- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras10 (b 4, lb 2, nb 4)TOTAL280 all out (91 Overs, RR: 3.07)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (AG Wakely), 2-43 (SD Peters), 3-76 (DJG Sales), 4-123 (Rob White), 5-146 (MH Wessels), 6-203 (NJ O'Brien), 7-255 (SP Crook), 8-255 (DH Wigley), 9-259 (SP Bailey), 10-280 (JF Brown)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB A Nel 24 5 64 3 2.66 0 0 DD Masters 25 9 55 1 2.20 0 0 CJC Wright 17 2 74 1 4.35 0 1 RS Bopara 11 3 39 3 3.54 0 1 JD Middlebrook 7 2 10 2 1.42 0 0 RN ten Doeschate 7 1 32 0 4.57 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras34 (b 3, lb 10, nb 16, w 5)TOTAL503/5d (138 Overs, RR: 3.64)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (V Chopra), 2-57 (T Westley), 3-351 (RS Bopara), 4-368 (JER Gallian), 5-402 (RN ten Doeschate)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras5 (lb 2, nb 2, w 1)TOTAL237 all out (84.4 Overs, RR: 2.79)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (SD Peters), 2-25 (Rob White), 3-29 (MH Wessels), 4-38 (DJG Sales), 5-119 (AG Wakely), 6-147 (NJ O'Brien), 7-195 (SP Crook), 8-195 (DH Wigley), 9-219 (SP Bailey), 10-237 (L Klusener)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB A Nel 21 4 53 0 2.52 0 0 DD Masters 23.4 9 69 4 2.91 1 0 CJC Wright 6 0 29 1 4.83 0 0 RS Bopara 12 2 32 2 2.66 0 0 JD Middlebrook 12 1 27 0 2.25 0 0 T Westley 2 1 2 0 1.00 0 0 RN ten Doeschate 8 1 23 3 2.87 0 1
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras4 (nb 2, w 2)TOTAL15/1 (2.1 Overs, RR: 6.92)Fall of wickets: 1-14 (JER Gallian)
Match Details
Toss
Essex , elected to field first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days
16,17,18,19 April 2008 (4-day match)
First-class debut
Umpires
Points
Essex 22, Northamptonshire 3
Close of Play
- Wed, 16 Apr - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 4/0 (V Chopra 1*, JER Gallian 1*, 3 ov)
- Thu, 17 Apr - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 323/2 (JER Gallian 146*, RS Bopara 137*, 99 ov)
- Fri, 18 Apr - day 3 - Northamptonshire 2nd innings 42/4 (AG Wakely 13*, L Klusener 3*, 29 ov)
- Sat, 19 Apr - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 15/1 (2.1 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Essex 1st innings
- JER Gallian 100 in 295 mins off 220 balls, 14x4
- RS Bopara 100 in 167 mins off 164 balls, 14x4, 1x6
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