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National Cricket League Division One, 2003
Essex v Gloucestershire
County Ground, Chelmsford (day/night)
17 July 2003 (45-over match)

Result: Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets
Points: Gloucestershire 4, Essex 0

Toss: Gloucestershire
Umpires: MR Benson and AGT Whitehead

Essex innings (45 overs maximum)                                R   M   B  4 6
+A Flower             c Spearman         b Hardinges           39  42  32  8 0
N Hussain                                b Harvey              98 153 124 11 0
*RC Irani             c Windows          b Hardinges            7  22  14  1 0
A Habib               c Ball             b Gidman              31  38  41  3 0
ML Pettini            c Spearman         b Hardinges           28  31  26  3 0
RS Bopara             run out                                   5   9  11  0 0
GR Napier                                b Smith                4   8   6  1 0
JD Middlebrook        not out                                   7  14   8  0 0
AJ Clarke                                b Smith                6   7   7  1 0
AP Palladino          not out                                   1   1   1  0 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 9, w 13)                        26
Total                 (8 wickets, 45 overs)                   252

DNB: AGAM McCoubrey.

FoW: 1-83 (Flower), 2-97 (Irani), 3-167 (Habib), 4-217 (Pettini),
     5-232 (Bopara), 6-233 (Hussain), 7-241 (Napier),
     8-251 (Clarke).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Smith                        9      0     42      2 (1w)
Lewis                        7      0     38      0 (1w)
Harvey                       9      0     60      1 (3w)
Hardinges                    9      0     40      3 (1w)
Ball                         7      0     38      0 (2w)
Gidman                       4      0     21      1 (1w)

Gloucestershire innings (target: 253 runs from 45 overs)        R   M   B  4 6
*CM Spearman          c Napier           b Palladino          101 113  93  9 3
WPC Weston            c Flower           b Napier              24  48  33  2 1
IJ Harvey             c Irani            b Clarke              96  70  55 11 5
JN Rhodes             not out                                  21  20  23  3 0
MGN Windows           not out                                   3  12   6  0 0
Extras                (lb 3, w 7)                              10
Total                 (3 wickets, 35 overs)                   255

DNB: MA Hardinges, APR Gidman, +CG Taylor, MCJ Ball, AM Smith,
     J Lewis.

FoW: 1-78 (Weston), 2-223 (Spearman), 3-232 (Harvey).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Napier                       4      1     37      1
Palladino                    8      1     29      1
Clarke                       7      0     63      1 (1w)
McCoubrey                    4      0     32      0
Middlebrook                  7      0     59      0 (2w)
Bopara                       5      0     32      0

• CM Spearman 100 in 106 mins off 87 balls, 9x4 3x6

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Team Pages: Essex, Gloucestershire.

Ground Page: County Ground, Chelmsford

Essex Player Pages: A Flower, N Hussain, RC Irani, A Habib, ML Pettini, RS Bopara, GR Napier, JD Middlebrook, AJ Clarke, AP Palladino, AGAM McCoubrey.

Gloucestershire Player Pages: CM Spearman, WPC Weston, IJ Harvey, JN Rhodes, MGN Windows, MA Hardinges, APR Gidman, CG Taylor, MCJ Ball, AM Smith, J Lewis.

Match Officials' Pages: MR Benson, AGT Whitehead.