Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ed Cowan	b Buck	19	28	31	2	0	67.85
Benny Howell	b White	7	27	46	0	0	25.92
Dan Housego	b Thakor	22	34	52	2	0	64.70
Alex Gidman (c)	lbw b Thakor	11	19	28	2	0	57.89
Hamish Marshall	c †Eckersley b Buck	47	66	77	7	0	71.21
Ian Cockbain	c Thakor b Henderson	48	59	79	9	0	81.35
Will Gidman	lbw b Naik	26	58	82	2	0	44.82
Jonathan Batty †	lbw b Naik	23	95	78	2	0	24.21
James Fuller	c †Eckersley b Henderson	2	8	12	0	0	25.00
Jack Taylor	not out	5	3	6	1	0	166.66
Liam Norwell	c Smith b Henderson	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 10, nb 7)	24
Total	65.5 Ov (RR: 3.55)	234
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Ed Cowan, 7.5 ov), 2-35 (Benny Howell, 10.5 ov), 3-66 (Alex Gidman, 17.1 ov), 4-71 (Dan Housego, 19.3 ov), 5-167 (Hamish Marshall, 36.5 ov), 6-175 (Ian Cockbain, 39.3 ov), 7-225 (Will Gidman, 62.1 ov), 8-228 (Jonathan Batty, 64.3 ov), 9-234 (James Fuller, 65.4 ov), 10-234 (Liam Norwell, 65.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Hoggard	10	0	50	0	5.00	41	7	0	0	1
Nathan Buck	14	1	55	2	3.92	63	6	0	0	2
7.5 to EJM Cowan, . 31/1 36.5 to HJH Marshall, . 167/5
Wayne White	8	3	20	1	2.50	40	3	0	0	0
10.5 to BAC Howell, . 35/2
Shiv Thakor	5	0	24	2	4.80	21	4	0	0	0
17.1 to APR Gidman, . 66/3 19.3 to DM Housego, . 71/4
Jigar Naik	13	0	36	2	2.76	56	2	0	0	0
62.1 to WRS Gidman, . 225/7 64.3 to JN Batty, . 228/8
Claude Henderson	15.5	6	32	3	2.02	80	5	0	0	0
39.3 to IA Cockbain, . 175/6 65.4 to JK Fuller, . 234/9 65.5 to LC Norwell, . 234/10

Leicestershire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Smith	c Housego b Taylor	77	142	170	13	0	54.22
Michael Thornely	lbw b WRS Gidman	0	2	8	0	0	0.00
Ned Eckersley †	b Norwell	25	38	39	4	0	65.78
Matthew Boyce	lbw b WRS Gidman	10	37	38	0	0	27.02
Josh Cobb	b Norwell	11	20	28	2	0	55.00
Shiv Thakor	c †Batty b Fuller	73	106	156	12	0	68.86
Wayne White	c Housego b Fuller	25	80	88	2	0	31.25
Jigar Naik	c Howell b Fuller	6	13	10	1	0	46.15
Claude Henderson	c Howell b Fuller	34	51	74	4	1	66.66
Nathan Buck	lbw b Norwell	25	47	48	3	0	53.19
Matthew Hoggard (c)	not out	0	13	20	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 2)	9
Total	91.2 Ov (RR: 3.22)	295
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Michael Thornely, 2.1 ov), 2-50 (Ned Eckersley, 13.2 ov), 3-80 (Matthew Boyce, 23.5 ov), 4-109 (Josh Cobb, 30.6 ov), 5-155 (Greg Smith, 45.6 ov), 6-225 (Wayne White, 69.4 ov), 7-235 (Jigar Naik, 71.6 ov), 8-236 (Shiv Thakor, 73.1 ov), 9-273 (Nathan Buck, 86.1 ov), 10-295 (Claude Henderson, 91.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Will Gidman	20	1	71	2	3.55	81	10	0	0	0
2.1 to MA Thornely, . 9/1 23.5 to MAG Boyce, . 80/3
James Fuller	18.2	3	51	4	2.78	89	8	0	0	1
69.4 to WA White, . 225/6 71.6 to JKH Naik, . 235/7 73.1 to SJ Thakor, . 236/8 91.2 to CW Henderson, . 295/10
Jack Taylor	29	4	87	1	3.00	132	13	0	0	0
45.6 to GP Smith, . 155/5
Liam Norwell	19	3	62	3	3.26	84	6	1	0	0
13.2 to EJH Eckersley, . 50/2 30.6 to JJ Cobb, . 109/4 86.1 to NL Buck, . 273/9
Benny Howell	5	1	17	0	3.40	23	3	0	0	0

Gloucestershire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ed Cowan	c †Eckersley b White	16	38	47	3	0	42.10
Benny Howell	b Henderson	35	56	79	6	0	62.50
Dan Housego	c †Eckersley b Hoggard	62	137	174	4	0	45.25
Alex Gidman (c)	c †Eckersley b White	24	66	69	0	0	36.36
Hamish Marshall	c †Eckersley b White	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Ian Cockbain	c †Eckersley b White	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Will Gidman	st †Eckersley b Henderson	72	81	99	13	0	88.88
Jack Taylor	c White b Hoggard	7	6	7	0	0	116.66
Jonathan Batty †	not out	40	68	99	4	1	58.82
James Fuller	lbw b Henderson	1	2	5	0	0	50.00
Liam Norwell	b Hoggard	7	72	70	0	0	9.72
Extras	(b 13, lb 14, nb 4, w 1)	32
Total	88 Ov (RR: 3.36)	296
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Ed Cowan, 11.6 ov), 2-79 (Benny Howell, 20.1 ov), 3-132 (Alex Gidman, 41.1 ov), 4-136 (Hamish Marshall, 41.4 ov), 5-136 (Ian Cockbain, 41.5 ov), 6-213 (Dan Housego, 59.4 ov), 7-221 (Jack Taylor, 61.1 ov), 8-252 (Will Gidman, 67.1 ov), 9-254 (James Fuller, 67.6 ov), 10-296 (Liam Norwell, 87.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nathan Buck	11	2	27	0	2.45	54	4	0	0	1
Matthew Hoggard	9	1	30	3	3.33	42	4	0	1	1
59.4 to DM Housego, . 213/6 61.1 to JMR Taylor, . 221/7 87.6 to LC Norwell, . 296/10
Jigar Naik	25	4	91	0	3.64	102	9	1	0	0
Claude Henderson	28	6	72	3	2.57	129	8	0	0	0
20.1 to BAC Howell, . 79/2 67.1 to WRS Gidman, . 252/8 67.6 to JK Fuller, . 254/9
Wayne White	15	3	49	4	3.26	64	5	0	0	0
11.6 to EJM Cowan, . 39/1 41.1 to APR Gidman, . 132/3 41.4 to HJH Marshall, . 136/4 41.5 to IA Cockbain, . 136/5

Leicestershire 2nd Innings (T: 236 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Smith	c Taylor b Norwell	26	35	52	5	0	74.28
Michael Thornely	b Fuller	36	72	81	6	0	50.00
Ned Eckersley †	c †Batty b Fuller	63	108	154	11	0	58.33
Matthew Boyce	lbw b Taylor	9	23	24	2	0	39.13
Josh Cobb	lbw b WRS Gidman	65	51	62	11	1	127.45
Shiv Thakor	lbw b Fuller	5	19	19	0	0	26.31
Jigar Naik	lbw b WRS Gidman	1	11	14	0	0	9.09
Wayne White	not out	14	18	29	3	0	77.77
Claude Henderson	b WRS Gidman	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Nathan Buck	not out	6	9	19	1	0	66.66
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 2)	12
Total	58.3 Ov (RR: 4.05)	237/8
Did not bat: Matthew Hoggard (c)
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Greg Smith, 13.3 ov), 2-81 (Michael Thornely, 20.5 ov), 3-106 (Matthew Boyce, 27.3 ov), 4-205 (Josh Cobb, 44.1 ov), 5-216 (Shiv Thakor, 49.3 ov), 6-217 (Jigar Naik, 52.5 ov), 7-217 (Ned Eckersley, 53.1 ov), 8-218 (Claude Henderson, 54.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Will Gidman	15.3	4	42	3	2.70	76	7	0	0	1
44.1 to JJ Cobb, . 205/4 52.5 to JKH Naik, . 217/6 54.3 to CW Henderson, . 218/8
James Fuller	17	2	75	3	4.41	74	14	0	0	0
20.5 to MA Thornely, . 81/2 49.3 to SJ Thakor, . 216/5 53.1 to EJH Eckersley, . 217/7
Liam Norwell	11	0	54	1	4.90	45	8	1	0	0
13.3 to GP Smith, . 45/1
Jack Taylor	11	3	45	1	4.09	48	8	0	0	0
27.3 to MAG Boyce, . 106/3
Benny Howell	4	1	11	0	2.75	19	2	0	0	0

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Tue, 11 Sep - day 1 - Leics 1st innings 94/3 (Greg Smith 47*, Josh Cobb 10*, 28 ov)

Wed, 12 Sep - day 2 - Leics 1st innings 220/5 (Shiv Thakor 68*, Wayne White 20*, 66.2 ov)

Thu, 13 Sep - day 3 - Gloucs 2nd innings 254/9 (Jonathan Batty 16*, Liam Norwell 0*, 69 ov)

Fri, 14 Sep - day 4 - Leics 2nd innings 237/8 (58.3 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Grace Road, Leicester
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2012
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	11,12,13,14 September 2012 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	George Sharp Ismail Dawood
Points	Leicestershire 21, Gloucestershire 4

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Leics Innings

Player Name		R	B
GP Smith	caught	26	35
MA Thornely	bowled	36	72
EJH Eckersley	caught	63	108
MAG Boyce	lbw	9	23
JJ Cobb	lbw	65	51
SJ Thakor	lbw	5	19
JKH Naik	lbw	1	11
WA White	not out	14	18
CW Henderson	bowled	0	6
NL Buck	not out	6	9
Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 2)
Total	237(8 wkts; 58.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WRS Gidman	15.3	4	42	3	2.7 (1 nb)
JK Fuller	17	2	75	3	4.41
LC Norwell	11	0	54	1	4.9
JMR Taylor	11	3	45	1	4.09
BAC Howell	4	1	11	0	2.75

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	45	Michael Thornely	Greg Smith
2nd	36	Michael Thornely	Ned Eckersley
3rd	25	Matthew Boyce	Ned Eckersley
4th	99	Ned Eckersley	Josh Cobb
5th	11	Ned Eckersley	Shiv Thakor
6th	1	Jigar Naik	Ned Eckersley
7th	0	Wayne White	Ned Eckersley
8th	1	Claude Henderson	Wayne White
9th	19	Wayne White	Nathan Buck

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County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
DER	16	6	2	8	194
YOR	16	5	0	11	194
KEN	16	4	3	9	170
HAM	16	4	5	7	153
ESS	16	3	3	10	145
GLA	16	3	6	6	131
LEI	16	3	3	10	130
NOR	16	2	5	9	130
GLO	16	3	6	6	126
MID	-	-	-	-	-
SUR	-	-	-	-	-

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
DER	16	6	2	8	194
YOR	16	5	0	11	194
KEN	16	4	3	9	170
HAM	16	4	5	7	153
ESS	16	3	3	10	145
GLA	16	3	6	6	131
LEI	16	3	3	10	130
NOR	16	2	5	9	130
GLO	16	3	6	6	126
MID	-	-	-	-	-
SUR	-	-	-	-	-

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
DER	16	6	2	8	194
YOR	16	5	0	11	194
KEN	16	4	3	9	170
HAM	16	4	5	7	153
ESS	16	3	3	10	145
GLA	16	3	6	6	131
LEI	16	3	3	10	130
NOR	16	2	5	9	130
GLO	16	3	6	6	126
MID	-	-	-	-	-
SUR	-	-	-	-	-

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
DER	16	6	2	8	194
YOR	16	5	0	11	194
KEN	16	4	3	9	170
HAM	16	4	5	7	153
ESS	16	3	3	10	145
GLA	16	3	6	6	131
LEI	16	3	3	10	130
NOR	16	2	5	9	130
GLO	16	3	6	6	126
MID	-	-	-	-	-
SUR	-	-	-	-	-