BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Hussey	not out	329	444	614	48	1	74.09
Adrian Rollins	b Such	39	119	141	5	2	32.77
Mal Loye	lbw b Irani	52	74	88	7	2	70.27
Russell Warren	c †Foster b Phillips	38	88	85	5	0	43.18
Tony Penberthy	c & b Grayson	101	156	195	17	0	64.74
Toby Bailey	c †Foster b Such	25	61	57	2	0	40.98
Graeme Swann	b Such	1	9	12	0	0	11.11
David Ripley (c)†	not out	19	25	21	4	0	76.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 6, nb 8, w 8)	29
TOTAL	162 Ov (RR: 3.90)	633/6d
Did not bat: Paul Taylor, Michael Strong, Jason Brown
Fall of wickets: 1-135 (Adrian Rollins), 2-237 (Mal Loye), 3-320 (Russell Warren), 4-530 (Tony Penberthy), 5-588 (Toby Bailey), 6-606 (Graeme Swann)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ashley Cowan	26	3	105	0	4.03	-	-	-	3	4
Ronnie Irani	15	3	45	1	3.00	-	-	-	1	0
Peter Such	53	13	182	3	3.43	-	-	-	0	0
Tim Phillips	33	3	144	1	4.36	-	-	-	0	0
Graham Napier	14	2	59	0	4.21	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Grayson	21	2	85	1	4.04	-	-	-	0	0

Essex 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Richard Clinton	lbw b Taylor	5	14	13	1	0	35.71
Paul Grayson	c Hussey b Swann	173	287	320	22	0	60.27
Darren Robinson	c †Ripley b Taylor	63	151	222	11	0	41.72
Stuart Law	c †Ripley b Penberthy	12	18	27	2	0	66.66
Ronnie Irani (c)	c Hussey b Taylor	5	6	4	1	0	83.33
Stephen Peters	c Rollins b Swann	6	15	10	1	0	40.00
James Foster †	c †Ripley b Penberthy	79	168	186	12	0	47.02
Graham Napier	c †Ripley b Strong	35	43	50	4	2	81.39
Tim Phillips	lbw b Swann	25	75	110	6	0	33.33
Ashley Cowan	not out	15	16	23	3	0	93.75
Peter Such	lbw b Penberthy	0	13	13	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 4)	12
TOTAL	134 Ov (RR: 3.20)	430
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Richard Clinton), 2-208 (Darren Robinson), 3-245 (Stuart Law), 4-253 (Ronnie Irani), 5-260 (Stephen Peters), 6-279 (Paul Grayson), 7-347 (Graham Napier), 8-411 (James Foster), 9-419 (Tim Phillips), 10-430 (Peter Such)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Strong	24	7	66	1	2.75	-	-	-	0
Paul Taylor	28	4	85	3	3.03	-	-	-	0
Jason Brown	32	5	101	0	3.15	-	-	-	2
Tony Penberthy	16	2	60	3	3.75	-	-	-	0
Graeme Swann	32	10	96	3	3.00	-	-	-	0
Michael Hussey	2	0	14	0	7.00	-	-	-	0

Essex 2nd Innings (Following on)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Richard Clinton	c †Ripley b Strong	1	14	12	0	0	7.14
Paul Grayson	lbw b Taylor	149	260	308	22	0	57.30
Darren Robinson	c †Ripley b Brown	31	57	81	6	0	54.38
Stuart Law	b Strong	48	104	107	6	0	46.15
Ronnie Irani (c)	c Hussey b Brown	14	31	29	3	0	45.16
Stephen Peters	c Bailey b Brown	13	46	35	1	0	28.26
James Foster †	c Rollins b Swann	16	44	47	2	0	36.36
Graham Napier	b Swann	9	23	20	1	0	39.13
Tim Phillips	lbw b Brown	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
Ashley Cowan	b Brown	1	8	9	0	0	12.50
Peter Such	not out	0	9	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 6)	15
TOTAL	100.2 Ov (RR: 2.96)	297
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Richard Clinton), 2-66 (Darren Robinson), 3-178 (Stuart Law), 4-209 (Ronnie Irani), 5-235 (Stephen Peters), 6-283 (Paul Grayson), 7-295 (James Foster), 8-296 (Graham Napier), 9-296 (Tim Phillips), 10-297 (Ashley Cowan)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Michael Strong	13	3	57	2	4.38	-	-	-
Paul Taylor	13	6	30	1	2.30	-	-	-
Tony Penberthy	5	3	6	0	1.20	-	-	-
Jason Brown	40.2	10	107	5	2.65	-	-	-
Graeme Swann	29	6	82	2	2.82	-	-	-

Northamptonshire 2nd Innings (T: 95 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Hussey	not out	70	33	43	11	1	212.12
Mal Loye	not out	21	34	43	1	0	61.76
Extras	(lb 1, nb 2, w 2)	5
TOTAL	11 Ov (RR: 8.72)	96/0
Did not bat: Adrian Rollins, Russell Warren, Tony Penberthy, Toby Bailey, Graeme Swann, David Ripley (c)†, Paul Taylor, Michael Strong, Jason Brown

BOWLING	O	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ronnie Irani	6	43	7.16	-	-	-	0	0
Ashley Cowan	4	36	9.00	-	-	-	1	1
Paul Grayson	1	16	16.00	-	-	-	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 27 Jul - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 378/3 (Michael Hussey 200*, Tony Penberthy 29*, 104 ov)

Sat, 28 Jul - day 2 - Essex 1st innings 152/1 (Paul Grayson 91*, Darren Robinson 48*, 44 ov)

Sun, 29 Jul - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 30/1 (Paul Grayson 7*, Darren Robinson 22*, 12 ov)

Mon, 30 Jul - day 4 - Northants 2nd innings 96/0 (11 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	CricInfo Championship Division One
Season	2001
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Alan Whitehead Pasty Harris
Points	Northamptonshire 19, Essex 6

Match Coverage

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Northants Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	R	Econ
RC Irani	6	43	7.16
AP Cowan	4	36	9 (1 nb)
AP Grayson	1	16	16

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	96	Mal Loye	Michael Hussey

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