BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson	c Afzaal b Harris	7	23	30	0	0	30.43
Paul Grayson	lbw b Smith	19	35	53	2	0	54.28
Nasser Hussain	c †Read b Smith	1	11	13	0	0	9.09
Aftab Habib	c Gallian b Harris	20	73	93	4	0	27.39
Andy Flower †	lbw b Smith	4	5	7	1	0	80.00
Ronnie Irani (c)	lbw b Malik	37	59	73	6	0	62.71
Jonathan Dakin	c †Read b Malik	6	19	28	1	0	31.57
James Middlebrook	c Gallian b Harris	11	32	46	0	0	34.37
Ashley Cowan	c †Read b Malik	9	14	10	1	0	64.28
Andrew McGarry	b Harris	0	15	18	0	0	0.00
Joe Grant	not out	1	4	8	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 5, nb 8, w 2)	15
TOTAL	47.4 Ov (RR: 2.72)	130
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Darren Robinson), 2-26 (Nasser Hussain), 3-31 (Paul Grayson), 4-35 (Andy Flower), 5-95 (Ronnie Irani), 6-99 (Aftab Habib), 7-115 (Jonathan Dakin), 8-125 (Ashley Cowan), 9-129 (James Middlebrook), 10-130 (Andrew McGarry)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Greg Smith	10	3	21	3	2.10	-	-	-	0	0
Nadeem Malik	17	5	45	3	2.64	-	-	-	0	4
Andrew Harris	14.4	4	41	4	2.79	-	-	-	0	0
Richard Logan	4	0	15	0	3.75	-	-	-	1	0
Nicky Boje	2	0	3	0	1.50	-	-	-	0	0

Nottinghamshire 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Bicknell	c Cowan b Irani	32	60	72	5	0	53.33
Jason Gallian (c)	c †Flower b Cowan	52	135	168	7	0	38.51
Usman Afzaal	lbw b Cowan	4	8	7	1	0	50.00
Paul Johnson	lbw b Grant	16	29	44	3	0	55.17
Nicky Boje	lbw b Irani	25	31	51	5	0	80.64
Kevin Pietersen	c McGarry b Irani	19	41	54	3	0	46.34
Chris Read †	c Hussain b Irani	18	33	48	2	0	54.54
Richard Logan	lbw b Irani	1	15	16	0	0	6.66
Andrew Harris	c †Flower b Cowan	4	10	15	0	0	40.00
Greg Smith	not out	35	31	35	6	0	112.90
Nadeem Malik	c Grayson b Irani	2	14	28	0	0	14.28
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 2)	5
TOTAL	67.5 Ov (RR: 3.14)	213
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Darren Bicknell), 2-56 (Usman Afzaal), 3-95 (Paul Johnson), 4-131 (Jason Gallian), 5-141 (Nicky Boje), 6-168 (Kevin Pietersen), 7-171 (Chris Read), 8-174 (Richard Logan), 9-176 (Andrew Harris), 10-213 (Nadeem Malik)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Ashley Cowan	24	5	70	3	2.91	-	-	-	0
Ronnie Irani	23.5	10	71	6	2.97	-	-	-	0
Andrew McGarry	8	2	29	0	3.62	-	-	-	0
Jonathan Dakin	9	2	22	0	2.44	-	-	-	1
Joe Grant	3	1	18	1	6.00	-	-	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Robinson	c †Read b Smith	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Paul Grayson	c †Read b Smith	83	109	134	15	0	76.14
Nasser Hussain	lbw b Smith	4	11	15	1	0	36.36
Aftab Habib	c †Read b Smith	15	37	65	1	0	40.54
Andy Flower †	c †Read b Smith	25	42	59	4	0	59.52
Ronnie Irani (c)	c Smith b Harris	28	44	61	5	0	63.63
Jonathan Dakin	c Bicknell b Logan	17	44	59	1	1	38.63
James Middlebrook	c †Read b Smith	27	57	140	5	0	47.36
Ashley Cowan	c Afzaal b Smith	42	55	145	6	1	76.36
Joe Grant	not out	3	10	18	0	0	30.00
Andrew McGarry	b Smith	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 7, w 8)	26
TOTAL	69 Ov (RR: 3.91)	270
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Darren Robinson), 2-16 (Nasser Hussain), 3-80 (Aftab Habib), 4-137 (Paul Grayson), 5-146 (Andy Flower), 6-189 (Ronnie Irani), 7-199 (Jonathan Dakin), 8-253 (James Middlebrook), 9-270 (Ashley Cowan), 10-270 (Andrew McGarry)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Greg Smith	23	6	53	8	2.30	-	-	-	1	1
Nadeem Malik	12	0	57	0	4.75	-	-	-	0	0
Andrew Harris	18	2	72	1	4.00	-	-	-	0	0
Richard Logan	10	1	51	1	5.10	-	-	-	3	2
Nicky Boje	6	1	26	0	4.33	-	-	-	0	0

Nottinghamshire 2nd Innings (T: 188 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Darren Bicknell	b Dakin	39	84	128	4	0	46.42
Jason Gallian (c)	c †Flower b Cowan	9	21	25	1	0	42.85
Usman Afzaal	not out	85	119	146	17	0	71.42
Paul Johnson	c Hussain b Grant	9	8	7	2	0	112.50
Nicky Boje	not out	21	26	35	4	0	80.76
Extras	(b 9, lb 2, nb 14)	25
TOTAL	41.5 Ov (RR: 4.49)	188/3
Did not bat: Kevin Pietersen, Chris Read †, Richard Logan, Andrew Harris, Greg Smith, Nadeem Malik
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Jason Gallian), 2-122 (Darren Bicknell), 3-133 (Paul Johnson)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ashley Cowan	10	0	41	1	4.10	-	-	-	0
Ronnie Irani	8	1	29	0	3.62	-	-	-	1
Jonathan Dakin	8	3	16	1	2.00	-	-	-	0
Joe Grant	9	0	71	1	7.88	-	-	-	6
Andrew McGarry	6.5	2	20	0	2.92	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 08 May - day 1 - Nottingham 1st innings 152/5 (Kevin Pietersen 14*, Chris Read 4*, 50 ov)

Thu, 09 May - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 215/7 (James Middlebrook 16*, Ashley Cowan 4*, 53.5 ov)

Fri, 10 May - day 3 - Nottingham 2nd innings 188/3 (41.5 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

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MATCH DETAILS

Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Toss	Nottinghamshire, elected to field first
Series	Frizzell County Championship Division Two
Season	2002
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Barry Dudleston Mervyn Kitchen
Points	Nottinghamshire 16, Essex 2.5

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Nottingham Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
AP Cowan	10	0	41	1	4.1
RC Irani	8	1	29	0	3.62 (1 nb)
JM Dakin	8	3	16	1	2
JB Grant	9	0	71	1	7.88 (6 nb)
AC McGarry	6.5	2	20	0	2.92

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