Northamptonshire 1st innings                                    R   M   B  4 6
MEK Hussey            not out                                 329 614 444 48 1
AS Rollins                               b Such                39 141 119  5 2
MB Loye               lbw                b Irani               52  88  74  7 2
RJ Warren             c Foster           b Phillips            38  85  88  5 0
AL Penberthy                         c & b Grayson            101 195 156 17 0
TMB Bailey            c Foster           b Such                25  57  61  2 0
GP Swann                                 b Such                 1  12   9  0 0
*+D Ripley            not out                                  19  21  25  4 0
Extras                (b 7, lb 6, w 8, nb 8)                   29
Total                 (6 wickets declared, 162 overs)         633

DNB: JP Taylor, MR Strong, JF Brown.

FoW: 1-135 (Rollins), 2-237 (Loye), 3-320 (Warren),
     4-530 (Penberthy), 5-588 (Bailey), 6-606 (Swann).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Cowan                       26      3    105      0 (4nb, 3w)
Irani                       15      3     45      1 (1w)
Such                        53     13    182      3
Phillips                    33      3    144      1
Napier                      14      2     59      0
Grayson                     21      2     85      1

Essex 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
RS Clinton            lbw                b Taylor               5  13  14  1 0
AP Grayson            c Hussey           b Swann              173 320 287 22 0
DDJ Robinson          c Ripley           b Taylor              63 222 151 11 0
SG Law                c Ripley           b Penberthy           12  27  18  2 0
*RC Irani             c Hussey           b Taylor               5   4   6  1 0
SD Peters             c Rollins          b Swann                6  10  15  1 0
+JS Foster            c Ripley           b Penberthy           79 186 168 12 0
GR Napier             c Ripley           b Strong              35  50  43  4 2
TJ Phillips           lbw                b Swann               25 110  75  6 0
AP Cowan              not out                                  15  23  16  3 0
PM Such               lbw                b Penberthy            0  13  13  0 0
Extras                (b 4, lb 4, nb 4)                        12
Total                 (all out, 134 overs)                    430

FoW: 1-11 (Clinton), 2-208 (Robinson), 3-245 (Law),
     4-253 (Irani), 5-260 (Peters), 6-279 (Grayson),
     7-347 (Napier), 8-411 (Foster), 9-419 (Phillips),
     10-430 (Such).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Strong                      24      7     66      1
Taylor                      28      4     85      3
Brown                       32      5    101      0 (2nb)
Penberthy                   16      2     60      3
Swann                       32     10     96      3
Hussey                       2      0     14      0

Essex 2nd innings (following on)                                R   M   B  4 6
RS Clinton            c Ripley           b Strong               1  12  14  0 0
AP Grayson            lbw                b Taylor             149 308 260 22 0
DDJ Robinson          c Ripley           b Brown               31  81  57  6 0
SG Law                                   b Strong              48 107 104  6 0
*RC Irani             c Hussey           b Brown               14  29  31  3 0
SD Peters             c Bailey           b Brown               13  35  46  1 0
+JS Foster            c Rollins          b Swann               16  47  44  2 0
GR Napier                                b Swann                9  20  23  1 0
TJ Phillips           lbw                b Brown                0   8   6  0 0
AP Cowan                                 b Brown                1   9   8  0 0
PM Such               not out                                   0   4   9  0 0
Extras                (b 9, lb 6)                              15
Total                 (all out, 100.2 overs)                  297

FoW: 1-4 (Clinton), 2-66 (Robinson), 3-178 (Law), 4-209 (Irani),
     5-235 (Peters), 6-283 (Grayson), 7-295 (Foster),
     8-296 (Napier), 9-296 (Phillips), 10-297 (Cowan).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Strong                      13      3     57      2
Taylor                      13      6     30      1
Penberthy                    5      3      6      0
Brown                       40.2   10    107      5
Swann                       29      6     82      2

Northamptonshire 2nd innings (target: 95 runs)                  R   M   B  4 6
MEK Hussey            not out                                  70  43  33 11 1
MB Loye               not out                                  21  43  34  1 0
Extras                (lb 1, w 2, nb 2)                         5
Total                 (0 wickets, 11 overs)                    96

DNB: AS Rollins, RJ Warren, AL Penberthy, TMB Bailey,
     GP Swann, *+D Ripley, JP Taylor, MR Strong, JF Brown.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Irani                        6      0     43      0
Cowan                        4      0     36      0 (1nb, 1w)
Grayson                      1      0     16      0

Day 1

• MEK Hussey 100 in 174 mins off 141 balls, 19x4
• MEK Hussey 200 in 387 mins off 283 balls, 34x4, 1x6

  Day 2

• AL Penberthy 100 in 191 mins off 148 balls, 17x4
• MEK Hussey 300 in 570 mins off 417 balls, 46x4, 1x6

  Day 3

• AP Grayson (1) 100 in 181 mins off 161 balls, 12x4

  Day 4

• AP Grayson (2) 100 in 233 mins off 185 balls, 17x4