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| Venue | Grace Road, Leicester on 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th July 2009 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Leicestershire won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Leicestershire 7 (Batting 1, Bowling 2); Essex 12 (Batting 5, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | SA Garratt, JW Holder |
| Scorers | AE Choat (Essex), GA York (Leicestershire) |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Close of play day 2 | Essex (1) 294/4 (Walker 67*, Foster 10*; 86.2 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Leicestershire (1) 61/3 (Ackerman 8*, Allenby 26*; 18 overs) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| V Chopra | lbw b O'Brien | 5 | 16 | 16 | - | - | |
| JK Maunders | c New b Gurney | 56 | 99 | 145 | 7 | - | |
| HM Amla | c New b Allenby | 118 | 166 | 197 | 17 | - | |
| MJ Walker | not out | 116 | 236 | 294 | 15 | - | |
| *ML Pettini | b Walker | 24 | 55 | 57 | 2 | - | |
| +JS Foster | c New b Allenby | 85 | 121 | 160 | 10 | - | |
| RN ten Doeschate | c Dippenaar b Allenby | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| GR Napier | did not bat | ||||||
| DD Masters | did not bat | ||||||
| CJC Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Palladino | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (19 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 115.3 overs) | 427 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Chopra, 4.1 ov), 2-143 (Maunders, 38.1 ov), 3-212 (Amla, 58.4 ov), 4-269 (Pettini, 75.5 ov), 5-427 (Foster, 115.2 ov), 6-427 (ten Doeschate, 115.3 ov) | |||||||
| Leicestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| O'Brien | 24 | 6 | 82 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Harris | 25 | 6 | 75 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Gurney | 22 | 1 | 96 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allenby | 20.3 | 6 | 70 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Walker | 23 | 0 | 84 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cobb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JJ Cobb | c Walker b Palladino | 14 | 31 | 40 | 3 | - | |
| MAG Boyce | lbw b Palladino | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| *HH Dippenaar | c Foster b Masters | 7 | 20 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| HD Ackerman | b Wright | 15 | 38 | 62 | 2 | - | |
| J Allenby | c Foster b Masters | 71 | 97 | 110 | 11 | - | |
| JWA Taylor | c Masters b ten Doeschate | 88 | 129 | 149 | 14 | 1 | |
| +TJ New | c Foster b Palladino | 9 | 15 | 30 | - | - | |
| GW Walker | lbw b Palladino | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| IE O'Brien | c Foster b Wright | 1 | 11 | 17 | - | - | |
| AJ Harris | b Wright | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| HF Gurney | not out | 8 | 26 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 10 lb, 8 nb, 1 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.2 overs) | 238 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Boyce, 3.2 ov), 2-25 (Dippenaar, 8.5 ov), 3-27 (Cobb, 9.5 ov), 4-81 (Ackerman, 24.3 ov), 5-135 (Allenby, 38 ov), 6-162 (New, 45.5 ov), 7-162 (Walker, 46 ov), 8-173 (O'Brien, 50.3 ov), 9-173 (Harris, 50.5 ov), 10-238 (Taylor, 62.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Masters | 18 | 6 | 49 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Palladino | 18 | 3 | 68 | 4 | - | 1 | |
| Wright | 16 | 3 | 52 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Napier | 9 | 1 | 53 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| ten Doeschate | 1.2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leicestershire second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JJ Cobb | lbw b Masters | 6 | 19 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| MAG Boyce | not out | 45 | 79 | 104 | 9 | - | |
| *HH Dippenaar | lbw b Palladino | 9 | 17 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| HD Ackerman | b Wright | 19 | 18 | 21 | 4 | - | |
| J Allenby | not out | 34 | 25 | 32 | 6 | - | |
| JWA Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| +TJ New | did not bat | ||||||
| GW Walker | did not bat | ||||||
| IE O'Brien | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Harris | did not bat | ||||||
| HF Gurney | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 nb, 6 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 26 overs) | 123 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Cobb, 6.4 ov), 2-30 (Dippenaar, 11.3 ov), 3-62 (Ackerman, 17 ov) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Masters | 5 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Palladino | 7 | 3 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wright | 7 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| ten Doeschate | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Napier | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GW Walker made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> GW Walker made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> HM Amla (1) 100 in 137 balls, 167 minutes with 15 fours
--> HM Amla (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> MJ Walker (1) 100 in 217 balls, 265 minutes with 13 fours
--> J Allenby reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed HM Amla, his 1st wicket in the Essex first innings
--> J Allenby reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when he dismissed RN ten Doeschate, his 3rd wicket in the Essex first innings
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