Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c †Adshead b Kirby	76	120	156	14	0	63.33
Chris Rogers	st †Adshead b Taylor	319	417	567	50	2	76.49
Usman Afzaal	c Taylor b Rudge	51	155	190	5	0	32.90
David Sales (c)	c Spearman b Kirby	10	25	30	1	0	40.00
David Wigley	c Spearman b Lewis	2	13	15	0	0	15.38
Rob White	b Kirby	8	67	99	0	0	11.94
Bilal Shafayat †	lbw b Kirby	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Lance Klusener	b Taylor	44	53	80	5	1	83.01
Matthew Nicholson	lbw b Fisher	11	18	26	1	0	61.11
Steven Crook	c & b Kirby	41	29	29	5	1	141.37
Jason Brown	not out	20	10	17	2	2	200.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 29, nb 10, w 1)	46
Total	150.3 Ov (RR: 4.17)	628
Fall of wickets: 1-179 (Stephen Peters), 2-382 (Usman Afzaal), 3-404 (David Sales), 4-407 (David Wigley), 5-465 (Rob White), 6-465 (Bilal Shafayat), 7-552 (Chris Rogers), 8-565 (Lance Klusener), 9-585 (Matthew Nicholson), 10-628 (Steven Crook)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jon Lewis	29	7	109	1	3.75	-	-	-	0	1
Steve Kirby	32.3	5	99	5	3.04	-	-	-	0	2
William Rudge	20	0	117	1	5.85	-	-	-	0	2
Alex Gidman	19	4	63	0	3.31	-	-	-	1	0
Ian Fisher	31	5	108	1	3.48	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Taylor	15	0	75	2	5.00	-	-	-	0	0
Kadeer Ali	4	1	22	0	5.50	-	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Spearman	c †Shafayat b Nicholson	140	161	218	19	1	86.95
Phil Weston	c & b Wigley	7	13	20	1	0	53.84
Hamish Marshall	c Peters b Nicholson	1	6	14	0	0	16.66
Kadeer Ali	lbw b Nicholson	32	93	95	6	0	34.40
Chris Taylor	b Nicholson	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Alex Gidman	c sub b Nicholson	63	81	93	12	0	77.77
Steve Adshead †	lbw b Crook	24	50	72	2	0	48.00
Ian Fisher	c Klusener b Nicholson	39	73	82	4	1	53.42
Jon Lewis (c)	c Crook b Nicholson	6	13	20	1	0	46.15
William Rudge	not out	8	16	21	2	0	50.00
Steve Kirby	c †Shafayat b Wigley	8	9	13	2	0	88.88
Extras	(lb 3, nb 18, w 1)	22
Total	85.3 Ov (RR: 4.09)	350
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Phil Weston), 2-39 (Hamish Marshall), 3-150 (Kadeer Ali), 4-152 (Chris Taylor), 5-245 (Craig Spearman), 6-266 (Alex Gidman), 7-316 (Steve Adshead), 8-333 (Jon Lewis), 9-338 (Ian Fisher), 10-350 (Steve Kirby)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Nicholson	23	4	62	7	2.69	-	-	-	1	1
David Wigley	19.3	1	104	2	5.33	-	-	-	0	1
Jason Brown	22	1	77	0	3.50	-	-	-	0	0
Steven Crook	16	0	89	1	5.56	-	-	-	0	3
Rob White	5	0	15	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Phil Weston	c †Shafayat b Nicholson	87	173	199	6	3	50.28
Craig Spearman	lbw b Nicholson	137	172	223	20	0	79.65
Kadeer Ali	c †Shafayat b Wigley	145	279	185	16	2	51.97
Hamish Marshall	c Klusener b Afzaal	133	195	162	18	1	68.20
Chris Taylor	c White b Afzaal	37	38	-	8	0	97.36
Alex Gidman	not out	17	12	-	2	1	141.66
Steve Adshead †	c Sales b Afzaal	14	10	-	2	0	140.00
Jon Lewis (c)	not out	1	2	-	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 2, nb 10, w 7)	25
Total	146 Ov (RR: 4.08)	596/6d
Did not bat: Ian Fisher, William Rudge, Steve Kirby
Fall of wickets: 1-229 (Phil Weston), 2-244 (Craig Spearman), 3-498 (Hamish Marshall), 4-553 (Chris Taylor), 5-564 (Kadeer Ali), 6-593 (Steve Adshead)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Nicholson	23	2	84	2	3.65	-	-	-	0	0
David Wigley	19	4	103	1	5.42	-	-	-	1	0
Jason Brown	49	12	143	0	2.91	-	-	-	0	0
Steven Crook	19	1	95	0	5.00	-	-	-	0	2
Rob White	7	1	44	0	6.28	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Rogers	14	4	44	0	3.14	-	-	-	0	3
Usman Afzaal	15	2	75	3	5.00	-	-	-	2	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 319 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	not out	20	68	34	1	0	29.41
Usman Afzaal	not out	15	58	34	0	0	25.86
Extras		0
Total	21 Ov (RR: 1.66)	35/0
Did not bat: Chris Rogers, David Sales (c), Rob White, Bilal Shafayat †, Lance Klusener, Steven Crook, Matthew Nicholson, David Wigley, Jason Brown

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Hamish Marshall	11	3	16	0	1.45	-	-	-	0	0
Chris Taylor	10	4	19	0	1.90	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 08 Aug - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 413/4 (Chris Rogers 242*, Rob White 1*, 104 ov)

Wed, 09 Aug - day 2 - Gloucs 1st innings 243/4 (Craig Spearman 140*, Alex Gidman 50*, 55 ov)

Thu, 10 Aug - day 3 - Gloucs 2nd innings 272/2 (Kadeer Ali 13*, Hamish Marshall 19*, 73 ov)

Fri, 11 Aug - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 35/0 (21 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2006
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 1.15pm-1.55, Tea (usually) 4.10-4.30, Close 6.30<br>Final day: Lunch 1.00pm-1.40, Tea 3.40-4.00, Close 6.00
Match days	8,9,10,11 August 2006 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Allan Jones Jeff Evans
Points	Northamptonshire 12, Gloucestershire 10

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Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
HJH Marshall	11	3	16	0	1.45
CG Taylor	10	4	19	0	1.9

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	35	Usman Afzaal	Stephen Peters

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