National League Division One, 2005
Essex v Northamptonshire
County Ground, Chelmsford (day/night)
8 July 2005 (45-over match)

Result: Essex won by 5 wickets
Points: Essex 4, Northamptonshire 0

Toss: Northamptonshire
Umpires: PJ Hartley and AGT Whitehead
TV Umpire: NA Mallender
Man of the Match: GW Flower

Northamptonshire innings (45 overs maximum)                     R   M   B  4 6
ML Love               lbw                b Adams                1   7   5  0 0
TW Roberts            c Adams            b Bopara              30  40  30  4 0
U Afzaal              run out                                  48  75  67  3 0
*DJG Sales                               b Danish Kaneria      48  57  54  3 3
BM Shafayat           c ten Doeschate    b GW Flower           12  22  24  0 1
+MH Wessels                              b Adams               34  46  34  3 0
BJ Phillips           c Adams            b GW Flower           11  22  24  0 0
DG Wright             run out                                   3   5   5  0 0
PS Jones              run out                                   1   4   5  0 0
J Louw                not out                                   3   6   6  0 0
JF Brown              lbw                b GW Flower            1   3   4  0 0
Extras                (lb 1, w 7)                               8
Total                 (all out, 43 overs)                     200

FoW: 1-12 (Love), 2-54 (Roberts), 3-127 (Afzaal), 4-145 (Sales),
     5-148 (Shafayat), 6-185 (Phillips), 7-193 (Wright),
     8-195 (Jones), 9-197 (Wessels), 10-200 (Brown).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Adams                        8      0     33      2 (2w)
Palladino                    7      0     28      0
Bopara                       9      0     51      1 (4w)
Danish Kaneria               9      0     35      1
Middlebrook                  4      0     31      0 (1w)
GW Flower                    6      0     21      3

Essex innings (target: 201 runs from 45 overs)                  R   M   B  4 6
GW Flower             not out                                  90 164 118  8 0
*RC Irani                            c & b Wright              34  36  34  5 1
RS Bopara             c Wessels          b Wright               3  12  10  0 0
A Flower              c Love             b Phillips             6  11  16  1 0
ML Pettini            c Louw             b Brown               13  23  19  2 0
JD Middlebrook        c Wessels          b Louw                18  32  27  1 0
RN ten Doeschate      not out                                  29  41  36  3 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 4)                               8
Total                 (5 wickets, 43.2 overs, 164 mins)       201

DNB: +JS Foster, AR Adams, AP Palladino, Danish Kaneria.

FoW: 1-48 (Irani), 2-58 (Bopara), 3-65 (A Flower),
     4-95 (Pettini), 5-149 (Middlebrook).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Louw                         9      0     45      1 (2w)
Wright                       9      2     27      2
Phillips                     8.2    1     39      1
Jones                        9      0     35      0 (1w)
Brown                        7      0     44      1
Shafayat                     1      0      7      0 (1w)

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Team Pages: Essex, Northamptonshire.

Ground Page: County Ground, Chelmsford

Northamptonshire Player Pages: ML Love, TW Roberts, U Afzaal, DJG Sales, BM Shafayat, MH Wessels, BJ Phillips, DG Wright, PS Jones, J Louw, JF Brown.

Essex Player Pages: GW Flower, RC Irani, RS Bopara, A Flower, ML Pettini, JD Middlebrook, RN ten Doeschate, JS Foster, AR Adams, AP Palladino, Danish Kaneria.

Match Officials' Pages: PJ Hartley, AGT Whitehead, NA Mallender.