f50875 cc20472	Glamorgan v Essex
	LV County Championship 2008 (Division 2)
Venue	The SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th July 2008 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Glamorgan 7 (Bowling 3); Essex 11 (Batting 4, Bowling 3)
Umpires	AA Jones, JF Steele
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), AK Hignell (Glamorgan)
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 54/0 (Chopra 29*, Gallian 24*; 19 overs)
Close of play day 3	Glamorgan (2) 35/1 (Grant 20*, Cosker 4*; 9 overs)

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Glamorgan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GP Rees	lbw b Danish Kaneria	34	76	118	4	-
RN Grant	c Foster b Napier	10	49	67	2	-
*DL Hemp	b Bopara	8	11	13	2	-
MJ Powell	c Pettini b Masters	31	55	64	5	-
JWM Dalrymple	b Danish Kaneria	0	3	6	-	-
+MA Wallace	c Foster b Danish Kaneria	0	4	1	-	-
JAR Harris	b Danish Kaneria	7	31	43	-	-
RDB Croft	not out	14	23	39	1	-
JN Gillespie	b Chambers	4	8	5	1	-
DS Harrison	lbw b Danish Kaneria	4	3	2	1	-
DA Cosker	lbw b Chambers	2	4	3	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 2 nb, 6 w)	18
Total	(all out, 44.2 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-39 (Grant), 2-61 (Hemp), 3-93 (Rees), 4-97 (Dalrymple), 5-99 (Wallace), 6-105 (Powell), 7-119 (Harris), 8-124 (Gillespie), 9-129 (Harrison), 10-132 (Cosker, 44.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Masters	12	8	8	1	-	-
Chambers	8.2	2	29	2	-	1
Napier	6	1	28	1	-	-
Bopara	7	1	23	1	1	-
ten Doeschate	2	0	12	0	1	-
Danish Kaneria	9	2	22	5	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
V Chopra	b Cosker	59	128	250	4	-
JER Gallian	lbw b Harris	73	179	280	9	-
NJ Dexter	c Wallace b Croft	2	13	9	-	-
RS Bopara	lbw b Croft	44	73	87	4	-
*ML Pettini	b Croft	92	121	185	7	1
+JS Foster	b Cosker	56	76	89	5	-
RN ten Doeschate	c Grant b Cosker	7	10	7	-	1
GR Napier	c Rees b Cosker	20	8	9	-	3
DD Masters	b Cosker	5	5	8	1	-
Danish Kaneria	c Powell b Croft	0	3	6	-	-
MA Chambers	not out	0	4	3	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 12 lb, 5 w)	18
Total	(all out, 103.2 overs)	376
Fall of wickets:
1-137 (Chopra), 2-140 (Dexter), 3-155 (Gallian), 4-231 (Bopara), 5-328 (Foster), 6-336 (ten Doeschate), 7-363 (Napier), 8-372 (Pettini), 9-376 (Masters), 10-376 (Danish Kaneria, 103.2 ov)

Glamorgan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gillespie	18	3	58	0	-	-
Harrison	21	2	82	0	-	-
Harris	17	3	45	1	-	-
Croft	24.2	3	97	4	-	-
Cosker	23	1	81	5	4	-

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Glamorgan second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GP Rees	c Foster b Napier	11	19	21	1	-
RN Grant	b Masters	25	44	58	3	-
DA Cosker	c Foster b ten Doeschate	15	51	80	3	-
*DL Hemp	b Chambers	61	106	131	8	-
MJ Powell	not out	86	215	269	6	-
JWM Dalrymple	b Bopara	35	105	120	3	-
+MA Wallace	lbw b Napier	10	18	14	2	-
JAR Harris	not out	2	47	42	-	-
RDB Croft	did not bat
JN Gillespie	did not bat
DS Harrison	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 10 nb, 3 w)	24
Total	(6 wickets, 100 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (Rees), 2-49 (Grant), 3-77 (Cosker), 4-145 (Hemp), 5-235 (Dalrymple), 6-255 (Wallace)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Masters	19	3	43	1	-	-
Danish Kaneria	31	5	82	0	-	-
Napier	11	1	28	2	-	-
Bopara	20	7	43	1	2	2
ten Doeschate	12	1	43	1	1	2
Chambers	7	1	19	1	-	1

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Notes
--> DL Hemp (2) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> DA Cosker reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JS Foster, his 2nd wicket in the Essex first innings

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