| sec5677 | |
| Venue | Stowe School Ground, Stowe on 27th, 28th, 29th May 2008 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Players | 12 per side (11 to bat and field) |
| Toss | Northamptonshire Second XI won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Essex Second XI won by 40 runs |
| Points | Northamptonshire Second XI 4 (Bowling 4); Essex Second XI 15 (Bowling 1) |
| Umpires | SC Gale, PW Joy |
| Scorers | P Parkinson (Essex Second XI), ME Woolley (Northamptonshire Second XI) |
| Close of play day 1 | Northamptonshire Second XI (1) 91/4 (Ackland 40*) |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Essex Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CP Marsden | c Kruger b Logan | 23 | 52 | 60 | 3 | - | |
| *T Westley | lbw b Bailey | 5 | 19 | 25 | - | - | |
| JJ McLean | lbw b Bailey | 3 | 4 | 12 | - | - | |
| A Roberts | c Wakely b Logan | 40 | 88 | 118 | 6 | - | |
| JC Mickleburgh | c Murphy b Logan | 15 | 62 | 72 | - | - | |
| MP Surry | lbw b Kruger | 14 | 73 | 91 | 1 | - | |
| MS Westfield | c Murphy b White | 1 | 8 | 11 | - | - | |
| DR Hurst | run out (Lonergan) | 1 | 12 | 15 | - | - | |
| MA Comber | c Murphy b Kruger | 2 | 33 | 35 | - | - | |
| +N Gladwin | c Lonergan b White | 1 | 12 | 12 | - | - | |
| JS Ahmed | not out | 0 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| RT Lugg | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 lb, 7 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 61.3 overs) | 122 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Westley), 2-27 (McLean), 3-44 (Marsden), 4-89 (Mickleburgh), 5-104 (Roberts), 6-109 (Westfield), 7-112 (Hurst), 8-119 (Comber), 9-120 (Surry), 10-122 (Gladwin, 61.3 ov) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Logan | 16 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 2 | - | |
| Bailey | 17 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 4 | - | |
| Nelson | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kruger | 12 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| White | 14.3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire Second XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DG Lonergan | c Gladwin b Ahmed | 2 | 25 | 25 | - | - | |
| AR Crook | b Westfield | 3 | 19 | 29 | - | - | |
| AG Wakely | lbw b Roberts | 5 | 15 | 32 | - | - | |
| BJ Ackland | not out | 40 | 94 | 135 | 3 | 1 | |
| GG White | b Westfield | 36 | 98 | 106 | 2 | - | |
| BP Kruger | did not bat | ||||||
| MAG Nelson | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Logan | did not bat | ||||||
| +D Murphy | did not bat | ||||||
| SP Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| T Brett | did not bat | ||||||
| *D Ripley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 41.5 overs) | 91 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Lonergan), 2-6 (Crook), 3-21 (Wakely), 4-91 (White, 41.5 ov) | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ahmed | 14 | 6 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Westfield | 8.5 | 3 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| Roberts | 7 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mickleburgh | 7 | 3 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Westley | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Essex Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *T Westley | c Logan b White | 26 | 74 | 76 | 5 | - | |
| CP Marsden | lbw b Kruger | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| JJ McLean | c Murphy b Kruger | 11 | 43 | 47 | 2 | - | |
| A Roberts | c Logan b White | 32 | 39 | 46 | 3 | 2 | |
| JC Mickleburgh | lbw b Crook | 25 | 49 | 65 | 2 | - | |
| MP Surry | c Crook b Logan | 6 | 19 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| MS Westfield | c Ackland b Crook | 0 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| +N Gladwin | lbw b White | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| DR Hurst | not out | 15 | 19 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| MA Comber | c Brett b White | 18 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 1 | |
| RT Lugg | not out | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| JS Ahmed | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 w) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 47 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Marsden), 2-24 (McLean), 3-43 (Westley), 4-74 (Roberts), 5-86 (Surry), 6-92 (Westfield), 7-105 (Gladwin), 8-113 (Mickleburgh), 9-144 (Comber) | |||||||
| Northamptonshire Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Logan | 10 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Kruger | 7 | 3 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| Brett | 9 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| White | 16 | 1 | 47 | 4 | - | - | |
| Crook | 5 | 0 | 34 | 2 | - | - | |
| Northamptonshire Second XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DG Lonergan | not out | 73 | 126 | 201 | 7 | - | |
| AR Crook | c Gladwin b Roberts | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| AG Wakely | c Gladwin b Westfield | 2 | 8 | 10 | - | - | |
| MAG Nelson | c Westley b Roberts | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| BJ Ackland | c Gladwin b Westfield | 0 | 8 | 11 | - | - | |
| GG White | b Roberts | 7 | 36 | 50 | - | - | |
| BP Kruger | c McLean b Westley | 6 | 19 | 16 | - | - | |
| RJ Logan | c Mickleburgh b Westfield | 6 | 12 | 19 | - | - | |
| +D Murphy | b Hurst | 8 | 26 | 28 | 1 | - | |
| T Brett | c Westley b Roberts | 13 | 30 | 28 | - | - | |
| SP Bailey | c Roberts b Westley | 1 | 10 | 19 | - | - | |
| *D Ripley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 8 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 47.2 overs) | 137 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Crook), 2-8 (Wakely), 3-14 (Nelson), 4-17 (Ackland), 5-52, 6-61, 7-83, 8-110, 9-131, 10-137 (47.2 ov) | |||||||
| Essex Second XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roberts | 17 | 4 | 41 | 4 | - | - | |
| Westfield | 8 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mickleburgh | 9 | 3 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Westley | 8.2 | 2 | 28 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Hurst | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lugg | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | - | |