f50951 cc20529	Northamptonshire v Essex
	LV County Championship 2008 (Division 2)
Venue	County Ground, Northampton on 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th September 2008 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Northamptonshire 7 (Batting 3); Essex 9 (Batting 2, Bowling 3)
Umpires	MJ Harris, PJ Hartley
Scorers	AE Choat (Essex), AC Kingston (Northamptonshire)
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Essex (1) 18/0 (Gallian 14, Maunders 4; 14 overs)
Close of play day 3	Essex (1) 256/2 (Bopara 65, Pettini 50; 81 overs)

Northamptonshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SD Peters	b Bopara	41	110	137	6	-
+NJ O'Brien	b Middlebrook	45	59	78	9	-
RA White	c ten Doeschate b Bopara	24	28	32	4	-
DJG Sales	run out	59	65	110	8	2
MH Wessels	lbw b Napier	17	18	22	3	-
L Klusener	c Gallian b Napier	0	1	1	-	-
*N Boje	c Pettini b Bopara	37	28	37	6	1
AJ Hall	not out	34	78	83	3	-
JJ van der Wath	c Foster b Middlebrook	17	32	42	3	-
MS Panesar	lbw b Middlebrook	4	9	7	1	-
DS Lucas	lbw b Napier	1	4	9	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 10 nb, 3 w)	25
Total	(all out, 71.1 overs)	304
Fall of wickets:
1-67 (O'Brien), 2-101 (White), 3-135 (Peters), 4-175 (Wessels), 5-175 (Klusener), 6-243 (Boje), 7-261 (Sales), 8-287 (van der Wath), 9-293 (Panesar), 10-304 (Lucas, 71.1 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Masters	17	6	36	0	-	-
Napier	9.1	3	39	3	-	-
Middlebrook	15	1	65	3	-	-
Wright	11	2	52	0	-	-
Bopara	10	0	72	3	3	5
Flower	3	0	12	0	-	-
ten Doeschate	6	3	16	0	-	-

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JER Gallian	c White b Boje	72	167	223	10	-
JK Maunders	c Wessels b Panesar	62	149	150	7	1
RS Bopara	not out	65	113	141	8	-
*ML Pettini	not out	50	57	68	3	3
GW Flower	did not bat
+JS Foster	did not bat
RN ten Doeschate	did not bat
GR Napier	did not bat
JD Middlebrook	did not bat
CJC Wright	did not bat
DD Masters	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	7
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 81 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-113 (Maunders), 2-168 (Gallian)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
van der Wath	3	2	3	0	-	-
Lucas	22	6	66	0	-	-
Boje	20	2	81	1	1	-
Panesar	27.4	5	88	1	-	-
Hall	8.2	3	12	0	-	-

Northamptonshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SD Peters	not out	130	76	79	22	-
+NJ O'Brien	c Pettini b Foster	58	43	47	8	-
RA White	not out	61	26	30	3	6
DJG Sales	did not bat
MH Wessels	did not bat
L Klusener	did not bat
*N Boje	did not bat
AJ Hall	did not bat
JJ van der Wath	did not bat
MS Panesar	did not bat
DS Lucas	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, declared, 24 overs)	251
Fall of wickets:
1-159 (O'Brien)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foster	12	0	122	1	-	1
Pettini	12	0	129	0	-	-

Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JER Gallian	lbw b Lucas	0	3	2	-	-
JK Maunders	c Boje b Klusener	26	52		3	-
RS Bopara	lbw b Boje	24	23		4	-
*ML Pettini	not out	9	18	19	1	-
+JS Foster	not out	0	0	1	-	-
GW Flower	did not bat
RN ten Doeschate	did not bat
GR Napier	did not bat
JD Middlebrook	did not bat
CJC Wright	did not bat
DD Masters	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(3 wickets, 16 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Gallian), 2-46 (Bopara), 3-60 (Maunders, 16 ov)

Northamptonshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lucas	3	0	19	1	-	-
Klusener	8	1	24	1	-	-
Boje	5	1	16	1	-	-

Notes
--> Day 4 Lunch: Essex (2) ?/?
--> L Klusener made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> L Klusener made his last appearance in County Championship matches
--> JER Gallian (1) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 72
--> RS Bopara (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 24
--> SD Peters (2) 100 in 59 balls, 55 minutes with 18 fours
--> RA White (2) passed 3000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> RA White (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> JK Maunders made his debut for Essex in County Championship matches
--> JK Maunders made his debut for Essex in First-Class matches
--> JD Middlebrook reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MS Panesar, his 3rd wicket in the Northamptonshire first innings

GR Napier kept wicket in the Northamptonshire second innings
In the final innings, JS Foster walked on to the field of play and reached, approximately, half way to the wicket before rain stopped play. Thee match was never resumed. In these circumstances Foster was assumed to have started his innings though he did not face a ball.