f47430 cc19832	Surrey v Essex
	Frizzell County Championship 2003 (Division 1)
Venue	The AMP Oval, Kennington on 17th, 18th, 19th September 2003 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Surrey 6 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Essex 22 (Batting 5, Bowling 3)
Umpires	AGT Whitehead, P Willey
Scorers	KR Booth (Surrey), AE Choat (Essex)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 112/1 (Cook 63*, Flower 47*; 20 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 464 all out

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA Newman	c Foster b Napier	9	20	19	2	-
JN Batty	b Napier	87	142	196	14	1
N Shahid	c Pettini b Middlebrook	67	54	71	14	-
R Clarke	b Middlebrook	4	9	8	1	-
AD Brown	c Bopara b Middlebrook	17	23	25	-	-
JGE Benning	hit wkt b Mohammad Akram	18	30	25	3	-
+BJM Scott	not out	58	129	146	8	-
*IDK Salisbury	c Flower b Bopara	14	14	19	2	-
TJ Murtagh	c Napier b Mohammad Akram	21	52	62	5	-
PJ Sampson	lbw b Middlebrook	3	14	9	-	-
NC Saker	b Napier	1	6	7	-	-
Extras	(7 lb, 8 nb, 4 w)	19
Total	(all out, 81.3 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Newman), 2-120 (Shahid), 3-130 (Clarke), 4-164 (Brown), 5-195 (Benning), 6-222 (Batty), 7-241 (Salisbury), 8-300 (Murtagh), 9-313 (Sampson), 10-318 (Saker, 81.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mohammad Akram	21	5	93	2	-	1
Napier	18.3	4	58	3	-	-
Clarke	7	2	32	0	-	1
Middlebrook	28	3	93	4	-	1
Stephenson	2	0	12	0	-	-
Bopara	5	0	23	1	4	1

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WI Jefferson	c Brown b Sampson	0	3	1	-	-
AN Cook	c Scott b Saker	84	87	127	11	-
*A Flower	not out	201	297	419	20	-
ML Pettini	c Newman b Benning	70	79	86	13	-
RS Bopara	c Newman b Salisbury	31	63	68	4	-
+JS Foster	lbw b Clarke	36	86	90	3	-
JD Middlebrook	c Scott b Clarke	3	11	7	-	-
GR Napier	b Murtagh	1	3	4	-	-
JP Stephenson	c Scott b Murtagh	1	2	1	-	-
AJ Clarke	c Scott b Clarke	8	17	17	2	-
Mohammad Akram	lbw b Sampson	0	4	5	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 22 nb, 1 w)	29
Total	(all out, 106.5 overs)	464
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Jefferson), 2-157 (Cook), 3-272 (Pettini), 4-343 (Bopara), 5-429 (Foster), 6-433 (Middlebrook), 7-440 (Napier), 8-442 (Stephenson), 9-457 (Clarke), 10-464 (Mohammad Akram, 106.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sampson	14.5	1	85	2	-	1
Clarke	20	1	104	3	-	2
Murtagh	27	4	89	2	-	-
Saker	16	1	71	1	1	2
Salisbury	21	1	70	1	-	-
Benning	8	1	39	1	-	6

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA Newman	c Cook b Mohammad Akram	0	8	8	-	-
JN Batty	c Foster b Mohammad Akram	47	102	152	7	1
N Shahid	c Cook b Mohammad Akram	0	4	2	-	-
R Clarke	b Mohammad Akram	18	16	21	4	-
AD Brown	b Mohammad Akram	0	12	9	-	-
JGE Benning	c Foster b Mohammad Akram	47	90	113	8	-
+BJM Scott	c Foster b Mohammad Akram	5	14	18	1	-
*IDK Salisbury	lbw b Napier	29	51	79	3	-
TJ Murtagh	b Mohammad Akram	0	1	3	-	-
PJ Sampson	not out	32	49	67	6	-
NC Saker	b Napier	0	2	1	-	-
Extras	(7 lb, 8 nb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 57.3 overs)	194
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Newman), 2-0 (Shahid), 3-24 (Clarke), 4-26 (Brown), 5-122 (Batty), 6-125 (Benning), 7-134 (Scott), 8-138 (Murtagh), 9-194 (Salisbury), 10-194 (Saker, 57.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mohammad Akram	21	9	49	8	-	3
Napier	12.3	1	54	2	-	-
Clarke	7	1	19	0	1	-
Stephenson	12	2	39	0	-	1
Middlebrook	5	0	26	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WI Jefferson	c Scott b Sampson	22	17	26	5	-
AN Cook	c Scott b Sampson	18	26	33	1	-
ML Pettini	not out	4	8	11	1	-
RS Bopara	not out	2	5	3	-	-
*A Flower	did not bat
+JS Foster	did not bat
JD Middlebrook	did not bat
GR Napier	did not bat
JP Stephenson	did not bat
AJ Clarke	did not bat
Mohammad Akram	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(2 wickets, 9.1 overs)	49
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Jefferson), 2-47 (Cook)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sampson	5	0	16	2	-	-
Saker	4.1	0	32	0	-	1

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> JGE Benning made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BJM Scott made his debut in County Championship matches
--> NC Saker made his debut in County Championship matches
--> BJM Scott (1) passed his previous highest score of 16 in first-class matches
--> AN Cook (1) passed his previous highest score of 69 in County Championship matches
--> AN Cook (1) passed his previous highest score of 69 in first-class matches
--> A Flower (1) 100 in 144 balls, 195 minutes with 12 fours
--> A Flower (1) passed his previous highest score of 172 in County Championship matches
--> A Flower (1) 200 in 295 balls, 419 minutes with 20 fours
--> A Flower (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 48
--> A Flower (1) passed 12000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 170
--> JGE Benning (2) passed his previous highest score of 22 in first-class matches
--> JD Middlebrook reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches for the season when he dismissed R Clarke, his 2nd wicket in the Surrey first innings
--> Mohammad Akram reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed TJ Murtagh, his 8th wicket in the Surrey second innings
--> Mohammad Akram achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed JGE Benning in the Surrey second innings (previous best was 5-72)
--> Mohammad Akram achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed TJ Murtagh in the Surrey second innings (previous best was 7-51)

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