Day 3

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3403dECB/PA

Browne's best leaves Foxes blue

An outstanding unbeaten career-best 151 from opener Nick Browne, during which he passed 1,000 championship runs for the season, helped Essex to victory over Leicestershire at Grace Road

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3404dECB/PA

Cosgrove passes 1000 runs and eyes result

Half-centuries from captain Mark Cosgrove and opener Angus Robson helped Leicestershire make good progress in the 60.1 overs possible during the third day of the County Championship match at Grace Road

Essex INNINGS		R	B
DW Lawrence	caught	28	31
NLJ Browne	not out	151	184
T Westley	caught	1	10
RS Bopara	caught wk	69	91
RN ten Doeschate	caught	28	20
JD Ryder	caught wk	8	15
ML Pettini	not out	13	10
JS Foster
GR Napier
JR Winslade
JA Porter
EXTRAS	(lb 3, w 2, nb 4)
TOTAL	307 (5 wkts; 59.5 ovs)

Leics BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
BA Raine	16.3	3	73	2	4.42	(2w)
CE Shreck	5.0	0	23	0	4.60	(1nb)
WA White	13.2	0	69	2	5.17	(1nb)
RJ Sayer	11.0	0	60	0	5.45
RML Taylor	10.0	0	61	1	6.10
MJ Cosgrove	4.0	0	18	0	4.50

Essex 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	36	NLJ Browne	DW Lawrence
2nd	20	T Westley	NLJ Browne
3rd	157	RS Bopara	NLJ Browne
4th	34	RN ten Doeschate	NLJ Browne
5th	27	JD Ryder	NLJ Browne
6th	33	ML Pettini	NLJ Browne

LV= County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
SUR	16	8	1	7	264
LANCS	16	7	1	8	254
ESSEX	16	6	5	5	200
GLAM	16	4	4	8	183
NHNTS	16	3	3	10	180
GLOUC	16	5	5	6	177
KENT	16	4	7	5	161
DERBS	16	3	7	6	153
LEICS	16	2	9	5	118