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First-class match

County Championship Division Two
Essex v Leicestershire

2008 season

Played at County Ground, Chelmsford, on 21,22,23,24 May 2008 (4-day match)

Result Match drawn


Leicestershire 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	TJ New	c Westley b Masters	2	14	9	0	0	22.22
	MAG Boyce	lbw b Palladino	1	6	4	0	0	25.00
	HD Ackerman	c Palladino b Masters	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
	HH Dippenaar	c Foster b Palladino	1	4	2	0	0	50.00
	J Allenby	c Foster b Masters	10	40	25	1	0	40.00
	PA Nixon	b Palladino	57	119	90	9	1	63.33
	J du Toit	lbw b Masters	43	109	77	6	0	55.84
	CW Henderson	c Gallian b Masters	13	50	37	1	1	35.13
	D du Preez	not out	13	36	16	1	1	81.25
	MN Malik	lbw b Masters	1	9	10	0	0	10.00
	GJP Kruger	lbw b Danish Kaneria	1	5	9	0	0	11.11
	Extras	(b 4, lb 13)	17

	Total	(all out; 47 overs)	159	(3.38 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Boyce), 2-3 (Ackerman), 3-4 (New), 4-4 (Dippenaar), 5-24 (Allenby), 6-110 (Nixon), 7-125 (du Toit), 8-146 (Henderson), 9-154 (Malik), 10-159 (Kruger)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DD Masters	14	6	24	6	1.71
AP Palladino	12	2	33	3	2.75
RS Bopara	4	1	20	0	5.00
AJ Tudor	11	2	26	0	2.36
Danish Kaneria	6	1	39	1	6.50


Essex 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JER Gallian	c Nixon b du Preez	7	13	14	1	0	50.00
	T Westley	c Allenby b Malik	27	63	44	3	0	61.36
	RS Bopara	c Dippenaar b du Preez	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
	ML Pettini	c Dippenaar b Malik	13	54	40	1	0	32.50
	RN ten Doeschate	c New b Malik	12	25	18	2	0	66.66
	JS Foster	b Malik	0	0	2	0	0	0.00
	JD Middlebrook	b Kruger	46	155	103	5	0	44.66
	AJ Tudor	lbw b du Preez	12	44	37	3	0	32.43
	DD Masters	c Dippenaar b Malik	10	26	23	1	0	43.47
	AP Palladino	not out	22	71	58	3	0	37.93
	Danish Kaneria	c Allenby b Malik	1	3	5	0	0	20.00
	Extras	(b 8, lb 5, w 1)	14

	Total	(all out; 57.3 overs)	164	(2.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-13 (Gallian), 2-13 (Bopara), 3-47 (Westley), 4-54 (Pettini), 5-54 (Foster), 6-61 (ten Doeschate), 7-89 (Tudor), 8-117 (Masters), 9-163 (Middlebrook), 10-164 (Danish Kaneria)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MN Malik	19.3	6	46	6	2.35	(1w)
D du Preez	16	2	61	3	3.81
GJP Kruger	17	3	34	1	2.00
J Allenby	4	1	10	0	2.50
CW Henderson	1	1	0	0	0.00


Leicestershire 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	TJ New	c Gallian b ten Doeschate	28	115	97	4	0	28.86
	MAG Boyce	c Westley b ten Doeschate	41	137	101	5	0	40.59
	HD Ackerman	lbw b ten Doeschate	112	288	204	14	2	54.90
	HH Dippenaar	c Foster b Bopara	64	153	139	7	0	46.04
	MN Malik	c sub (RT Lugg) b ten Doeschate	19	94	77	2	0	24.67
	J Allenby	c Foster b Palladino	0	21	15	0	0	0.00
	PA Nixon	not out	92	188	138	10	0	66.66
	J du Toit	c Middlebrook b ten Doeschate	4	38	24	0	0	16.66
	CW Henderson	c Danish Kaneria b Bopara	66	128	117	9	0	56.41
	D du Preez	run out	1	5	5	0	0	20.00
	GJP Kruger	lbw b Bopara	1	4	4	0	0	25.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 11, w 3, nb 6)	21

	Total	(all out; 153 overs)	449	(2.93 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-63 (New), 2-82 (Boyce), 3-227 (Dippenaar), 4-275 (Malik), 5-278 (Ackerman), 6-286 (Allenby), 7-306 (du Toit), 8-442 (Henderson), 9-445 (du Preez), 10-449 (Kruger)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DD Masters	30	11	55	0	1.83	(1nb, 1w)
AP Palladino	20	8	53	1	2.65	(1nb, 1w)
AJ Tudor	19	4	61	0	3.21
Danish Kaneria	33	4	85	0	2.57
RN ten Doeschate	19	3	58	5	3.05	(1w)
RS Bopara	13	1	49	3	3.76	(1nb)
JD Middlebrook	15	2	55	0	3.66
T Westley	4	0	21	0	5.25


Essex 2nd innings (target: 445 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	T Westley	c Nixon b du Preez	12	30	29	3	0	41.37
	JER Gallian	c Ackerman b Henderson	41	149	108	5	0	37.96
	RS Bopara	c Nixon b Henderson	87	179	136	10	1	63.97
	ML Pettini	c Ackerman b Henderson	9	17	13	0	1	69.23
	RN ten Doeschate	b Malik	21	60	46	3	0	45.65
	JS Foster	not out	88	247	212	14	0	41.50
	JD Middlebrook	lbw b Allenby	21	27	22	3	1	95.45
	AJ Tudor	st Nixon b Allenby	11	20	16	1	1	68.75
	DD Masters	lbw b Kruger	5	104	87	0	0	5.74
	AP Palladino	lbw b Henderson	2	58	53	0	0	3.77
	Danish Kaneria	not out	2	12	9	0	0	22.22
	Extras	(b 3, lb 8, nb 10)	21

	Total	(9 wickets; 121 overs)	320	(2.64 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-19 (Westley), 2-109 (Gallian), 3-129 (Pettini), 4-158 (Bopara), 5-174 (ten Doeschate), 6-202 (Middlebrook), 7-222 (Tudor), 8-272 (Masters), 9-314 (Palladino)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MN Malik	24	5	85	1	3.54	(2nb)
D du Preez	23	6	60	1	2.60
GJP Kruger	23	5	73	1	3.17	(3nb)
CW Henderson	40	18	68	4	1.70
J Allenby	11	0	23	2	2.09

Toss Leicestershire, who chose to bat first
Points Essex 7, Leicestershire 7

Umpires SA Garratt and JW Holder

Close of play
21 May day 1 - Essex 1st innings 134/8 (JD Middlebrook 36*, AP Palladino 8*, 47 ov)
22 May day 2 - Leicestershire 2nd innings 233/3 (HD Ackerman 90*, MN Malik 0*, 83 ov)
23 May day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 69/1 (JER Gallian 29*, RS Bopara 26*, 24 ov)
24 May day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 320/9 (121 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 3
Leicestershire 2nd innings
HD Ackerman 100 in 210 mins off 160 balls, 13x4, 2x6

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