Northamptonshire 1st innings                                    R   M   B  4 6
*MEK Hussey                              b Sharif             140 247 185 23 0
AS Rollins            lbw                b Irani               89 157 128 13 1
MB Loye                                  b Irani                0  13  11  0 0
RJ Warren             lbw                b Stephenson          87 211 164 15 0
JW Cook               lbw                b Ilott               90 109 104 12 3
AL Penberthy          c Flower           b Stephenson          50  92  73  9 1
+TMB Bailey                              b Sharif              64 127 101  7 0
RSG Anderson                             b Sharif              51  73  64  9 0
JAR Blain             not out                                  17  36  29  2 0
DM Cousins            lbw                b Sharif               4   6  11  0 0
JF Brown              lbw                b Stephenson          12  15  16  2 0
Extras                (lb 6, w 6, nb 16)                       28
Total                 (all out, 146.2 overs)                  632

FoW: 1-185 (Rollins), 2-191 (Loye), 3-275 (Hussey), 4-417 (Cook),
     5-436 (Warren), 6-507 (Penberthy), 7-596 (Bailey),
     8-601 (Anderson), 9-607 (Cousins), 10-632 (Brown).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Irani                       19      6     61      2
Ilott                       27      3    100      1 (1w)
Dakin                       23      4    108      0 (2w)
Stephenson                  25.2    4    116      3 (3nb)
Middlebrook                 32      4    143      0
Sharif                      20      0     98      4 (5nb)

Essex 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
DDJ Robinson          c Warren           b Anderson            68 168 149  8 1
WI Jefferson          c sub              b Penberthy           22  64  45  4 0
JD Middlebrook                           b Brown               67 185 167 12 0
A Habib               lbw                b Blain               93 187 156 16 0
+A Flower             not out                                 103 315 225 13 0
*RC Irani             st Bailey          b Brown               54 104  87  9 0
RS Bopara             c Rollins          b Brown                2  17  14  0 0
JM Dakin              c Hussey           b Blain                1   4   6  0 0
JP Stephenson         not out                                  37  77  71  5 0
Extras                (b 9, lb 7, w 4, nb 30)                  50
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 150.5 overs)       497

DNB: ZK Sharif, MC Ilott.

FoW: 1-68 (Jefferson), 2-138 (Robinson), 3-206 (Middlebrook),
     4-303 (Habib), 5-401 (Irani), 6-413 (Bopara), 7-414 (Dakin).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cousins                     30      6    100      0 (1nb, 1w)
Blain                       28      4    127      2 (10nb)
Anderson                    29      8     82      1 (3nb, 1w)
Penberthy                   10.5    5     31      1 (1nb)
Brown                       51     11    130      3
Cook                         2      0     11      0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings                                    R   M   B  4 6
AS Rollins            c Jefferson        b Dakin                1  13  13  0 0
*MEK Hussey           c Stephenson       b Ilott               41  98  73  9 0
MB Loye               c Habib            b Middlebrook         17  29  20  2 1
RJ Warren             c Robinson         b Dakin                6  14  12  1 0
JW Cook               c Flower           b Dakin                9  15  13  2 0
AL Penberthy                             b Stephenson          23 121  59  5 0
+TMB Bailey           lbw                b Stephenson          15  68  19  3 0
RSG Anderson                             b Stephenson          31  59  36  6 0
JAR Blain             lbw                b Middlebrook          2   6   7  0 0
DM Cousins            c Ilott            b Stephenson           1   9   9  0 0
JF Brown              not out                                   2   6   7  0 0
Extras                (lb 1, w 2, nb 4)                         7
Total                 (all out, 44.2 overs)                   155

FoW: 1-5 (Rollins), 2-43 (Loye), 3-62 (Warren), 4-76 (Cook),
     5-76 (Hussey), 6-93 (Bailey), 7-140 (Penberthy),
     8-145 (Blain), 9-150 (Cousins), 10-155 (Anderson).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ilott                       13      4     28      1 (1w)
Dakin                       18      6     75      3
Middlebrook                  6      1     26      2
Stephenson                   7.2    2     25      4 (2nb)

Essex 2nd innings (target: 291 runs)                            R   M   B  4 6
DDJ Robinson          st Bailey          b Brown               31  63  45  4 0
WI Jefferson          run out                                  41  66  49  7 0
+A Flower             not out                                  92 139  91 11 0
*RC Irani             c Loye             b Penberthy            7   7  11  1 0
A Habib               lbw                b Brown                5  11  16  0 0
JM Dakin              run out                                  57  71  60  5 1
JD Middlebrook        c Hussey           b Cousins              8  11   7  1 0
JP Stephenson         not out                                  25  27  22  2 1
Extras                (b 4, lb 3, w 14, nb 4)                  25
Total                 (6 wickets, 49.5 overs)                 291

DNB: ZK Sharif, RS Bopara, MC Ilott.

FoW: 1-85 (Robinson), 2-89 (Jefferson), 3-104 (Irani),
     4-114 (Habib), 5-225 (Dakin), 6-245 (Middlebrook).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cousins                     11      0     67      1 (1nb, 1w)
Blain                        3      1     20      0
Anderson                     7      0     46      0 (1nb, 4w)
Penberthy                   12      0     49      1 (1w)
Brown                       16.5    2    102      2 (1w)

Day 1

• MEK Hussey 100 in 182 mins off 144 balls, 16x4

  Day 3

• A Flower 100 off 225 balls in 316 mins, 13x4