a15939	Worcestershire v Essex
	Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy 2004 (Quarter-Final)
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 15th June 2004 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Worcestershire won by 21 runs
Umpires	PJ Hartley, AGT Whitehead
TV umpire	DJ Constant
Scorers	DJ Norris (Essex), ND Smith (Worcestershire)
Player of the Match	BF Smith

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Worcestershire innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
SD Peters	c Foster b Brant	4	12	15	-	-	33.33
VS Solanki	c Cook b Danish Kaneria	32	56	74	4	-	57.14
AJ Bichel	b Gough	0	3	4	-	-	0.00
GA Hick	c Napier b Bopara	14	31	47	2	-	45.16
*BF Smith	c Middlebrook b Bopara	54	72	84	5	-	75.00
AJ Hall	c Foster b Middlebrook	6	26	27	-	-	23.08
DA Leatherdale	c Bopara b Danish Kaneria	42	55	69	1	-	76.36
GJ Batty	b Gough	14	23	25	1	-	60.87
+SJ Rhodes	c Irani b Brant	15	11	21	2	-	136.36
K Ali	b Brant	11	10	11	2	-	110.00
MS Mason	not out	1	1	2	-	-	100.00
Extras	(2 b, 4 lb, 5 w)	11
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Peters), 2-14 (Bichel), 3-52 (Hick), 4-54 (Solanki), 5-75 (Hall), 6-151 (Smith), 7-170 (Leatherdale), 8-178 (Batty), 9-203 (Ali), 10-204 (Rhodes, 50 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Gough	10	0	49	2	1	-	30.00	4.90
Brant	10	3	19	3	1	-	20.00	1.90
Napier	6	0	45	0	-	-	-	7.50
Bopara	4	0	18	2	1	-	12.00	4.50
Danish Kaneria	10	1	32	2	1	-	30.00	3.20
Middlebrook	10	1	35	1	-	-	60.00	3.50

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Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
WI Jefferson	b Bichel	19	37	42	4	-	51.35
A Flower	run out (Batty)	58	98	142	7	-	59.18
AN Cook	lbw b Mason	0	4	4	-	-	0.00
*RC Irani	c Leatherdale b Ali	1	9	10	-	-	11.11
+JS Foster	c and b Mason	8	19	21	1	-	42.11
RS Bopara	run out (Smith)	11	16	18	2	-	68.75
JD Middlebrook	run out (Ali)	47	57	84	5	-	82.46
GR Napier	b Bichel	13	20	18	1	1	65.00
D Gough	c and b Bichel	11	19	36	1	-	57.89
Danish Kaneria	c Peters b Leatherdale	2	6	5	-	-	33.33
SA Brant	not out	3	4	4	-	-	75.00
Extras	(5 lb, 5 w)	10
Total	(all out, 48.1 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-30 (Jefferson), 2-31 (Cook), 3-36 (Irani), 4-57 (Foster), 5-75 (Bopara), 6-116 (Flower), 7-144 (Napier), 8-176 (Middlebrook), 9-179 (Danish Kaneria), 10-183 (Gough, 48.1 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Bichel	9.1	1	27	3	1	-	18.33	2.95
Mason	10	0	32	2	1	-	30.00	3.20
Ali	6	1	29	1	-	-	36.00	4.83
Batty	10	1	35	0	-	-	-	3.50
Hall	7	0	31	0	2	-	-	4.43
Leatherdale	6	0	24	1	1	-	36.00	4.00

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Notes
--> WI Jefferson passed 1500 runs in List A matches when he reached 9
--> JD Middlebrook passed his previous highest score of 46 in List A matches

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