Essex 1st innings
MH Denness            c Yardley          b TM Lamb             11
BR Hardie             lbw                b Watts               43
KS McEwan                                b TM Lamb              7
*KWR Fletcher         not out                                  82
KR Pont               c Yardley          b Sarfraz Nawaz       19
N Phillip                                b TM Lamb             62
S Turner              c Steele           b Griffiths            8
RE East               c Steele           b Griffiths            0
+N Smith              c Sharp            b TM Lamb              1
JK Lever              not out                                   7
Extras                (lb 4, w 2, nb 5)                        11
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 91.3 overs)        251

DNB: DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-33, 2-62, 3-68, 4-96, 5-205, 6-228, 7-232, 8-233.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz               23      7     54      1
Griffiths                   22.3    5     65      2
TM Lamb                     24      7     54      4
Watts                       10      3     22      1
Willey                      12      1     45      0

Northamptonshire 1st innings
G Cook                c McEwan           b East                49
W Larkins             c Hardie           b Lever               60
DS Steele             not out                                  60
AJ Lamb               not out                                 106
Extras                (b 6, lb 17, nb 4)                       27
Total                 (2 wickets declared, 87.1 overs)        302

DNB: P Willey, TJ Yardley, *PJ Watts, +G Sharp, Sarfraz Nawaz,
     TM Lamb, BJ Griffiths.

FoW: 1-112, 2-122.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       22      1     69      1
Phillip                     19      1     66      0
Turner                      13      5     39      0
East                        26.1    3     71      1
Acfield                      7      1     30      0

Essex 2nd innings
MH Denness            lbw                b Griffiths            1
BR Hardie             c Sharp            b TM Lamb             18
KS McEwan                                b TM Lamb             31
*KWR Fletcher         c TM Lamb          b Sarfraz Nawaz       32
KR Pont                                  b Steele              20
N Phillip             c Larkins          b Willey               0
S Turner              c Yardley          b Steele              47
RE East               not out                                  31
+N Smith              lbw                b Steele               7
JK Lever              c Yardley          b Steele               0
DL Acfield            c Steele           b Willey               3
Extras                (b 2, lb 6, nb 10)                       18
Total                 (all out, 79 overs)                     208

FoW: 1-2, 2-35, 3-63, 4-100, 5-105,
     6-125, 7-175, 8-195, 9-195, 10-208.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz               20      7     44      1
Griffiths                   13      2     41      1
TM Lamb                      8      0     20      2
Willey                      14      5     39      2
Steele                      24      9     46      4

Northamptonshire 2nd innings (target: 158 runs)
G Cook                c Turner           b Lever                1
W Larkins             c Acfield          b Lever               14
DS Steele             lbw                b East                21
AJ Lamb               c McEwan           b East                 3
P Willey              st Smith           b East                 2
TJ Yardley            c Turner           b East                15
*PJ Watts             c Pont             b East                26
+G Sharp              c Smith            b East                10
Sarfraz Nawaz         c Pont             b East                 0
TM Lamb               c Hardie           b East                 9
BJ Griffiths          not out                                   2
Extras                (b 1, lb 3, nb 4)                         8
Total                 (all out, 50.3 overs)                   111

FoW: 1-13, 2-24, 3-27, 4-37, 5-50,
     6-61, 7-85, 8-87, 9-101, 10-111.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                        9      2     18      2
Phillip                      3      1     15      0
East                        23.3   12     41      8
Acfield                     15      7     29      0