- 2005 season
- Played at County Ground, Chelmsford
- 3,4 September 2005 (2-day match)
| Essex 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| WI Jefferson | b Kasprowicz | 64 | 102 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 87.67 | |
| AN Cook | c Gillespie b Kasprowicz | 214 | 335 | 238 | 33 | 1 | 89.91 | |
| RS Bopara | b Tait | 135 | 250 | 220 | 17 | 2 | 61.36 | |
| ML Pettini | c Hayden b Tait | 8 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| JS Foster† | not out | 38 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 62.29 | |
| JD Middlebrook | not out | 26 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 86.66 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, nb 8) | 17 | ||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets dec; 105 overs) | 502 | (4.78 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat RC Irani*, TJ Phillips, GR Napier, AP Palladino, A Nel, JS Ahmed |
| Fall of wickets1-140 (Jefferson), 2-410 (Cook), 3-434 (Pettini), 4-441 (Bopara) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| B Lee | 13 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 5.30 | (2nb) | ||
| JN Gillespie | 22 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 3.63 | |||
| SW Tait | 15 | 1 | 72 | 2 | 4.80 | (3nb) | ||
| SCG MacGill | 24 | 0 | 128 | 0 | 5.33 | |||
| MS Kasprowicz | 19 | 2 | 85 | 2 | 4.47 | (3nb) | ||
| BJ Hodge | 12 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 4.91 |
| Australians 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Langer | c Cook b Middlebrook | 87 | 131 | 96 | 15 | 1 | 90.62 | |
| ML Hayden | retired out | 150 | 188 | 118 | 18 | 7 | 127.11 | |
| SM Katich | c Pettini b Napier | 72 | 112 | 98 | 15 | 0 | 73.46 | |
| BJ Hodge | c †Foster b Phillips | 166 | 174 | 169 | 24 | 4 | 98.22 | |
| AC Gilchrist*† | c Palladino b Middlebrook | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| BJ Haddin | st †Pettini b Phillips | 59 | 107 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 89.39 | |
| B Lee | not out | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 77.77 | |
| JN Gillespie | not out | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 2, nb 5) | 8 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 95 overs) | 561 | (5.90 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat SW Tait, SCG MacGill, MS Kasprowicz, RT Ponting |
| Fall of wickets1-213 (Langer), 2-244 (Hayden), 3-378 (Katich), 4-389 (Gilchrist), 5-550 (Hodge), 6-550 (Haddin) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| A Nel | 10 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 4.10 | |||
| AP Palladino | 12 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 6.75 | (3nb) | ||
| GR Napier | 12 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 6.41 | (1w) | ||
| JS Ahmed | 15 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 6.33 | (2nb, 1w) | ||
| JD Middlebrook | 23 | 3 | 110 | 2 | 4.78 | |||
| TJ Phillips | 20 | 0 | 137 | 2 | 6.85 | |||
| AN Cook | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 |
| Match details |
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Players per side 12 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
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Toss Essex, who chose to bat |
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Umpires
RJ Bailey and P Willey |
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Close of play 3 Sep day 1 - Essex 1st innings 502/4 (JS Foster 38*, JD Middlebrook 26*, 105 ov) 4 Sep day 2 - Australians 1st innings 561/6 (95 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
Photos
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Sep 4, 2005 
Brad Hodge strikes through midwicket on his way to 166 © Getty Images |
Sep 4, 2005 
Matthew Hayden launches one of his seven sixes against Essex © Getty Images |
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