Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Wilson	c †O'Brien b Vaas	29	28	34	6	0	103.57
Michael Brown	lbw b Vaas	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Zander de Bruyn	b Middlebrook	35	52	77	6	0	67.30
Steven Davies †	run out (Peters)	31	79	89	5	0	39.24
Rory Hamilton-Brown (c)	lbw b Hall	74	111	152	14	0	66.66
Tom Maynard	b Middlebrook	32	37	48	7	0	86.48
Chris Schofield	c †O'Brien b Daggett	13	17	16	3	0	76.47
Gareth Batty	lbw b Daggett	64	117	144	10	0	54.70
Yasir Arafat	c †O'Brien b Middlebrook	14	36	39	2	0	38.88
Stuart Meaker	c Sales b Daggett	13	57	70	2	0	22.80
Tim Linley	not out	1	9	9	0	0	11.11
Extras	(lb 6, nb 8, w 2)	16
Total	90 Ov (RR: 3.57)	322
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Michael Brown, 0.2 ov), 2-46 (Gary Wilson, 8.5 ov), 3-88 (Zander de Bruyn, 19.4 ov), 4-134 (Steven Davies, 32.2 ov), 5-193 (Tom Maynard, 43.3 ov), 6-212 (Chris Schofield, 48.1 ov), 7-247 (Rory Hamilton-Brown, 59.2 ov), 8-273 (Yasir Arafat, 71.1 ov), 9-317 (Gareth Batty, 87.2 ov), 10-322 (Stuart Meaker, 89.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	21	3	77	2	3.66	-	-	-	0	1
Lee Daggett	17	4	63	3	3.70	-	-	-	0	0
Andrew Hall	14	3	41	1	2.92	-	-	-	0	3
David Lucas	14	1	57	0	4.07	-	-	-	2	0
James Middlebrook	24	4	78	3	3.25	-	-	-	0	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	lbw b Linley	19	53	58	3	0	35.84
Mal Loye	b Batty	29	88	125	3	0	32.95
Rob White	b Linley	78	136	146	12	1	57.35
Alex Wakely	b Linley	16	48	48	2	0	33.33
David Sales	c †Davies b Meaker	0	13	24	0	0	0.00
Andrew Hall (c)	lbw b Batty	73	201	248	9	0	36.31
Niall O'Brien †	c †Davies b Linley	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Chaminda Vaas	b Batty	7	21	16	1	0	33.33
James Middlebrook	b Meaker	103	191	259	12	0	53.92
David Lucas	b Meaker	13	28	23	3	0	46.42
Lee Daggett	not out	4	13	14	1	0	30.76
Extras	(b 3, lb 7, nb 24)	34
Total	130.5 Ov (RR: 2.87)	376
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Stephen Peters, 15.3 ov), 2-80 (Mal Loye, 33.3 ov), 3-131 (Alex Wakely, 48.4 ov), 4-149 (David Sales, 54.5 ov), 5-153 (Rob White, 55.5 ov), 6-155 (Niall O'Brien, 57.2 ov), 7-163 (Chaminda Vaas, 61.5 ov), 8-342 (Andrew Hall, 119.5 ov), 9-363 (David Lucas, 126.4 ov), 10-376 (James Middlebrook, 130.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Yasir Arafat	26	7	91	0	3.50	-	-	-	3
Stuart Meaker	26.5	0	100	3	3.72	-	-	-	5
Tim Linley	26	7	53	4	2.03	-	-	-	0
Gareth Batty	35	10	66	3	1.88	-	-	-	0
Zander de Bruyn	12	2	40	0	3.33	-	-	-	2
Chris Schofield	5	1	16	0	3.20	-	-	-	0

Surrey 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gary Wilson	b White	42	112	135	5	0	37.50
Michael Brown	c †O'Brien b Daggett	46	94	116	7	0	48.93
Zander de Bruyn	not out	91	178	257	8	2	51.12
Steven Davies †	c Peters b Daggett	11	21	16	2	0	52.38
Rory Hamilton-Brown (c)	b Vaas	41	69	79	6	0	59.42
Tim Linley	lbw b White	3	37	45	0	0	8.10
Tom Maynard	b Daggett	40	52	54	5	0	76.92
Chris Schofield	not out	37	23	35	5	2	160.86
Extras	(b 15, lb 8, nb 8)	31
Total	97 Ov (RR: 3.52)	342/6d
Did not bat: Gareth Batty, Yasir Arafat, Stuart Meaker
Fall of wickets: 1-90 (Michael Brown, 31.3 ov), 2-100 (Gary Wilson, 36.4 ov), 3-115 (Steven Davies, 41.1 ov), 4-176 (Rory Hamilton-Brown, 62.4 ov), 5-208 (Tim Linley, 74.3 ov), 6-277 (Tom Maynard, 89.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	16	4	46	1	2.87	-	-	-	0
Lee Daggett	22	3	69	3	3.13	-	-	-	0
James Middlebrook	24	5	60	0	2.50	-	-	-	0
David Lucas	8	1	33	0	4.12	-	-	-	1
Andrew Hall	9	1	60	0	6.66	-	-	-	3
Rob White	18	2	51	2	2.83	-	-	-	0

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 289 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Peters	lbw b Meaker	12	22	18	2	0	54.54
Mal Loye	lbw b Schofield	52	119	122	5	1	43.69
Rob White	lbw b Schofield	38	42	61	6	0	90.47
Alex Wakely	b Meaker	43	71	73	4	2	60.56
David Sales	b Meaker	12	16	23	1	1	75.00
Andrew Hall (c)	not out	17	48	64	3	0	35.41
Niall O'Brien †	not out	20	56	57	2	0	35.71
Extras	(b 9, lb 4, nb 4)	17
Total	62 Ov (RR: 3.40)	211/5
Did not bat: Chaminda Vaas, James Middlebrook, David Lucas, Lee Daggett
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Stephen Peters, 4.4 ov), 2-95 (Rob White, 21.6 ov), 3-130 (Mal Loye, 37.1 ov), 4-167 (David Sales, 44.3 ov), 5-168 (Alex Wakely, 46.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Stuart Meaker	13	0	46	3	3.53	-	-	-	1
Yasir Arafat	5	1	17	0	3.40	-	-	-	1
Tim Linley	2	0	14	0	7.00	-	-	-	0
Gareth Batty	18	3	50	0	2.77	-	-	-	0
Chris Schofield	21	3	57	2	2.71	-	-	-	0
Rory Hamilton-Brown	3	1	14	0	4.66	-	-	-	0

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Fri, 08 Apr - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 12/0 (Stephen Peters 12*, Mal Loye 0*, 4 ov)

Sat, 09 Apr - day 2 - Northants 1st innings 283/7 (Andrew Hall 55*, James Middlebrook 49*, 102 ov)

Sun, 10 Apr - day 3 - Surrey 2nd innings 182/4 (Zander de Bruyn 28*, Tim Linley 0*, 67 ov)

Mon, 11 Apr - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 211/5 (62 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

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Day 3

Day 4

Z de Bruyn 50 off 137 balls, 184 mins, 6x4, 0x6
Lunch: 342/6 off 97 overs
MB Loye 50 off 101 balls, 111 mins, 5x4, 1x6
Tea: 122/2 off 34 overs

Match Details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	Surrey, elected to bat first
Series	County Championship Division Two
Season	2011
Hours of play (local time)	11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.00
Match days	8,9,10,11 April 2011 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Jeff Evans Steve Garratt
Points	Surrey 8, Northamptonshire 9

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Northants Innings

Player Name		R	B
SD Peters	lbw	12	22
MB Loye	lbw	52	119
RA White	lbw	38	42
AG Wakely	bowled	43	71
DJG Sales	bowled	12	16
AJ Hall	not out	17	48
NJ O'Brien	not out	20	56
Extras	(b 9, lb 4, nb 4)
Total	211(5 wkts; 62 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SC Meaker	13	0	46	3	3.53 (1 nb)
Yasir Arafat	5	1	17	0	3.4 (1 nb)
TE Linley	2	0	14	0	7
GJ Batty	18	3	50	0	2.77
CP Schofield	21	3	57	2	2.71
RJ Hamilton-Brown	3	1	14	0	4.66

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	18	Mal Loye	Stephen Peters
2nd	77	Mal Loye	Rob White
3rd	35	Mal Loye	Alex Wakely
4th	37	David Sales	Alex Wakely
5th	1	Andrew Hall	Alex Wakely
6th	43	Andrew Hall	Niall O'Brien

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County Championship Division Two

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
MID	16	8	2	6	240
SUR	16	8	4	4	227
NOR	16	7	2	7	226
GLO	16	6	5	5	198
DER	16	5	6	5	181
GLA	16	5	6	5	178
ESS	16	4	4	8	159
KEN	16	5	9	2	149
LEI	16	1	11	4	88

Full Table

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
MID	16	8	2	6	240
SUR	16	8	4	4	227
NOR	16	7	2	7	226
GLO	16	6	5	5	198
DER	16	5	6	5	181
GLA	16	5	6	5	178
ESS	16	4	4	8	159
KEN	16	5	9	2	149
LEI	16	1	11	4	88

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
MID	16	8	2	6	240
SUR	16	8	4	4	227
NOR	16	7	2	7	226
GLO	16	6	5	5	198
DER	16	5	6	5	181
GLA	16	5	6	5	178
ESS	16	4	4	8	159
KEN	16	5	9	2	149
LEI	16	1	11	4	88

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
MID	16	8	2	6	240
SUR	16	8	4	4	227
NOR	16	7	2	7	226
GLO	16	6	5	5	198
DER	16	5	6	5	181
GLA	16	5	6	5	178
ESS	16	4	4	8	159
KEN	16	5	9	2	149
LEI	16	1	11	4	88