f50937 cc20516	Leicestershire v Essex
	LV County Championship 2008 (Division 2)
Venue	Grace Road, Leicester on 27th, 28th August 2008 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by an innings and 74 runs
Points	Leicestershire 3 (Bowling 3); Essex 20 (Batting 3, Bowling 3)
Umpires	RA Kettleborough, JF Steele
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), GA York (Leicestershire)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 144/4 (Foster 28*, Mickleburgh 27*; 40.3 overs)

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Leicestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MAG Boyce	b Masters	1	7	10	-	-
GP Smith	c Foster b Napier	1	3	5	-	-
*+PA Nixon	c Chopra b Masters	2	30	37	-	-
HD Ackerman	not out	55	125	179	7	-
JJ Cobb	b ten Doeschate	5	29	39	1	-
J Allenby	c Phillips b ten Doeschate	2	13	12	-	-
JWA Taylor	lbw b ten Doeschate	0	4	5	-	-
D du Preez	c Gallian b Masters	7	12	16	1	-
CW Henderson	b Masters	5	19	21	1	-
MN Malik	c Foster b Masters	9	23	23	-	-
SJ Cliff	c Foster b ten Doeschate	8	19	17	1	-
Extras	(5 lb, 2 nb, 5 w)	12
Total	(all out, 47.1 overs)	107
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Smith), 2-2 (Boyce), 3-17 (Nixon), 4-39 (Cobb), 5-45 (Allenby), 6-47 (Taylor), 7-59 (du Preez), 8-73 (Henderson), 9-94 (Malik), 10-107 (Cliff, 47.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Masters	17	5	35	5	-	1
Napier	16	5	40	1	1	-
ten Doeschate	7.1	1	16	4	-	-
Wright	7	2	11	0	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	lbw b Cliff	10	46	55	1	-
JER Gallian	c Nixon b Malik	6	20	31	1	-
T Westley	c Nixon b Malik	0	5	2	-	-
*ML Pettini	c Cobb b du Preez	58	66	75	9	-
+JS Foster	not out	132	219		16	-
JC Mickleburgh	lbw b Henderson	60	102		6	2
RN ten Doeschate	c Nixon b Henderson	11	24	25	1	1
GR Napier	c Allenby b Henderson	12	30	26	2	-
TJ Phillips	c Taylor b Henderson	16	36	50	1	-
CJC Wright	lbw b Cliff	0	13	11	-	-
DD Masters	lbw b Henderson	0	3	3	-	-
Extras	(14 b, 11 lb, 5 w)	30
Total	(all out, 94 overs)	335
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Gallian), 2-18 (Westley), 3-34 (Chopra), 4-100 (Pettini), 5-228 (Mickleburgh), 6-256 (ten Doeschate), 7-278 (Napier), 8-327 (Phillips), 9-334 (Wright), 10-335 (Masters, 94 ov)

Leicestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Malik	22	4	84	2	1	-
du Preez	21	2	71	1	-	-
Cliff	18	3	71	2	-	-
Allenby	18	2	45	0	-	-
Henderson	15	5	39	5	-	-

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Leicestershire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GP Smith	c Foster b Wright	21	72	97	3	-
JWA Taylor	b Masters	2	13	24	-	-
*+PA Nixon	lbw b Masters	20	24	24	4	-
HD Ackerman	c Foster b Wright	0	3	2	-	-
JJ Cobb	c Gallian b Wright	0	3	1	-	-
J Allenby	c Foster b ten Doeschate	11	35	52	1	-
D du Preez	c ten Doeschate b Wright	0	3	1	-	-
CW Henderson	not out	50	54	81	9	-
MN Malik	c Chopra b Wright	41	58	58	5	1
SJ Cliff	b Wright	1	8	8	-	-
MAG Boyce	absent hurt
Extras	(2 b, 6 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 45.3 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Taylor), 2-29 (Nixon), 3-30 (Ackerman), 4-30 (Cobb), 5-51 (Smith), 6-51 (du Preez), 7-59 (Allenby), 8-146 (Malik), 9-154 (Cliff, 45.3 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Masters	12	5	28	2	-	-
Napier	9	2	43	0	-	-
Wright	10.3	3	22	6	-	-
ten Doeschate	9	2	32	1	-	-
Phillips	5	1	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in two.
--> JC Mickleburgh made his debut in County Championship matches
--> JC Mickleburgh made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CW Henderson (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> JS Foster (1) 100 in 175 balls, 251 minutes with 12 fours
--> JS Foster (1) passed 5000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 3
--> MN Malik (2) passed his previous highest score of 35 in County Championship matches
--> MN Malik (2) passed his previous highest score of 39 in First-Class matches
--> DD Masters reached 250 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed PA Nixon, his 2nd wicket in the Leicestershire first innings
--> CJC Wright achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed MN Malik in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 4-30)
--> CJC Wright achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Leicestershire second innings
--> CJC Wright achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed MN Malik in the Leicestershire second innings (previous best was 4-30)
--> CJC Wright achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Leicestershire second innings

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