misc3320	Essex v Australians
	Australia in British Isles 2005
Venue	The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford on 3rd, 4th September 2005 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Australians won on first innings)
Umpires	RJ Bailey, P Willey
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), P Parkinson (Australians)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 502/4 (Foster 38*, Middlebrook 26*; 105 overs)
Picture galleries	Essex v Australians 3,4 September 2005

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WI Jefferson	b Kasprowicz	64	73	102	10	1
AN Cook	c Gillespie b Kasprowicz	214	238	335	33	1
RS Bopara	b Tait	135	220	250	17	2
ML Pettini	c Hayden b Tait	8	16	15	1	-
+JS Foster	not out	38	61	67	4	1
JD Middlebrook	not out	26	30	54	4	-
*RC Irani	did not bat
TJ Phillips	did not bat
GR Napier	did not bat
AP Palladino	did not bat
A Nel	did not bat
JS Ahmed	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 8 nb)	17
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 105 overs)	502
Fall of wickets:
1-140 (Jefferson), 2-410 (Cook), 3-434 (Pettini), 4-441 (Bopara)

Australians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lee	13	0	69	0	-	2
Gillespie	22	3	80	0	-	-
Tait	15	1	72	2	-	3
MacGill	24	0	128	0	-	-
Kasprowicz	19	2	85	2	-	3
Hodge	12	1	59	0	-	-

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Australians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Langer	c Cook b Middlebrook	87	96	131	15	1
ML Hayden	retired out	150	118	188	18	7
SM Katich	c Pettini b Napier	72	98	112	15	-
BJ Hodge	c Foster b Phillips	166	169	174	24	4
*+AC Gilchrist	c Palladino b Middlebrook	8	10	9	2	-
BJ Haddin	st +Pettini b Phillips	59	66	107	8	2
B Lee	not out	7	9	10	1	-
JN Gillespie	not out	4	9	7	1	-
SW Tait	did not bat
SCG MacGill	did not bat
MS Kasprowicz	did not bat
RT Ponting	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(6 wickets, 95 overs)	561
Fall of wickets:
1-213 (Langer), 2-244 (Hayden), 3-378 (Katich), 4-389 (Gilchrist), 5-550 (Hodge), 6-550 (Haddin)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nel	10	1	41	0	-	-
Palladino	12	1	81	0	-	3
Napier	12	1	77	1	1	-
Ahmed	15	0	95	0	1	2
Middlebrook	23	3	110	2	-	-
Phillips	20	0	137	2	-	-
Cook	3	0	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Each first innings was limited to 120 overs
--> AN Cook (1) 100 in 107 balls, 185 minutes with 16 fours
--> AN Cook (1) 200 in 232 balls, 325 minutes with 30 fours and 1 six
--> RS Bopara (1) 100 in 184 balls, 213 minutes with 12 fours and 2 sixes
--> ML Hayden (1) 100 in 90 balls, 120 minutes with 16 fours and 2 sixes
--> BJ Hodge (1) 100 in 119 balls, 158 minutes with 17 fours and 1 six

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