Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Westley	c †Murphy b Copeland	30	82	97	5	0	36.58
Rob Quiney	lbw b Hall	25	40	49	5	0	62.50
Ben Foakes	c †Murphy b Crook	4	14	24	0	0	28.57
Ravi Bopara	c †Murphy b Crook	6	31	53	1	0	19.35
Mark Pettini	c Copeland b Crook	4	19	20	0	0	21.05
James Foster (c)†	b Crook	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Greg Smith	c †Murphy b Willey	16	31	40	1	0	51.61
Graham Napier	not out	73	65	86	8	5	112.30
Maurice Chambers	b Willey	1	18	17	0	0	5.55
Reece Topley	b Hall	0	5	13	0	0	0.00
Tymal Mills	c Newton b Willey	6	10	24	1	0	60.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 10, w 1)	18
Total	52.1 Ov (RR: 3.50)	183
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Rob Quiney, 13.1 ov), 2-61 (Ben Foakes, 18.2 ov), 3-70 (Tom Westley, 24.1 ov), 4-79 (Mark Pettini, 29.1 ov), 5-79 (James Foster, 29.4 ov), 6-87 (Ravi Bopara, 31.6 ov), 7-115 (Greg Smith, 40.2 ov), 8-127 (Maurice Chambers, 44.4 ov), 9-138 (Reece Topley, 47.3 ov), 10-183 (Tymal Mills, 52.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Willey	14.1	5	43	3	3.03	68	6	1	0	0
40.2 to GM Smith, . 115/7 44.4 to MA Chambers, . 127/8 52.1 to TS Mills, . 183/10
Trent Copeland	14	5	42	1	3.00	70	8	0	1	1
24.1 to T Westley, . 70/3
Andrew Hall	13	3	52	2	4.00	61	6	1	0	4
13.1 to RJ Quiney, . 44/1 47.3 to RJW Topley, . 138/9
Steven Crook	11	2	39	4	3.54	53	1	3	0	0
18.2 to BT Foakes, . 61/2 29.1 to ML Pettini, . 79/4 29.4 to JS Foster, . 79/5 31.6 to RS Bopara, . 87/6

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters (c)	c Pettini b Topley	60	92	122	10	0	65.21
Kyle Coetzer	c Westley b Napier	12	18	34	1	0	66.66
David Sales	c Chambers b Napier	4	4	5	1	0	100.00
Alex Wakely	c Bopara b Chambers	11	33	55	1	0	33.33
Rob Newton	c †Foster b Napier	35	63	90	4	0	55.55
Andrew Hall	c Pettini b Napier	13	24	26	2	0	54.16
James Middlebrook	c †Foster b Napier	14	38	51	2	0	36.84
David Willey	c Quiney b Topley	76	78	110	9	2	97.43
David Murphy †	lbw b Napier	2	19	23	0	0	10.52
Steven Crook	not out	88	104	152	10	1	84.61
Trent Copeland	c Topley b Mills	70	67	84	10	1	104.47
Extras	(lb 7, nb 4, w 3)	14
Total	89.4 Ov (RR: 4.44)	399
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Kyle Coetzer, 7.2 ov), 2-24 (David Sales, 7.6 ov), 3-73 (Alex Wakely, 20.6 ov), 4-109 (Stephen Peters, 27.4 ov), 5-129 (Andrew Hall, 33.5 ov), 6-156 (Rob Newton, 43.1 ov), 7-161 (James Middlebrook, 47.1 ov), 8-171 (David Murphy, 53.5 ov), 9-282 (David Willey, 68.6 ov), 10-399 (Trent Copeland, 89.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Reece Topley	29	2	104	2	3.58	124	12	0	1	0
27.4 to SD Peters, . 109/4 68.6 to DJ Willey, . 282/9
Tymal Mills	17.4	0	91	1	5.15	67	14	0	0	1
89.4 to TA Copeland, . 399/10
Graham Napier	25	6	93	6	3.72	106	12	1	1	0
7.2 to KJ Coetzer, . 20/1 7.6 to DJG Sales, . 24/2 33.5 to AJ Hall, . 129/5 43.1 to RI Newton, . 156/6 47.1 to JD Middlebrook, . 161/7 53.5 to D Murphy, . 171/8
Maurice Chambers	10	1	62	1	6.20	36	8	2	0	1
20.6 to AG Wakely, . 73/3
Ravi Bopara	3	0	17	0	5.66	10	3	0	0	0
Tom Westley	5	0	25	0	5.00	17	1	1	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rob Quiney	c †Murphy b Willey	56	115	166	8	0	48.69
Tom Westley	c Peters b Willey	38	78	83	5	0	48.71
Ben Foakes	c †Murphy b Copeland	10	18	23	1	0	55.55
Maurice Chambers	b Crook	3	65	75	0	0	4.61
Ravi Bopara	c †Murphy b Willey	41	87	110	6	0	47.12
Mark Pettini	c Sales b Hall	5	12	22	1	0	41.66
James Foster (c)†	c Hall b Willey	11	29	44	1	0	37.93
Greg Smith	c & b Willey	4	11	18	0	0	36.36
Graham Napier	c Crook b Hall	13	40	48	1	0	32.50
Reece Topley	not out	8	36	53	1	0	22.22
Tymal Mills	b Crook	7	9	13	1	0	77.77
Extras	(b 5, lb 6)	11
Total	83.2 Ov (RR: 2.48)	207
Fall of wickets: 1-77 (Tom Westley, 22.5 ov), 2-93 (Ben Foakes, 28.1 ov), 3-114 (Rob Quiney, 44.1 ov), 4-120 (Maurice Chambers, 47.5 ov), 5-133 (Mark Pettini, 52.3 ov), 6-159 (James Foster, 64.1 ov), 7-179 (Greg Smith, 68.5 ov), 8-180 (Ravi Bopara, 70.2 ov), 9-199 (Graham Napier, 80.2 ov), 10-207 (Tymal Mills, 83.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Willey	22	5	67	5	3.04	104	10	0	0	0
22.5 to T Westley, . 77/1 44.1 to RJ Quiney, . 114/3 64.1 to JS Foster, . 159/6 68.5 to GM Smith, . 179/7 70.2 to RS Bopara, . 180/8
Trent Copeland	25	9	41	1	1.64	129	6	0	0	0
28.1 to BT Foakes, . 93/2
Steven Crook	17.2	4	52	2	3.00	77	6	0	0	0
47.5 to MA Chambers, . 120/4 83.2 to TS Mills, . 207/10
Andrew Hall	19	5	36	2	1.89	95	3	0	0	0
52.3 to ML Pettini, . 133/5 80.2 to GR Napier, . 199/9

Close of Play

Wed, 17 Apr - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 156/5 (Rob Newton 35*, James Middlebrook 14*, 43 ov)

Thu, 18 Apr - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 94/2 (Rob Quiney 44*, Maurice Chambers 0*, 30 ov)

Fri, 19 Apr - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 207 (83.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2013
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	17,18,19 April 2013 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Nigel Llong Stephen Gale
Points	Northamptonshire 23, Essex 1

Match Coverage

Northants crush sorry Essex

Crook and Copeland flay ragged Essex

Crook demonstrates Northants' potential

Instant answers to T20 questions

Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DJ Willey	22	5	67	5	3.04
TA Copeland	25	9	41	1	1.64
SP Crook	17.2	4	52	2	3
AJ Hall	19	5	36	2	1.89

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