Northamptonshire 1st innings
*RM Prideaux          c Hobbs            b Boyce               12
HM Ackerman           c Taylor           b Boyce                8
A Lightfoot                              b Boyce               70
Mushtaq Mohammad                     c & b East                50
BL Reynolds           c Lever            b East                 0
P Willey                                 b Acfield              4
BS Crump                                 b Boyce               72
MK Kettle             c Acfield          b Boyce               32
D Breakwell           not out                                   6
+LA Johnson                              b Boyce                0
PG Lee                                   b Boyce                6
Extras                (b 5, lb 1, nb 10)                       16
Total                 (all out, 106.3 overs)                  276

FoW: 1-9, 2-28, 3-128, 4-128, 5-135,
     6-169, 7-259, 8-267, 9-268, 10-276.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                       23.3    5     80      7
Lever                       22      5     58      0
Edmeades                     8      3      8      0
East                        20      8     45      2
Acfield                     19      6     43      1
Hobbs                       14      6     26      0

Essex 1st innings
B Ward                c Johnson          b Mushtaq Mohammad    61
BEA Edmeades          c Prideaux         b Mushtaq Mohammad    42
G Barker              c Mushtaq Mohammad b Crump                0
KWR Fletcher          not out                                 134
BL Irvine                                b Breakwell           18
KD Boyce              not out                                  50
Extras                (b 4, lb 5, nb 9)                        18
Total                 (4 wickets declared, 96 overs)          323

DNB: *+B Taylor, RNS Hobbs, RE East, JK Lever, DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-99, 2-100, 3-125, 4-186.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lee                         13      3     41      0
Kettle                      20      4     77      0
Crump                       23      5     68      1
Breakwell                   18      8     45      1
Mushtaq Mohammad            21      4     64      2
Willey                       1      0     10      0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings
*RM Prideaux          c Fletcher         b Acfield             22
HM Ackerman                              b Lever                5
A Lightfoot           c Taylor           b Boyce               11
Mushtaq Mohammad                     c & b Barker              61
BL Reynolds           lbw                b Boyce               80
P Willey              c Acfield          b Barker               3
BS Crump              c Boyce            b East                16
MK Kettle             not out                                  27
D Breakwell           c Fletcher         b Hobbs                3
+LA Johnson           c East             b Ward                 9
PG Lee                c Irvine           b Ward                 7
Extras                (b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 7)                   14
Total                 (all out, 106.4 overs)                  258

FoW: 1-6, 2-27, 3-62, 4-106, 5-120,
     6-163, 7-178, 8-231, 9-248, 10-258.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                       18      1     57      2
Lever                       10      7     21      1
East                        23      8     33      1
Acfield                     15      6     31      1
Hobbs                       16      5     31      1
Barker                      11      1     34      2
Ward                         2.4    0      5      2
Fletcher                    11      2     32      0

Essex 2nd innings (target: 212 runs)
B Ward                not out                                  26
BEA Edmeades          not out                                  16
Extras                                                          0
Total                 (0 wickets, 19 overs)                    42

DNB: G Barker, KWR Fletcher, BL Irvine, KD Boyce, *+B Taylor,
     RNS Hobbs, RE East, JK Lever, DL Acfield.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lee                          3      0     16      0
Crump                        3      2      1      0
Breakwell                    7      2     15      0
Willey                       6      2     10      0