f50141 cc20347	Somerset v Essex
	LV County Championship 2007 (Division 2)
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd July 2007 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 7 (Bowling 3); Essex 9 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	NGB Cook, R Palmer
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), GA Stickley (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 155/2 (Pettini 31*, Flower 0*; 41.3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 28/1 (Wood 6*, Langer 11*; 9.4 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 294/6 (Middlebrook 29*, Bichel 5*; 76 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	lbw b Willoughby	44	80	79	5	-
*ML Pettini	b White	73	194	276	11	-
RS Bopara	c Trego b Caddick	69	78	83	10	1
GW Flower	b Caddick	0	24	55	-	-
+JS Foster	lbw b Trego	1	6	18	-	-
RN ten Doeschate	c Kieswetter b Jones	24	34	61	2	-
JD Middlebrook	c Caddick b White	24	52	61	3	-
AJ Bichel	c Kieswetter b Jones	19	25	26	3	-
GR Napier	not out	8	13	20	1	-
AJ Tudor	lbw b White	1	5	5	-	-
AP Palladino	lbw b White	0	3	1	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 84.5 overs)	282
Fall of wickets:
1-59 (Chopra), 2-152 (Bopara), 3-185 (Flower), 4-188 (Foster), 5-221 (Pettini), 6-235 (ten Doeschate), 7-269 (Bichel), 8-275 (Middlebrook), 9-282 (Tudor), 10-282 (Palladino, 84.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Caddick	22	3	51	2	-	5
Willoughby	17	1	59	1	1	-
Blackwell	4	0	16	0	-	-
Trego	15	5	39	1	-	-
Jones	17	0	81	2	-	-
White	9.5	2	28	4	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Wood	lbw b Bichel	20	63	81	3	-
NJ Edwards	lbw b Palladino	5	8	14	-	-
*JL Langer	lbw b Bichel	24	32	50	4	-
JC Hildreth	c Foster b Bichel	38	34	65	7	-
CL White	c Foster b Bichel	1	9	14	-	-
ID Blackwell	c Bopara b Tudor	15	11	14	3	-
PD Trego	b Napier	20	35	47	2	-
+C Kieswetter	c Flower b Bichel	0	7	8	-	-
PS Jones	c Foster b Bichel	4	7	7	1	-
AR Caddick	c Middlebrook b Napier	0	2	1	-	-
CM Willoughby	not out	8	5	15	1	-
Extras	(14 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 35.1 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Edwards), 2-45 (Langer), 3-76 (Wood), 4-90 (White), 5-115 (Blackwell), 6-123 (Hildreth), 7-125 (Kieswetter), 8-133 (Jones), 9-134 (Caddick), 10-153 (Trego, 35.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bichel	18	5	63	6	-	-
Palladino	8	1	38	1	-	1
Tudor	7	1	27	1	-	1
Napier	2.1	0	11	2	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	c Kieswetter b Caddick	0	5	7	-	-
*ML Pettini	lbw b Jones	14	24	31	2	-
RS Bopara	c Willoughby b Blackwell	126	171	217	18	-
GW Flower	lbw b Willoughby	7	31	44	-	-
+JS Foster	c Langer b Blackwell	71	90	110	11	1
RN ten Doeschate	c Kieswetter b Blackwell	35	83	69	3	1
JD Middlebrook	not out	29	45	48	2	-
AJ Bichel	not out	5	7	13	-	-
AJ Tudor	did not bat
GR Napier	did not bat
AP Palladino	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, 76 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Chopra), 2-30 (Pettini), 3-61 (Flower), 4-202 (Foster), 5-237 (Bopara), 6-271 (ten Doeschate)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Caddick	10	1	33	1	-	-
Jones	9	2	36	1	-	-
Willoughby	10	3	55	1	-	-
Trego	2	0	9	0	-	-
White	22	2	76	0	-	-
Blackwell	23	0	78	3	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> V Chopra (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> RS Bopara (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> RS Bopara (2) 100 in 128 balls, 156 minutes with 16 fours
--> PS Jones reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed RN ten Doeschate, his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> ID Blackwell reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RS Bopara, his 2nd wicket in the Essex second innings

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