Essex 1st innings
BEA Edmeades          run out                                  49
BR Hardie             c Sharp            b Cottam              15
*KWR Fletcher         c Virgin           b Sarfraz Nawaz       61
KS McEwan             c Sharp            b Cottam              72
KR Pont               lbw                b Sarfraz Nawaz       14
KD Boyce              lbw                b Dye                 53
S Turner              c Sharp            b Willey              11
RE East               run out                                  44
+N Smith                                 b Cottam              32
JK Lever              not out                                   3
DL Acfield            not out                                   4
Extras                (b 13, lb 4, w 1, nb 10)                 28
Total                 (9 wickets, 100 overs)                  386

FoW: 1-52, 2-82, 3-188, 4-213, 5-226, 6-239, 7-311, 8-377, 9-380.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz               25      5     87      2
Dye                         17      2     70      1
Cottam                      20      2     79      3
Bedi                        23      8     68      0
Mushtaq Mohammad             4      1      9      0
Willey                      11      4     45      1

Northamptonshire 1st innings
RT Virgin             c Smith            b Turner              72
G Cook                lbw                b Lever               31
Mushtaq Mohammad      c Boyce            b Acfield             88
P Willey              c Acfield          b East                35
*PJ Watts             c Hardie           b East                21
RG Williams           not out                                  28
Sarfraz Nawaz         c Turner           b East                13
+G Sharp              lbw                b East                 8
RMH Cottam            not out                                   1
Extras                (lb 12, nb 8)                            20
Total                 (7 wickets, 100 overs)                  317

DNB: BS Bedi, JCJ Dye.

FoW: 1-86, 2-151, 3-238, 4-266, 5-266, 6-284, 7-314.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                       12      9     43      0
Lever                       17      1     48      1
East                        33      5    108      4
Turner                      16      6     32      1
Acfield                     22      4     66      1

Essex 2nd innings
BEA Edmeades          c Sharp            b Sarfraz Nawaz       12
BR Hardie                                b Dye                  5
KR Pont               c Cook             b Sarfraz Nawaz       33
+N Smith              c Sharp            b Sarfraz Nawaz       66
KS McEwan             not out                                  46
*KWR Fletcher         not out                                   3
Extras                (b 2, lb 3, w 1, nb 4)                   10
Total                 (4 wickets declared, 44 overs)          175

DNB: KD Boyce, S Turner, RE East, JK Lever, DL Acfield.

FoW: 1-16, 2-18, 3-72, 4-168.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Sarfraz Nawaz               19      2     75      3
Dye                         15      1     64      1
Cottam                       4      0     13      0
Bedi                         6      2     13      0

Northamptonshire 2nd innings (target: 245 runs)
RT Virgin                                b Boyce               18
G Cook                c Pont             b Boyce               17
Mushtaq Mohammad      not out                                  18
P Willey              not out                                   7
Extras                (b 1, lb 1, nb 6)                         8
Total                 (2 wickets, 29 overs)                    68

DNB: *PJ Watts, RG Williams, Sarfraz Nawaz, +G Sharp, RMH Cottam,
     BS Bedi, JCJ Dye.

FoW: 1-38, 2-48.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Boyce                       13      1     37      2
Lever                        5      3      8      0
Turner                       8      3     10      0
Acfield                      1      0      4      0
Edmeades                     2      1      1      0