Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Porterfield	b Cobb	66	170	221	10	0	38.82
Kadeer Ali	c †Nixon b Cobb	113	193	212	16	2	58.54
Hamish Marshall	lbw b Kruger	5	6	11	1	0	83.33
Alex Gidman	not out	46	80	140	4	0	57.50
Chris Taylor	lbw b Kruger	16	41	48	1	0	39.02
David Brown	lbw b Kruger	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Steve Snell †	b du Preez	7	12	18	1	0	58.33
Richard Dawson	c †Nixon b Kruger	3	13	12	0	0	23.07
Jon Lewis (c)	c du Toit b Kruger	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Vikram Banerjee	c †Nixon b du Preez	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
Steve Kirby	b du Preez	6	31	39	1	0	19.35
Extras	(b 3, lb 8, nb 8)	19
Total	92 Ov (RR: 3.05)	281
Fall of wickets: 1-186 (Kadeer Ali), 2-193 (William Porterfield), 3-193 (Hamish Marshall), 4-229 (Chris Taylor), 5-229 (David Brown), 6-248 (Steve Snell), 7-253 (Richard Dawson), 8-253 (Jon Lewis), 9-254 (Vikram Banerjee), 10-281 (Steve Kirby)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Dillon du Preez	21	6	41	3	1.95	-	-	-	0
Nadeem Malik	16	1	65	0	4.06	-	-	-	1
Garnett Kruger	18	3	47	5	2.61	-	-	-	1
Jim Allenby	14	3	53	0	3.78	-	-	-	2
Claude Henderson	21	5	53	0	2.52	-	-	-	0
Josh Cobb	2	0	11	2	5.50	-	-	-	0

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Boyce	c †Snell b Lewis	2	11	11	0	0	18.18
Greg Smith	lbw b Brown	20	38	60	3	0	52.63
HD Ackerman	b Lewis	42	57	72	6	0	73.68
Jacques Du Toit	lbw b Lewis	1	7	7	0	0	14.28
Josh Cobb	not out	51	107	120	8	0	47.66
Paul Nixon (c)†	not out	47	74	103	5	2	63.51
Extras	(b 4, lb 2)	6
Total	49 Ov (RR: 3.44)	169/4d
Did not bat: Jim Allenby, Dillon du Preez, Claude Henderson, Nadeem Malik, Garnett Kruger
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Matthew Boyce), 2-51 (Greg Smith), 3-54 (Jacques Du Toit), 4-71 (HD Ackerman)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jon Lewis	11	3	23	3	2.09	-	-	-
Steve Kirby	11	2	30	0	2.72	-	-	-
Vikram Banerjee	14	1	52	0	3.71	-	-	-
David Brown	7	1	31	1	4.42	-	-	-
Richard Dawson	6	1	27	0	4.50	-	-	-

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kadeer Ali	c Allenby b du Toit	28	13	14	6	0	215.38
William Porterfield	lbw b du Toit	8	14	11	1	0	57.14
Hamish Marshall	c Henderson b Smith	66	40	40	9	0	165.00
Alex Gidman	lbw b du Toit	1	5	3	0	0	20.00
Chris Taylor	not out	76	43	39	15	0	176.74
David Brown	not out	14	6	4	3	0	233.33
Extras	(lb 5)	5
Total	20.1 Ov (RR: 9.81)	198/4d
Did not bat: Steve Snell †, Jon Lewis (c), Steve Kirby, Richard Dawson, Vikram Banerjee
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (William Porterfield), 2-38 (Kadeer Ali), 3-42 (Alex Gidman), 4-179 (Hamish Marshall)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jacques Du Toit	5	1	31	3	6.20	-	-	-
Matthew Boyce	6	0	61	0	10.16	-	-	-
Greg Smith	5	0	64	1	12.80	-	-	-
Paul Nixon	4	0	37	0	9.25	-	-	-
Nadeem Malik	0.1	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	-

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 311 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Boyce	c Marshall b Lewis	0	11	12	0	0	0.00
Greg Smith	b Brown	7	56	87	1	0	12.50
HD Ackerman	lbw b Kirby	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Jacques Du Toit	lbw b Lewis	23	61	75	4	0	37.70
Josh Cobb	not out	31	85	101	3	2	36.47
Paul Nixon (c)†	not out	38	73	96	5	0	52.05
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, w 2)	11
Total	48 Ov (RR: 2.29)	110/4
Did not bat: Jim Allenby, Dillon du Preez, Claude Henderson, Nadeem Malik, Garnett Kruger
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Matthew Boyce), 2-2 (HD Ackerman), 3-36 (Greg Smith), 4-36 (Jacques Du Toit)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Jon Lewis	13	11	9	2	0.69	-	-	-	0
Steve Kirby	12	2	20	1	1.66	-	-	-	1
David Brown	9	2	31	1	3.44	-	-	-	1
Vikram Banerjee	9	3	28	0	3.11	-	-	-	0
Richard Dawson	5	1	13	0	2.60	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Tue, 09 Sep - day 1 - no play

Wed, 10 Sep - day 2 - Gloucester 1st innings 223/3 (Alex Gidman 13*, Chris Taylor 15*, 72 ov)

Thu, 11 Sep - day 3 - Gloucester 2nd innings 42/3 (Hamish Marshall 4*, 6.2 ov)

Fri, 12 Sep - day 4 - LEICS 2nd innings 110/4 (48 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 2

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2008
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30.
Match days	9,10,11,12 September 2008 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Barrie Leadbeater Jeff Evans
Points	Gloucestershire 7, Leicestershire 7

Match Coverage

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LEICS Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Lewis	13	11	9	2	0.69
SP Kirby	12	2	20	1	1.66
DO Brown	9	2	31	1	3.44
V Banerjee	9	3	28	0	3.11
RKJ Dawson	5	1	13	0	2.6

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