f50891 cc20483	Essex v Gloucestershire
	LV County Championship 2008 (Division 2)
Venue	The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th July 2008 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 19 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Gloucestershire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	NGC Cowley, IJ Gould
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), KT Gerrish (Gloucestershire)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 66/0 (Chopra 43*, Gallian 23*; 26 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 70/6 (Ali 8*, Snell 2*; 32 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 150/2 (Dexter 60*, Bopara 83*; 43 overs)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WTS Porterfield	c Foster b Masters	12	37	36	1	-
K Ali	lbw b Napier	5	9	29	1	-
HJH Marshall	c Foster b Masters	12	11	25	1	-
MJ North	c Masters b Danish Kaneria	98	125	181	16	-
APR Gidman	b Napier	31	61	78	5	-
CG Taylor	lbw b Danish Kaneria	16	42	52	1	-
+SD Snell	b Middlebrook	21	34	28	4	-
MA Hardinges	not out	40	48	54	5	1
V Banerjee	c Bopara b Middlebrook	0	15	16	-	-
*J Lewis	c Foster b Napier	12	21	19	2	-
SP Kirby	b Napier	2	8	9	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 15 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	26
Total	(all out, 68 overs)	275
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Ali), 2-27 (Porterfield), 3-52 (Marshall), 4-131 (Gidman), 5-194 (Taylor), 6-221 (North), 7-223 (Snell), 8-245 (Banerjee), 9-265 (Lewis), 10-275 (Kirby, 68 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Masters	14	2	51	2	1	1
Napier	15	3	50	4	-	-
ten Doeschate	4	0	21	0	-	-
Danish Kaneria	18	4	67	2	-	-
Bopara	6	0	35	0	-	2
Middlebrook	11	2	32	2	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	b Hardinges	47	91	111	7	-
JER Gallian	c Snell b Kirby	48	118	162	7	-
NJ Dexter	c Snell b Banerjee	11	52	62	1	-
RS Bopara	c North b Kirby	0	10	14	-	-
*ML Pettini	lbw b Kirby	0	4	10	-	-
+JS Foster	c Porterfield b Kirby	57	116	146	7	-
RN ten Doeschate	lbw b Banerjee	0	5	4	-	-
JD Middlebrook	lbw b North	41	71	79	3	2
GR Napier	c Snell b Lewis	27	30	36	3	1
DD Masters	c North b Kirby	21	27	40	4	-
Danish Kaneria	not out	17	16	27	3	-
Extras	(5 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 89.5 overs)	279
Fall of wickets:
1-74 (Chopra), 2-102 (Gallian), 3-106 (Dexter), 4-106 (Bopara), 5-108 (Pettini), 6-109 (ten Doeschate), 7-178 (Middlebrook), 8-227 (Napier), 9-241 (Foster), 10-279 (Masters, 89.5 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lewis	25	8	90	1	-	-
Kirby	22.5	5	60	5	1	-
Banerjee	29	8	72	2	-	1
North	8	1	34	1	-	-
Hardinges	5	0	16	1	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Ali	c Dexter b Masters	43	200	340	3	-
WTS Porterfield	lbw b Danish Kaneria	16	49	63	3	-
HJH Marshall	c Bopara b Masters	11	31	50	-	-
MJ North	c Danish Kaneria b Middlebrook	15	31	54	3	-
APR Gidman	c Middlebrook b Danish Kaneria	8	9	11	2	-
CG Taylor	c and b Danish Kaneria	7	23	24	1	-
V Banerjee	c Gallian b Middlebrook	2	13	7	-	-
+SD Snell	c Dexter b Masters	53	164	191	6	-
MA Hardinges	c and b Danish Kaneria	18	26	39	2	-
*J Lewis	c Bopara b Danish Kaneria	6	6	11	1	-
SP Kirby	not out	0	9	7	-	-
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 93.3 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Porterfield), 2-31 (Marshall), 3-48 (Gidman), 4-60 (Taylor), 5-64 (North), 6-68 (Banerjee), 7-153 (Snell), 8-170 (Ali), 9-183 (Lewis), 10-184 (Hardinges, 93.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Masters	14	4	37	3	-	-
Napier	23	4	62	0	-	-
Danish Kaneria	32.3	10	53	5	-	-
Middlebrook	15	7	15	2	-	-
Bopara	5	1	7	0	-	-
ten Doeschate	4	2	5	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	run out	4	30	39	-	-
JER Gallian	b Kirby	1	7	11	-	-
NJ Dexter	not out	71	136	179	9	1
RS Bopara	not out	103	114	151	11	2
*ML Pettini	did not bat
+JS Foster	did not bat
RN ten Doeschate	did not bat
JD Middlebrook	did not bat
GR Napier	did not bat
DD Masters	did not bat
Danish Kaneria	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(2 wickets, 47.4 overs)	181
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Gallian), 2-7 (Chopra)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kirby	12	3	22	1	-	-
Lewis	12	5	24	0	-	-
Hardinges	4	0	22	0	-	1
Banerjee	12.4	1	72	0	-	-
Taylor	2	0	14	0	-	-
North	5	0	27	0	-	-

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Notes
--> MA Hardinges made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MA Hardinges made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> NJ Dexter (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> RS Bopara (2) 100 in 111 balls, 150 minutes with 11 fours and 2 sixes
--> Danish Kaneria reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed MA Hardinges, his 5th wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings
--> K Ali retired hurt in the Gloucestershire second innings having scored 3 (team score 6/0) - he returned when the score was 64/5

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