Close of Play

  • Fri, 2 May - day 1 - New Zealanders 1st innings 348/9 (MJ Mason 23*, IE O'Brien 31*, 90 ov)
  • Sat, 3 May - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 251/9 (AP Palladino 26*, MA Chambers 4*, 86 ov)
  • Sun, 4 May - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 45/1 (AN Cook 21*, 12.1 ov)
  • Mon, 5 May - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 200 (70.1 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

New Zealand tour of England and Scotland 2008 News

  • The month of Mendis

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  • Signing off on a high

    New Zealand finished their tour of England on a good note

  • Whose right of way is it anyway?

    Periodic fits of morality do cricket good, and the uproar over the Grant Elliott run-out might well do so, but perhaps not for the reasons that first come to mind

  • Shockers, sizzlers, run-machines

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  • New Zealand crush hapless Irish

    It was a day of records and near-records at Mannofield Park in Aberdeen, as a rampant New Zealand team totally outclassed a threadbare Ireland by a record ODI margin of 290 runs

Essex 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st45JER GallianAN Cook
2nd22AN CookT Westley
3rd19RS BoparaAN Cook
4th1ML PettiniAN Cook
5th13RN ten DoeschateAN Cook
6th?JS FosterRN ten Doeschate
7th59JD MiddlebrookRN ten Doeschate
8th10AJ TudorRN ten Doeschate
9th23AJ TudorAP Palladino
10th8AJ TudorMA Chambers