Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Westley	c †O'Brien b Vaas	61	97	129	10	0	62.88
Jaik Mickleburgh	b Vaas	1	16	18	0	0	6.25
Owais Shah	c †O'Brien b Vaas	26	57	68	4	0	45.61
Matt Walker	lbw b Vaas	9	22	32	2	0	40.90
Ryan ten Doeschate	c †O'Brien b Brooks	5	7	13	1	0	71.42
Adam Wheater	lbw b Vaas	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
James Foster (c)†	b Lucas	30	65	83	2	0	46.15
Tim Phillips	b Vaas	0	10	13	0	0	0.00
David Masters	c White b Daggett	31	35	50	5	0	88.57
Reece Topley	b Lucas	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Tom Craddock	not out	4	3	9	1	0	133.33
Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 4, w 1)	16
Total	52.3 Ov (RR: 3.48)	183
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 4.4 ov), 2-83 (Owais Shah, 22.5 ov), 3-103 (Matt Walker, 30.5 ov), 4-112 (Tom Westley, 32.5 ov), 5-112 (Adam Wheater, 32.6 ov), 6-112 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 33.2 ov), 7-115 (Tim Phillips, 36.5 ov), 8-175 (David Masters, 49.5 ov), 9-176 (Reece Topley, 50.4 ov), 10-183 (James Foster, 52.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	17	5	46	6	2.70	-	-	-	0	0
Jack Brooks	11	3	31	1	2.81	-	-	-	0	0
Lee Daggett	12	2	41	1	3.41	-	-	-	0	0
David Lucas	9.3	1	43	2	4.52	-	-	-	1	2
Andrew Hall	3	1	11	0	3.66	-	-	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c Mickleburgh b Masters	0	14	16	0	0	0.00
Ben Howgego	c †Foster b Topley	16	66	76	3	0	24.24
Rob White	c Mickleburgh b Masters	0	10	10	0	0	0.00
Alex Wakely	b Masters	11	32	55	0	0	34.37
Andrew Hall (c)	b Walker	14	44	63	2	0	31.81
Niall O'Brien †	c †Foster b Masters	9	15	14	1	0	60.00
James Middlebrook	c Craddock b Walker	7	19	23	1	0	36.84
Chaminda Vaas	c †Foster b Topley	17	48	65	2	0	35.41
David Lucas	c ten Doeschate b Topley	21	46	68	2	0	45.65
Lee Daggett	b Topley	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Jack Brooks	not out	1	10	9	0	0	10.00
Extras	(lb 3)	3
Total	51.4 Ov (RR: 1.91)	99
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Stephen Peters, 4.2 ov), 2-4 (Rob White, 6.6 ov), 3-26 (Ben Howgego, 19.3 ov), 4-30 (Alex Wakely, 20.6 ov), 5-44 (Niall O'Brien, 24.5 ov), 6-56 (James Middlebrook, 30.5 ov), 7-60 (Andrew Hall, 34.3 ov), 8-94 (Chaminda Vaas, 47.4 ov), 9-96 (Lee Daggett, 49.2 ov), 10-99 (David Lucas, 51.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
David Masters	22	13	28	4	1.27	-	-	-
Reece Topley	15.4	3	36	4	2.29	-	-	-
Ryan ten Doeschate	4	0	12	0	3.00	-	-	-
Matt Walker	8	2	15	2	1.87	-	-	-
Tom Craddock	2	0	5	0	2.50	-	-	-

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tom Westley	c †O'Brien b Brooks	4	7	8	1	0	57.14
Jaik Mickleburgh	b Brooks	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Owais Shah	c †O'Brien b Vaas	33	65	82	3	0	50.76
Matt Walker	c Hall b Middlebrook	17	34	60	4	0	50.00
Ryan ten Doeschate	c White b Daggett	1	5	4	0	0	20.00
Adam Wheater	c Hall b Brooks	164	143	180	18	4	114.68
James Foster (c)†	c Peters b Brooks	103	155	189	13	0	66.45
Tim Phillips	c Hall b Middlebrook	0	7	9	0	0	0.00
David Masters	b Middlebrook	4	6	6	0	0	66.66
Reece Topley	not out	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, nb 2)	5
Total	71 Ov (RR: 4.66)	331/9d
Did not bat: Tom Craddock
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Jaik Mickleburgh, 1.1 ov), 2-7 (Tom Westley, 1.3 ov), 3-44 (Matt Walker, 16.2 ov), 4-49 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 17.3 ov), 5-63 (Owais Shah, 20.5 ov), 6-316 (Adam Wheater, 64.5 ov), 7-325 (Tim Phillips, 67.6 ov), 8-331 (David Masters, 69.2 ov), 9-331 (James Foster, 70.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	14	3	46	1	3.28	-	-	-	1
Jack Brooks	13	2	58	4	4.46	-	-	-	0
Lee Daggett	11	2	53	1	4.81	-	-	-	0
David Lucas	6	0	29	0	4.83	-	-	-	0
James Middlebrook	17	2	85	3	5.00	-	-	-	0
Andrew Hall	6	0	34	0	5.66	-	-	-	0
Rob White	4	0	23	0	5.75	-	-	-	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 416 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	b Masters	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
Ben Howgego	lbw b Phillips	41	72	97	7	0	56.94
Rob White	lbw b Masters	43	65	84	7	0	66.15
Alex Wakely	lbw b Westley	35	42	55	6	0	83.33
Andrew Hall (c)	b Craddock	38	102	95	3	0	37.25
Niall O'Brien †	c Walker b Westley	14	58	61	2	0	24.13
James Middlebrook	c ten Doeschate b Craddock	34	76	95	3	1	44.73
Chaminda Vaas	c ten Doeschate b Craddock	5	15	10	1	0	33.33
David Lucas	lbw b ten Doeschate	17	39	39	2	0	43.58
Lee Daggett	c Mickleburgh b Craddock	1	6	5	0	0	16.66
Jack Brooks	not out	14	23	19	3	0	60.86
Extras	(lb 2)	2
Total	84 Ov (RR: 2.90)	244
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Stephen Peters, 0.6 ov), 2-83 (Rob White, 23.2 ov), 3-85 (Ben Howgego, 24.1 ov), 4-138 (Alex Wakely, 38.6 ov), 5-170 (Andrew Hall, 55.3 ov), 6-186 (Niall O'Brien, 60.1 ov), 7-193 (Chaminda Vaas, 63.2 ov), 8-222 (David Lucas, 76.1 ov), 9-225 (Lee Daggett, 77.5 ov), 10-244 (James Middlebrook, 83.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
David Masters	13	3	35	2	2.69	-	-	-
Reece Topley	8	2	32	0	4.00	-	-	-
Tom Craddock	30	8	70	4	2.33	-	-	-
Ryan ten Doeschate	7	0	36	1	5.14	-	-	-
Tim Phillips	5	1	24	1	4.80	-	-	-
Tom Westley	21	4	45	2	2.14	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 25 Jun - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 79/7 (Chaminda Vaas 12*, David Lucas 8*, 43 ov)

Sun, 26 Jun - day 2 - Northants 2nd innings 37/1 (Ben Howgego 15*, Rob White 22*, 12 ov)

Mon, 27 Jun - day 3 - Northants 2nd innings 244 (84 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2011
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	25,26,27 June 2011 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Ismail Dawood Peter Hartley
Points	Essex 19, Northamptonshire 3

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Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DD Masters	13	3	35	2	2.69
RJW Topley	8	2	32	0	4
TR Craddock	30	8	70	4	2.33
RN ten Doeschate	7	0	36	1	5.14
TJ Phillips	5	1	24	1	4.8
T Westley	21	4	45	2	2.14

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