Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Hassan Azad	lbw b Harmer	32	49	76	6	0	65.30
Emilio Gay	c †Rossington b SJ Cook	9	16	14	1	0	56.25
Luke Procter (c)	c Critchley b Porter	5	7	8	1	0	71.42
Karun Nair	b Porter	21	50	81	3	0	42.00
Rob Keogh	lbw b Yadav	172	167	216	25	4	102.99
Saif Zaib	c †Rossington b Critchley	28	73	99	3	0	38.35
Lewis McManus †	lbw b Critchley	2	7	11	0	0	28.57
Justin Broad	not out	56	95	128	7	0	58.94
Tom Taylor	c Porter b Critchley	14	15	14	2	0	93.33
Ben Sanderson	b Porter	12	28	31	1	0	42.85
Jack White	c AN Cook b Porter	0	2	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 6, w 5)	18
Total	84.2 Ov (RR: 4.37)	369
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Emilio Gay, 3.4 ov), 2-23 (Luke Procter, 4.6 ov), 3-63 (Hassan Azad, 17.2 ov), 4-95 (Karun Nair, 24.2 ov), 5-202 (Saif Zaib, 49.2 ov), 6-214 (Lewis McManus, 51.2 ov), 7-312 (Rob Keogh, 71.3 ov), 8-327 (Tom Taylor, 74.4 ov), 9-365 (Ben Sanderson, 82.6 ov), 10-369 (Jack White, 84.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jamie Porter	22.2	1	105	4	4.70	90	15	1	0	1
4.6 to LA Procter, . 23/2 24.2 to KK Nair, . 95/4 82.6 to BW Sanderson, . 365/9 84.2 to CJ White, . 369/10
Sam Cook	14	3	41	1	2.92	66	6	0	0	0
3.4 to EN Gay, . 14/1
Umesh Yadav	18	3	98	1	5.44	75	14	2	1	2
71.3 to RI Keogh, . 312/7
Simon Harmer	19	1	70	1	3.68	75	7	1	0	0
17.2 to Hassan Azad, . 63/3
Matt Critchley	10	1	42	3	4.20	39	6	0	0	0
49.2 to SA Zaib, . 202/5 51.2 to LD McManus, . 214/6 74.4 to TAI Taylor, . 327/8
Paul Walter	1	0	6	0	6.00	3	1	0	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	c †McManus b Sanderson	13	11	13	3	0	118.18
Alastair Cook	b Sanderson	6	16	25	1	0	37.50
Tom Westley (c)	c †McManus b Procter	49	161	261	5	0	30.43
Dan Lawrence	c †McManus b Sanderson	12	25	24	1	0	48.00
Matt Critchley	b Procter	17	39	45	2	0	43.58
Paul Walter	b Taylor	41	91	105	8	0	45.05
Adam Rossington †	c Procter b White	19	60	70	2	0	31.66
Simon Harmer	lbw b Procter	4	11	18	1	0	36.36
Umesh Yadav	c Zaib b Keogh	24	18	30	3	1	133.33
Sam Cook	not out	12	10	21	2	0	120.00
Jamie Porter	b Taylor	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 4, w 1)	14
Total	74.2 Ov (RR: 2.83)	211
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Nick Browne, 2.6 ov), 2-23 (Alastair Cook, 6.2 ov), 3-39 (Dan Lawrence, 12.1 ov), 4-72 (Matt Critchley, 23.2 ov), 5-130 (Paul Walter, 49.1 ov), 6-165 (Adam Rossington, 66.3 ov), 7-165 (Tom Westley, 67.2 ov), 8-186 (Simon Harmer, 69.5 ov), 9-210 (Umesh Yadav, 73.1 ov), 10-211 (Jamie Porter, 74.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	19	10	17	3	0.89	104	2	0	0	0
2.6 to NLJ Browne, . 14/1 6.2 to AN Cook, . 23/2 12.1 to DW Lawrence, . 39/3
Jack White	18	6	55	1	3.05	86	8	1	0	0
66.3 to AM Rossington, . 165/6
Tom Taylor	18.2	0	82	2	4.47	69	11	0	0	1
49.1 to PI Walter, . 130/5 74.2 to JA Porter, . 211/10
Luke Procter	18	5	47	3	2.61	87	7	0	0	1
23.2 to MJJ Critchley, . 72/4 67.2 to T Westley, . 165/7 69.5 to SR Harmer, . 186/8
Rob Keogh	1	0	1	1	1.00	6	0	0	1	0
73.1 to UT Yadav, . 210/9

Essex 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Browne	b Sanderson	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
Alastair Cook	c †McManus b Sanderson	6	7	12	0	0	85.71
Tom Westley (c)	c Broad b White	1	5	11	0	0	20.00
Dan Lawrence	c Gay b Sanderson	4	11	21	0	0	36.36
Matt Critchley	c Gay b White	1	10	10	0	0	10.00
Paul Walter	c Zaib b White	73	53	66	9	3	137.73
Adam Rossington †	b Taylor	4	24	37	1	0	16.66
Simon Harmer	b White	6	16	31	0	0	37.50
Umesh Yadav	not out	11	12	24	1	0	91.66
Sam Cook	c Nair b Keogh	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Jamie Porter	b White	11	14	13	2	0	78.57
Extras	(lb 2)	2
Total	27 Ov (RR: 4.40)	119
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Nick Browne, 0.6 ov), 2-7 (Alastair Cook, 2.5 ov), 3-7 (Tom Westley, 3.1 ov), 4-11 (Matt Critchley, 5.3 ov), 5-13 (Dan Lawrence, 6.6 ov), 6-50 (Adam Rossington, 15.6 ov), 7-96 (Paul Walter, 20.5 ov), 8-99 (Simon Harmer, 22.4 ov), 9-100 (Sam Cook, 23.5 ov), 10-119 (Jamie Porter, 26.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Sanderson	7	1	14	3	2.00	34	1	0	0	0
0.6 to NLJ Browne, . 0/1 2.5 to AN Cook, . 7/2 6.6 to DW Lawrence, . 13/5
Jack White	11	2	57	5	5.18	42	9	0	0	0
3.1 to T Westley, . 7/3 5.3 to MJJ Critchley, . 11/4 20.5 to PI Walter, . 96/7 22.4 to SR Harmer, . 99/8 26.6 to JA Porter, . 119/10
Tom Taylor	5	1	20	1	4.00	23	3	0	0	0
15.6 to AM Rossington, . 50/6
Rob Keogh	4	0	26	1	6.50	13	0	3	0	0
23.5 to SJ Cook, . 100/9

Close of Play

Tue, 26 Sep - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 279/6 (Rob Keogh 154*, Justin Broad 17*, 64 ov)

Wed, 27 Sep - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 125/4 (Tom Westley 37*, Paul Walter 36*, 48 ov)

Thu, 28 Sep - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 119 (27 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 3

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Essex, elected to field first
Series	County Championship Division One
Season	2023
Match days	26,27,28 September 2023 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Mark Newell Russell Warren
Match Referee	Dean Cosker
Points	Northamptonshire 22, Essex 3

Language

English

Match Coverage

Jack White crushes Essex title dreams as Northants bow out of top flight on a high

Sanderson dents Essex's lingering hopes of clinching title

Instant answers to T20 questions

Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Sanderson	7	1	14	3	2
CJ White	11	2	57	5	5.18
TAI Taylor	5	1	20	1	4
RI Keogh	4	0	26	1	6.5

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