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Format: CricInfo Version 2 
Schweppes County Championship, 1977Essex v Northamptonshire
 County Ground, Chelmsford
 7,8,9 September 1977 (3-day match)
 
Result: Essex won by 8 wicketsPoints: Essex 17, Northamptonshire 7
 
Toss:Umpires: C Cook and P Rochford
 
Close of Play:
Day 1:
 Day 2: 
Northamptonshire 1st innings
RT Virgin                                b Turner               7
*G Cook               lbw                b Turner              12
Mushtaq Mohammad      c Denness          b Turner             112
W Larkins             lbw                b Lever               21
TJ Yardley            c McEwan           b Pont                23
P Willey                                 b Lever               11
RG Williams                              b Turner               3
+G Sharp              not out                                  49
Sarfraz Nawaz         c McEwan           b Lever               14
A Hodgson                                b Lever                2
BS Bedi               c Fosh             b Acfield              0
Extras                (b 2, lb 4, nb 5)                        11
Total                 (all out, 73 overs)                     265
FoW: 1-13, 2-20, 3-75, 4-108, 5-147,
     6-178, 7-231, 8-250, 9-265, 10-265.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       20      1     67      4
Turner                      20      2     73      4
Pont                        12      0     55      1
Acfield                     20      3     52      1
Gooch                        1      0      7      0
Essex 1st innings
MH Denness            lbw                b Sarfraz Nawaz        8
MK Fosh               c Sharp            b Sarfraz Nawaz        1
KS McEwan                                b Sarfraz Nawaz       11
*KWR Fletcher         lbw                b Hodgson             19
MSA McEvoy            lbw                b Bedi                 4
GA Gooch              lbw                b Bedi                 5
KR Pont               lbw                b Mushtaq Mohammad    56
S Turner                                 b Mushtaq Mohammad    32
+N Smith              c Larkins          b Mushtaq Mohammad    12
JK Lever              c Cook             b Mushtaq Mohammad     0
DL Acfield            not out                                   8
Extras                (b 5, lb 12, nb 4)                       21
Total                 (all out, 84.1 overs)                   177
FoW: 1-5, 2-28, 3-29, 4-38, 5-56,
     6-58, 7-123, 8-149, 9-149, 10-177.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz               19     10     20      3
Hodgson                     19      4     47      1
Bedi                        30     12     42      2
Mushtaq Mohammad            13.1    3     35      4
Willey                       3      0     12      0
Northamptonshire 2nd innings
RT Virgin             c McEvoy           b Turner              11
*G Cook                                  b Pont                44
Mushtaq Mohammad      c Smith            b Lever                9
W Larkins                            c & b Lever                0
TJ Yardley            lbw                b Turner               0
P Willey              lbw                b Lever                1
RG Williams           st Smith           b Pont                14
+G Sharp              not out                                  24
Sarfraz Nawaz         c Fosh             b Lever               17
A Hodgson                                b Lever                0
BS Bedi               lbw                b Acfield             14
Extras                (b 8, lb 4, nb 3)                        15
Total                 (all out, 72 overs)                     149
FoW: 1-17, 2-26, 3-26, 4-31, 5-32,
     6-73, 7-97, 8-128, 9-128, 10-149.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       23      9     47      5
Turner                      22     11     30      2
Pont                        16      4     43      2
Acfield                      8      3      9      1
Gooch                        3      1      5      0
Essex 2nd innings (target: 238 runs)
MH Denness            not out                                 124
MK Fosh               lbw                b Sarfraz Nawaz       14
*KWR Fletcher         c Willey           b Bedi                56
KS McEwan             not out                                  46
Extras                (b 1, nb 2)                               3
Total                 (2 wickets, 96.4 overs)                 243
DNB: MSA McEvoy, GA Gooch, KR Pont, S Turner, +N Smith, JK Lever,
     DL Acfield.
FoW: 1-22, 2-187.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz                9      4      9      1
Hodgson                      6      2     15      0
Bedi                        27      7     62      1
Mushtaq Mohammad            18      2     45      0
Willey                      27      5     64      0
Virgin                       0.4    0      7      0
Williams                     9      3     38      0
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