National League Division One, 2005
Essex v Worcestershire
County Ground, Chelmsford
18 September 2005 (45-over match)

Result: Essex won by 4 wickets
Points: Essex 4, Worcestershire 0

Toss: Worcestershire
Umpires: NG Cowley and IJ Gould
Man of the Match: GW Flower

Worcestershire innings (45 overs maximum)                       R   M   B  4 6
SC Moore              st Foster          b Flower              38  74  60  5 0
CH Gayle                                 b Gough               44 131  58  3 1
*VS Solanki                          c & b Flower              79  76  62 11 2
GA Hick                                  b Gough               12  30  23  0 0
BF Smith              not out                                  25  54  38  0 0
+SM Davies            c Foster           b Middlebrook          9  11   8  1 0
DA Leatherdale                           b Adams               14  20  16  1 0
GJ Batty              run out                                   1   2   1  0 0
Kabir Ali                                b Adams                0   2   1  0 0
RW Price                                 b Adams                0   2   1  0 0
MN Malik              not out                                   5   4   4  1 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 3, w 4, nb 4)                   13
Total                 (9 wickets, 45 overs)                   240

FoW: 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).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gough                        9      1     34      2 (1w)
Adams                        9      1     67      3 (1nb)
Bopara                       6      0     29      0 (1nb, 1w)
Middlebrook                  5      0     29      1 (1w)
Danish Kaneria               9      0     34      0 (1w)
Flower                       7      0     42      2

Essex innings (target: 241 runs from 45 overs)                  R   M   B  4 6
WI Jefferson                             b Leatherdale         31  64  40  4 1
*RC Irani             c Davies           b Malik                9  13  10  2 0
AN Cook               st Davies          b Gayle               62  85  77 10 0
GW Flower                                b Leatherdale         81  71  81  4 4
RS Bopara             not out                                  46  58  45  1 0
RN ten Doeschate      c Davies           b Ali                  3   5   5  0 0
JD Middlebrook                           b Ali                  0   2   1  0 0
+JS Foster            not out                                   8  11   7  1 0
Extras                (lb 1, nb 2)                              3
Total                 (6 wickets, 44.1 overs)                 243

DNB: AR Adams, D Gough, Danish Kaneria.

FoW: 1-14 (Irani), 2-87 (Jefferson), 3-135 (Cook),
     4-213 (Flower), 5-218 (ten Doeschate), 6-218 (Middlebrook).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ali                          9      0     58      2 (1nb)
Malik                        4.4    0     26      1
Moore                        2.2    0     13      0
Leatherdale                  7.1    0     46      2
Price                        9      0     37      0
Batty                        9      0     45      0
Gayle                        3      0     17      1

• CH Gayle retired hurt on 2* from 10/0 to 103/1

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Team Pages: Essex, Worcestershire.

Ground Page: County Ground, Chelmsford

Worcestershire Player Pages: SC Moore, CH Gayle, VS Solanki, GA Hick, BF Smith, SM Davies, DA Leatherdale, GJ Batty, Kabir Ali, RW Price, MN Malik.

Essex Player Pages: WI Jefferson, RC Irani, AN Cook, GW Flower, RS Bopara, RN ten Doeschate, JD Middlebrook, JS Foster, AR Adams, D Gough, Danish Kaneria.

Match Officials' Pages: NG Cowley, IJ Gould.