BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom New	c Westley b Masters	2	9	14	0	0	22.22
Matthew Boyce	lbw b Palladino	1	4	6	0	0	25.00
HD Ackerman	c Palladino b Masters	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Boeta Dippenaar	c †Foster b Palladino	1	2	4	0	0	50.00
Jim Allenby	c †Foster b Masters	10	25	40	1	0	40.00
Paul Nixon (c)†	b Palladino	57	90	119	9	1	63.33
Jacques Du Toit	lbw b Masters	43	77	109	6	0	55.84
Claude Henderson	c Gallian b Masters	13	37	50	1	1	35.13
Dillon du Preez	not out	13	16	36	1	1	81.25
Nadeem Malik	lbw b Masters	1	10	9	0	0	10.00
Garnett Kruger	lbw b Danish Kaneria	1	9	5	0	0	11.11
Extras	(b 4, lb 13)	17
TOTAL	47 Ov (RR: 3.38)	159
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Matthew Boyce), 2-3 (HD Ackerman), 3-4 (Tom New), 4-4 (Boeta Dippenaar), 5-24 (Jim Allenby), 6-110 (Paul Nixon), 7-125 (Jacques Du Toit), 8-146 (Claude Henderson), 9-154 (Nadeem Malik), 10-159 (Garnett Kruger)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
David Masters	14	6	24	6	1.71	-	-	-
Tony Palladino	12	2	33	3	2.75	-	-	-
Ravi Bopara	4	1	20	0	5.00	-	-	-
Alex Tudor	11	2	26	0	2.36	-	-	-
Danish Kaneria	6	1	39	1	6.50	-	-	-

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jason Gallian	c †Nixon b du Preez	7	14	13	1	0	50.00
Tom Westley	c Allenby b Malik	27	44	63	3	0	61.36
Ravi Bopara	c Dippenaar b du Preez	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Mark Pettini (c)	c Dippenaar b Malik	13	40	54	1	0	32.50
Ryan ten Doeschate	c New b Malik	12	18	25	2	0	66.66
James Foster †	b Malik	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
James Middlebrook	b Kruger	46	103	155	5	0	44.66
Alex Tudor	lbw b du Preez	12	37	44	3	0	32.43
David Masters	c Dippenaar b Malik	10	23	26	1	0	43.47
Tony Palladino	not out	22	58	71	3	0	37.93
Danish Kaneria	c Allenby b Malik	1	5	3	0	0	20.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, w 1)	14
TOTAL	57.3 Ov (RR: 2.85)	164
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Jason Gallian), 2-13 (Ravi Bopara), 3-47 (Tom Westley), 4-54 (Mark Pettini), 5-54 (James Foster), 6-61 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 7-89 (Alex Tudor), 8-117 (David Masters), 9-163 (James Middlebrook), 10-164 (Danish Kaneria)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Nadeem Malik	19.3	6	46	6	2.35	-	-	-	1
Dillon du Preez	16	2	61	3	3.81	-	-	-	0
Garnett Kruger	17	3	34	1	2.00	-	-	-	0
Jim Allenby	4	1	10	0	2.50	-	-	-	0
Claude Henderson	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0

Leicestershire 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom New	c Gallian b ten Doeschate	28	97	115	4	0	28.86
Matthew Boyce	c Westley b ten Doeschate	41	101	137	5	0	40.59
HD Ackerman	lbw b ten Doeschate	112	204	288	14	2	54.90
Boeta Dippenaar	c †Foster b Bopara	64	139	153	7	0	46.04
Nadeem Malik	c sub (RT Lugg) b ten Doeschate	19	77	94	2	0	24.67
Jim Allenby	c †Foster b Palladino	0	15	21	0	0	0.00
Paul Nixon (c)†	not out	92	138	188	10	0	66.66
Jacques Du Toit	c Middlebrook b ten Doeschate	4	24	38	0	0	16.66
Claude Henderson	c Danish Kaneria b Bopara	66	117	128	9	0	56.41
Dillon du Preez	run out	1	5	5	0	0	20.00
Garnett Kruger	lbw b Bopara	1	4	4	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 11, nb 6, w 3)	21
TOTAL	153 Ov (RR: 2.93)	449
Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Tom New), 2-82 (Matthew Boyce), 3-227 (Boeta Dippenaar), 4-275 (Nadeem Malik), 5-278 (HD Ackerman), 6-286 (Jim Allenby), 7-306 (Jacques Du Toit), 8-442 (Claude Henderson), 9-445 (Dillon du Preez), 10-449 (Garnett Kruger)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Masters	30	11	55	0	1.83	-	-	-	1	1
Tony Palladino	20	8	53	1	2.65	-	-	-	1	1
Alex Tudor	19	4	61	0	3.21	-	-	-	0	0
Danish Kaneria	33	4	85	0	2.57	-	-	-	0	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	19	3	58	5	3.05	-	-	-	1	0
Ravi Bopara	13	1	49	3	3.76	-	-	-	0	1
James Middlebrook	15	2	55	0	3.66	-	-	-	0	0
Tom Westley	4	0	21	0	5.25	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 445 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Westley	c †Nixon b du Preez	12	29	30	3	0	41.37
Jason Gallian	c Ackerman b Henderson	41	108	149	5	0	37.96
Ravi Bopara	c †Nixon b Henderson	87	136	179	10	1	63.97
Mark Pettini (c)	c Ackerman b Henderson	9	13	17	0	1	69.23
Ryan ten Doeschate	b Malik	21	46	60	3	0	45.65
James Foster †	not out	88	212	247	14	0	41.50
James Middlebrook	lbw b Allenby	21	22	27	3	1	95.45
Alex Tudor	st †Nixon b Allenby	11	16	20	1	1	68.75
David Masters	lbw b Kruger	5	87	104	0	0	5.74
Tony Palladino	lbw b Henderson	2	53	58	0	0	3.77
Danish Kaneria	not out	2	9	12	0	0	22.22
Extras	(b 3, lb 8, nb 10)	21
TOTAL	121 Ov (RR: 2.64)	320/9
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Tom Westley), 2-109 (Jason Gallian), 3-129 (Mark Pettini), 4-158 (Ravi Bopara), 5-174 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 6-202 (James Middlebrook), 7-222 (Alex Tudor), 8-272 (David Masters), 9-314 (Tony Palladino)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Nadeem Malik	24	5	85	1	3.54	-	-	-	2
Dillon du Preez	23	6	60	1	2.60	-	-	-	0
Garnett Kruger	23	5	73	1	3.17	-	-	-	3
Claude Henderson	40	18	68	4	1.70	-	-	-	0
Jim Allenby	11	0	23	2	2.09	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 21 May - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 134/8 (James Middlebrook 36*, Tony Palladino 8*, 47 ov)

Thu, 22 May - day 2 - Leics 2nd innings 233/3 (HD Ackerman 90*, Nadeem Malik 0*, 83 ov)

Fri, 23 May - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 69/1 (Jason Gallian 29*, Ravi Bopara 26*, 24 ov)

Sat, 24 May - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 320/9 (121 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 3

MATCH DETAILS

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Leicestershire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2008
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	21,22,23,24 May 2008 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	John Holder Steve Garratt
Points	Leicestershire 7, Essex 7

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Essex Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
MN Malik	24	5	85	1	3.54 (2 nb)
D du Preez	23	6	60	1	2.6
GJP Kruger	23	5	73	1	3.17 (3 nb)
CW Henderson	40	18	68	4	1.7
J Allenby	11	0	23	2	2.09

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