National Cricket League Division One, 2003
Worcestershire v Essex
County Ground, New Road, Worcester
21 September 2003 (45-over match)

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

Toss: Worcestershire
Umpires: GI Burgess and AA Jones
List A Debut: RN ten Doeschate (Essex).

Worcestershire innings (45 overs maximum)                       R   M   B  4 6
SD Peters                            c & b Clarke               1  15  16  0 0
A Singh               c Cook             b Clarke              21  39  28  4 0
Kabir Ali             c Clarke           b Napier              92 119  93  9 1
GA Hick               run out                                   5   8  12  1 0
*BF Smith             c Napier           b Stephenson          22  36  32  2 0
Kadeer Ali            c Jefferson        b Clarke              17  30  28  2 0
DA Leatherdale        run out                                  23  29  25  3 0
+DJ Pipe              c Stephenson       b Napier              12  15  13  2 0
MS Mason                                 b ten Doeschate        0   4   2  0 0
SA Khalid             not out                                   1   8   6  0 0
DH Wigley                            c & b Stephenson           1   5   3  0 0
Extras                (lb 9, w 5, nb 4)                        18
Total                 (all out, 42.4 overs)                   213

FoW: 1-12 (Peters), 2-41 (Singh), 3-50 (Hick), 4-101 (Smith),
     5-161 (Kadeer Ali), 6-180 (Kabir Ali), 7-200 (Leatherdale),
     8-208 (Pipe), 9-209 (Mason), 10-213 (Wigley).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Napier                       9      0     49      2 (2w)
Clarke                       9      2     30      3 (1nb)
ten Doeschate                8      0     39      1 (1nb, 1w)
Stephenson                   7.4    0     42      2 (1w)
Middlebrook                  9      0     44      0 (1w)

Essex innings (target: 214 runs from 45 overs)                  R   M   B  4 6
WI Jefferson          c Smith            b Leatherdale         74  92  77 15 0
AN Cook               c Pipe             b Mason               25  47  31  4 0
*A Flower                                b Khalid              12  35  19  2 0
RS Bopara             lbw                b Khalid              18  61  41  0 0
ML Pettini                               b Kabir Ali           36  42  48  4 0
+JS Foster            not out                                  15  28  17  1 0
JD Middlebrook        c Pipe             b Wigley               5   9  10  0 0
GR Napier             not out                                  11   7  11  2 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 5, w 10, nb 4)                  21
Total                 (6 wickets, 42 overs)                   217

DNB: JP Stephenson, AJ Clarke, RN ten Doeschate.

FoW: 1-69 (Cook), 2-107 (Flower), 3-121 (Jefferson),
     4-176 (Pettini), 5-188 (Bopara), 6-203 (Middlebrook).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Mason                        9      1     30      1
Kabir Ali                    8      0     53      1 (2nb, 3w)
Wigley                       9      0     58      1 (5w)
Leatherdale                  7      0     29      1
Khalid                       9      0     40      2 (1w)

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Team Pages: Worcestershire, Essex.

Ground Page: County Ground, New Road, Worcester

Worcestershire Player Pages: SD Peters, A Singh, Kabir Ali, GA Hick, BF Smith, Kadeer Ali, DA Leatherdale, DJ Pipe, MS Mason, SA Khalid, DH Wigley.

Essex Player Pages: WI Jefferson, AN Cook, A Flower, RS Bopara, ML Pettini, JS Foster, JD Middlebrook, GR Napier, JP Stephenson, AJ Clarke, RN ten Doeschate.

Match Officials' Pages: GI Burgess, AA Jones.