- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras23 (b 1, lb 4, nb 18)TOTAL196 all out (69.1 Overs, RR: 2.83)Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Michael Hussey), 2-80 (Gordon Muchall), 3-80 (Gary Scott), 4-86 (Nicky Peng), 5-133 (Dale Benkenstein), 6-158 (Phil Mustard), 7-163 (Gareth Breese), 8-174 (Mark Davies), 9-174 (Liam Plunkett), 10-196 (Mick Lewis)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AP Palladino 6 0 23 0 3.83 0 5 AR Adams 25.1 11 60 5 2.38 0 0 RS Bopara 3 1 6 0 2.00 0 0 GR Napier 9 1 47 1 5.22 0 3 Danish Kaneria 19 9 30 3 1.57 0 1 JD Middlebrook 7 1 25 1 3.57 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras12 (lb 4, nb 8)TOTAL245 all out (69.2 Overs, RR: 3.53)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Grant Flower), 2-40 (Ravi Bopara), 3-71 (Andy Flower), 4-80 (Ronnie Irani), 5-102 (James Foster), 6-133 (Tony Palladino), 7-134 (James Middlebrook), 8-220 (Graham Napier), 9-226 (Andre Adams), 10-245 (Alastair Cook)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB ML Lewis 20 4 69 4 3.45 0 1 LE Plunkett 11 2 45 0 4.09 0 2 M Davies 11 4 17 1 1.54 0 0 G Onions 11 2 54 0 4.90 0 1 DM Benkenstein 3 1 7 1 2.33 0 0 GR Breese 7.2 1 22 3 3.00 0 0 PD Collingwood 6 1 27 0 4.50 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras24 (b 7, lb 3, nb 10, w 4)TOTAL347 all out (115.3 Overs, RR: 3)Did not bat: N PengFall of wickets: 1-1 (Michael Hussey), 2-13 (Gary Scott), 3-73 (Paul Collingwood), 4-94 (Gordon Muchall), 5-186 (Gareth Breese), 6-232 (Phil Mustard), 7-276 (Liam Plunkett), 8-313 (Dale Benkenstein), 9-334 (Mick Lewis), 10-347 (Mark Davies)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AP Palladino 3 1 31 0 10.33 0 3 AR Adams 29 9 83 2 2.86 0 0 Danish Kaneria 40.3 7 103 2 2.54 0 2 JD Middlebrook 34 7 92 4 2.70 1 0 GR Napier 9 2 28 1 3.11 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras27 (b 4, lb 8, nb 15)TOTAL299/8 (100.1 Overs, RR: 2.98)Did not bat: Danish KaneriaFall of wickets: 1-13 (Ravi Bopara), 2-85 (Alastair Cook), 3-192 (Ronnie Irani), 4-203 (James Foster), 5-231 (James Middlebrook), 6-240 (Grant Flower), 7-264 (Graham Napier), 8-289 (Andre Adams)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB ML Lewis 33 3 85 2 2.57 0 1 LE Plunkett 16 4 74 2 4.62 0 5 G Onions 7 0 30 0 4.28 0 0 M Davies 5 2 9 1 1.80 0 0 GR Breese 32.1 6 73 2 2.26 0 0 PD Collingwood 7 2 16 1 2.28 0 1
Match Details
Toss
Durham , elected to bat first
Season
Match days
3,4,5,6 August 2005 (4-day match)
Durham replacement
PD Collingwood for N Peng
Points
Essex 18, Durham 3
Close of Play
- Wed, 3 Aug - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 107/5 (AN Cook 47*, AP Palladino 3*, 36 ov)
- Thu, 4 Aug - day 2 - Durham 2nd innings 275/6 (DM Benkenstein 96*, LE Plunkett 19*, 75 ov)
- Fri, 5 Aug - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 129/2 (A Flower 48*, RC Irani 18*, 37 ov)
- Sat, 6 Aug - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 299/8 (100.1 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
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