Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kadeer Ali	c †Davies b Ali	27	38	47	4	0	71.05
Steve Snell †	b Jones	27	66	91	6	0	40.90
Hamish Marshall	c †Davies b Ali	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Marcus North	b Ali	98	176	282	14	0	55.68
Alex Gidman (c)	c Smith b Ali	11	26	35	2	0	42.30
Chris Taylor	c Smith b Batty	9	10	12	0	0	90.00
David Brown	b Imran Arif	83	123	123	12	1	67.47
Vikram Banerjee	c Hick b Imran Arif	1	27	29	0	0	3.70
Oliver Newby	c Hick b Ali	5	30	19	0	0	16.66
Steve Kirby	b Ali	4	16	25	0	0	25.00
Anthony Ireland	not out	1	7	6	0	0	14.28
Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 6)	17
Total	86.3 Ov (RR: 3.27)	283
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Kadeer Ali), 2-38 (Hamish Marshall), 3-65 (Steve Snell), 4-91 (Alex Gidman), 5-110 (Chris Taylor), 6-240 (David Brown), 7-257 (Vikram Banerjee), 8-271 (Oliver Newby), 9-278 (Marcus North), 10-283 (Steve Kirby)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Kabir Ali	21.3	3	94	6	4.37	-	-	-	3
Matt Mason	13	2	38	0	2.92	-	-	-	0
Simon Jones	16	5	45	1	2.81	-	-	-	0
Imran Arif	12	3	35	2	2.91	-	-	-	0
Gareth Batty	24	3	60	1	2.50	-	-	-	0

Worcestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Daryl Mitchell	c †Snell b Kirby	12	21	27	3	0	57.14
Stephen Moore	c Marshall b Kirby	129	199	-	17	1	64.82
Vikram Solanki (c)	c Banerjee b North	270	253	-	48	0	106.71
Ben Smith	c North b Kirby	22	68	73	2	0	32.35
Graeme Hick	c Gidman b North	29	36	39	4	0	80.55
Steven Davies †	not out	99	98	110	13	1	101.02
Gareth Batty	b Brown	66	75	78	4	2	88.00
Kabir Ali	c Ali b Kirby	6	5	12	1	0	120.00
Simon Jones	not out	5	8	11	1	0	62.50
Extras	(b 5, lb 12, nb 14, w 3)	34
Total	126 Ov (RR: 5.33)	672/7d
Did not bat: Matt Mason, Imran Arif
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Daryl Mitchell), 2-340 (Stephen Moore), 3-416 (Ben Smith), 4-480 (Graeme Hick), 5-489 (Vikram Solanki), 6-629 (Gareth Batty), 7-648 (Kabir Ali)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Steve Kirby	30	1	136	4	4.53	-	-	-	0	2
Oliver Newby	15	2	102	0	6.80	-	-	-	0	4
Anthony Ireland	12	2	69	0	5.75	-	-	-	0	0
David Brown	11	0	67	1	6.09	-	-	-	0	1
Vikram Banerjee	31	4	161	0	5.19	-	-	-	3	0
Hamish Marshall	8	1	41	0	5.12	-	-	-	0	0
Marcus North	19	0	79	2	4.15	-	-	-	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Steve Snell †	b Mason	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
Kadeer Ali	c †Davies b Jones	32	55	84	4	0	58.18
Hamish Marshall	c Hick b Ali	4	2	3	1	0	200.00
Marcus North	b Ali	78	86	136	12	2	90.69
Alex Gidman (c)	c Moore b Mason	1	17	17	0	0	5.88
David Brown	lbw b Jones	53	97	106	9	0	54.63
Chris Taylor	c †Davies b Imran Arif	27	87	117	3	0	31.03
Vikram Banerjee	c Hick b Imran Arif	15	51	62	2	0	29.41
Oliver Newby	b Jones	13	8	8	3	0	162.50
Steve Kirby	not out	6	6	20	1	0	100.00
Anthony Ireland	c Moore b Jones	0	3	11	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 14, nb 4)	18
Total	69.4 Ov (RR: 3.54)	247
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Steve Snell), 2-6 (Hamish Marshall), 3-80 (Kadeer Ali), 4-87 (Alex Gidman), 5-145 (Marcus North), 6-184 (David Brown), 7-228 (Chris Taylor), 8-229 (Vikram Banerjee), 9-247 (Oliver Newby), 10-247 (Anthony Ireland)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Kabir Ali	18	5	58	2	3.22	-	-	-
Matt Mason	14	2	40	2	2.85	-	-	-
Imran Arif	6	1	21	2	3.50	-	-	-
Simon Jones	18.4	3	89	4	4.76	-	-	-
Gareth Batty	13	5	25	0	1.92	-	-	-

Close of Play

Wed, 30 Jul - day 1 - Worcs 1st innings 24/1 (Stephen Moore 10*, 6.3 ov)

Thu, 31 Jul - day 2 - Worcs 1st innings 325/1 (Stephen Moore 120*, Vikram Solanki 179*, 60 ov)

Fri, 01 Aug - day 3 - Gloucs 2nd innings 128/4 (Marcus North 70*, David Brown 15*, 30 ov)

Sat, 02 Aug - day 4 - Gloucs 2nd innings 247 (69.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 2

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Match Details

College Ground, Cheltenham
Toss	Gloucestershire, 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	30,31, July, 1,2 August 2008 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Martin Bodenham Peter Hartley
Points	Worcestershire 22, Gloucestershire 4

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Gloucs Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kabir Ali	18	5	58	2	3.22
MS Mason	14	2	40	2	2.85
Imran Arif	6	1	21	2	3.5
SP Jones	18.4	3	89	4	4.76
GJ Batty	13	5	25	0	1.92

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