- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras20 (lb 12, nb 2, w 6)TOTAL531 all out (145.5 Overs, RR: 3.64)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (JD Middlebrook, 4.1 ov), 2-232 (SD Peters, 57.5 ov), 3-269 (DJG Sales, 71.3 ov), 4-307 (BM Duckett, 81.3 ov), 5-338 (AG Wakely, 87.3 ov), 6-395 (RI Keogh, 110.2 ov), 7-496 (SP Crook, 132.2 ov), 8-500 (AJ Hall, 135.1 ov), 9-501 (TA Copeland, 137.2 ov), 10-531 (Azharullah, 145.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DD Masters 25 4 89 2 3.56 0 0 RJW Topley 19 0 88 1 4.63 2 0 GR Napier 25 2 104 2 4.16 0 0 MS Panesar 54 18 133 2 2.46 0 0 RN ten Doeschate 3 0 19 0 6.33 0 0 GM Smith 19.5 1 86 3 4.33 0 1
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras15 (b 8, lb 2, nb 4, w 1)TOTAL396 all out (109 Overs, RR: 3.63)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (JC Mickleburgh, 5.5 ov), 2-65 (G Gambhir, 20.4 ov), 3-87 (RS Bopara, 24.5 ov), 4-98 (GM Smith, 28.5 ov), 5-103 (BT Foakes, 29.4 ov), 6-283 (RN ten Doeschate, 74.3 ov), 7-333 (JS Foster, 88.3 ov), 8-357 (GR Napier, 99.3 ov), 9-379 (MS Panesar, 105.1 ov), 10-396 (RJW Topley, 108.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Azharullah 18 2 102 2 5.66 0 0 TA Copeland 33 8 81 3 2.45 0 1 SP Crook 20 1 87 2 4.35 1 1 JD Middlebrook 24 3 79 3 3.29 0 0 AJ Hall 10 3 28 0 2.80 0 0 RI Keogh 4 1 9 0 2.25 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras3 (lb 3)TOTAL54/0d (13.4 Overs, RR: 3.95, 52 minutes)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RJW Topley 4 0 30 0 7.50 0 0 GR Napier 4 1 5 0 1.25 0 0 GM Smith 3 1 11 0 3.66 0 0 MS Panesar 2.4 1 5 0 1.87 0 0
Match Details
Toss
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Hours of play (local time)
Match days
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Points
Close of Play
- Tue, 20 Aug - day 1 - Northamptonshire 1st innings 343/5 (AJ Hall 15*, RI Keogh 3*, 97 ov)
- Wed, 21 Aug - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 187/5 (RN ten Doeschate 47*, JS Foster 39*, 45 ov)
- Thu, 22 Aug - day 3 - no play
- Fri, 23 Aug - day 4 - Northamptonshire 2nd innings 54/0d (13.4 ov) - end of match
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As with all festival cricket all over the country, the future of cricket at Castle Park is not guaranteed, so the loss of the third day's play in Colchester was a cruel blow in such a dry summer
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Crook, Copeland give Northants control
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