National League Division One, 2005
Northamptonshire v Essex
County Ground, Northampton
25 September 2005 (45-over match)

Result: Essex won by 7 wickets
Points: Essex 4, Northamptonshire 0

Toss: Northamptonshire
Umpires: DJ Constant and JF Steele

Northamptonshire innings (45 overs maximum)                     R   M   B  4 6
RA White              c Cook             b Napier               4   6   9  1 0
U Afzaal              c Jefferson        b Napier               9  31  14  1 0
ML Love               c Irani            b Phillips            53  85  64  7 0
*DJG Sales            c Foster           b Bopara              10  18  18  2 0
BM Shafayat           c Jefferson        b ten Doeschate       30  59  57  3 0
+MH Wessels           c Foster           b Gough               16  22  15  2 0
DG Wright             not out                                  51  54  51  4 2
SP Crook              st Foster          b Middlebrook          7  11  12  0 0
J Louw                c Irani            b Flower              13  18  14  1 0
MS Panesar            run out                                   1  11  11  0 0
JF Brown              c Irani            b Gough                0   2   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 3, w 11)                             14
Total                 (all out, 44.3 overs)                   208

FoW: 1-5 (White), 2-32 (Afzaal), 3-46 (Sales), 4-100 (Love),
     5-127 (Shafayat), 6-129 (Wessels), 7-146 (Crook),
     8-180 (Louw), 9-202 (Panesar), 10-208 (Brown).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gough                        8.3    2     24      2 (1w)
Napier                       7      1     34      2 (1w)
Bopara                       8      0     48      1 (3w)
ten Doeschate                9      1     33      1 (2w)
Phillips                     4      0     23      1
Middlebrook                  6      0     36      1 (3w)
Flower                       2      0      7      1

Essex innings (target: 209 runs from 45 overs)                  R   M   B  4 6
WI Jefferson          c Wessels          b Wright               0   2   4  0 0
*RC Irani             lbw                b Wright              12  20  18  2 0
AN Cook                                  b Louw                94 133 110 16 0
GW Flower             not out                                  88 122 108  9 0
RS Bopara             not out                                   7   5   6  1 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 2, nb 2)                         8
Total                 (3 wickets, 40.5 overs)                 209

DNB: RN ten Doeschate, JD Middlebrook, +JS Foster, TJ Phillips,
     GR Napier, D Gough.

FoW: 1-0 (Jefferson), 2-22 (Irani), 3-190 (Cook).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wright                       8      0     30      2 (1w)
Louw                         7.5    1     42      1 (1w)
Brown                        9      1     41      0
Crook                        5      0     50      0 (1nb)
Panesar                      9      1     30      0
Shafayat                     2      0     12      0

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Team Pages: Northamptonshire, Essex.

Ground Page: County Ground, Northampton

Northamptonshire Player Pages: RA White, U Afzaal, ML Love, DJG Sales, BM Shafayat, MH Wessels, DG Wright, SP Crook, J Louw, MS Panesar, JF Brown.

Essex Player Pages: WI Jefferson, RC Irani, AN Cook, GW Flower, RS Bopara, RN ten Doeschate, JD Middlebrook, JS Foster, TJ Phillips, GR Napier, D Gough.

Match Officials' Pages: DJ Constant, JF Steele.