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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th April 1997 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Northamptonshire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Sussex 11 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Northamptonshire 9 (Batting 3, Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | A Clarkson, AGT Whitehead |
| Close of play day 1 | Northamptonshire (1) 288/9 (Snape 39*, Taylor 7*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sussex (1) 344/6 (Newell 91*, Jarvis 19*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Sussex (1) 411/7 (Newell 107*, Phillips 1*) |
| Northamptonshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RR Montgomerie | lbw b Jarvis | 68 | |||||
| MB Loye | lbw b Jarvis | 11 | |||||
| *RJ Bailey | lbw b Jarvis | 12 | |||||
| KM Curran | lbw b Robinson | 5 | |||||
| AL Penberthy | lbw b Robinson | 43 | |||||
| +RJ Warren | c Greenfield b Newell | 16 | |||||
| DJ Capel | b Robinson | 57 | |||||
| JN Snape | c Greenfield b Robinson | 55 | |||||
| JE Emburey | c Athey b Robinson | 0 | |||||
| Mohammad Akram | c Moores b Robinson | 1 | |||||
| JP Taylor | not out | 15 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 13 lb, 15 nb) | 32 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 113.5 overs) | 315 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-55, 3-62, 4-146, 5-164, 6-218, 7-253, 8-253, 9-259, 10-315 (113.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Drakes | 26 | 5 | 88 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Jarvis | 22 | 5 | 51 | 3 | - | - | |
| Robinson | 29.5 | 8 | 78 | 6 | - | 5 | |
| Khan | 19 | 7 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Newell | 14 | 6 | 41 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Phillips | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NJ Lenham | lbw b Taylor | 0 | |||||
| K Greenfield | c Montgomerie b Mohammad Akram | 4 | |||||
| NR Taylor | c Snape b Capel | 127 | 252 | 20 | 1 | ||
| CWJ Athey | lbw b Mohammad Akram | 50 | |||||
| K Newell | not out | 107 | 280 | 16 | - | ||
| VC Drakes | c Snape b Taylor | 14 | |||||
| *+P Moores | st Warren b Emburey | 5 | |||||
| PW Jarvis | lbw b Mohammad Akram | 64 | |||||
| NC Phillips | not out | 1 | |||||
| AA Khan | did not bat | ||||||
| MA Robinson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 30 nb) | 39 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 105 overs) | 411 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-15, 3-137, 4-263, 5-288, 6-303, 7-410 | |||||||
| Northamptonshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Mohammad Akram | 22 | 2 | 118 | 3 | - | 10 | |
| Taylor | 20 | 7 | 52 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Curran | 9 | 3 | 32 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Snape | 16 | 4 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Emburey | 14 | 2 | 39 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Capel | 13 | 1 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| Penberthy | 11 | 1 | 49 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Northamptonshire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RR Montgomerie | not out | 18 | |||||
| MB Loye | not out | 19 | |||||
| *RJ Bailey | did not bat | ||||||
| KM Curran | did not bat | ||||||
| AL Penberthy | did not bat | ||||||
| +RJ Warren | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Capel | did not bat | ||||||
| JN Snape | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Emburey | did not bat | ||||||
| Mohammad Akram | did not bat | ||||||
| JP Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 9 overs) | 41 | |||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Drakes | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jarvis | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |