Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dan Lawrence	c Keogh b Kleinveldt	8	22	30	2	0	36.36
Nick Browne	c Kleinveldt b Azharullah	24	41	65	2	0	58.53
Tom Westley	c †Murphy b Stone	20	41	50	3	0	48.78
Ravi Bopara	c Duckett b Kleinveldt	19	47	82	2	0	40.42
Jesse Ryder	b Azharullah	1	4	5	0	0	25.00
Ryan ten Doeschate	lbw b Azharullah	43	56	67	7	0	76.78
Mark Pettini	c †Murphy b Kleinveldt	68	176	203	8	0	38.63
James Foster (c)†	c Cobb b Keogh	98	172	285	11	0	56.97
Aron Nijjar	c †Murphy b Stone	53	92	110	7	0	57.60
Jamie Porter	c †Murphy b Azharullah	10	25	33	1	0	40.00
Thomas Moore	not out	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 6, nb 4)	16
Total	113.1 Ov (RR: 3.18)	360
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Dan Lawrence, 6.4 ov), 2-48 (Nick Browne, 15.4 ov), 3-52 (Tom Westley, 18.3 ov), 4-53 (Jesse Ryder, 19.3 ov), 5-115 (Ravi Bopara, 34.5 ov), 6-119 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 35.2 ov), 7-265 (Mark Pettini, 84.4 ov), 8-339 (James Foster, 105.1 ov), 9-356 (Aron Nijjar, 110.6 ov), 10-360 (Jamie Porter, 113.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Rory Kleinveldt	26	3	88	3	3.38	116	13	0	0	0
6.4 to DW Lawrence, . 18/1 34.5 to RS Bopara, . 115/5 84.4 to ML Pettini, . 265/7
Olly Stone	29	3	77	2	2.65	135	6	0	0	0
18.3 to T Westley, . 52/3 110.6 to ASS Nijjar, . 356/9
Azharullah	30.1	6	74	4	2.45	144	11	0	0	0
15.4 to NLJ Browne, . 48/2 19.3 to JD Ryder, . 53/4 35.2 to RN ten Doeschate, . 119/6 113.1 to JA Porter, . 360/10
Maurice Chambers	17	3	60	0	3.52	78	9	0	0	1
Rob Keogh	9	0	37	1	4.11	35	3	0	0	1
105.1 to JS Foster, . 339/8
Josh Cobb	1	0	2	0	2.00	5	0	0	0	0
Alex Wakely	1	0	10	0	10.00	1	1	0	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Murphy †	c Lawrence b Porter	8	17	17	1	0	47.05
Ben Duckett	c †Foster b Bopara	32	31	48	3	1	103.22
Alex Wakely (c)	c Browne b Nijjar	43	63	96	6	0	68.25
Rob Keogh	b Porter	45	86	103	7	0	52.32
Richard Levi	retired hurt	31	62	84	6	0	50.00
Adam Rossington	c †Foster b Porter	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Josh Cobb	c Moore b Nijjar	26	46	68	6	0	56.52
Rory Kleinveldt	not out	52	57	84	8	0	91.22
Olly Stone	b Ryder	22	51	55	3	0	43.13
Azharullah	lbw b Ryder	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Maurice Chambers	lbw b Ryder	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 6)	16
Total	69.1 Ov (RR: 3.97)	275
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (David Murphy, 4.2 ov), 2-58 (Ben Duckett, 11.4 ov), 3-115 (Alex Wakely, 27.6 ov), 4-151 (Rob Keogh, 36.5 ov), 5-151 (Adam Rossington, 36.6 ov), 5-188* (Richard Levi, retired not out), 6-216 (Josh Cobb, 53.3 ov), 7-271 (Olly Stone, 67.3 ov), 8-271 (Azharullah, 67.4 ov), 9-275 (Maurice Chambers, 69.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	24	4	93	3	3.87	105	15	0	0	0
4.2 to D Murphy, . 16/1 36.5 to RI Keogh, . 151/4 36.6 to AM Rossington, . 151/5
Jesse Ryder	18.1	4	53	3	2.91	90	7	1	0	2
67.3 to OP Stone, . 271/7 67.4 to Azharullah, . 271/8 69.1 to MA Chambers, . 275/9
Ravi Bopara	7	0	32	1	4.57	27	4	0	0	0
11.4 to BM Duckett, . 58/2
Thomas Moore	10	1	46	0	4.60	44	7	0	0	1
Aron Nijjar	10	1	41	2	4.10	42	7	0	0	0
27.6 to AG Wakely, . 115/3 53.3 to JJ Cobb, . 216/6

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dan Lawrence	b Stone	36	95	138	3	0	37.89
Nick Browne	c Keogh b Stone	14	45	59	1	0	31.11
Tom Westley	b Chambers	20	33	50	4	0	60.60
Ravi Bopara	lbw b Keogh	25	48	68	4	0	52.08
Jesse Ryder	c Duckett b Chambers	29	45	67	1	0	64.44
Ryan ten Doeschate	not out	43	72	82	3	0	59.72
Mark Pettini	not out	37	42	53	5	0	88.09
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 4)	12
Total	63 Ov (RR: 3.42)	216/5d
Did not bat: James Foster (c)†, Aron Nijjar, Jamie Porter, Thomas Moore
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Nick Browne, 13.6 ov), 2-59 (Tom Westley, 24.6 ov), 3-83 (Dan Lawrence, 31.5 ov), 4-121 (Ravi Bopara, 40.4 ov), 5-139 (Jesse Ryder, 49.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Azharullah	11	1	35	0	3.18	44	2	0	0	0
Rory Kleinveldt	10	3	25	0	2.50	45	2	0	0	0
Olly Stone	15	5	55	2	3.66	66	6	0	0	1
13.6 to NLJ Browne, . 22/1 31.5 to DW Lawrence, . 83/3
Maurice Chambers	16	2	47	2	2.93	74	5	0	0	1
24.6 to T Westley, . 59/2 49.2 to JD Ryder, . 139/5
Rob Keogh	11	0	46	1	4.18	39	6	0	0	0
40.4 to RS Bopara, . 121/4

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 302 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Murphy †	b Porter	7	15	20	1	0	46.66
Ben Duckett	not out	34	69	117	2	0	49.27
Alex Wakely (c)	b Porter	19	22	25	4	0	86.36
Rob Keogh	run out (sub [AP Beard])	17	35	39	2	0	48.57
Josh Cobb	b Nijjar	0	9	10	0	0	0.00
Adam Rossington	not out	4	14	18	1	0	28.57
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 4)	11
Total	27 Ov (RR: 3.40)	92/4
Did not bat: Richard Levi, Olly Stone, Rory Kleinveldt, Azharullah, Maurice Chambers
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (David Murphy, 4.5 ov), 2-48 (Alex Wakely, 10.2 ov), 3-82 (Rob Keogh, 19.6 ov), 4-85 (Josh Cobb, 23.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	11	3	27	2	2.45	50	1	0	0	0
4.5 to D Murphy, . 12/1 10.2 to AG Wakely, . 48/2
Jesse Ryder	4	1	21	0	5.25	17	4	0	0	0
Thomas Moore	3	0	23	0	7.66	12	3	0	0	2
Aron Nijjar	6	2	7	1	1.16	32	1	0	0	0
23.3 to JJ Cobb, . 85/4
Tom Westley	3	0	7	0	2.33	15	1	0	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 01 Sep - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 177/6 (Mark Pettini 29*, James Foster 25*, 52.2 ov)

Wed, 02 Sep - day 2 - Northants 1st innings 143/3 (Rob Keogh 37*, Richard Levi 13*, 35 ov)

Thu, 03 Sep - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 55/1 (Dan Lawrence 23*, Tom Westley 16*, 24.1 ov)

Fri, 04 Sep - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 92/4 (27 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 3

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to field first
Series	LV= County Championship Division Two
Season	2015
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	1,2,3,4 September 2015 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Martin Bodenham Martin Saggers
Points	Essex 12, Northamptonshire 9

Match Coverage

Porter threatens before light closes in

Essex have chance to press Northants' 10 men

Instant answers to T20 questions

Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Porter	11	3	27	2	2.45
JD Ryder	4	1	21	0	5.25
TC Moore	3	0	23	0	7.66 (2 nb)
ASS Nijjar	6	2	7	1	1.16
T Westley	3	0	7	0	2.33

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