f50965 cc20540	Gloucestershire v Essex
	LV County Championship 2008 (Division 2)
Venue	County Ground, Bristol on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th September 2008 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Gloucestershire 7 (Bowling 3); Essex 9 (Batting 5, Bowling 3, slow over-rate -3)
Umpires	RT Robinson, P Willey
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), KT Gerrish (Gloucestershire)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 318/5 (Foster 68*, ten Doeschate 3*; 83.4 overs)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (1) 72/3 (Porterfield 31*, Taylor 14*; 31 overs)
Close of play day 3	Gloucestershire (2) 175/3 (Ali 92*, Taylor 58*; 51 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	lbw b Kirby	155	246	348	21	-
JK Maunders	c Snell b Ireland	17	32	39	2	-
RS Bopara	c Dawson b Ireland	16	21	31	3	-
*ML Pettini	c Marshall b Ireland	22	76	130	4	-
JC Mickleburgh	c Snell b Woodman	17	33	44	3	-
+JS Foster	c Porterfield b Kirby	122	192	252	9	-
RN ten Doeschate	lbw b Kirby	15	25	60	1	-
JD Middlebrook	c Ali b Woodman	75	117	166	9	2
CJC Wright	c Brown b Woodman	22	22	29	5	-
AP Palladino	c Snell b Woodman	5	10	10	1	-
JS Ahmed	not out	16	19	22	3	-
Extras	(11 b, 5 lb, 8 nb, 4 w)	28
Total	(all out, 131.3 overs)	510
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Maunders), 2-52 (Bopara), 3-122 (Pettini), 4-172 (Mickleburgh), 5-310 (Chopra), 6-342 (ten Doeschate), 7-439 (Foster), 8-466 (Wright), 9-479 (Palladino), 10-510 (Middlebrook, 131.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kirby	30	8	74	3	-	-
Lewis	26	6	72	0	-	2
Ireland	29	4	133	3	-	-
Brown	15	3	52	0	4	1
Woodman	11.3	0	65	4	-	-
Dawson	16	2	84	0	-	1
Taylor	4	0	14	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WTS Porterfield	lbw b Ahmed	69	196	260	11	-
K Ali	lbw b Palladino	6	20	34	1	-
HJH Marshall	b Ahmed	13	38	42	2	-
RJ Woodman	c Mickleburgh b Wright	2	12	18	-	-
CG Taylor	c Foster b Wright	16	24	38	2	-
DO Brown	c ten Doeschate b Wright	7	19	26	1	-
+SD Snell	c Chopra b ten Doeschate	32	91	95	3	-
RKJ Dawson	lbw b ten Doeschate	12	8	13	3	-
*J Lewis	c Foster b ten Doeschate	12	17	22	2	-
SP Kirby	c Mickleburgh b Ahmed	1	15	19	-	-
AJ Ireland	not out	0	5	5	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 15 lb, 6 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 73.4 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Ali), 2-42 (Marshall), 3-49 (Woodman), 4-75 (Taylor), 5-89 (Brown), 6-165 (Porterfield), 7-173 (Snell), 8-186 (Dawson), 9-195 (Lewis), 10-195 (Kirby, 73.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Palladino	11	5	20	1	-	-
Wright	20	7	44	3	-	1
Ahmed	14.4	5	42	3	-	-
Bopara	8	3	22	0	-	2
Middlebrook	12	1	30	0	-	-
ten Doeschate	8	2	18	3	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Ali	c Foster b Wright	100	186	212	12	-
WTS Porterfield	b Ahmed	0	2	3	-	-
HJH Marshall	lbw b Ahmed	0	1	4	-	-
RJ Woodman	c and b Palladino	13	50	61	2	-
CG Taylor	b Wright	60	87	145	8	-
DO Brown	lbw b ten Doeschate	48	73	91	8	-
+SD Snell	not out	70	161	220	8	-
RKJ Dawson	c Palladino b ten Doeschate	40	57	72	5	-
*J Lewis	c Mickleburgh b Bopara	26	32	32	4	-
SP Kirby	not out	0	14	27	-	-
AJ Ireland	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 10 lb, 6 nb, 7 w)	28
Total	(8 wickets, 110 overs)	385
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Porterfield), 2-3 (Marshall), 3-46 (Woodman), 4-184 (Ali), 5-185 (Taylor), 6-270 (Brown), 7-340 (Dawson), 8-370 (Lewis)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ahmed	20	0	85	2	1	2
Wright	21	5	59	2	-	-
ten Doeschate	22	2	67	2	1	-
Palladino	16	6	43	1	-	-
Bopara	20	2	83	1	1	1
Middlebrook	11	1	33	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Essex score at 130 overs in the first innings was 496-9
--> JS Ahmed made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> DO Brown made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> V Chopra (1) 100 in 167 balls, 264 minutes with 15 fours
--> V Chopra (1) passed his previous highest score of 106 in First-Class matches
--> V Chopra (1) passed his previous highest score of 106 in County Championship matches
--> JS Foster (1) 100 in 163 balls, 198 minutes with 8 fours
--> JS Ahmed (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in County Championship matches
--> JS Ahmed (1) passed his previous highest score of 14 in First-Class matches
--> K Ali (2) 100 in 183 balls, 209 minutes with 12 fours
--> RJ Woodman made his debut for Gloucestershire in County Championship matches
--> RJ Woodman made his debut for Gloucestershire in First-Class matches
--> RJ Woodman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed CJC Wright in the Essex first innings (previous best was 1-78)
--> RJ Woodman achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed CJC Wright in the Essex first innings (previous best was 1-78)
--> JS Ahmed achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed SP Kirby in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 2-41)
--> JS Ahmed achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed SP Kirby in the Gloucestershire first innings (previous best was 2-41)
--> RN ten Doeschate reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed J Lewis, his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> CJC Wright reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed DO Brown, his 3rd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings

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