f48783 cc20089	Essex v Somerset
	Frizzell County Championship 2005 (Division 2)
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th August 2005 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to field
Result	Somerset won by 5 wickets
Points	Essex 5 (Batting 5); Somerset 16 (Bowling 2)
Umpires	MJ Harris, VA Holder
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), GA Stickley (Somerset)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 6/1 (Jefferson 4*, GW Flower 0*; 3 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 220/5 (Irani 43*, Foster 20*; 73.4 overs)
Close of play day 3	Somerset (1) 112/2 (Francis 31*, Hildreth 76*; 35 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WI Jefferson	b Blackwell	93	110		17	1
AN Cook	lbw b Woodman	0	1	1	-	-
GW Flower	c Gazzard b Langeveldt	5	36		1	-
RS Bopara	b Blackwell	42	139	165	6	-
A Flower	lbw b Munday	14	58	77	1	-
*RC Irani	run out	86	150	220	9	4
+JS Foster	not out	107	196	292	13	1
JD Middlebrook	not out	42	71	75	6	-
GR Napier	did not bat
Danish Kaneria	did not bat
A Nel	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 8 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 126.1 overs)	400
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Cook), 2-33 (GW Flower), 3-124 (Jefferson), 4-156 (A Flower), 5-158 (Bopara), 6-315 (Irani)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Langeveldt	33	12	71	1	-	3
Woodman	24	8	78	1	-	1
Parsons	16.1	4	56	0	-	-
Blackwell	38	10	105	2	-	-
Munday	14	0	77	1	-	-
Hildreth	1	0	10	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Wood	b Nel	0	1	1	-	-
JD Francis	not out	31	93	127	4	-
AV Suppiah	lbw b Nel	0	2	1	-	-
JC Hildreth	not out	76	116	122	12	-
KA Parsons	did not bat
*ID Blackwell	did not bat
WJ Durston	did not bat
+CM Gazzard	did not bat
CK Langeveldt	did not bat
RJ Woodman	did not bat
MK Munday	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 35 overs)	112
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Wood), 2-0 (Suppiah)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nel	6	2	12	2	-	-
Napier	6	3	13	0	-	-
Danish Kaneria	14	2	46	0	-	-
Bopara	4	0	20	0	-	2
Middlebrook	5	0	20	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WI Jefferson	did not bat
AN Cook	did not bat
GW Flower	did not bat
RS Bopara	did not bat
A Flower	did not bat
*RC Irani	did not bat
+JS Foster	did not bat
JD Middlebrook	did not bat
GR Napier	did not bat
Danish Kaneria	did not bat
A Nel	did not bat
Innings Forfeited

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Wood	lbw b Nel	0	3	2	-	-
JD Francis	c Nel b Danish Kaneria	51	103	154	8	-
AV Suppiah	lbw b Bopara	29	27	41	5	-
JC Hildreth	not out	125	186	211	16	2
WJ Durston	c Foster b Nel	0	4	4	-	-
*ID Blackwell	c Cook b GW Flower	59	63	77	7	3
KA Parsons	not out	12	13	18	2	-
+CM Gazzard	did not bat
CK Langeveldt	did not bat
RJ Woodman	did not bat
MK Munday	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(5 wickets, 66.1 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Wood), 2-49 (Suppiah), 3-147 (Francis), 4-147 (Durston), 5-256 (Blackwell)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nel	17	1	76	2	-	-
Napier	6	1	21	0	-	-
Bopara	10	0	40	1	1	2
Danish Kaneria	24	4	80	1	1	-
Middlebrook	7.1	0	39	0	-	-
GW Flower	2	0	26	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MK Munday made his debut in County Championship matches
--> RS Bopara (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 28
--> RC Irani (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches for the season when he reached 77
--> RC Irani (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 8
--> JS Foster (1) 100 in 195 balls, 248 minutes with 13 fours and 1 six
--> JC Hildreth (2) 100 in 156 balls, 184 minutes with 13 fours and 2 sixes
--> JC Hildreth (2) passed his previous highest score of 108 in County Championship matches
--> JC Hildreth (2) passed his previous highest score of 112 in First-Class matches
--> JC Hildreth (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 79
--> ID Blackwell (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 25
--> ID Blackwell (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 49
--> MK Munday made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> A Nel made his debut for Essex in County Championship matches
--> A Nel made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches

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