Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ricardo Vasconcelos (c)	c Critchley b SJ Cook	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Will Young	lbw b SJ Cook	63	146	181	7	0	43.15
Emilio Gay	c AN Cook b Snater	35	114	146	4	0	30.70
Luke Procter	c Walter b Critchley	113	271	357	10	0	41.69
Rob Keogh	c & b Critchley	22	53	58	2	0	41.50
Saif Zaib	lbw b Walter	16	33	44	2	0	48.48
Lewis McManus †	c Harmer b Snater	7	38	44	0	0	18.42
Tom Taylor	c Harmer b Steketee	7	26	25	1	0	26.92
Matthew Kelly	c Critchley b Snater	7	25	35	1	0	28.00
Gareth Berg	c Westley b Critchley	75	132	136	8	3	56.81
Ben Sanderson	not out	12	13	18	2	0	92.30
Extras	(b 9, lb 16, nb 8)	33
Total	141.4 Ov (RR: 2.75)	390
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Ricardo Vasconcelos, 0.3 ov), 2-100 (Emilio Gay, 38.2 ov), 3-115 (Will Young, 46.5 ov), 4-160 (Rob Keogh, 63.5 ov), 5-199 (Saif Zaib, 76.2 ov), 6-222 (Lewis McManus, 87.5 ov), 7-233 (Tom Taylor, 94.4 ov), 8-250 (Matthew Kelly, 103.3 ov), 9-355 (Luke Procter, 137.3 ov), 10-390 (Gareth Berg, 141.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Sam Cook	30	5	61	2	2.03	148	6	0	0	0
0.3 to R Vasconcelos, . 0/1 46.5 to WA Young, . 115/3
Shane Snater	24	5	56	3	2.33	115	6	0	0	0
38.2 to EN Gay, . 100/2 87.5 to LD McManus, . 222/6 103.3 to M Kelly, . 250/8
Mark Steketee	31	9	67	1	2.16	153	7	0	0	4
94.4 to TAI Taylor, . 233/7
Simon Harmer	33	10	81	0	2.45	156	10	0	0	0
Matt Critchley	16.4	1	81	3	4.86	62	8	3	0	0
63.5 to RI Keogh, . 160/4 137.3 to LA Procter, . 355/9 141.4 to GK Berg, . 390/10
Paul Walter	7	1	19	1	2.71	25	0	0	0	0
76.2 to SA Zaib, . 199/5

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Young b Sanderson	12	21	17	2	0	57.14
Alastair Cook	c †McManus b Sanderson	6	48	89	0	0	12.50
Tom Westley (c)	c Young b Taylor	25	50	53	4	0	50.00
Paul Walter	c Gay b Sanderson	2	39	55	0	0	5.12
Matt Critchley	c Young b Sanderson	7	23	25	0	0	30.43
Feroze Khushi	c †McManus b Procter	9	52	74	1	0	17.30
Adam Wheater †	b Kelly	14	24	34	3	0	58.33
Simon Harmer	lbw b Kelly	0	4	8	0	0	0.00
Shane Snater	not out	79	94	153	10	1	84.04
Mark Steketee	b Berg	18	72	88	3	0	25.00
Sam Cook	c Vasconcelos b Keogh	10	53	46	0	0	18.86
Extras	(lb 8, nb 2, w 1)	11
Total	79.5 Ov (RR: 2.41)	193
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Nick Browne, 4.4 ov), 2-45 (Tom Westley, 17.2 ov), 3-45 (Alastair Cook, 22.3 ov), 4-53 (Matt Critchley, 28.5 ov), 5-55 (Paul Walter, 30.6 ov), 6-73 (Adam Wheater, 38.6 ov), 7-75 (Simon Harmer, 40.4 ov), 8-83 (Feroze Khushi, 45.3 ov), 9-152 (Mark Steketee, 66.4 ov), 10-193 (Sam Cook, 79.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	19	7	32	4	1.68	97	4	0	1	0
4.4 to NLJ Browne, . 12/1 22.3 to AN Cook, . 45/3 28.5 to MJJ Critchley, . 53/4 30.6 to PI Walter, . 55/5
Gareth Berg	16	7	17	1	1.06	84	1	0	0	0
66.4 to MT Steketee, . 152/9
Tom Taylor	12	4	39	1	3.25	56	7	0	0	0
17.2 to T Westley, . 45/2
Matthew Kelly	14	4	50	2	3.57	65	8	0	0	0
38.6 to AJA Wheater, . 73/6 40.4 to SR Harmer, . 75/7
Luke Procter	12	7	15	1	1.25	66	2	0	0	1
45.3 to FIN Khushi, . 83/8
Rob Keogh	6.5	0	32	1	4.68	23	1	1	0	0
79.5 to SJ Cook, . 193/10

Essex 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c Vasconcelos b Keogh	19	80	113	2	0	23.75
Alastair Cook	c Vasconcelos b Taylor	19	43	55	4	0	44.18
Tom Westley (c)	lbw b Procter	9	26	35	1	0	34.61
Paul Walter	b Zaib	93	246	328	13	0	37.80
Matt Critchley	c Berg b Taylor	47	122	156	4	0	38.52
Feroze Khushi	c †McManus b Taylor	30	64	85	5	0	46.87
Adam Wheater †	not out	33	174	200	6	0	18.96
Simon Harmer	c Vasconcelos b Keogh	13	46	56	1	0	28.26
Shane Snater	c Zaib b Keogh	16	42	46	2	0	38.09
Mark Steketee	b Keogh	8	23	23	2	0	34.78
Sam Cook	not out	0	9	11	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 18, lb 9, nb 10, w 4)	41
Total	145 Ov (RR: 2.26)	328/9
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Alastair Cook, 13.6 ov), 2-56 (Tom Westley, 22.2 ov), 3-58 (Nick Browne, 27.2 ov), 4-158 (Matt Critchley, 70.1 ov), 5-227 (Feroze Khushi, 91.1 ov), 6-264 (Paul Walter, 105.6 ov), 7-284 (Simon Harmer, 121.2 ov), 8-304 (Shane Snater, 133.2 ov), 9-322 (Mark Steketee, 141.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	22	7	40	0	1.81	110	5	0	1	0
Gareth Berg	20	5	52	0	2.60	95	7	0	0	0
Tom Taylor	24	8	62	3	2.58	124	10	0	2	3
13.6 to AN Cook, . 41/1 70.1 to MJJ Critchley, . 158/4 91.1 to FIN Khushi, . 227/5
Luke Procter	17	8	34	1	2.00	87	3	0	0	1
22.2 to T Westley, . 56/2
Matthew Kelly	22	6	48	0	2.18	105	5	0	0	1
Rob Keogh	33	17	51	4	1.54	172	8	0	1	0
27.2 to NLJ Browne, . 58/3 121.2 to SR Harmer, . 284/7 133.2 to S Snater, . 304/8 141.1 to MT Steketee, . 322/9
Saif Zaib	7	3	14	1	2.00	35	2	0	0	0
105.6 to PI Walter, . 264/6

Close of Play

Thu, 28 Apr - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 233/7 (Luke Procter 60*, Matthew Kelly 0*, 97 ov)

Fri, 29 Apr - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 95/8 (Shane Snater 8*, Mark Steketee 4*, 49 ov)

Sat, 30 Apr - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 149/3 (Paul Walter 40*, Matt Critchley 44*, 65 ov)

Sun, 01 May - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 328/9 (145 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2022
Match days	28,29,30 April, 1 May 2022 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Nigel Llong Tom Lungley
Match Referee	Steve Davis
Points	Northamptonshire 13, Essex 10

Match Coverage

Essex escape with face-saving draw as Paul Walter's 93 anchors rearguard

Shane Snater keeps Essex in the game with career-best 79*

Ben Sanderson blasts gaping hole in fragile Essex batting

Will Young, Luke Procter dig in as Northants banish memories of 2021 wipeout

Instant answers to T20 questions

Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Sanderson	22	7	40	0	1.81
GK Berg	20	5	52	0	2.6
TAI Taylor	24	8	62	3	2.58 (3 nb)
LA Procter	17	8	34	1	2 (1 nb)
M Kelly	22	6	48	0	2.18 (1 nb)
RI Keogh	33	17	51	4	1.54
SA Zaib	7	3	14	1	2

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