National League Division One, 2004
Essex v Northamptonshire
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
25 July 2004 (45-over match)

Result: Essex won by 30 runs
Points: Essex 4, Northamptonshire 0

Toss: Essex
Umpires: A Clarkson and JF Steele

Essex innings (45 overs maximum)                                R   M   B  4 6
A Habib               lbw                b Louw                21  33  26  5 0
*RC Irani             c Sales            b Phillips            13  29  19  2 0
RS Bopara             c Bailey           b Greenidge           15  30  28  2 0
A Flower              c Bailey           b Louw                 0   2   4  0 0
AP Grayson            c Phillips         b Brown               29  80  66  0 0
ML Pettini            c Bailey           b Phillips             1   8   6  0 0
JD Middlebrook        c Bailey           b Greenidge           13  13  14  1 0
+JS Foster                           c & b Phillips            39  47  53  1 0
GR Napier             lbw                b Louw                25  36  39  2 0
D Gough               c Swann            b Louw                 6  11  11  0 0
SA Brant              not out                                   1   7   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 1, w 2, nb 2)                         5
Total                 (all out, 44.2 overs)                   168

FoW: 1-35 (Irani), 2-35 (Habib), 3-35 (Flower), 4-55 (Bopara),
     5-56 (Pettini), 6-73 (Middlebrook), 7-121 (Grayson),
     8-145 (Foster), 9-156 (Gough), 10-168 (Napier).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Louw                         8.2    3     30      4 (1nb)
Greenidge                    9      0     49      2 (2w)
Phillips                     9      2     21      3
Brown                        9      0     30      1
Swann                        9      0     37      0

Northamptonshire innings (target: 169 runs from 45 overs)       R   M   B  4 6
TW Roberts            c Foster           b Brant               33  54  39  5 0
RA White              lbw                b Gough                5  26  16  1 0
ML Love               c Flower           b Napier               5  21  19  0 0
*DJG Sales            c Bopara           b Brant                8  20  16  1 0
U Afzaal              lbw                b Grayson             18  53  43  1 0
GP Swann              c Foster           b Bopara               1   8   5  0 0
J Louw                                   b Napier              23  57  57  1 0
BJ Phillips           c Irani            b Napier              16  44  43  1 0
+TMB Bailey           lbw                b Napier               1   4   5  0 0
CG Greenidge          not out                                   6  12   9  0 0
JF Brown                                 b Gough                0   2   3  0 0
Extras                (lb 8, w 14)                             22
Total                 (all out, 42.3 overs)                   138

FoW: 1-28 (White), 2-45 (Love), 3-47 (Roberts), 4-62 (Sales),
     5-66 (Swann), 6-96 (Afzaal), 7-120 (Louw), 8-124 (Bailey),
     9-137 (Phillips), 10-138 (Brown).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gough                        7.3    0     18      2 (1w)
Brant                        7      0     35      2 (3w)
Napier                       9      1     23      4 (2w)
Middlebrook                  9      1     16      0 (1w)
Bopara                       2      0      9      1 (2w)
Grayson                      8      0     29      1 (2w)

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Team Pages: Essex, Northamptonshire.

Ground Page: Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea

Essex Player Pages: A Habib, RC Irani, RS Bopara, A Flower, AP Grayson, ML Pettini, JD Middlebrook, JS Foster, GR Napier, D Gough, SA Brant.

Northamptonshire Player Pages: TW Roberts, RA White, ML Love, DJG Sales, U Afzaal, GP Swann, J Louw, BJ Phillips, TMB Bailey, CG Greenidge, JF Brown.

Match Officials' Pages: A Clarkson, JF Steele.