Essex 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
DDJ Robinson          c Cook             b Greenidge            3  28  25  0 0
WI Jefferson          c Bailey           b Penberthy           59 192 143  6 0
JD Middlebrook        c Bailey           b Greenidge            0   2   4  0 0
A Habib               c Hussey           b Anderson             6  27  19  1 0
+A Flower             st Bailey          b Brown               85 258 215 11 0
*RC Irani             not out                                 207 407 307 21 3
GR Napier             c Rollins          b Greenidge           43 116 110  5 1
JM Dakin              c Bailey           b Penberthy           17  39  35  3 0
JP Stephenson                            b Greenidge           22  58  55  4 0
AP Cowan              c Hussey           b Cook                22  46  50  2 0
MC Ilott              not out                                   4  11  12  0 0
Extras                (b 5, lb 11, w 8, nb 6)                  30
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 162 overs)         498

FoW: 1-7 (Robinson), 2-7 (Middlebrook), 3-22 (Habib),
     4-118 (Jefferson), 5-255 (Flower), 6-353 (Napier),
     7-383 (Dakin), 8-430 (Stephenson), 9-486 (Cowan).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cousins                     29      8     89      0 (1w)
Greenidge                   34     10     86      4 (1w)
Anderson                    29      5    102      1 (2nb, 2w)
Penberthy                   33     12     82      2
Brown                       27      3     86      1
Cook                        10      2     37      1 (1nb)

Northamptonshire 1st innings                                    R   M   B  4 6
*MEK Hussey           c Middlebrook      b Stephenson          67 174 124 11 0
AS Rollins            c Middlebrook      b Ilott                1   4   5  0 0
MB Loye               lbw                b Ilott                0   0   1  0 0
RJ Warren             c Napier           b Cowan               28  69  51  5 0
JW Cook               c Robinson         b Middlebrook         23  67  56  4 0
AL Penberthy          c Flower           b Stephenson          37  65  52  8 0
+TMB Bailey           c Jefferson        b Cowan               16  60  43  2 0
RSG Anderson          c Flower           b Cowan                1  27  20  0 0
CG Greenidge          c Flower           b Cowan               14  24  22  2 0
DM Cousins            not out                                   6  23  12  1 0
JF Brown                                 b Middlebrook          0   4   6  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 4, w 2, nb 4)                   11
Total                 (all out, 65 overs)                     204

FoW: 1-6 (Rollins), 2-6 (Loye), 3-63 (Warren), 4-122 (Cook),
     5-136 (Hussey), 6-177 (Penberthy), 7-183 (Bailey),
     8-192 (Anderson), 9-203 (Greenidge), 10-204 (Brown).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cowan                       18      4     62      4 (2nb, 1w)
Ilott                       17      5     43      2
Stephenson                  19      5     64      2
Napier                       2      0     15      0
Middlebrook                  9      1     15      2

Northamptonshire 2nd innings (following on)                     R   M   B  4 6
AS Rollins            c Jefferson        b Stephenson          34 105  81  4 0
*MEK Hussey           c Flower           b Middlebrook         71 179 155 12 0
MB Loye               c Robinson         b Middlebrook         24  33  23  1 2
RJ Warren             c Robinson         b Cowan               34  72  55  5 0
JW Cook               c Robinson         b Cowan               43 105  91  8 0
AL Penberthy          c Habib            b Middlebrook         25  72  63  4 0
+TMB Bailey                              b Middlebrook         68 126  91  8 1
RSG Anderson                             b Stephenson          35  73  63  5 0
CG Greenidge                             b Stephenson           8  24  20  1 0
DM Cousins            c Habib            b Stephenson           5  16   8  1 0
JF Brown              not out                                   0   2   3  0 0
Extras                (b 3, lb 1, w 4, nb 6)                   14
Total                 (all out, 108.3 overs)                  361

FoW: 1-74 (Rollins), 2-125 (Loye), 3-158 (Hussey),
     4-182 (Warren), 5-245 (Cook), 6-245 (Penberthy),
     7-313 (Anderson), 8-327 (Greenidge), 9-355 (Cousins),
     10-361 (Bailey).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ilott                       13      2     51      0 (1nb, 1w)
Stephenson                  23      4     87      4 (1nb)
Cowan                       20      6     57      2 (1w)
Middlebrook                 42.3    9    122      4
Dakin                        5      0     22      0
Napier                       5      1     18      0 (1nb)

Essex 2nd innings (target: 68 runs)                             R   M   B  4 6
DDJ Robinson                             b Anderson            16  35  35  2 0
WI Jefferson          not out                                  33  49  42  5 0
JD Middlebrook        not out                                   9  12   8  1 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 4, nb 2)                        10
Total                 (1 wickets, 14 overs)                    68

DNB: A Habib, +A Flower, *RC Irani, GR Napier, JM Dakin,
        JP Stephenson, AP Cowan, MC Ilott.

FoW: 1-35 (Robinson).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cousins                      2      1      3      0
Greenidge                    2      0     13      0
Brown                        5      0     14      0
Anderson                     4      1     19      1 (1nb)
Cook                         1      0     11      0

Day 1

• RC Irani 100 in 142 mins off 123 balls, 11x4, 3x6

  Day 2

• RC Irani 200 in 393 mins off 295 balls, 20x4, 3x6
• Northamptonshire 2nd innings: 1x5 ball over