	24	0	0	0.00
Jason Brown	not out	0	12	16	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 6, w 1)	10
Total	49.2 Ov (RR: 3.83)	189
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Bilal Shafayat), 2-61 (Rob White), 3-101 (Martin Love), 4-147 (Usman Afzaal), 5-177 (David Sales), 6-177 (Damien Wright), 7-178 (Riki Wessels), 8-187 (Monty Panesar), 9-188 (Ben Phillips), 10-189 (Johann Louw)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shoaib Akhtar	9.2	1	55	5	5.89	-	-	-	0	3
Kabir Ali	9	0	56	0	6.22	-	-	-	1	0
Matt Mason	12	4	26	1	2.16	-	-	-	0	0
Nadeem Malik	17	5	44	3	2.58	-	-	-	0	0
Gareth Batty	2	1	5	1	2.50	-	-	-	0	0

Worcestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Vikram Solanki (c)	c Sales b Louw	17	25	29	4	0	68.00
Stephen Moore	c †Wessels b Phillips	62	101	173	12	0	61.38
Graeme Hick	lbw b Phillips	0	9	11	0	0	0.00
Ben Smith	c Sales b Wright	38	113	245	6	0	33.62
Zander de Bruyn	b Wright	6	31	42	1	0	19.35
Gareth Batty	c Sales b Louw	0	23	43	0	0	0.00
Kabir Ali	c Shafayat b Wright	7	12	16	1	0	58.33
James Pipe †	lbw b Phillips	4	10	12	1	0	40.00
Shoaib Akhtar	b Louw	35	29	44	3	3	120.68
Matt Mason	not out	30	38	54	5	0	78.94
Nadeem Malik	b Louw	3	6	12	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, w 8)	14
Total	66.1 Ov (RR: 3.26)	216
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Vikram Solanki), 2-34 (Graeme Hick), 3-95 (Stephen Moore), 4-110 (Zander de Bruyn), 5-127 (Gareth Batty), 6-138 (Kabir Ali), 7-143 (Ben Smith), 8-147 (James Pipe), 9-190 (Shoaib Akhtar), 10-216 (Nadeem Malik)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Damien Wright	23	8	87	3	3.78	-	-	-	0
Johann Louw	22.1	7	66	4	2.97	-	-	-	2
Ben Phillips	14	5	42	3	3.00	-	-	-	0
Monty Panesar	4	0	8	0	2.00	-	-	-	0
Bilal Shafayat	3	1	7	0	2.33	-	-	-	2

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Martin Love	b Ali	14	25	47	2	0	56.00
Bilal Shafayat	c †Pipe b Ali	7	16	16	1	0	43.75
Rob White	c Hick b Mason	12	15	23	3	0	80.00
Usman Afzaal	b Mason	6	21	29	1	0	28.57
David Sales (c)	c Batty b Malik	190	174	229	27	8	109.19
Riki Wessels †	c Batty b Malik	0	8	9	0	0	0.00
Damien Wright	c & b de Bruyn	85	72	112	14	1	118.05
Ben Phillips	c Hick b Batty	17	30	36	3	0	56.66
Johann Louw	lbw b Shoaib Akhtar	27	54	50	3	0	50.00
Monty Panesar	b Shoaib Akhtar	5	18	26	0	0	27.77
Jason Brown	not out	5	16	17	1	0	31.25
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 8, w 1)	18
Total	74.1 Ov (RR: 5.20)	386
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Bilal Shafayat), 2-33 (Rob White), 3-39 (Martin Love), 4-59 (Usman Afzaal), 5-64 (Riki Wessels), 6-252 (Damien Wright), 7-303 (Ben Phillips), 8-372 (David Sales), 9-377 (Johann Louw), 10-386 (Monty Panesar)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shoaib Akhtar	13.1	2	72	2	5.46	-	-	-	0	0
Kabir Ali	9	0	56	2	6.22	-	-	-	0	4
Matt Mason	13	2	59	2	4.53	-	-	-	0	0
Nadeem Malik	15	2	57	2	3.80	-	-	-	0	0
Gareth Batty	13	0	88	1	6.76	-	-	-	0	0
Zander de Bruyn	11	1	45	1	4.09	-	-	-	1	0

Worcestershire 2nd Innings (T: 360 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Vikram Solanki (c)	c White b Louw	29	89	116	5	0	32.58
Stephen Moore	c †Wessels b Wright	8	5	10	2	0	160.00
Graeme Hick	c †Wessels b Louw	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
Ben Smith	b Panesar	92	146	210	13	0	63.01
Zander de Bruyn	lbw b Panesar	43	33	45	6	1	130.30
Gareth Batty	lbw b Phillips	2	3	7	0	0	66.66
Kabir Ali	c †Wessels b Phillips	5	13	14	1	0	38.46
James Pipe †	lbw b Phillips	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Shoaib Akhtar	b Panesar	19	23	17	2	1	82.60
Matt Mason	b Panesar	5	15	17	1	0	33.33
Nadeem Malik	not out	6	6	6	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, w 5)	13
Total	57.2 Ov (RR: 3.87)	222
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Stephen Moore), 2-14 (Graeme Hick), 3-83 (Vikram Solanki), 4-154 (Zander de Bruyn), 5-161 (Gareth Batty), 6-173 (Kabir Ali), 7-175 (James Pipe), 8-198 (Shoaib Akhtar), 9-211 (Ben Smith), 10-222 (Matt Mason)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Damien Wright	14	5	39	1	2.78	-	-	-	1
Johann Louw	14	1	60	2	4.28	-	-	-	4
Ben Phillips	14	3	56	3	4.00	-	-	-	0
Monty Panesar	12.2	3	40	4	3.24	-	-	-	0
Bilal Shafayat	3	0	19	0	6.33	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Thu, 04 Aug - day 1 - Worcs 1st innings 74/2 (Stephen Moore 41*, Ben Smith 16*, 23 ov)

Fri, 05 Aug - day 2 - Northants 2nd innings 299/6 (David Sales 152*, Ben Phillips 13*, 55 ov)

Sat, 06 Aug - day 3 - Worcs 2nd innings 222 (57.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 2

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2005
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Pasty Harris Roy Palmer
Points	Northamptonshire 17, Worcestershire 3

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Worcs Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DG Wright	14	5	39	1	2.78
J Louw	14	1	60	2	4.28
BJ Phillips	14	3	56	3	4
MS Panesar	12.2	3	40	4	3.24
BM Shafayat	3	0	19	0	6.33

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