Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, 2003, 3rd Round
Essex Cricket Board v Essex
County Ground, Chelmsford
7 May 2003 (50-over match)

Result: Essex won by 42 runs
Series: Essex advances to the 4th round

Toss: Essex Cricket Board
Umpires: NG Cowley and JH Evans
List A Debuts: M Akhtar, AN Cook, JC Went (Essex Cricket Board).
Man of the Match: M Akhtar

Essex innings (50 overs maximum)                                R   M   B  4 6
DDJ Robinson          c Palladino        b Akhtar              70 123  82 12 0
WI Jefferson          c Kennedy          b Saad Janjua        132 188 141 16 0
N Hussain                                b Akhtar               6   3   8  1 0
*RC Irani             c Richards         b Went                38  53  43  3 2
GR Napier             run out                                  16  12  11  1 1
AP Grayson            not out                                   7  19   6  0 0
+JS Foster            c Cook             b Saad Janjua         10   6   5  2 0
JM Dakin              not out                                  11   3   4  1 1
Extras                (b 4, lb 11, w 10)                       25
Total                 (6 wickets, 50 overs)                   315

DNB: JP Stephenson, JB Grant, SA Brant.

FoW: 1-170 (Robinson), 2-181 (Hussain), 3-267 (Irani),
     4-271 (Jefferson), 5-286 (Napier), 6-301 (Foster).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Saad Janjua                 10      1     78      2 (7w)
Palladino                   10      3     34      0 (1w)
Went                        10      0     64      1
Tauseef Ali                  8      1     60      0 (2w)
Akhtar                      10      1     46      2
Adnan Akram                  2      0     18      0

Essex Cricket Board innings (target: 316 runs from 50 overs)    R   M   B  4 6
Adnan Akram           c Foster           b Napier              61 118  92  7 0
+AN Cook              c Foster           b Napier              27  58  43  4 0
M Akhtar              c sub              b Brant               71  96  62  6 3
Saad Janjua           c Napier           b Brant               37  17  18  4 2
AC Richards                              b Irani                8  24  16  1 0
GD James              c Foster           b Dakin                1   2   2  0 0
Arfan Akram           not out                                  10  39  26  0 0
*A Kennedy            c Grant            b Irani               23  13  22  1 1
Tauseef Ali           c Irani            b Napier               0   1   1  0 0
AP Palladino                             b Brant               16  12  15  2 0
JC Went               run out                                   1   2   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 12, nb 4)                       18
Total                 (all out, 49.3 overs)                   273

FoW: 1-48 (Cook), 2-136 (Adnan Akram), 3-193 (Saad Janjua),
     4-218 (Akhtar), 5-221 (James), 6-221 (Richards),
     7-249 (Kennedy), 8-251 (Tauseef Ali), 9-271 (Palladino),
     10-273 (Went).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Brant                        9      1     54      3 (1nb, 1w)
Dakin                        8      0     34      1 (2w)
Irani                        9      2     42      2 (2w)
Napier                       8.3    1     47      3 (1nb, 1w)
Grayson                     10      1     54      0 (1w)
Grant                        5      0     40      0 (1w)

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Team Pages: Essex.

Ground Page: County Ground, Chelmsford

Essex Player Pages: DDJ Robinson, WI Jefferson, N Hussain, RC Irani, GR Napier, AP Grayson, JS Foster, JM Dakin, JP Stephenson, JB Grant, SA Brant.

Essex Cricket Board Player Pages: Adnan Akram, AN Cook, M Akhtar, Saad Janjua, AC Richards, GD James, Arfan Akram, A Kennedy, Tauseef Ali, AP Palladino, JC Went.

Match Officials' Pages: NG Cowley, JH Evans.