Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Pettini	b Brown	67	134	186	10	0	50.00
Alastair Cook	c †O'Brien b Panesar	136	204	237	20	0	66.66
Varun Chopra	lbw b Wigley	38	108	90	4	0	35.18
Ravi Bopara	c Wessels b Crook	26	63	67	5	0	41.26
Ronnie Irani (c)	not out	34	62	111	7	0	54.83
James Foster †	c †O'Brien b Crook	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
Ryan ten Doeschate	lbw b Crook	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
James Middlebrook	b Crook	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Alex Tudor	lbw b Klusener	0	18	21	0	0	0.00
Andre Nel	c Panesar b Klusener	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Danish Kaneria	c Panesar b Wigley	21	24	29	3	0	87.50
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, w 7)	12
Total	104.5 Ov (RR: 3.18)	334
Fall of wickets 1-190 (Mark Pettini), 2-240 (Alastair Cook), 3-266 (Varun Chopra), 4-289 (Ravi Bopara), 5-289 (James Foster), 6-289 (Ryan ten Doeschate), 7-289 (James Middlebrook), 8-303 (Alex Tudor), 9-307 (Andre Nel), 10-334 (Danish Kaneria)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD
Johan van der Wath	3	1	6	0	2.00	-	0
David Wigley	15.5	1	91	2	5.74	-	2
Steven Crook	18	4	56	4	3.11	-	1
Lance Klusener	25	9	54	2	2.16	-	0
Monty Panesar	18	2	72	1	4.00	-	0
Jason Brown	25	8	50	1	2.00	-	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c Irani b Tudor	39	128	200	3	0	30.46
Usman Afzaal	lbw b Middlebrook	66	108	149	6	0	61.11
Riki Wessels	c †Foster b Tudor	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
David Sales (c)	c Cook b Nel	35	66	84	6	0	53.03
Niall O'Brien †	lbw b Danish Kaneria	3	16	17	0	0	18.75
Lance Klusener	c †Foster b Nel	8	28	28	0	0	28.57
Steven Crook	lbw b Danish Kaneria	53	109	97	7	0	48.62
Johan van der Wath	b Nel	94	171	223	11	1	54.97
Monty Panesar	b Danish Kaneria	33	89	92	5	0	37.07
David Wigley	b Danish Kaneria	53	107	122	9	0	49.53
Jason Brown	not out	0	0	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 8, lb 13, nb 10, w 1)	32
Total	136.2 Ov (RR: 3.05)	416
Fall of wickets 0-14* (Usman Afzaal, retired not out), 1-14 (Riki Wessels), 2-72 (David Sales), 3-83 (Niall O'Brien), 4-96 (Lance Klusener), 5-113 (Stephen Peters), 6-217 (Usman Afzaal), 7-217 (Steven Crook), 8-306 (Monty Panesar), 9-416 (David Wigley), 10-416 (Johan van der Wath)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Andre Nel	26.2	5	62	3	2.35	-	1	1
Alex Tudor	18	5	55	2	3.05	-	0	1
Ravi Bopara	19	1	73	0	3.84	-	0	3
Ryan ten Doeschate	8	1	35	0	4.37	-	0	0
Danish Kaneria	41	9	108	4	2.63	-	0	0
James Middlebrook	24	5	62	1	2.58	-	0	0

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Pettini	c Wessels b Crook	50	144	180	4	1	34.72
Alastair Cook	lbw b van der Wath	37	28	37	7	0	132.14
Varun Chopra	lbw b Panesar	9	33	43	1	0	27.27
Ravi Bopara	c Peters b Brown	12	40	53	0	0	30.00
Ronnie Irani (c)	lbw b Klusener	1	4	4	0	0	25.00
James Foster †	lbw b Brown	17	46	54	0	1	36.95
Ryan ten Doeschate	not out	33	53	79	4	0	62.26
James Middlebrook	b Brown	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Alex Tudor	b Brown	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Danish Kaneria	b Crook	12	20	36	1	0	60.00
Andre Nel	c †O'Brien b Crook	1	7	8	0	0	14.28
Extras	(lb 12, nb 2, w 4)	18
Total	64 Ov (RR: 2.96)	190
Fall of wickets 1-43 (Alastair Cook), 2-69 (Varun Chopra), 3-111 (Ravi Bopara), 4-112 (Ronnie Irani), 5-137 (Mark Pettini), 6-161 (James Foster), 7-163 (James Middlebrook), 8-167 (Alex Tudor), 9-186 (Danish Kaneria), 10-190 (Andre Nel)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Johan van der Wath	11	4	32	1	2.90	-	1	0
David Wigley	4	0	27	0	6.75	-	0	0
Steven Crook	13	3	40	3	3.07	-	3	0
Monty Panesar	13	4	24	1	1.84	-	0	0
Lance Klusener	10	2	29	1	2.90	-	0	1
Jason Brown	13	3	26	4	2.00	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 109 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c Irani b Bopara	5	8	7	0	0	62.50
Usman Afzaal	c sub b Danish Kaneria	39	39	57	8	0	100.00
Riki Wessels	lbw b Nel	0	23	40	0	0	0.00
David Sales (c)	c Irani b Danish Kaneria	37	51	62	5	1	72.54
Niall O'Brien †	not out	13	52	65	2	0	25.00
Lance Klusener	not out	12	4	8	3	0	300.00
Extras	(lb 2, w 2)	4
Total	29.3 Ov (RR: 3.72)	110/4
Did not bat Johan van der Wath, Steven Crook, Monty Panesar, David Wigley, Jason Brown
Fall of wickets 1-10 (Stephen Peters), 2-45 (Riki Wessels), 3-47 (Usman Afzaal), 4-93 (David Sales)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD
Andre Nel	12	7	20	1	1.66	-	1
Ravi Bopara	3	0	15	1	5.00	-	1
Danish Kaneria	12	1	61	2	5.08	-	0
Ryan ten Doeschate	2.3	2	12	0	4.80	-	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 02 May

day 1 - Essex 1st innings 334

Thu, 03 May

day 2 - Northants 1st innings 309/8 (Johan van der Wath 43*, David Wigley 1*, 104 ov)

Fri, 04 May

day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 180/8 (Ryan ten Doeschate 25*, Danish Kaneria 11*, 60.2 ov)

Sat, 05 May

day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 110/4 (29.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Essex 1st innings

AN Cook 100 in 161 mins off 140 balls, 18x4

Northamptonshire 1st innings

U Afzaal (1) retired hurt on 12* from 14/0 to 96/4

Match Details

GroundCounty Ground, Northampton

TossEssex, elected to bat first

Series

County Championship Division Two

Season2007

Hours of play (local time)11am start, Lunch 13.15-13.55, Tea (usually) 16.10-16.30, Close 18.30<br>Final day: Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00.

Match days2,3,4,5 May 2007 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Allan Jones

Trevor Jesty

PointsNorthamptonshire 22, Essex 5

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