Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jamie Cox (c)	c Robinson b Irani	186	357	431	26	0	52.10
Matt Wood	c Napier b Irani	8	44	65	0	0	18.18
Mike Burns	c Law b Bishop	7	35	59	0	0	20.00
Peter Bowler	b Cowan	18	22	28	3	0	81.81
Keith Parsons	lbw b Napier	1	8	5	0	0	12.50
Ian Blackwell	b Cowan	4	6	11	1	0	66.66
Robert Turner †	c †Foster b Bishop	70	178	301	5	1	39.32
Keith Dutch	c Robinson b Cowan	0	4	-	0	0	0.00
Jason Kerr	c Robinson b Bishop	36	34	39	7	0	105.88
Richard Johnson	not out	35	21	46	4	1	166.66
Steffan Jones	lbw b Napier	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 10, w 10)	26
Total	118.2 Ov (RR: 3.30)	391
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Matt Wood), 2-86 (Mike Burns), 3-117 (Peter Bowler), 4-118 (Keith Parsons), 5-139 (Ian Blackwell), 5-315* (Robert Turner, retired not out), 6-315 (Keith Dutch), 7-319 (Jamie Cox), 8-389 (Jason Kerr), 9-390 (Steffan Jones), 10-391 (Robert Turner)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ashley Cowan	34	11	89	3	2.61	-	-	-	0	0
Justin Bishop	23.2	4	94	3	4.02	-	-	-	4	5
Graham Napier	12	2	56	2	4.66	-	-	-	1	0
Ronnie Irani	21	6	80	2	3.80	-	-	-	0	0
Peter Such	19	4	38	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Davies	4	0	20	0	5.00	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Grayson	5	1	8	0	1.60	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson	c Burns b Dutch	89	146	170	17	0	60.95
Paul Grayson	c Burns b Johnson	6	18	29	1	0	33.33
Richard Clinton	lbw b Johnson	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
Stuart Law	c Cox b Jones	30	53	61	3	0	56.60
Ronnie Irani (c)	b Dutch	6	32	43	1	0	18.75
James Foster †	b Johnson	7	17	16	1	0	41.17
Graham Napier	c Dutch b Johnson	4	11	14	1	0	36.36
Ashley Cowan	c Bowler b Dutch	14	37	49	1	0	37.83
Justin Bishop	c Bowler b Dutch	7	20	27	1	0	35.00
Michael Davies	b Johnson	0	5	-	0	0	0.00
Peter Such	not out	0	11	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 2)	9
Total	59.2 Ov (RR: 2.89)	172
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Paul Grayson), 2-31 (Richard Clinton), 3-83 (Stuart Law), 4-128 (Ronnie Irani), 5-143 (James Foster), 6-143 (Darren Robinson), 7-147 (Graham Napier), 8-166 (Justin Bishop), 9-166 (Michael Davies), 10-172 (Ashley Cowan)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Richard Johnson	17	5	40	5	2.35	-	-	-	1
Steffan Jones	15	2	55	1	3.66	-	-	-	0
Jason Kerr	9	4	33	0	3.66	-	-	-	0
Keith Dutch	16.2	6	32	4	1.95	-	-	-	0
Keith Parsons	2	0	5	0	2.50	-	-	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson	lbw b Jones	35	82	117	5	0	42.68
Paul Grayson	c †Turner b Johnson	19	53	70	2	0	35.84
Richard Clinton	c & b Jones	21	60	59	3	0	35.00
Stuart Law	c Parsons b Blackwell	66	101	118	12	0	65.34
Ronnie Irani (c)	lbw b Johnson	32	82	85	5	0	39.02
James Foster †	b Johnson	10	17	12	2	0	58.82
Graham Napier	c Jones b Blackwell	56	96	99	9	0	58.33
Ashley Cowan	c †Turner b Blackwell	2	12	17	0	0	16.66
Justin Bishop	c †Turner b Dutch	18	76	86	3	0	23.68
Michael Davies	not out	10	23	21	1	0	43.47
Peter Such	c Parsons b Dutch	4	11	7	0	0	36.36
Extras	(lb 5, nb 2, w 2)	9
Total	102 Ov (RR: 2.76)	282
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Paul Grayson), 2-80 (Darren Robinson), 3-87 (Richard Clinton), 4-175 (Ronnie Irani), 5-191 (James Foster), 6-191 (Stuart Law), 7-203 (Ashley Cowan), 8-267 (Graham Napier), 9-274 (Justin Bishop), 10-282 (Peter Such)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Richard Johnson	21	3	72	3	3.42	-	-	-	0	1
Steffan Jones	27	8	78	2	2.88	-	-	-	0	0
Mike Burns	3	2	7	0	2.33	-	-	-	0	0
Keith Dutch	16	3	49	2	3.06	-	-	-	0	0
Jason Kerr	8	3	26	0	3.25	-	-	-	0	0
Ian Blackwell	27	11	45	3	1.66	-	-	-	1	0

Somerset 2nd Innings (T: 64 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jamie Cox (c)	not out	33	27	33	4	2	122.22
Matt Wood	c Clinton b Cowan	20	27	32	2	0	74.07
Mike Burns	not out	3	1	-	0	0	300.00
Extras	(lb 8)	8
Total	9.1 Ov (RR: 6.98)	64/1
Did not bat: Peter Bowler, Keith Parsons, Ian Blackwell, Robert Turner †, Keith Dutch, Jason Kerr, Richard Johnson, Steffan Jones
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Matt Wood)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ashley Cowan	5	0	22	1	4.40	-	-	-	0	0
Justin Bishop	4.1	0	34	0	8.16	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Wed, 05 Sep - day 1 - Somerset 1st innings 304/5 (Jamie Cox 175*, Robert Turner 65*, 102.2 ov)

Thu, 06 Sep - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 25/0 (Darren Robinson 14*, Paul Grayson 8*, 12 ov)

Fri, 07 Sep - day 3 - Somerset 2nd innings 64/1 (9.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Somerset, elected to bat first
Series	CricInfo Championship Division One
Season	2001
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	David Constant John Hampshire
Points	Somerset 19, Essex 3

Match Coverage

Somerset despatch Essex with some ease

We were very very good says Shine after Somerset cruise to victory

Instant answers to T20 questions

Somerset Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AP Cowan	5	0	22	1	4.4
JE Bishop	4.1	0	34	0	8.16

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	57	Jamie Cox	Matt Wood
2nd	7	Jamie Cox	Mike Burns

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