f49489 cc20230	Essex v Surrey
	Liverpool Victoria County Championship 2006 (Division 2)
Venue	Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester on 16th, 17th, 18th August 2006 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Surrey won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Essex won by an innings and 2 runs
Points	Essex 22 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Surrey 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	AA Jones, RA Kettleborough
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), LM Rhodes (Surrey)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 32/2 (Pettini 9*, Bopara 7*; 10 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 399/6 (Foster 71*, Middlebrook 41*; 114 overs)

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Surrey first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA Newman	c Foster b Bopara	41	54	73	8	1
+JN Batty	c Chopra b Tudor	4	14	22	1	-
SJ Walters	c Foster b Bichel	41	45	92	10	-
*MA Butcher	c Foster b Bopara	6	17	14	1	-
AD Brown	lbw b Bichel	36	39	48	7	-
Azhar Mahmood	c Phillips b Bichel	5	9	7	1	-
IDK Salisbury	c Pettini b Middlebrook	74	105	142	15	-
RS Clinton	c Middlebrook b Bopara	11	49	68	2	-
NC Saker	not out	58	143	148	9	-
ND Doshi	c Flower b Bopara	32	69	67	5	-
Mohammad Akram	c Foster b Bopara	6	10	14	-	1
Extras	(4 b, 6 nb, 6 w)	16
Total	(all out, 91.5 overs)	330
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Batty), 2-66 (Newman), 3-88 (Butcher), 4-128 (Walters), 5-134 (Azhar Mahmood), 6-147 (Brown), 7-204 (Clinton), 8-259 (Salisbury), 9-314 (Doshi), 10-330 (Mohammad Akram, 91.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bichel	22	5	80	3	1	-
Tudor	15	4	66	1	-	2
Westfield	10	2	47	0	-	1
Bopara	21.5	4	75	5	1	-
Phillips	12	4	34	0	-	-
Middlebrook	11	1	24	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	c Batty b Azhar Mahmood	14	25	21	2	-
ML Pettini	c Saker b Mohammad Akram	97	206	258	8	1
MS Westfield	b Azhar Mahmood	0	1	1	-	-
RS Bopara	lbw b Walters	94	138	193	12	1
A Flower	c sub b Saker	24	42	60	4	-
*RC Irani	c Walters b Doshi	38	59	79	7	-
+JS Foster	c Walters b Azhar Mahmood	74	148	181	10	-
JD Middlebrook	st Batty b Doshi	113	193	233	14	1
AJ Bichel	c Saker b Doshi	14	28	35	2	-
TJ Phillips	not out	38	54	73	4	1
AJ Tudor	c Brown b Doshi	0	3	3	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 13 lb, 8 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 148.5 overs)	530
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Chopra), 2-23 (Westfield), 3-193 (Bopara), 4-232 (Pettini), 5-246 (Flower), 6-310 (Irani), 7-404 (Foster), 8-435 (Bichel), 9-530 (Middlebrook), 10-530 (Tudor, 148.5 ov)

Surrey bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mohammad Akram	28	2	98	1	-	2
Azhar Mahmood	28	6	72	3	-	1
Saker	22	1	101	1	-	1
Doshi	38.5	4	135	4	-	-
Salisbury	13	2	56	0	-	-
Walters	7	3	21	1	-	-
Brown	12	1	31	0	-	-

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Surrey second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA Newman	c Flower b Phillips	25	79	85	3	-
+JN Batty	b Bichel	12	31	25	2	-
SJ Walters	c Foster b Tudor	4	17	27	-	-
*MA Butcher	run out	6	26	44	1	-
AD Brown	c Flower b Westfield	63	116	140	9	-
RS Clinton	lbw b Bichel	12	42	40	2	-
Azhar Mahmood	c Pettini b Middlebrook	26	51	64	3	-
IDK Salisbury	b Middlebrook	14	38	46	1	-
NC Saker	c Bopara b Middlebrook	9	13	17	1	-
ND Doshi	c Foster b Bichel	2	14	19	-	-
Mohammad Akram	not out	8	9	11	1	-
Extras	(9 b, 7 lb, 1 w)	17
Total	(all out, 72.4 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Batty), 2-39 (Walters), 3-57 (Newman), 4-63 (Butcher), 5-100 (Clinton), 6-154 (Azhar Mahmood), 7-170 (Brown), 8-187 (Saker), 9-188 (Salisbury), 10-198 (Doshi, 72.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bichel	14.4	1	53	3	-	-
Tudor	10	4	16	1	1	-
Middlebrook	24	5	51	3	-	-
Phillips	18	3	47	1	-	-
Westfield	6	1	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Essex score at 130 overs in the first innings was 438-8
--> SJ Walters made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SJ Walters made his debut in County Championship matches
--> AD Brown (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 23
--> NC Saker (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in First-Class matches
--> NC Saker (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> JD Middlebrook (1) 100 in 172 balls, 210 minutes with 12 fours and 1 six
--> RS Bopara achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed Mohammad Akram in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-93)
--> RS Bopara achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Surrey first innings
--> RS Bopara achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed Mohammad Akram in the Surrey first innings (previous best was 4-93)
--> RS Bopara achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Surrey first innings

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