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| Venue | Trent Bridge, Nottingham on 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th September 2004 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essex won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Nottinghamshire won by 3 wickets |
| Points | Nottinghamshire 20 (Batting 3, Bowling 3); Essex 7 (Batting 5, Bowling 2) |
| Umpires | A Clarkson, TE Jesty |
| Scorers | DJ Norris (Essex), GA Stringfellow (Nottinghamshire) |
| Close of play day 1 | Essex (1) 357/6 (Middlebrook 14*, Napier 12*; 96.3 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Close of play day 3 | Essex (2) 48/1 (Jefferson 26*, Flower 8*; 11 overs) |
| Essex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WI Jefferson | b Bicknell | 167 | 252 | 341 | 28 | - | |
| AN Cook | c Read b Sidebottom | 7 | 8 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| A Flower | c Read b Smith | 56 | 110 | 136 | 8 | - | |
| *RC Irani | lbw b Franks | 16 | 32 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| RS Bopara | lbw b Ealham | 34 | 71 | 70 | 3 | 1 | |
| +JS Foster | lbw b Smith | 23 | 34 | 33 | 4 | - | |
| JD Middlebrook | c Read b Franks | 14 | 59 | 74 | 1 | - | |
| GR Napier | not out | 106 | 85 | 115 | 14 | 3 | |
| AP Palladino | lbw b Bicknell | 41 | 63 | 85 | 7 | - | |
| Danish Kaneria | b Bicknell | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| AR Adams | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 12 lb, 18 nb) | 36 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 117.5 overs) | 500 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Cook), 2-152 (Flower), 3-180 (Irani), 4-261 (Bopara), 5-298 (Foster), 6-339 (Jefferson), 7-357 (Middlebrook), 8-500 (Palladino), 9-500 (Danish Kaneria, 117.5 ov) | |||||||
| Nottinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 25 | 6 | 97 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sidebottom | 21 | 3 | 103 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Franks | 19 | 4 | 77 | 2 | - | 8 | |
| Ealham | 13 | 4 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| MacGill | 20 | 3 | 72 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pietersen | 11 | 0 | 58 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bicknell | 6.5 | 0 | 33 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hussey | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nottinghamshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ Bicknell | lbw b Palladino | 24 | 20 | 26 | 5 | - | |
| *JER Gallian | lbw b Danish Kaneria | 13 | 32 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| A Singh | lbw b Danish Kaneria | 21 | 43 | 45 | 4 | - | |
| KP Pietersen | b Middlebrook | 37 | 27 | 41 | 3 | 2 | |
| DJ Hussey | not out | 124 | 129 | 171 | 16 | 2 | |
| +CMW Read | c Flower b Danish Kaneria | 7 | 29 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| MA Ealham | b Danish Kaneria | 1 | 15 | 13 | - | - | |
| PJ Franks | not out | 50 | 88 | 95 | 5 | 1 | |
| GJ Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| SCG MacGill | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Sidebottom | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 63.4 overs) | 301 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34 (Bicknell), 2-46 (Gallian), 3-97 (Singh), 4-107 (Pietersen), 5-164 (Read), 6-172 (Ealham) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Palladino | 9 | 2 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Napier | 10 | 1 | 43 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Danish Kaneria | 26 | 2 | 102 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bopara | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Middlebrook | 12.4 | 1 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Essex second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WI Jefferson | not out | 100 | 123 | 111 | 10 | - | |
| AN Cook | lbw b Sidebottom | 11 | 14 | 18 | 2 | - | |
| A Flower | not out | 61 | 70 | 91 | 4 | - | |
| *RC Irani | did not bat | ||||||
| RS Bopara | did not bat | ||||||
| +JS Foster | did not bat | ||||||
| JD Middlebrook | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Napier | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Adams | did not bat | ||||||
| AP Palladino | did not bat | ||||||
| Danish Kaneria | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, declared, 34.2 overs) | 179 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31 (Cook) | |||||||
| Nottinghamshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Sidebottom | 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bicknell | 8 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hussey | 10 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| MacGill | 5.2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pietersen | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Nottinghamshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ Bicknell | c Foster b Napier | 110 | 135 | 163 | 14 | 1 | |
| *JER Gallian | c and b Danish Kaneria | 57 | 82 | 98 | 8 | - | |
| A Singh | lbw b Danish Kaneria | 89 | 105 | 166 | 7 | 2 | |
| KP Pietersen | b Napier | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| DJ Hussey | b Napier | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - | |
| +CMW Read | b Palladino | 49 | 46 | 56 | 3 | 2 | |
| MA Ealham | lbw b Danish Kaneria | 10 | 9 | 12 | - | - | |
| PJ Franks | not out | 22 | 26 | 42 | - | - | |
| GJ Smith | not out | 16 | 19 | 24 | 2 | - | |
| SCG MacGill | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Sidebottom | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (12 b, 10 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 71 overs) | 379 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-121 (Gallian), 2-206 (Bicknell), 3-206 (Pietersen), 4-216 (Hussey), 5-299 (Read), 6-316 (Ealham), 7-339 (Singh) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Palladino | 15 | 2 | 75 | 1 | - | - | |
| Napier | 17 | 0 | 105 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Danish Kaneria | 24 | 1 | 92 | 3 | - | - | |
| Middlebrook | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bopara | 9 | 0 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |