Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Extras		0
Did not bat: Craig Spearman, Kadeer Ali, Grant Hodnett, Hamish Marshall, Alex Gidman, Chris Taylor, Mark Hardinges, Steve Adshead †, Jon Lewis (c), Steve Kirby, Ben Edmondson

Essex 1st Innings(Forfeited)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Extras		0
Did not bat: Mark Pettini (c), James Middlebrook, Varun Chopra, Ravi Bopara, Grant Flower, James Foster †, Ryan ten Doeschate, Tom Westley, Andy Bichel, Graham Napier, Tony Palladino

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Craig Spearman	b Palladino	5	14	15	0	0	35.71
Kadeer Ali	c †Foster b Bichel	0	14	22	0	0	0.00
Grant Hodnett	c Flower b Bopara	24	65	91	2	0	36.92
Hamish Marshall	c †Foster b Bichel	1	2	4	0	0	50.00
Alex Gidman	c Middlebrook b Bichel	10	18	18	2	0	55.55
Chris Taylor	c †Foster b Bopara	101	135	187	14	0	74.81
Mark Hardinges	c †Foster b Bichel	5	8	4	1	0	62.50
Steve Adshead †	c Bichel b Bopara	11	16	20	2	0	68.75
Jon Lewis (c)	c Middlebrook b Bichel	1	5	10	0	0	20.00
Steve Kirby	c Bichel b Middlebrook	4	25	31	0	0	16.00
Ben Edmondson	not out	6	34	51	1	0	17.64
Extras	(lb 6, nb 6, w 4)	16
Total	55.3 Ov (RR: 3.31)	184
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Craig Spearman), 2-5 (Kadeer Ali), 3-7 (Hamish Marshall), 4-23 (Alex Gidman), 5-81 (Grant Hodnett), 6-88 (Mark Hardinges), 7-115 (Steve Adshead), 8-122 (Jon Lewis), 9-149 (Steve Kirby), 10-184 (Chris Taylor)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	19	6	55	5	2.89	-	-	-	0	0
Tony Palladino	7	2	21	1	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Ravi Bopara	16.3	4	60	3	3.63	-	-	-	3	3
Graham Napier	7	0	27	0	3.85	-	-	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	6	0	15	1	2.50	-	-	-	1	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 185 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Pettini (c)	c †Adshead b Kirby	7	8	6	1	0	87.50
James Middlebrook	c Ali b Kirby	13	15	26	1	1	86.66
Varun Chopra	c Edmondson b Lewis	33	68	104	3	0	48.52
Ravi Bopara	c †Adshead b Kirby	6	10	13	1	0	60.00
Grant Flower	b Kirby	8	15	21	2	0	53.33
James Foster †	c Spearman b Hardinges	19	23	51	4	0	82.60
Ryan ten Doeschate	c Hodnett b Hardinges	1	2	-	0	0	50.00
Tom Westley	not out	16	47	63	1	0	34.04
Andy Bichel	not out	22	38	60	1	0	57.89
Extras	(lb 2, nb 2)	4
Total	37.3 Ov (RR: 3.44)	129/7
Did not bat: Graham Napier, Tony Palladino
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Mark Pettini), 2-22 (James Middlebrook), 3-32 (Ravi Bopara), 4-44 (Grant Flower), 5-88 (Varun Chopra), 6-89 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 7-89 (James Foster)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jon Lewis	8	1	23	1	2.87	-	-	-	1
Steve Kirby	12	3	33	4	2.75	-	-	-	0
Ben Edmondson	8	1	40	0	5.00	-	-	-	0
Mark Hardinges	4	0	12	2	3.00	-	-	-	0
Chris Taylor	3	0	9	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Grant Hodnett	2.3	0	10	0	4.00	-	-	-	0

Gloucestershire Team

Essex Team

Close of Play

Wed, 25 Jul - day 1 - no play

Thu, 26 Jul - day 2 - no play

Fri, 27 Jul - day 3 - no play

Sat, 28 Jul - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 129/7 (37.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Bristol
Toss	Essex, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2007
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.15-13.55, Tea (usually) 16.10-16.30, Close 18.30<br>Final day: Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00.
Match days	25,26,27,28 July 2007 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Rob Bailey Tim Robinson
Points	Gloucestershire 4, Essex 4