a17421	Essex v Ireland
	Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy 2006 (South Division)
Venue	The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford on 7th May 2006 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to field
Result	Essex won by 8 wickets
Points	Essex 2; Ireland 0
Umpires	B Leadbeater, JF Steele
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), S Downes (Ireland)

Ireland innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DI Joyce	lbw b Palladino	16	16	11	3	-	100.00
+JP Bray	c Cook b Palladino	3	9	22	-	-	33.33
D Langford-Smith	c GW Flower b Adams	1	4	4	-	-	25.00
EJG Morgan	c A Flower b ten Doeschate	34	64	83	4	-	53.12
AC Botha	b Middlebrook	64	100	119	5	-	64.00
Shahid Afridi	c Napier b ten Doeschate	7	4	6	-	1	175.00
PG Gillespie	c Cook b Middlebrook	7	13	12	-	-	53.85
WK McCallan	b ten Doeschate	20	23	33	1	-	86.96
JF Mooney	c Irani b ten Doeschate	14	16	20	1	-	87.50
Saqlain Mushtaq	run out	13	10	11	2	-	130.00
*DT Johnston	not out	0	0	4	-	-	0.00
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb, 8 w)	13
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Joyce), 2-20 (Langford-Smith), 3-20 (Bray), 4-99 (Morgan), 5-107 (Shahid Afridi), 6-122 (Gillespie), 7-149 (Botha), 8-176 (McCallan), 9-182 (Mooney), 10-192 (Saqlain Mushtaq, 43 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Adams	8	4	22	1	1	1	48.00	2.75
Palladino	7	1	21	2	1	-	21.00	3.00
Napier	5	0	25	0	1	-	-	5.00
Bopara	5	0	26	0	1	-	-	5.20
ten Doeschate	9	0	49	4	2	-	13.50	5.44
Middlebrook	9	0	46	2	2	-	27.00	5.11

Essex innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
AN Cook	not out	91	106	131	12	-	85.85
*RC Irani	b Mooney	0	6	7	-	-	0.00
GW Flower	b Botha	61	92	104	6	1	66.30
A Flower	not out	15	20	17	2	1	75.00
RS Bopara	did not bat
JD Middlebrook	did not bat
+JS Foster	did not bat
RN ten Doeschate	did not bat
GR Napier	did not bat
AR Adams	did not bat
AP Palladino	did not bat
Extras	(13 lb, 4 nb, 9 w)	26
Total	(2 wickets, 131 minutes, 37 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Irani), 2-163 (GW Flower)

Ireland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Johnston	7	1	36	0	-	-	-	5.14
Mooney	5	1	16	1	-	-	30.00	3.20
Langford-Smith	5	0	28	0	3	-	-	5.60
Botha	6	1	25	1	1	-	36.00	4.17
Shahid Afridi	7	1	34	0	1	2	-	4.86
Saqlain Mushtaq	5	0	21	0	2	-	-	4.20
McCallan	2	0	20	0	-	-	-	10.00

Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 43 overs per side
--> AC Botha passed 500 runs in ListA matches when he reached 13
--> WK McCallan passed 500 runs in ListA matches when he reached 2
--> AN Cook passed 500 runs in ListA matches when he reached 45
--> JF Mooney made his debut for Ireland in ListA matches
--> JF Mooney made his debut in England in ListA matches