Essex 1st innings
G Barker              c Reynolds         b Watts              110
GJ Smith              c Watts            b Ashenden            10
+B Taylor             run out                                  17
*DJ Insole                               b Tyson                2
TE Bailey                            c & b Watts               77
MJ Bear               lbw                b Watts                7
BR Knight                                b Tyson               16
WT Greensmith         not out                                  35
LHR Ralph             c Crump            b Ashenden            10
KC Preston                               b Watts                4
A Hurd                not out                                   5
Extras                (lb 2, nb 4)                              6
Total                 (9 wickets declared, 95 overs)          299

FoW: 1-33, 2-61, 3-67, 4-168, 5-195, 6-224, 7-270, 8-283, 9-291.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Tyson                       22      3     86      2
Larter                      15      1     47      0
Ashenden                    13      2     53      2
Crump                       14      4     38      0
Allen                       11      4     18      0
Watts                       20      6     51      4

Northamptonshire 1st innings
MEJC Norman                              b Preston             22
BL Reynolds           lbw                b Bailey              11
D Ramsamooj                              b Ralph                8
PJ Watts                                 b Ralph               45
*DW Barrick           not out                                 129
BS Crump              not out                                  83
Extras                (lb 1, nb 3)                              4
Total                 (4 wickets declared, 96 overs)          302

DNB: FH Tyson, MHJ Allen, +KV Andrew, M Ashenden, JDF Larter.

FoW: 1-32, 2-34, 3-59, 4-120.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                      26      5     85      1
Knight                       2      0     11      0
Ralph                       25      4     78      2
Preston                     20      3     60      1
Hurd                        18      5     47      0
Greensmith                   5      1     17      0

Essex 2nd innings
G Barker              c Watts            b Tyson               13
GJ Smith              c Tyson            b Larter              18
+B Taylor             c Andrew           b Larter               0
*DJ Insole                               b Tyson               42
TE Bailey             c Larter           b Allen               33
MJ Bear               lbw                b Larter               5
WT Greensmith         not out                                  25
LHR Ralph                                b Tyson               73
KC Preston                               b Allen                6
Extras                (lb 2, w 5, nb 1)                         8
Total                 (8 wickets declared, 73.4 overs)        223

DNB: BR Knight, A Hurd.

FoW: 1-19, 2-44, 3-44, 4-146, 5-153, 6-158, 7-209, 8-223.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Tyson                       23      7     51      3
Larter                      19      5     40      3
Ashenden                    16      3     48      0
Crump                        5      1     20      0
Allen                        5.4    0     26      2
Watts                        5      1     30      0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings (target: 221 runs)
MEJC Norman           c Insole           b Preston             49
BL Reynolds           c sub              b Hurd                39
D Ramsamooj           run out                                   7
PJ Watts                                 b Greensmith           2
*DW Barrick           c Insole           b Preston              7
BS Crump              not out                                  21
FH Tyson              not out                                   5
Extras                (b 4, lb 5, nb 1)                        10
Total                 (5 wickets, 41 overs)                   140

DNB: MHJ Allen, +KV Andrew, M Ashenden, JDF Larter.

FoW: 1-83, 2-100, 3-106, 4-120, 5-127.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Bailey                       7      0     11      0
Ralph                        9      1     30      0
Preston                      3      0     19      2
Hurd                         8      3     35      1
Greensmith                  14      4     35      1