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Gloucestershire v Essex
PPP Healthcare County Championship 2000 (Division 2)
VenueThe Royal and Sun Alliance County Ground, Bristol on 6th, 7th, 8th June 2000 (4-day match)
Balls per over6
TossGloucestershire won the toss and decided to field
ResultEssex won by 109 runs
PointsGloucestershire 5 (Batting 2, Bowling 3); Essex 17 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
UmpiresA Clarkson, RA White
ScorersKT Gerrish (Gloucestershire), DJ Norris (Essex)
Close of play day 1Gloucestershire (1) 5/0 (Cunliffe 1*, Hancock 4*; 1 over)
Close of play day 2Essex (2) 22/2 (Grayson 19*, Hussain 0*; 8 overs)

Essex first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
PJ Prichardrun out96170 13- 
AP Graysonc Snape b Cawdron1953 3- 
N Hussainlbw b Cawdron39 -- 
SG Lawc Williams b Cawdron411 1- 
*RC Iranib Alleyne5263 9- 
DDJ Robinsonc Williams b Averis05 -- 
+BJ Hyamc Cunliffe b Averis53173 5- 
DR Lawc Cawdron b Hardinges615 1- 
TJ Masonc Williams b Alleyne1288 1- 
AP Cowanb Alleyne04 -- 
MC Ilottnot out426 -- 
Extras(4 b, 4 lb, 6 nb)14
Total(all out, 102.2 overs)263
Fall of wickets:
1-52 (Grayson), 2-58 (Hussain), 3-74 (SG Law), 4-160 (Irani), 5-161 (Robinson), 6-186 (Prichard), 7-197 (DR Law), 8-250 (Mason), 9-250 (Cowan), 10-263 (Hyam)
Gloucestershire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Lewis17   4640--
Averis17.23502-2
Cawdron23   5653--
Alleyne18   5323--
Hardinges10   3201-1
Hancock4   060--
Snape13   6180--

Gloucestershire first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
RJ Cunliffec Hussain b Ilott24 -- 
THC Hancocklbw b Irani48 1- 
MGN Windowsc Robinson b Mason107143 20- 
*MW Alleynec and b Ilott825 1- 
CG Taylorc SG Law b Cowan1873 2- 
JN Snapec Robinson b Cowan5492 7- 
MA Hardingeslbw b DR Law013 -- 
+RCJ Williamsnot out28122 3- 
MJ Cawdronc Hyam b DR Law2758 5- 
JMM Averisc Hussain b Ilott720 1- 
J Lewisc Hyam b DR Law111 -- 
Extras(6 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)12
Total(all out, 94.3 overs)268
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Hancock), 2-8 (Cunliffe), 3-46 (Alleyne), 4-122 (Taylor), 5-170 (Windows), 6-173 (Hardinges), 7-220 (Snape), 8-254 (Cawdron), 9-265 (Averis), 10-268 (Lewis)
Essex bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Ilott19   6673--
Irani16   54711-
DR Law20.31703-2
Cowan18   8362--
Mason21   7421--

Essex second inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
PJ Prichardc Alleyne b Lewis114 -- 
AP Graysonb Hardinges52123 9- 
+BJ Hyamc Alleyne b Lewis013 -- 
N Hussainc Williams b Lewis05 -- 
SG Lawb Lewis2828 5- 
*RC Iranic Cunliffe b Hardinges4283 8- 
DDJ Robinsonnot out32124 4- 
DR Lawc Williams b Lewis012 -- 
TJ Masonc Alleyne b Snape924 -- 
AP Cowanb Lewis2124 31 
MC Ilottb Snape329 -- 
Extras(4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)11
Total(all out, 79.3 overs)199
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Prichard), 2-22 (Hyam), 3-22 (Hussain), 4-54 (SG Law), 5-127 (Grayson), 6-127 (Irani), 7-134 (DR Law), 8-157 (Mason), 9-184 (Cowan), 10-199 (Ilott)
Gloucestershire bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Lewis22   10476--
Averis16   5580--
Cawdron10   5240--
Alleyne12   4290--
Hardinges13   6162-2
Snape6.32182--

Gloucestershire second inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
THC Hancocklbw b Cowan2659 4- 
RJ Cunliffec SG Law b Irani317 -- 
MGN Windowsc Hyam b Ilott014 -- 
*MW Alleyneb Cowan46 1- 
CG Taylorb Irani08 -- 
JN Snapeb DR Law1622 3- 
MA Hardingesb Irani012 -- 
+RCJ Williamsc SG Law b DR Law522 -- 
MJ Cawdronc Mason b DR Law1519 3- 
JMM Averisc Grayson b DR Law315 -- 
J Lewisnot out00 -- 
Extras(1 b, 1 lb, 8 nb, 3 w)13
Total(all out, 31.4 overs)85
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Cunliffe), 2-19 (Windows), 3-26 (Alleyne), 4-37 (Taylor), 5-39 (Hancock), 6-46 (Hardinges), 7-67 (Williams), 8-74 (Snape), 9-85 (Cawdron), 10-85 (Averis)
Essex bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Ilott7   2171--
Irani11   530314
Cowan7   3152--
DR Law4.40154--
Mason2   060--

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> BJ Hyam (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in First-Class matches
--> BJ Hyam (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in County Championship matches
--> J Lewis (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 1
--> SG Law (2) passed 6000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 10