f50049 cc20285	Northamptonshire v Essex
	LV County Championship 2007 (Division 2)
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th May 2007 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets
Points	Northamptonshire 22 (Batting 5, Bowling 3); Essex 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	TE Jesty, AA Jones
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), AC Kingston (Northamptonshire)
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 334 all out
Close of play day 2	Northamptonshire (1) 309/8 (van der Wath 43*, Wigley 1*; 104 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (2) 180/8 (ten Doeschate 25*, Danish Kaneria 11*; 60.2 overs)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Pettini	b Brown	67	134	186	10	-
AN Cook	c O'Brien b Panesar	136	204	237	20	-
V Chopra	lbw b Wigley	38	108	90	4	-
RS Bopara	c Wessels b Crook	26	63	67	5	-
*RC Irani	not out	34	62	111	7	-
+JS Foster	c O'Brien b Crook	0	6	6	-	-
RN ten Doeschate	lbw b Crook	0	3	1	-	-
JD Middlebrook	b Crook	0	3	4	-	-
AJ Tudor	lbw b Klusener	0	18	21	-	-
A Nel	c Panesar b Klusener	0	4	5	-	-
Danish Kaneria	c Panesar b Wigley	21	24	29	3	-
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 7 w)	12
Total	(all out, 104.5 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-190 (Pettini), 2-240 (Cook), 3-266 (Chopra), 4-289 (Bopara), 5-289 (Foster), 6-289 (ten Doeschate), 7-289 (Middlebrook), 8-303 (Tudor), 9-307 (Nel), 10-334 (Danish Kaneria, 104.5 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Wath	3	1	6	0	-	-
Wigley	15.5	1	91	2	2	-
Crook	18	4	56	4	1	-
Klusener	25	9	54	2	-	-
Panesar	18	2	72	1	-	-
Brown	25	8	50	1	-	-

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Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SD Peters	c Irani b Tudor	39	128	200	3	-
U Afzaal	lbw b Middlebrook	66	108	149	6	-
MH Wessels	c Foster b Tudor	0	1	1	-	-
*DJG Sales	c Cook b Nel	35	66	84	6	-
+NJ O'Brien	lbw b Danish Kaneria	3	16	17	-	-
L Klusener	c Foster b Nel	8	28	28	-	-
SP Crook	lbw b Danish Kaneria	53	109	97	7	-
JJ van der Wath	b Nel	94	171	223	11	1
MS Panesar	b Danish Kaneria	33	89	92	5	-
DH Wigley	b Danish Kaneria	53	107	122	9	-
JF Brown	not out	0	0	1	-	-
Extras	(8 b, 13 lb, 10 nb, 1 w)	32
Total	(all out, 136.2 overs)	416
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Wessels), 2-72 (Sales), 3-83 (O'Brien), 4-96 (Klusener), 5-113 (Peters), 6-217 (Afzaal), 7-217 (Crook), 8-306 (Panesar), 9-416 (Wigley), 10-416 (van der Wath, 136.2 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nel	26.2	5	62	3	1	1
Tudor	18	5	55	2	-	1
Bopara	19	1	73	0	-	3
ten Doeschate	8	1	35	0	-	-
Danish Kaneria	41	9	108	4	-	-
Middlebrook	24	5	62	1	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ML Pettini	c Wessels b Crook	50	144	180	4	1
AN Cook	lbw b van der Wath	37	28	37	7	-
V Chopra	lbw b Panesar	9	33	43	1	-
RS Bopara	c Peters b Brown	12	40	53	-	-
*RC Irani	lbw b Klusener	1	4	4	-	-
+JS Foster	lbw b Brown	17	46	54	-	1
RN ten Doeschate	not out	33	53	79	4	-
JD Middlebrook	b Brown	0	5	5	-	-
AJ Tudor	b Brown	0	5	4	-	-
Danish Kaneria	b Crook	12	20	36	1	-
A Nel	c O'Brien b Crook	1	7	8	-	-
Extras	(12 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	18
Total	(all out, 64 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Cook), 2-69 (Chopra), 3-111 (Bopara), 4-112 (Irani), 5-137 (Pettini), 6-161 (Foster), 7-163 (Middlebrook), 8-167 (Tudor), 9-186 (Danish Kaneria), 10-190 (Nel, 64 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Wath	11	4	32	1	1	-
Wigley	4	0	27	0	-	-
Crook	13	3	40	3	3	-
Panesar	13	4	24	1	-	-
Klusener	10	2	29	1	-	1
Brown	13	3	26	4	-	-

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Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SD Peters	c Irani b Bopara	5	8	7	-	-
U Afzaal	c sub b Danish Kaneria	39	39	57	8	-
MH Wessels	lbw b Nel	0	23	40	-	-
*DJG Sales	c Irani b Danish Kaneria	37	51	62	5	1
+NJ O'Brien	not out	13	52	65	2	-
L Klusener	not out	12	4	8	3	-
JJ van der Wath	did not bat
SP Crook	did not bat
MS Panesar	did not bat
DH Wigley	did not bat
JF Brown	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(4 wickets, 29.3 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Peters), 2-45 (Wessels), 3-47 (Afzaal), 4-93 (Sales)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nel	12	7	20	1	1	-
Bopara	3	0	15	1	1	-
Danish Kaneria	12	1	61	2	-	-
ten Doeschate	2.3	2	12	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Northamptonshire score at 130 overs in the first innings was 406-8
--> AN Cook (1) 100 in 140 balls, 161 minutes with 18 fours
--> JJ van der Wath (1) passed his previous highest score of 34 in County Championship matches
--> JJ van der Wath (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 88
--> DH Wigley (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in County Championship matches
--> DH Wigley (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> RN ten Doeschate (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> L Klusener (2) passed 7500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> NJ O'Brien made his debut for Northamptonshire in County Championship matches
--> NJ O'Brien made his debut for Northamptonshire in First-Class matches
--> SP Crook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JD Middlebrook in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-46)
--> SP Crook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed JD Middlebrook in the Essex first innings (previous best was 3-46)
--> U Afzaal retired hurt in the Northamptonshire first innings having scored 12 (team score 14/0) - he returned when the score was 96/4

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