Essex 1st innings
*BR Hardie            c Bailey           b Thomas              29
AW Lilley             c Ripley           b Thomas              20
PJ Prichard           c Ripley           b Robinson             1
ME Waugh              lbw                b Thomas              53
N Shahid                                 b Thomas              33
N Hussain             c Govan            b Ambrose             42
+MA Garnham                              b Thomas              91
NA Foster             c Robinson         b Govan               11
TD Topley             lbw                b Govan                1
JK Lever                                 b Robinson            10
JH Childs             not out                                   5
Extras                (lb 11, nb 17)                           28
Total                 (all out, 88.2 overs)                   324

FoW: 1-48, 2-53, 3-57, 4-145, 5-170,
     6-229, 7-248, 8-267, 9-317, 10-324.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ambrose                     24      8     94      1
Thomas                      20      1     74      5
Robinson                    16.2    1     52      2
Smith                       14      4     44      0
Govan                       14      2     49      2

Northamptonshire 1st innings
G Cook                c Garnham          b Foster              18
*W Larkins            c Shahid           b Foster               9
A Fordham             c Hussain          b Foster              75
RJ Bailey             lbw                b Lever                5
NA Felton                                b Foster              15
JG Thomas             c Shahid           b Foster              20
+D Ripley             not out                                  49
JW Govan                                 b Foster               4
G Smith               c Garnham          b Topley               6
CEL Ambrose           c Waugh            b Topley              15
MA Robinson           c Waugh            b Foster               2
Extras                (b 1, lb 5, w 2, nb 1)                    9
Total                 (all out, 69 overs)                     227

FoW: 1-13, 2-65, 3-77, 4-112, 5-129,
     6-154, 7-164, 8-197, 9-215, 10-227.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Foster                      35      7    105      7
Lever                       17      5     54      1
Topley                      17      6     62      2

Essex 2nd innings
*BR Hardie                               b Robinson            41
AW Lilley                            c & b Ambrose              1
PJ Prichard           c Felton           b Ambrose              3
ME Waugh              c Felton           b Thomas               1
N Hussain             c Bailey           b Robinson            64
N Shahid              not out                                  34
+MA Garnham           c Felton           b Robinson             3
NA Foster             c sub              b Thomas               0
TD Topley             not out                                   5
Extras                (b 2, lb 6, nb 6)                        14
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 45 overs)          166

DNB: JK Lever, JH Childs.

FoW: 1-9, 2-15, 3-22, 4-88, 5-139, 6-146, 7-146.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ambrose                     13      2     40      2
Thomas                      15      5     38      2
Robinson                    10      0     47      3
Smith                        7      0     33      0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings (target: 264 runs)
G Cook                lbw                b Topley              40
*W Larkins            c Lilley           b Topley              73
A Fordham             c Hardie           b Childs               0
RJ Bailey             c Prichard         b Lever               50
NA Felton             run out                                  55
JG Thomas                                b Foster              11
+D Ripley             not out                                  16
G Smith               not out                                   0
Extras                (b 5, lb 12, w 1, nb 1)                  19
Total                 (6 wickets, 72 overs)                   264

DNB: JW Govan, CEL Ambrose, MA Robinson.

FoW: 1-101, 2-112, 3-124, 4-209, 5-242, 6-256.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Foster                      17      0     68      1
Lever                       14      4     34      1
Topley                      19      4     81      2
Childs                      22      5     64      1