National League Division One, 2005
Gloucestershire v Essex
College Ground, Cheltenham
14 August 2005 (45-over match)

Result: Gloucestershire won by 60 runs
Points: Gloucestershire 4, Essex 0

Toss: Gloucestershire
Umpires: B Leadbeater and AGT Whitehead

Gloucestershire innings (45 overs maximum)                      R   M   B  4 6
CM Spearman           c Foster           b Gough                0   1   2  0 0
Kadeer Ali            lbw                b Gough                0  10   7  0 0
MGN Windows           c Bopara           b Danish Kaneria      57  97  91  6 0
RR Sarwan             c Bopara           b Middlebrook         23  38  29  3 1
APR Gidman            c Pettini          b GW Flower           13  32  27  0 0
MA Hardinges                             b GW Flower            2   6  10  0 0
*MW Alleyne           c ten Doeschate    b Middlebrook          4  19  12  0 0
+SD Snell                                b Danish Kaneria       5   6   9  1 0
CM Bandara            c Irani            b Gough               36  51  36  4 0
MCJ Ball                                 b GW Flower           22  41  42  2 1
JMM Averis            not out                                   3   4   2  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 4, w 8, nb 4)                   17
Total                 (all out, 44.1 overs)                   182

FoW: 1-0 (Spearman), 2-8 (Ali), 3-64 (Sarwan), 4-93 (Gidman),
     5-99 (Hardinges), 6-105 (Windows), 7-114 (Snell),
     8-118 (Alleyne), 9-177 (Ball), 10-182 (Bandara).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gough                        8.1    0     36      3 (2nb, 1w)
Adams                        5      0     30      0 (1w)
Bopara                       5      0     17      0
Middlebrook                  9      0     37      2 (4w)
GW Flower                    8      0     26      3 (1w)
Danish Kaneria               9      1     31      2 (1w)

Essex innings (target: 183 runs from 45 overs)                  R   M   B  4 6
GW Flower             c Snell            b Averis               0   0   1  0 0
*RC Irani             run out                                  10  27  27  1 0
RS Bopara                                b Ball                20  63  45  1 0
A Flower              c Alleyne          b Hardinges            2   8   8  0 0
ML Pettini            c Snell            b Averis               2   9   6  0 0
RN ten Doeschate      c Snell            b Alleyne              4   7   8  0 0
JD Middlebrook        run out                                  14  56  33  0 0
+JS Foster            c Hardinges        b Ball                 7  12  17  0 0
AR Adams              c Bandara          b Hardinges           46  56  62  1 3
D Gough               c Alleyne          b Bandara             16  19  24  1 1
Danish Kaneria        not out                                   0   3   1  0 0
Extras                (w 1)                                     1
Total                 (all out, 38.4 overs)                   122

FoW: 1-0 (GW Flower), 2-16 (Irani), 3-21 (A Flower),
     4-28 (Pettini), 5-34 (ten Doeschate), 6-41 (Bopara),
     7-49 (Foster), 8-89 (Middlebrook), 9-114 (Gough),
     10-122 (Adams).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Averis                       8      2      9      2
Hardinges                    7.4    0     33      2
Alleyne                      7      0     25      1
Ball                         8      1     22      2 (1w)
Bandara                      8      0     33      1

Domestic Season Index

Team Pages: Gloucestershire, Essex.

Ground Page: College Ground, Cheltenham

Gloucestershire Player Pages: CM Spearman, Kadeer Ali, MGN Windows, RR Sarwan, APR Gidman, MA Hardinges, MW Alleyne, SD Snell, CM Bandara, MCJ Ball, JMM Averis.

Essex Player Pages: GW Flower, RC Irani, RS Bopara, A Flower, ML Pettini, RN ten Doeschate, JD Middlebrook, JS Foster, AR Adams, D Gough, Danish Kaneria.

Match Officials' Pages: B Leadbeater, AGT Whitehead.