Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson (c)	c †Pettini b Nel	43	111	143	7	0	38.73
Tom New	lbw b Napier	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
HD Ackerman	c Chopra b Napier	20	14	22	3	0	142.85
Jim Allenby	c Middlebrook b Bopara	21	17	32	4	0	123.52
Paul Nixon †	lbw b Danish Kaneria	85	173	226	14	0	49.13
Marc Rosenberg	c †Pettini b Nel	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
John Sadler	c Napier b McGarry	15	44	47	3	0	34.09
Mansoor Amjad	c †Pettini b McGarry	9	16	21	2	0	56.25
Daniel Rowe	b ten Doeschate	85	69	90	14	1	123.18
Nick Walker	b Napier	31	15	20	1	4	206.66
Charl Langeveldt	not out	10	12	8	2	0	83.33
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 4, w 2)	16
Total	79.1 Ov (RR: 4.23)	335
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Tom New), 2-33 (HD Ackerman), 3-67 (Jim Allenby), 4-122 (Darren Robinson), 5-122 (Marc Rosenberg), 6-153 (John Sadler), 7-177 (Mansoor Amjad), 8-283 (Paul Nixon), 9-311 (Daniel Rowe), 10-335 (Nick Walker)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andre Nel	15	4	58	2	3.86	-	-	-	0	0
Graham Napier	19.1	6	55	3	2.86	-	-	-	2	0
Andrew McGarry	15	3	62	2	4.13	-	-	-	0	1
Ravi Bopara	14	3	39	1	2.78	-	-	-	0	1
Ryan ten Doeschate	10	0	63	1	6.30	-	-	-	0	0
Danish Kaneria	6	1	48	1	8.00	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Varun Chopra	lbw b Walker	4	12	9	1	0	33.33
Mark Pettini †	c Ackerman b Walker	1	31	41	0	0	3.22
Ravi Bopara	lbw b Langeveldt	2	17	23	0	0	11.76
Ronnie Irani (c)	c †Nixon b Langeveldt	40	65	98	5	0	61.53
Tim Phillips	c & b Walker	4	50	62	0	0	8.00
Ryan ten Doeschate	c Ackerman b Langeveldt	3	10	8	0	0	30.00
James Middlebrook	c Robinson b Rowe	12	33	42	2	0	36.36
Graham Napier	not out	72	80	111	5	7	90.00
Danish Kaneria	c Sadler b Rowe	18	18	20	2	1	100.00
Andre Nel	lbw b Allenby	10	20	25	1	0	50.00
Andrew McGarry	b Langeveldt	10	25	40	2	0	40.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 8, nb 6, w 3)	25
Total	59.4 Ov (RR: 3.36)	201
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Varun Chopra), 2-7 (Ravi Bopara), 3-7 (Mark Pettini), 4-48 (Tim Phillips), 5-55 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 6-66 (Ronnie Irani), 7-80 (James Middlebrook), 8-104 (Danish Kaneria), 9-140 (Andre Nel), 10-201 (Andrew McGarry)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nick Walker	19	7	55	3	2.89	-	-	-	2	0
Charl Langeveldt	22.4	8	41	4	1.80	-	-	-	0	1
Mansoor Amjad	8	2	32	0	4.00	-	-	-	0	0
Daniel Rowe	5	1	27	2	5.40	-	-	-	0	2
Jim Allenby	5	0	30	1	6.00	-	-	-	0	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson (c)	not out	41	57	63	6	0	71.92
Tom New	not out	14	46	63	3	0	30.43
Extras	(b 1)	1
Total	17.1 Ov (RR: 3.26, 63 Mins)	56/0d
Did not bat: HD Ackerman, Jim Allenby, John Sadler, Paul Nixon †, Marc Rosenberg, Mansoor Amjad, Daniel Rowe, Nick Walker, Charl Langeveldt

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Andre Nel	3	1	17	5.66	-	-	-
Graham Napier	3	0	23	7.66	-	-	-
James Middlebrook	6	1	9	1.50	-	-	-
Tim Phillips	5.1	1	6	1.16	-	-	-

Close of Play

Wed, 16 May - day 1 - no play

Thu, 17 May - day 2 - no play

Fri, 18 May - day 3 - Essex 1st innings 39/3 (Ronnie Irani 27*, Tim Phillips 3*, 22 ov)

Sat, 19 May - day 4 - LEICS 2nd innings 56/0d (17.1 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester
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	16,17,18,19 May 2007 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Nigel Cowley Peter Hartley
Points	Leicestershire 10, Essex 8

Match Coverage

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Nicholson gives Surrey winning chance

Instant answers to T20 questions

LEICS Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	Econ
A Nel	3	1	17	5.66
GR Napier	3	0	23	7.66
JD Middlebrook	6	1	9	1.5
TJ Phillips	5.1	1	6	1.16

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	56	Darren Robinson	Tom New

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