Essex 279 & 181-2 v Gloucestershire 275 & 184
Chelmsford, Friday 25 July 2008
N G C Cowley,
I J Gould,
Toss Gloucestershire (Bat)
Essex won by 8 wickets
Second innings
| Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V Chopra | run out | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| JER Gallian | b SP Kirby | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| NJ Dexter | not out | 71 | 136 | 9 | 1 | |
| RS Bopara | not out | 103 | 114 | 11 | 2 | |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 0, nb 2, w 0) | 2 | ||||
| Total | (Close, 47.4 overs) | 181 | ||||
Did not bat:
*ML Pettini, +JS Foster, RN ten Doeschate, JD Middlebrook, GR Napier, DD Masters, Danish Kaneria
Fall of Wickets:
1-1 (1 JER Gallian, 11 mins), 2-7 (6 V Chopra, 28 mins)
First innings
| Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V Chopra | b MA Hardinges | 47 | 91 | 7 | 0 | |
| JER Gallian | c SD Snell | b SP Kirby | 48 | 118 | 7 | 0 |
| NJ Dexter | c SD Snell | b V Banerjee | 11 | 52 | 1 | 0 |
| RS Bopara | c MJ North | b SP Kirby | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| *ML Pettini | lbw | b SP Kirby | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| +JS Foster | c WTS Porterfield | b SP Kirby | 57 | 116 | 7 | 0 |
| RN ten Doeschate | lbw | b V Banerjee | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| JD Middlebrook | lbw | b MJ North | 41 | 71 | 3 | 2 |
| GR Napier | c SD Snell | b J Lewis | 27 | 30 | 3 | 1 |
| DD Masters | c MJ North | b SP Kirby | 21 | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| Danish Kaneria | not out | 17 | 16 | 3 | 0 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 2, nb 2, w 1) | 10 | ||||
| Total | (All out, 89.5 overs) | 279 | ||||
Fall of Wickets:
1-74 (74 V Chopra, 111 mins), 2-102 (28 JER Gallian, 51 mins), 3-106 (4 NJ Dexter, 10 mins), 4-106 (0 RS Bopara, 3 mins), 5-108 (2 ML Pettini, 6 mins), 6-109 (1 RN ten Doeschate, 4 mins), 7-178 (69 JD Middlebrook, 79 mins), 8-227 (49 GR Napier, 36 mins), 9-241 (14 JS Foster, 18 mins), 10-279 (38 DD Masters, 21 mins)