| a16848 | |
| Venue | The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford on 18th September 2005 (45-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Essex won by 4 wickets |
| Points | Essex 4; Worcestershire 0 |
| Umpires | NGC Cowley, IJ Gould |
| Scorers | AE Choat (Essex), ND Smith (Worcestershire) |
| Player of the Match | GW Flower |
| Worcestershire innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| SC Moore | st Foster b Flower | 38 | 60 | 74 | 5 | - | 63.33 |
| CH Gayle | b Gough | 44 | 58 | 131 | 3 | 1 | 75.86 |
| *VS Solanki | c and b Flower | 79 | 62 | 76 | 11 | 2 | 127.42 |
| GA Hick | b Gough | 12 | 23 | 30 | - | - | 52.17 |
| BF Smith | not out | 25 | 38 | 54 | - | - | 65.79 |
| +SM Davies | c Foster b Middlebrook | 9 | 8 | 11 | 1 | - | 112.50 |
| DA Leatherdale | b Adams | 14 | 16 | 20 | 1 | - | 87.50 |
| GJ Batty | run out | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 100.00 |
| K Ali | b Adams | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| RW Price | b Adams | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MN Malik | not out | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 125.00 |
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 4 nb, 4 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs) | 240 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-103 (Moore), 2-129 (Solanki), 3-172 (Hick), 4-181 (Gayle), 5-198 (Davies), 6-227 (Leatherdale), 7-228 (Batty), 8-228 (Ali), 9-228 (Price) | |||||||
| Essex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Gough | 9 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 1 | - | 27.00 | 3.78 |
| Adams | 9 | 1 | 67 | 3 | - | 1 | 18.00 | 7.44 |
| Bopara | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 4.83 |
| Middlebrook | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 5.80 |
| Danish Kaneria | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 3.78 |
| Flower | 7 | 0 | 42 | 2 | - | - | 21.00 | 6.00 |
| Essex innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| WI Jefferson | b Leatherdale | 31 | 40 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 77.50 |
| *RC Irani | c Davies b Malik | 9 | 10 | 13 | 2 | - | 90.00 |
| AN Cook | st Davies b Gayle | 62 | 77 | 85 | 10 | - | 80.52 |
| GW Flower | b Leatherdale | 81 | 81 | 71 | 4 | 4 | 100.00 |
| RS Bopara | not out | 46 | 45 | 58 | 1 | - | 102.22 |
| RN ten Doeschate | c Davies b Ali | 3 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 60.00 |
| JD Middlebrook | b Ali | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| +JS Foster | not out | 8 | 7 | 11 | 1 | - | 114.29 |
| AR Adams | did not bat | ||||||
| D Gough | did not bat | ||||||
| Danish Kaneria | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 2 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 44.1 overs) | 243 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Irani), 2-87 (Jefferson), 3-135 (Cook), 4-213 (Flower), 5-218 (ten Doeschate), 6-218 (Middlebrook) | |||||||
| Worcestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Ali | 9 | 0 | 58 | 2 | - | 1 | 27.00 | 6.44 |
| Malik | 4.4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 28.00 | 5.57 |
| Moore | 2.2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.57 |
| Leatherdale | 7.1 | 0 | 46 | 2 | - | - | 21.50 | 6.42 |
| Price | 9 | 0 | 37 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.11 |
| Batty | 9 | 0 | 45 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 |
| Gayle | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 18.00 | 5.67 |