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Hampshire vs Essex, at Colchester, Jul 13 2014 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

Colchester, July 13 - 16, 2014, LV= County Championship Division Two

246 & 171

(T:133) 285 & 136/8

Essex won by 2 wickets

A saturated outfield prevented any play at Castle Park, Essex v Hampshire, County Championship, Division Two, Colchester, 1st day, July 13, 2014

A saturated outfield prevented any play at Castle Park•Jul 13, 2014•Getty Images

Match Coverage

Bopara sees outgrounds as spin solution

Spin bowling in England might be perceived to be in decline but Ravi Bopara suggested that outgrounds could hold part of the answer as he countered the turn found by Danny Briggs and Liam Dawson

Bopara sees outgrounds as spin solution

Essex miss a crucial chance

An unproductive start to the season has left Essex playing catch-up with little margin for error and they missed a golden opportunity to put Hampshire under significant pressure at Colchester

Essex miss a crucial chance

Wheater happy on homecoming

Wheater happy on homecoming

Topley facing another back injury

Reece Topley, the Essex left-arm pace bowler, faces another debilitating period on the sidelines after he suffered a recurrence of the lower back injury that beset his winter away with the England Performance Programme

Topley facing another back injury

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Essex Innings

Player Name		R	B
T Westley	lbw	14	16
NLJ Browne	stumped	6	12
RS Bopara	not out	48	91
JD Ryder	caught	4	4
JS Foster	caught	0	8
RN ten Doeschate	bowled	18	12
GM Smith	caught	9	22
TJ Phillips	caught	1	3
GR Napier	caught	19	17
SI Mahmood	not out	10	10
Extras	(b 6, lb 1)
Total	136(8 wkts; 32.3 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	19	Tom Westley	Nick Browne
2nd	0	Ravi Bopara	Tom Westley
3rd	4	Ravi Bopara	Jesse Ryder
4th	4	James Foster	Ravi Bopara
5th	26	Ravi Bopara	Ryan ten Doeschate
6th	21	Ravi Bopara	Greg Smith
7th	4	Tim Phillips	Ravi Bopara
8th	28	Graham Napier	Ravi Bopara
9th	28	Ravi Bopara	Sajid Mahmood

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LV= County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
HAM	16	7	1	8	240
WOR	16	8	3	5	237
ESS	16	7	2	7	229
DER	16	6	5	5	188
SUR	16	4	5	7	183
KEN	16	4	6	6	171
GLO	16	4	5	7	163
GLA	16	3	6	7	153
LEI	16	0	10	6	108
DUR	-	-	-	-	-
LAN	-	-	-	-	-
MID	-	-	-	-	-
NOT	-	-	-	-	-
SOM	-	-	-	-	-
SUS	-	-	-	-	-
WAR	-	-	-	-	-
YOR	-	-	-	-	-