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	4s	6s	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	4s	6s	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	4s	6s	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	4s	6s	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

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

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2007
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 days	2,3,4,5 May 2007 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Allan Jones Trevor Jesty
Points	Northamptonshire 22, Essex 5

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Northants Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Nel	12	7	20	1	1.66
RS Bopara	3	0	15	1	5
Danish Kaneria	12	1	61	2	5.08
RN ten Doeschate	2.3	2	12	0	4.8

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