f50805	Essex v New Zealanders
	New Zealand in England 2008
Venue	The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th May 2008 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealanders won by 92 runs
Umpires	TJ Urben, P Willey
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), P Parkinson (New Zealanders)
Close of play day 1	New Zealanders (1) 348/9 (Mason 23*, O'Brien 31*; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 251/9 (Palladino 26*, Chambers 4*; 86 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 45/1 (Cook 21*; 12.1 overs)

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New Zealanders first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM How	lbw b Palladino	9	45	55	-	-
AJ Redmond	lbw b ten Doeschate	35	77	116	7	-
JAH Marshall	c Chambers b ten Doeschate	128	183	301	17	-
LRPL Taylor	c Gallian b Palladino	17	22	25	1	1
+BB McCullum	c Middlebrook b ten Doeschate	4	12	13	1	-
DR Flynn	c Tudor b ten Doeschate	39	84	138	6	-
JDP Oram	b ten Doeschate	4	17	18	-	-
*DL Vettori	c Gallian b Westley	22	26	21	5	-
KD Mills	c Middlebrook b Palladino	17	21	26	3	-
MJ Mason	lbw b ten Doeschate	30	34	51	4	-
IE O'Brien	not out	31	28	38	5	-
Extras	(13 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	19
Total	(all out, 91.1 overs)	355
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (How), 2-68 (Redmond), 3-91 (Taylor), 4-96 (McCullum), 5-224 (Flynn), 6-241 (Oram), 7-268 (Vettori), 8-284 (Marshall), 9-296 (Mills), 10-355 (Mason, 91.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tudor	17	3	65	0	-	1
Palladino	17	8	50	3	-	-
Chambers	21	3	79	0	-	1
ten Doeschate	17.1	3	57	6	3	-
Middlebrook	10	1	41	0	-	-
Bopara	5	0	31	0	1	-
Westley	4	0	19	1	-	-

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JER Gallian	lbw b Mason	9	25	29	1	-
AN Cook	c McCullum b Mason	15	31	41	2	-
T Westley	c McCullum b Mills	20	76	101	4	-
RS Bopara	c sub b O'Brien	66	109	146	9	-
*ML Pettini	b O'Brien	29	47	64	5	-
RN ten Doeschate	c Flynn b Vettori	1	9	7	-	-
+JS Foster	b Mason	13	30	44	-	-
JD Middlebrook	b O'Brien	5	26	20	-	-
AJ Tudor	c McCullum b Mason	41	86	113	6	-
AP Palladino	not out	30	87	121	4	-
MA Chambers	c Taylor b Mills	7	20	28	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 16 lb, 2 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 90.4 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-19 (Gallian), 2-24 (Cook), 3-85 (Westley), 4-154 (Bopara), 5-155 (ten Doeschate), 6-155 (Pettini), 7-169 (Middlebrook), 8-188 (Foster), 9-241 (Tudor), 10-258 (Chambers, 90.4 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mills	21.4	8	40	2	-	-
Mason	21	7	65	4	-	2
O'Brien	17	3	46	3	-	-
Oram	14	4	47	0	-	-
Marshall	5	0	14	0	-	-
Vettori	11	4	23	1	-	-
Flynn	1	0	3	0	-	-

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New Zealanders second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JM How	c Foster b Palladino	9	27	32	1	-
JAH Marshall	c Middlebrook b Tudor	12	24	39	3	-
LRPL Taylor	b Chambers	4	19	31	1	-
+BB McCullum	c Gallian b Bopara	35	29	38	7	-
DR Flynn	c Middlebrook b Chambers	3	20	36	-	-
JDP Oram	c Palladino b Bopara	19	30	48	4	-
AJ Redmond	b Palladino	30	106	122	5	-
KD Mills	not out	53	106	148	5	2
MJ Mason	c Foster b Tudor	13	34	36	2	-
IE O'Brien	c Palladino b Chambers	12	12	14	2	-
*DL Vettori	absent hurt
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	195
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (How), 2-22 (Marshall), 3-51 (Taylor), 4-63 (McCullum), 5-75 (Flynn), 6-92 (Oram), 7-150 (Redmond), 8-176 (Mason), 9-195 (O'Brien, 67.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tudor	9	2	46	2	-	-
Palladino	16	7	36	2	1	-
Chambers	12.4	4	37	3	-	1
Bopara	11	5	20	2	-	-
ten Doeschate	6	2	15	0	-	-
Middlebrook	13	4	38	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AN Cook	c Mills b Mason	57	126	186	6	-
JER Gallian	c How b O'Brien	22	37	50	2	-
T Westley	c sub b Mills	7	42	66	1	-
RS Bopara	c McCullum b Oram	9	29	27	1	-
*ML Pettini	b Mason	0	1	4	-	-
RN ten Doeschate	c McCullum b Redmond	38	84	114	4	1
+JS Foster	c sub b Mason	0	2	1	-	-
JD Middlebrook	b O'Brien	28	48	69	2	-
AJ Tudor	b O'Brien	18	23	40	2	-
AP Palladino	c Taylor b Redmond	3	16	23	-	-
MA Chambers	not out	2	13	10	-	-
Extras	(15 lb, 1 w)	16
Total	(all out, 70.1 overs)	200
Fall of wickets:
1-45 (Gallian), 2-67 (Westley), 3-86 (Bopara), 4-87 (Pettini), 5-100 (Cook), 6-100 (Foster), 7-159 (Middlebrook), 8-169 (ten Doeschate), 9-192 (Palladino), 10-200 (Tudor, 70.1 ov)

New Zealanders bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mason	16	6	36	3	-	-
O'Brien	21.1	7	54	3	-	-
Mills	14	2	37	1	-	-
Oram	10	4	23	1	1	-
Redmond	9	1	35	2	-	-

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Notes
--> JAH Marshall (1) 100 in 152 balls, 213 minutes with 14 fours
--> AN Cook (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> LRPL Taylor made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> MJ Mason made his debut in England in First-Class matches
--> MA Chambers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed DR Flynn in the New Zealanders second innings (previous best was 1-73)
--> IE O'Brien reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AJ Tudor, his 3rd wicket in the Essex second innings

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