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| Venue | County Ground, Chelmsford on 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th August 2002 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Indians won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | P Adams, DJ Constant |
| Close of play day 1 | Indians (1) 331/6 (Das 165*, Ganguly 3*; 90 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 173/3 (Flower 45*, Phillips 4*; 48 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Indians (2) 231/2 (Bangar 73*, Laxman 9*; 60 overs) |
| Indians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SS Das | c Ilott b Phillips | 250 | 380 | 540 | 32 | 4 | |
| SB Bangar | b Middlebrook | 21 | 66 | 74 | 4 | - | |
| V Sehwag | lbw b Middlebrook | 37 | 38 | 45 | 5 | 2 | |
| VVS Laxman | c Robinson b Grant | 46 | 69 | 81 | 8 | - | |
| W Jaffer | c Flower b Middlebrook | 19 | 34 | 40 | 2 | - | |
| PA Patel | c Flower b Grant | 32 | 60 | 96 | 5 | - | |
| +A Ratra | lbw b Ilott | 1 | 10 | 19 | - | - | |
| *SC Ganguly | st Hyam b Middlebrook | 74 | 57 | 81 | 10 | 2 | |
| AB Agarkar | st Hyam b Phillips | 20 | 61 | 75 | 3 | - | |
| Harbhajan Singh | c sub b Phillips | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| T Yohannan | not out | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 5 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 129.4 overs) | 516 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-60 (Bangar), 2-106 (Sehwag), 3-191 (Laxman), 4-234 (Jaffer), 5-310 (Patel), 6-326 (Ratra), 7-431 (Ganguly), 8-509 (Agarkar), 9-509 (Harbhajan Singh), 10-516 (Das) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dakin | 23 | 6 | 85 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ilott | 26 | 4 | 103 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grant | 23 | 10 | 69 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Middlebrook | 36 | 5 | 164 | 4 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 15.4 | 2 | 70 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bopara | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DDJ Robinson | c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh | 59 | 79 | 111 | 9 | - | |
| RS Clinton | b Yohannan | 23 | 28 | 41 | 4 | - | |
| A Flower | c Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh | 59 | 130 | 171 | 8 | - | |
| RS Bopara | c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh | 29 | 73 | 67 | 3 | - | |
| TJ Phillips | c Laxman b Bangar | 8 | 18 | 17 | 2 | - | |
| *RC Irani | c Ratra b Harbhajan Singh | 20 | 37 | 47 | 2 | - | |
| JM Dakin | c Patel b Harbhajan Singh | 4 | 6 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| +BJ Hyam | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 12 | 20 | 26 | 2 | - | |
| JD Middlebrook | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 13 | 23 | 16 | 3 | - | |
| MC Ilott | not out | 3 | 27 | 28 | - | - | |
| JB Grant | b Sehwag | 30 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2 | |
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb, 8 nb, 1 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75.4 overs) | 279 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55 (Clinton), 2-108 (Robinson), 3-164 (Bopara), 4-187 (Phillips), 5-193 (Flower), 6-209 (Dakin), 7-230 (Irani), 8-240 (Hyam), 9-247 (Middlebrook), 10-279 (Grant) | |||||||
| Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Yohannan | 9 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Agarkar | 9 | 1 | 50 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Bangar | 15 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Harbhajan Singh | 32 | 5 | 83 | 7 | - | - | |
| Sehwag | 10.4 | 0 | 53 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Indians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SB Bangar | lbw b Ilott | 74 | 178 | 260 | 9 | - | |
| PA Patel | c Phillips b Ilott | 1 | 15 | 28 | - | - | |
| V Sehwag | c and b Bopara | 142 | 156 | 197 | 18 | 5 | |
| VVS Laxman | c and b Phillips | 42 | 79 | 93 | 5 | 1 | |
| W Jaffer | lbw b Ilott | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| +A Ratra | not out | 17 | 64 | 101 | 2 | - | |
| *SC Ganguly | c and b Ilott | 6 | 14 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| Harbhajan Singh | not out | 29 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 1 | |
| SS Das | did not bat | ||||||
| AB Agarkar | did not bat | ||||||
| T Yohannan | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 88 overs) | 327 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Patel), 2-217 (Sehwag), 3-237 (Bangar), 4-241 (Jaffer), 5-280 (Laxman), 6-296 (Ganguly) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Grant | 20 | 8 | 46 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Ilott | 17 | 3 | 67 | 4 | 1 | - | |
| Dakin | 16 | 3 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bopara | 8 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| Phillips | 18 | 3 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Middlebrook | 9 | 1 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RS Clinton | c Jaffer b Sehwag | 53 | 104 | 103 | 6 | - | |
| JD Middlebrook | c Das b Harbhajan Singh | 24 | 32 | 58 | 3 | - | |
| A Flower | retired hurt | 23 | 29 | 86 | 4 | - | |
| RS Bopara | not out | 47 | 90 | 94 | 6 | - | |
| JM Dakin | c Ratra b Sehwag | 6 | 26 | 22 | 1 | - | |
| +BJ Hyam | not out | 16 | 60 | 56 | 1 | - | |
| DDJ Robinson | did not bat | ||||||
| *RC Irani | did not bat | ||||||
| TJ Phillips | did not bat | ||||||
| MC Ilott | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Grant | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 56 overs) | 186 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46 (Middlebrook), 2-97 (Clinton), 3-137 (Dakin) | |||||||
| Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Yohannan | 12 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bangar | 9 | 3 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harbhajan Singh | 8 | 2 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sehwag | 18 | 6 | 52 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Jaffer | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Das | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Patel | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> BJ Hyam made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> SS Das (1) 100 in 164 balls, 230 minutes with 15 fours
--> SS Das (1) 200 in 322 balls, 473 minutes with 28 fours and 3 sixes
--> A Flower (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 39
--> RS Bopara (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in First-Class matches
--> V Sehwag (2) 100 in 110 balls, 140 minutes with 14 fours and 3 sixes
--> V Sehwag (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 88
--> RS Clinton (2) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> RS Bopara (2) passed his previous highest score of 29 in First-Class matches
--> Harbhajan Singh reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JM Dakin, his 4th wicket in the Essex first innings
--> A Flower retired hurt in the Essex second innings having scored 23 (team score 108/2)
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