f49445 cc20194	Gloucestershire v Essex
	Liverpool Victoria County Championship 2006 (Division 2)
Venue	County Ground, Bristol on 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th July 2006 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by 7 wickets
Points	Gloucestershire 6 (Batting 4, Bowling 2); Essex 22 (Batting 5, Bowling 3)
Umpires	IJ Gould, TE Jesty
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), KT Gerrish (Gloucestershire)
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 355/8 (Fisher 28*, Lewis 21*; 104 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 264/4 (A Flower 114*, GW Flower 28*; 85 overs)
Close of play day 3	Gloucestershire (2) 70/0 (Spearman 43*, Ali 22*; 18 overs)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CM Spearman	c Pettini b Gough	70	107	146	11	-
K Ali	lbw b Tudor	28	59	71	3	-
MGN Windows	lbw b Tudor	2	18	16	-	-
CG Taylor	c GW Flower b Tudor	9	12	11	1	-
*APR Gidman	b Middlebrook	87	152	177	8	1
IJ Harvey	c Foster b Gough	0	5	2	-	-
+SJ Adshead	c A Flower b GW Flower	68	109	147	6	1
MA Hardinges	b Gough	27	64	77	2	1
ID Fisher	c Bopara b Bichel	45	131	158	5	-
J Lewis	st Foster b Middlebrook	38	55	75	5	-
SP Kirby	not out	3	17	17	-	-
Extras	(12 nb, 5 w)	17
Total	(all out, 120.3 overs)	394
Fall of wickets:
1-69 (Ali), 2-79 (Windows), 3-93 (Taylor), 4-139 (Spearman), 5-139 (Harvey), 6-268 (Gidman), 7-282 (Adshead), 8-321 (Hardinges), 9-386 (Lewis), 10-394 (Fisher, 120.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gough	26	4	87	3	-	5
Bichel	23.3	0	101	1	1	-
Tudor	20	5	64	3	-	1
Middlebrook	38	9	94	2	-	-
Bopara	2	0	12	0	-	-
GW Flower	11	1	36	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	c Adshead b Lewis	7	27	28	-	-
ML Pettini	c Windows b Fisher	59	152	184	9	-
RS Bopara	c Adshead b Kirby	5	30	31	-	-
A Flower	c Adshead b Gidman	190	358	498	20	1
*RC Irani	c Ali b Fisher	12	69	74	1	-
GW Flower	lbw b Lewis	58	131	156	5	2
+JS Foster	lbw b Lewis	13	42	42	2	-
JD Middlebrook	not out	73	145	188	9	-
AJ Bichel	b Kirby	27	38	47	5	-
AJ Tudor	c Adshead b Kirby	6	12	9	1	-
D Gough	c Gidman b Kirby	37	28	29	5	2
Extras	(7 b, 10 lb, 36 nb, 8 w)	61
Total	(all out, 169 overs)	548
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Chopra), 2-36 (Bopara), 3-147 (Pettini), 4-191 (Irani), 5-332 (GW Flower), 6-360 (Foster), 7-441 (A Flower), 8-478 (Bichel), 9-490 (Tudor), 10-548 (Gough, 169 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lewis	32	3	93	3	-	10
Kirby	34	11	94	4	-	6
Hardinges	21	4	64	0	1	2
Harvey	16	5	51	0	2	-
Fisher	48	5	178	2	1	-
Gidman	15	6	27	1	-	-
Taylor	2	0	20	0	-	-
Ali	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CM Spearman	c Foster b Bichel	51	70	81	9	-
K Ali	lbw b Bopara	43	127	178	5	-
MGN Windows	b Bopara	48	90	103	6	1
CG Taylor	b GW Flower	30	66	81	4	-
*APR Gidman	c Foster b Bichel	4	13	14	1	-
IJ Harvey	b Bopara	40	49	68	5	-
+SJ Adshead	not out	16	56	66	1	-
MA Hardinges	c Bopara b Middlebrook	3	24	30	-	-
ID Fisher	c Bopara b GW Flower	4	13	13	1	-
J Lewis	c Chopra b Bichel	0	5	4	-	-
SP Kirby	lbw b GW Flower	1	2	1	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 8 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 85.1 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-78 (Spearman), 2-145 (Ali), 3-154 (Windows), 4-158 (Gidman), 5-220 (Taylor), 6-226 (Harvey), 7-241 (Hardinges), 8-249 (Fisher), 9-250 (Lewis), 10-251 (Kirby, 85.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gough	12	1	50	0	-	2
Bichel	18	5	50	3	-	-
Tudor	11	2	41	0	-	2
Middlebrook	22	7	63	1	-	-
GW Flower	15.1	6	28	3	-	-
Bopara	7	2	16	3	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	b Lewis	6	14	10	-	-
ML Pettini	b Kirby	39	41	83	4	-
RS Bopara	c Adshead b Lewis	14	25	24	2	-
A Flower	not out	24	50	53	3	-
*RC Irani	not out	6	8	7	1	-
GW Flower	did not bat
+JS Foster	did not bat
JD Middlebrook	did not bat
AJ Bichel	did not bat
AJ Tudor	did not bat
D Gough	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 2 nb, 4 w)	9
Total	(3 wickets, 22.5 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Chopra), 2-38 (Bopara), 3-91 (Pettini)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lewis	7	0	27	2	-	1
Kirby	7.5	1	36	1	-	-
Fisher	8	0	32	0	2	-

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Notes
--> Gloucestershire full substitute: J Lewis for WD Rudge (nominated to be replaced if Lewis was released from England duty)
--> Essex score at 130 overs in the first innings was 401-6
--> MGN Windows made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MGN Windows made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> CM Spearman (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 45
--> APR Gidman (1) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 4
--> ID Fisher (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 38
--> A Flower (1) 100 in 168 balls, 245 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> MGN Windows (2) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 22
--> IJ Harvey (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> ML Pettini (2) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 25
--> AJ Tudor reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MGN Windows, his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> D Gough reached 800 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed IJ Harvey, his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> SP Kirby reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AJ Bichel, his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings
--> APR Gidman reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed A Flower, his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> JD Middlebrook reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed MA Hardinges, his 1st wicket in the Gloucestershire second innings

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