Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	c Bopara b Bichel	178	277	359	27	1	64.25
Bilal Shafayat †	c †Foster b Palladino	23	39	57	3	0	58.97
Usman Afzaal	c A Flower b Middlebrook	35	81	89	5	0	43.20
Sourav Ganguly	c Phillips b Middlebrook	9	11	10	2	0	81.81
David Sales (c)	c †Foster b Middlebrook	225	301	409	22	7	74.75
Lance Klusener	not out	124	201	257	12	0	61.69
Rob White	not out	48	46	43	7	1	104.34
Extras	(lb 8, nb 4, w 6)	18
Total	159 Ov (RR: 4.15)	660/5d
Did not bat: Ben Phillips, Matthew Nicholson, David Wigley, Jason Brown
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Bilal Shafayat), 2-138 (Usman Afzaal), 3-154 (Sourav Ganguly), 4-366 (Stephen Peters), 5-597 (David Sales)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andy Bichel	24	5	102	1	4.25	-	-	-	0	0
Tony Palladino	23	2	88	1	3.82	-	-	-	0	0
Alex Tudor	23	5	92	0	4.00	-	-	-	0	2
Ravi Bopara	11	1	49	0	4.45	-	-	-	3	0
James Middlebrook	44	4	174	3	3.95	-	-	-	0	0
Tim Phillips	34	2	147	0	4.32	-	-	-	1	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Grant Flower	b Phillips	3	24	28	0	0	12.50
Mark Pettini	run out	8	12	17	2	0	66.66
Ravi Bopara	c White b Brown	38	76	105	4	0	50.00
Andy Flower	not out	271	471	624	37	1	57.53
Ronnie Irani (c)	c †Shafayat b Phillips	41	60	72	6	1	68.33
James Middlebrook	lbw b Wigley	45	79	92	7	0	56.96
James Foster †	c Afzaal b Brown	60	117	139	8	1	51.28
Tim Phillips	c Klusener b Wigley	46	105	108	8	0	43.80
Andy Bichel	lbw b Brown	74	87	100	9	3	85.05
Alex Tudor	b White	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Tony Palladino	c Sales b White	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 9, nb 8, w 11)	34
Total	172 Ov (RR: 3.60)	620
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Mark Pettini), 2-15 (Grant Flower), 3-108 (Ravi Bopara), 4-166 (Ronnie Irani), 5-248 (James Middlebrook), 6-364 (James Foster), 7-488 (Tim Phillips), 8-611 (Andy Bichel), 9-620 (Alex Tudor), 10-620 (Tony Palladino)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Nicholson	26	6	70	0	2.69	-	-	-	1	0
Ben Phillips	19	4	64	2	3.36	-	-	-	0	0
David Wigley	26	2	115	2	4.42	-	-	-	0	0
Lance Klusener	19	4	68	0	3.57	-	-	-	0	2
Jason Brown	53	9	146	3	2.75	-	-	-	0	1
Usman Afzaal	13	0	61	0	4.69	-	-	-	4	0
Rob White	10	0	57	2	5.70	-	-	-	0	0
Sourav Ganguly	6	1	24	0	4.00	-	-	-	0	1

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	not out	26	82	86	4	0	31.70
Bilal Shafayat †	c †Foster b Bopara	19	33	45	3	0	57.57
Usman Afzaal	not out	20	32	39	3	0	62.50
Extras	(lb 5, nb 6, w 1)	12
Total	24 Ov (RR: 3.20)	77/1
Did not bat: Sourav Ganguly, David Sales (c), Lance Klusener, Rob White, Ben Phillips, Matthew Nicholson, David Wigley, Jason Brown
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Bilal Shafayat)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Alex Tudor	5	1	13	0	2.60	-	-	-	0	1
Tony Palladino	5	2	15	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	2
Ravi Bopara	3	0	18	1	6.00	-	-	-	0	0
Tim Phillips	7	1	24	0	3.42	-	-	-	1	0
Grant Flower	4	2	2	0	0.50	-	-	-	0	0

Close of Play

Wed, 26 Jul - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 406/4 (David Sales 129*, Lance Klusener 17*, 104 ov)

Thu, 27 Jul - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 113/3 (Andy Flower 51*, Ronnie Irani 5*, 33 ov)

Fri, 28 Jul - day 3 - Essex 1st innings 382/6 (Andy Flower 165*, Tim Phillips 2*, 117 ov)

Sat, 29 Jul - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 77/1 (24 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Northamptonshire, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2006
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 1.15pm-1.55, Tea (usually) 4.10-4.30, Close 6.30<br>Final day: Lunch 1.00pm-1.40, Tea 3.40-4.00, Close 6.00
Match days	26,27,28,29 July 2006 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Nigel Llong Rob Bailey
Points	Northamptonshire 11, Essex 10

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Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AJ Tudor	5	1	13	0	2.6 (1 nb)
AP Palladino	5	2	15	0	3 (2 nb)
RS Bopara	3	0	18	1	6
TJ Phillips	7	1	24	0	3.42
GW Flower	4	2	2	0	0.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	39	Stephen Peters	Bilal Shafayat
2nd	38	Usman Afzaal	Stephen Peters

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