Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Prichard	c Rollins b Cousins	31	46	-	6	0	67.39
Paul Grayson	c †Ripley b Penberthy	20	78	-	2	0	25.64
Darren Robinson	b Taylor	6	12	-	0	0	50.00
Stuart Law	c †Ripley b Brown	59	125	-	5	0	47.20
Ronnie Irani (c)	run out	27	63	-	2	0	42.85
Stephen Peters	c Rollins b Swann	11	26	-	2	0	42.30
James Foster †	not out	16	39	-	2	0	41.02
Ashley Cowan	c †Ripley b Brown	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Tim Mason	lbw b Brown	0	5	-	0	0	0.00
Ricaldo Anderson	lbw b Swann	4	6	-	1	0	66.66
Peter Such	b Brown	14	13	-	1	1	107.69
Extras	(b 9, lb 18, nb 10, w 8)	45
Total	68.4 Ov (RR: 3.39)	233
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Paul Prichard), 2-63 (Darren Robinson), 3-94 (Paul Grayson), 4-172 (Ronnie Irani), 5-193 (Stephen Peters), 6-193 (Stuart Law), 7-193 (Ashley Cowan), 8-197 (Tim Mason), 9-206 (Ricaldo Anderson), 10-233 (Peter Such)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Darren Cousins	15	0	51	1	3.40	-	-	-	3	1
Paul Taylor	14	3	39	1	2.78	-	-	-	0	1
Tony Penberthy	5	0	15	1	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Graeme Swann	20	1	67	2	3.35	-	-	-	0	1
Jason Brown	14.4	4	34	4	2.31	-	-	-	1	0

Northamptonshire 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adrian Rollins	lbw b Mason	20	56	-	2	1	35.71
Matthew Hayden (c)	c & b Such	164	260	-	17	1	63.07
Jeffrey Cook	c Prichard b Mason	4	14	-	1	0	28.57
David Sales	c Prichard b Such	61	109	-	9	0	55.96
Russell Warren	c Prichard b Mason	10	26	-	1	0	38.46
Tony Penberthy	lbw b Such	15	29	-	1	0	51.72
Graeme Swann	c †Foster b Grayson	6	7	-	1	0	85.71
David Ripley †	c Law b Anderson	54	116	-	6	0	46.55
Paul Taylor	c Grayson b Anderson	27	64	-	1	0	42.18
Darren Cousins	not out	16	26	-	2	0	61.53
Jason Brown	c †Foster b Cowan	7	18	-	1	0	38.88
Extras	(b 7, lb 15, nb 4)	26
Total	120.3 Ov (RR: 3.40)	410
Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Adrian Rollins), 2-56 (Jeffrey Cook), 3-178 (David Sales), 4-215 (Russell Warren), 5-262 (Tony Penberthy), 6-271 (Graeme Swann), 7-315 (Matthew Hayden), 8-384 (Paul Taylor), 9-389 (David Ripley), 10-410 (Jason Brown)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ashley Cowan	13.3	2	51	1	3.77	-	-	-	0
Ronnie Irani	7	2	18	0	2.57	-	-	-	1
Peter Such	45	5	127	3	2.82	-	-	-	0
Tim Mason	28	3	106	3	3.78	-	-	-	0
Paul Grayson	13	1	39	1	3.00	-	-	-	0
Ricaldo Anderson	14	0	47	2	3.35	-	-	-	1

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Prichard	lbw b Cousins	0	4	-	0	0	0.00
Paul Grayson	c †Ripley b Cousins	8	36	-	0	0	22.22
Darren Robinson	b Cousins	42	147	-	3	0	28.57
Stuart Law	not out	119	184	-	12	0	64.67
Ronnie Irani (c)	lbw b Cousins	2	7	-	0	0	28.57
Stephen Peters	not out	50	102	-	8	0	49.01
Extras	(lb 1, w 3)	4
Total	80 Ov (RR: 2.81)	225/4
Did not bat: James Foster †, Tim Mason, Ashley Cowan, Ricaldo Anderson, Peter Such
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Paul Prichard), 2-25 (Paul Grayson), 3-108 (Darren Robinson), 4-110 (Ronnie Irani)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD
Darren Cousins	21	7	50	4	2.38	-	-	-	1
Paul Taylor	14	1	35	0	2.50	-	-	-	0
Jason Brown	20	3	62	0	3.10	-	-	-	0
Graeme Swann	24	3	70	0	2.91	-	-	-	0
Jeffrey Cook	1	0	7	0	7.00	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Wed, 06 Sep - day 1 - Northants 1st innings 25/0 (Adrian Rollins 7*, Matthew Hayden 9*, 11 ov)

Thu, 07 Sep - day 2 - Northants 1st innings 337/7 (David Ripley 23*, Paul Taylor 12*, 99 ov)

Fri, 08 Sep - day 3 - Northants 1st innings 397/9 (Darren Cousins 7*, Jason Brown 3*, 117 ov)

Sat, 09 Sep - day 4 - Essex 2nd innings 225/4 (80 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Essex, elected to bat first
Series	PPP Healthcare County Championship Division Two
Season	2000
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Barrie Leadbeater Graham Burgess
Points	Essex 8, Northamptonshire 12

Match Coverage

Northants secure division two championship title

Cousins helps Northants close in on division two title

Instant answers to T20 questions

Essex Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DM Cousins	21	7	50	4	2.38
JP Taylor	14	1	35	0	2.5
JF Brown	20	3	62	0	3.1
GP Swann	24	3	70	0	2.91
JW Cook	1	0	7	0	7

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